I was a straight-A student in high school. But when I began Pfeiffer University after I graduated high school, I soon realized that I was in no way prepared for college. I hadn’t brought base knowledge with me to build on. I also was not equipped with efficient habits to get myself through the next four years without a
...In the fall of 2012, I found myself at my brother’s high school soccer game having a conversation with the principal of his school about what my future plans were. She had been a teacher of mine years before and was aware of my background. I hold my BS in biology from Appalachian State University and have been putting
...When I first learned about the study visit to Texas with my new job as a college liaison for Beaufort County Schools, I was not very excited — I had never flown on a plane and I was being a chicken. But the more I researched the school district we were going to visit — the ...
North Carolina New Schools consistently provides excellent opportunities for teachers to collaborate and learn from one another, but North Carolina is full of other programs for teachers to collaborate and find useful information. Last week I had the good fortune to work with the folks at LEARN NC, a program at UNC-Chapel Hill that provides
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