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Eight WCPSS Teachers Named Kenan Fellows

April 19, 2011 - Eight WCPSS teachers will soon be embarking on a variety of new challenges, as they are among 47 teachers honored as the Class of 2012 for the Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development.

The eight WCPSS teachers are:

Kenan Fellows spend five weeks in the summer with mentors from universities, innovative industries and professional educators and two weeks in a Summer Institute. Fellows work in labs, develop new research skills, engage in leadership workshops and build professional relationships with colleagues. As their research progresses, they use the summer experience to create lessons that are adapted to the subjects they teach. Kenan Fellows bring this new, relevant information into classrooms at a level that is appropriate for their students. They continue developing their projects in the fall and present their lessons at professional conferences throughout the next year to help improve teacher instruction and student learning in classrooms across N.C.

Teacher Projects
The teachers will take part in a wide range of projects that are representative of scientific research currently going on in North Carolina.

Belcher will work with mentor Dr. Julie Joslin from the NC Department of Public Instruction on “Common Core Curriculum Design - English Language Arts/Social Studies.” The project sponsor will be the NC Department of Public Instruction.

Anderson will work with mentors Jane Woodall and Lee Ann Parrott of the company EMC2 on “Engineering Efficiencies in Education.”  The project sponsor will beEMC2.

Cancellieri will work with mentor Kirsten Weeks of Cisco Systems, Inc. on “Global Collaboration in the Classroom.” The project sponsor will be Cisco Systems, Inc.

Dr. Colbert will work with Dr. Robert Malkin of Duke University on “Improving Healthcare through Engineering in Health and Life Science.” The project sponsor will be the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Teachers.

James will work with Gregory McKnight of the NC Department of Public Instruction on “Teachers Training Teachers, Region 3.” The project sponsor will be the NC Department of Public Instruction.

Jones will work with Julie Joslin of the NC Department of Public Instruction on “Common Core Curriculum Design – English Language Arts/Social Studies.” The project sponsor will be the NC Department of Public Instruction.

Oliver will work with Teresa Damiano of the RDU Airport Authority on “Airport Engineering.” The project sponsor will be NASA Flight Fellowship.

Stavros will be working with Jennifer Houchins of Shodor on “Computational Science and 21st Century Skills.” The project sponsor will be GlaxoSmithKline and Shodor.

The Kenan Fellows Program selected teachers after a competitive application and interview process. With 47 members, this is the largest class of Fellows brought into the program in a single year. Public school teachers in every N.C. school district were eligible to apply, and teachers from all eight education regions were accepted into the program.

The Kenan Fellows Program is an initiative of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science at NC State University. You can find more information at the program’s website.

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