Kay Cee Butcher, MAT graduateI have been challenged to better myself for the sake of my students. I have been exposed to new thoughts and ideas by brilliant professors who truly care about me as a person and as a future educator.
Sharpening Effectiveness in Teacher Preparation
Our teacher-preparation program produces highly effective educators, as we work to continually improve the program
UPDATE: James Michael Sapp was named the North Carolina Association for Colleges of Teacher Educators' statewide Student Teacher of the Year award during the association's fall forum. "What is a just war?" That's the essential question James Michael Sapp ('21 M.A.T.) posed to his seventh-grade social studies students at Margaret B. Pollard Middle School in…
The School of Education will work with Durham Public Schools to recruit and train teachers from underrepresented groups to work in high-needs schools under a new $4.8 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year teacher residency project — called “Diverse and Resilient Educators Advised through Mentorship,” or UNC DREAM — seeks…
The School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is among 15 educator preparation programs to serve as a founding program partner of a new initiative aimed at helping improve educator preparation. The Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab), an initiative led by the Learning Policy Institute and Bank Street Graduate School of…
Whitney Williams is a teacher, but she calls herself a "facilitator of learning." "It is not my job to have all the answers, but it is my job to cultivate an environment for learning that inspires and encourages students to take risks and seek answers," said Williams. Williams calls that approach the most important lesson…
