The North Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Conference

The 41st Annual Conference will take place March 6-8, 2016.

This school year, I have been afforded several enriching opportunities! 

Even though, I spent 7 years working in a middle school. I never had a chance to attend the North Carolina Association of Middle Level Education Conference. 

I am so excited to present at the 2016 conference. I will share my project and action research that I conducted for the Governor's Teacher Network. I am hopeful that teachers and administrators will walk away with strategies that they can utilize in their classrooms and schools! I'll keep you posted!

Cultural Diversity Workshop Series at Fayetteville State University

We all live in a very diverse world, and it's very important that we expose our students to the many differences!

Currently, Fayetteville University is sponsoring a dynamic Cultural Diversity Workshop Series! The workshop expands from February 2nd through March 1st! Each session will focus on a different country and its unique culture!

The first session focused on Tanzania. Here are a few pictures from the workshop:

Tanzania employs the 7+4+2+3 education system. The students attend elementary school for 7 years before attending middle school for 4 years. Afterwards, students spend 2 years in high school. Lastly, they are at the university for 3 years. I look forward to learning about the various countries and cultures through these special series!

Flashback Friday - 2015 Tar Heel Preview Day!

Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Boys from various middle schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System enjoyed a fantastic experience at Tar Heel Preview Day.

Over 250 middle school boys from various school districts in North Carolina visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on October 30, 2015 for Tar Heel Preview. This initiative was sponsored by Carolina's Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Office and the Carolina Millennial Scholars Program. Both organizations aim to expose students to higher education early in order to plant the seeds for future success.

As the Academic Support Specialist with Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' Student Mentoring Program), I was fortunate enough to attend the event at the invitation of my colleague, Granvel Johnson (New Match Specialist). We were accompanied by 8 of our students.

Here are numerous photos from the event:

After the opening session, the participants attended various tours of the school. I was fortunate enough to visit the UNC School of Media and Journalism!

Lunch was absolutely delicious and filled with informative discussions and dynamic performances!

The sponsors were very generous with the Carolina Paraphernalia!

The 2015 Tar Heel Preview Day was superb! There are early discussions about hosting a similar event for middle school girls! I look forward to attending these types of events for many years to come!