CCEE Overview

In establishing the Carolina Center for Educational Excellence, the School of Education and the Chapel HillCarrboro City School system are providing a workplace that benefits students in the public schools, practicing teachers, counselors, school leaders and undergraduate and graduate students.

Photo of classroom Housed on a site between Seawell Elementary School and Chapel Hill High School and attached to Smith Middle School, the Center provides workshops, seminars, Internet-supported demonstrations, graduate classes and other opportunities for study. The Center demonstrates the kinds of support that make good educators great and keep them growing and interested in their work. The Center’s programs advance the School of Education’s capacity to address the pressing need for recruitment, training and retention of teachers and school leaders in North Carolina.

Benefits

Benefits of the Center extend to schools, the University, teachers, counselors, school leaders and the citizens of North Carolina:

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School system benefits by having a dedicated wing of a middle school constructed on land donated by the University and adjacent to an existing elementary school and high school. The district’s professional staff benefits by having University professors engaged in teaching and research literally "down the hall" and virtually in any school within the district.
The School of Education’s students and faculty gain technologically enabled space in which to offer pre-service and in-service professional development and advanced degree programs. They also become partners with real working schools whose students, teachers and leaders grapple daily with the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing environment.
The teachers, counselors and school leaders of North Carolina benefit from easier access to the rich resources of the School of Education. University faculty offer courses on-site at the Center and are able to make these offerings available throughout the state with videoconferencing.
The citizens of North Carolina will benefit for years to come through research studies collaboratively designed by P-16 educators and University faculty, application of research results to today’s education challenges, development of new curricula and teaching methods, application of emerging technologies to educational settings, and innovative training to prepare highly qualified teachers, counselors and school leaders.

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