In the latest installment of our Teachers Talk series, Natalia Mejia notes how #NorthCarolina ranked 34th in average #teacher pay and 46th in beginning teacher pay last year. Other educated professionals don’t have to work a second job, she says. #NCed publicedworks.org/2024/04/teache…

A special thank you to Representative Kevin Crutchfield, Representative Diamond Staton-Williams, Senator Paul Newton, and Senator Todd Johnson for visiting Cabarrus County Schools today and taking part in the inaugural "Bring Your Legislator to School" day!

Congratulations to Hickory Ridge High School's Caleb Snell who was named the 2024-25 CCS Teacher of the Year at tonight's Celebration of Excellence.

Congratulations to our new Cabarrus County BTOY!

I am so excited be going to the Global NC professional development in South Korea 🇰🇷 with Kim Jones and Tiffany Wynn this summer. Thank you so much NCCAT News for allowing me to experience this program. #goglobalnc #nccat #ncbtoy

It was so exciting to have been selected as the winner UNC Charlotte for the Marian Beane Crossing Borders Contest for the Graduate Category. I am always honored to be able to share about my time studying abroad and how it shapes the experiences I create for my students. #ncbtoy

Congratulations to each of them! We are so fortunate to have Natalia Mejia as our #TarHeelTeachers at Home Middle School Co-Host! #nced #NCTOYPOY

I am humbled to share that I have been appointed by Governor Roy Cooper as one of the Commissioners to North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service. The commission works to support AmeriCorp programs and encourages civic engagement in NC! #ncbtoy #americorps

So excited to present a session “Rise to Prioritize Multilingual Learners” with @AshtynBerry13 for #CCSRISE2024 in August! Strategies from- 🌍 ναℓєηтιηα gσηzαℓєz ♥️🙌🏽 and @easkelton! Cabarrus Co. Schools CC Griffin STEM Middle WR Odell Elementary CabCo ESL

These two gems answered the call to present a keynote session at #CCSRISE2024! They led an awesome session about prioritizing our #multilinguallearners! You rock Natalia Mejia & @AshtynBerry13! 💎 🎉 CC Griffin STEM Middle WR Odell Elementary

The first week back has been so much fun!🤩 Students and staff are off to a great start, full of energy and enthusiasm! We are so excited to watch everyone grow and succeed this year!🌟🍎🫶📚 #BackToSchool #CCS

As Trump returns to White House, NC GOP moving to require sheriffs to cooperate with ICE. Before they lose the supermajority, GOP plans Tuesday to override veto of HB10, which has also voucher funding. (Via @avibajpai_ & Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi) #nced #ncpol #ncga newsobserver.com/news/politics-…

Townsend-Smith said that “to have others create responses to help fulfill recommendations, so that there can be a model across the state of what to replicate, is critically important to fulfilling the overall vision of a diverse educator workforce, which is beneficial to each and

Friends, Mo Wants to Know: Superintendent NCDPI Superintendent Mo Green is shaping a strategic plan for NC public schools—and your voice matters! As part of his “Mo Wants to Know” initiative, he's gathering input from students, parents, educators, and all who care about education. Public

I’m honored to be selected as one of the inaugural Learning Happens Here Teacher Ambassadors by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR)! Thank you to NC DNCR and Cabarrus Co. Schools for all their support! #NCLearningHappensHere #TeachCabCo #ncbtoy

Thank you to NC DNCR for sending a classroom set of Plott's Tales and Trails: Aventuras con Carolina to my ML classroom! We are so excited to learn more about North Carolina together! #NCLearningHappensHere #TeachCabCo #ncbtoy #NCLearningHappensHereTeacherAmbassador

Had a great time honoring Cabarrus Co. Schools kindergarten teacher Summer Espinosa on behalf of NCCAT News along with 2023 North Carolina Beginning Teacher of the Year Natalia Mejia at Monday's Cabarrus Board of Ed meeting. #nced

This week, the NCGA reconvened for its scheduled October session. Instead of finalizing a long-overdue state budget, lawmakers approved a new congressional map for the fifth time in 10 years. ncforum.org/october-24-pol…

ICYMI, last weekend on Education Matters we explored the 2025 America After 3 PM report with NC Center for Afterschool Programs's Elizabeth Anderson, Dogwood Health Trust's Dr. Ereka Williams, & NC Public Schools' Geoff Coltrane to. Watch the full episode now: youtube.com/watch?v=ajPcxr…

me celebrating zohran mamdani becoming new york city’s mayor even tho I’m from the south