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2023-2024 IGNITE PLC

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Learn more about the 2023-2024 Ignite Professional Learning Community (PLC) facilitators and topics below. PLC Facilitators PLC Topics


2022-2023 IGNITE PLC

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Learn more about the 2022-2023 Ignite Professional Learning Community (PLC) facilitators and topics below. PLC Facilitators PLC Topics


A Legacy of Leadership and Advocacy in CED

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The history of the counseling profession parallels the history of the counseling program at UNC Greensboro in many ways. Those parallels are perhaps most obvious in the life and legacy of Dr. Nicholas A. Vacc, former faculty member (1979-2002) and department chair (1986-1996), and one of the driving forces in the professionalization of the counseling field.


Karena Zhang (MAT TESOL) Active in Growth of State’s Mandarin Teaching

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As the number of students interested in learning Chinese as a heritage language or foreign language continues to grow, the number of Mandarin dual language/immersion (DL/I) programs across the state of North Carolina has also increased. According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, there are now 22 Mandarin … Continued


Liam Gallagher’s (PTRP) Path to Becoming an Employed Educator

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The Piedmont Teacher Residency Partnership (PTRP) is a 14-month program that is an innovative, effective residency that prepares highly-qualified, diverse teachers for success in Rockingham and Surry County Schools, while working towards a master’s degree in education. Liam Gallagher graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in English degree from UNC … Continued


We Can, She Can, Deaf Can!

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Funded by a We Can She Can grant, the Interpreting, Deaf Education, and Advocacy (IDEA) faculty and students sponsored multiple events that allowed K-12 Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students to learn about famous Deaf women […]


Dr. Morgan Chitiyo (SES) chosen as the new editor of JISNE

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Congratulations to Dr. Morgan Chitiyo, Department Chair for the SES department, for being selected to serve as the new editor for the Journal of International Special Needs Education (JISNE). JISNE is the flagship journal of the Council of Exceptional Children’s Division of International Special Education and Services and focuses on … Continued