Videos
Spotlight Videos
Nov. 15, 2011
- I Am A Teacher
- SOE Profile: Kathleen Lane
- SOE Profile: Gemma Mojica
- SOE Profile: Marta Civil
- SOE Profile: Claudia Cervantes-Soon
- SOE Profile: Juan Carrillo
English as a Second Language (ESL) Workshop
Aug. 12, 2009
Thirty teachers from 10 school systems across North Carolina gathered for a day-long workshop on Aug. 12, 2009, at the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence in Chapel Hill. The workshop focused on how teachers can welcome children from other cultures into their classrooms and make the classrooms work for everyone.
The Carolina Teachers’ Connection co-sponsored the workshop in collaboration with LEARN NC, a School of Education program that provides lesson plans, professional development and Web resources to support N.C. teachers and improve K-12 education.
William C. Friday Distinguished Lecture
"The Effects of Environment on Children from Low Income Families"
Feb. 19, 2009
In this lecture, Kathleen McCartney, dean of the Graduate School of Education and Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development, Harvard University considers the following questions: When a child lives in an impoverished environment, is a given level of experience necessary for normal development? Can poverty serve as an indicator of the environmental threshold required to support normal development? Dean McCartney examines evidence from behavior genetics, income change studies and early childhood interventions. She also explores the implications of these issues for educators and policymakers.