NANCY WATKINS | CONTRIBUTED
PARTICIPATING EDUCATORS: Amanda. A Melton (front row, second from right) of Eastern Elementary School and Maria G. Morris (middle row, third from right) of Beaufort County Schools attended programs held at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for our state’s teachers. Increasing teacher effectiveness is fundamental to improving public education. NCCAT provides teachers with new knowledge, skills, teaching methods, best practices and information to take back to their classrooms. NCCAT conducts interdisciplinary, topic-specific programs for pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers. For more information about NCCAT’s professional development programs, visit www.nccat.org or call 828-293-5202.