The Kenan Fellows Program — a K-12 education initiative at N.C. State University — selected National Teacher Appreciation Day to announce its annual teacher internship awards.
Forty public school teachers from across North Carolina have been selected as 2015-16 Kenan Fellows. Their names were announced during a special event celebrating educators at Vernon Malone College and Career Academy in Raleigh where there are three Kenan Fellows. Among the newest Fellows are teachers working within the NC New Schools network in Duplin, Durham, Martin and Wake counties.
Beginning in June, the new Kenan Fellows will spend five weeks of their summer learning and gaining experience from local experts in nanotechnology, financial education, renewable energy, genetics research, energy, and other science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.
Established in 2000 as an initiative of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science at N.C. State University, a core goal of the Kenan Fellows Program is to develop outstanding teacher leaders who serve as advocates for excellence in education. The year-long fellowship begins with the summer internship and culminates with the development and implementation of effective educational curricula and programs designed by Kenan Fellows. These resources and programs are shared with other educators and used in classrooms, school systems and communities across the state and beyond.
