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Kevin O'Connell, NC STEP Intern

Kevin O'Connell is an NC STEP teacher intern at Cross Creek Early College High School in Fayetteville, NC.

Articles by Kevin O'Connell

NC STEP Profile: Something I Can Fix

Shiny trinkets are shiny.

Even as a newcomer to education, I’ve become all too familiar with the questions teachers always have about time. Do we have enough time to cover the state curriculum; enough time to run a complex lab in a single class; enough time to plan an effective unit; enough time for the students’ personal growth?

While my experiences so far with ...