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Tonight’s (Jan. 25) ‘Exploding Canons’ event at McColl Center has been cancelled Rescheduled for next Friday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m.

Tonight’s (Jan. 25)  ‘Exploding Canons’ event at McColl Center has been cancelled

Rescheduled for next Friday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m.

After careful consideration tonight’s event, Exploding Canons:  All the Time in the World, has been cancelled.  Due to the current and impending inclement weather in the Charlotte and surrounding areas the Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI), in partnership with the McColl Center for Visual Art,  felt that the responsible decision is to cancel tonight’s event.  The safety of guests, volunteers, panelists, and partners is CTI’s main priority.

The McColl Center has decided to cancel the Opening Reception scheduled for tonight as well.    We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and trust that registrants will understand CTI’s concern for safety.

A rescheduled date for Exploding Canons:  All the Time in the World is set for next Friday, 1 February 2013, at 5:30 p.m.

Registration has been extended through next Friday.  Please visit www.charlotteteachers.org to register.  Seating is limited.

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CTI Presents ‘Exploding Canons’ at the McColl Center

Faculty and Artists Explore Time through Art and Science

CHARLOTTE — January 13, 2012 — Exploring and expressing the concept of time intrigues artists and scientists alike, and “Exploding Canons: All the Time in the World” will continue the exploration on Friday, Jan. 25, in an event presented by the Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) and the McColl Center for Visual Art.

The evening at the McColl Center begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception, followed by a discussion at 6:30 p.m. when national and local academic experts including the McColl’s visiting artists, will consider time through art, physics, biology, environmental science and personal experiences. Following the panel, the art exhibition “All the Time in the World” will remain open until 9 p.m. CTI designed the event in conjunction with the exhibition, which opens that evening.

“The McColl Center has been a leader in arts integration in the Charlotte community for many years,” said CTI Director Scott Gartlan. “This natural collaboration expands our signature approach to interdisciplinary study by showcasing six scholars from four states in six different educational institutions from Stanford University to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. This will be an unprecedented cultural and scientific event.”

The exhibition features video, installation and mixed media work by Gail Wight, associate professor of art practice at Stanford University, and Mary Tsiongas, associate professor of art and art history at the University of New Mexico. Exhibition curator Arif Khan, curator of art at the Clay Center for Arts & Sciences, said the exhibition “explores creative ways of expressing or marking time and shows how an understanding of science can influence the practice of contemporary art.”

Topics and presenters in the panel discussion are:

  • “Visualizing the Invisible Universe: From the Very Large to the Very Small” – Mario Belloni, professor of physics, Davidson College.
  • “Images of Time: Photography and Film in Contemporary Art” – Jae Emerling, professor of art and art history, UNC Charlotte.
  • “Reflecting Sustainability Through Art: Production, Consumption and Waste in the Modern World” – Beth Lasure, art teacher, Mallard Creek High School.

Lasure, a founding teacher leader in CTI, was recently named a McColl Center Artist-in-Residence. Her remarks will focus on curriculum ideas related to art and science she developed in a recent CTI seminar. Khan will moderate the panel. Wight and Tsiongas will join the local academics in the discussion, which includes a question and answer period.

The Exploding Canons program and the McColl Center exhibition are free and open to the public. CMS educators from all grades and subject areas are especially encouraged to attend. Seating for the Exploding Canons program is limited, so registration at the CTI website (www.charlotteteachers.org) is recommended.

The McColl Center is located at 721 N. Tryon St. in uptown Charlotte. Free parking is available in the McColl Center lot at the corner of 10th and Church streets. Metered parking is also available on 10th, Church and Tryon streets (free after 6 p.m.). Handicapped-accessible parking is located in the small lot directly behind the McColl Center on Church Street.

The “Exploding Canons” speakers series optimizes the partnerships among CTI to offer educators and the public collaborative educational opportunities that highlight university and college faculty, explore diverse topics in an interdisciplinary manner, and encourage community conversation.  This marks the eighth event in the “Exploding Canons” series, which has served more than 1,500 people, half of whom were CMS teachers.

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Charlotte Teachers Institute Honors 94 Teachers for Seminar Achievements

Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) Honors 94 Teachers for Seminar Achievements

CHARLOTTE – Dec. 19, 2012 – Charlotte Teachers Institute recently honored 94 teachers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for accomplishments that include the writing of 1,900 pages of new curriculum accessible by teachers worldwide.

The teachers, called CTI Fellows, completed CTI seminars led by Davidson College and UNC Charlotte professors. They expanded the impact of what they were learning by developing the new curriculum units for their own students, and for other teachers via the CTI and Yale National Initiative (YNI) websites. CTI recognized Fellows’ work at its 2012 Fellows’ Finale Celebration at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.

The educators represent every grade level, with 29 elementary, 25 middle, and 40 high school teachers. They teach subjects ranging from art to biology, world history to foreign languages and ESL, language arts and costume design to physics, and math to technology.

“Together, these teachers spent nearly 3,000 hours attending CTI seminars at Davidson College and UNC Charlotte,” said CTI Executive Director Scott Gartlan. “In addition, they spent time reading and researching, and writing the original curriculum units. They plan to share their curriculum units with nearly 500 other CMS teachers and 7,425 CMS students will learn from the units the teachers created this year.”

“CTI provides teachers and higher education faculty with a transformative experience that changes their teaching forever,” Gartlan added. “This year’s Fellows have collectively taught for over 1,080 years, or 11.6 years per teacher. Of those combined years, they have taught 807 in CMS.  They plan to teach a combined 1,177 additional years.”

In a recent CTI/Yale National Initiative survey, a CTI Fellow spoke of the initiative’s impact. “CTI has helped me grow into a better teacher by reminding me that I must constantly evaluate my effectiveness and look for opportunities to improve, even in the smallest of ways,” the teacher said.

Each year, CTI teacher leaders request and select seminars designed in conjunction with UNC Charlotte and Davidson College faculty. A CMS teacher coordinates each seminar, in partnership with the higher education faculty member. This year, seminars and seminar leaders included:

  • The Science of NASCAR – Peter Tkacik, mechanical engineering, UNC Charlotte
  • Reading African American Lives – Jeffrey Leak, English, UNC Charlotte
  • Entertaining with Math – Tim Chartier, mathematics, Davidson College
  • American Political Parties: Their Failures and Their Futures – Susan Roberts, political science, Davidson College
  • Reading Media Imagery: Critical Thinking and Literacy, led by Dan Grano, communication studies, UNC Charlotte
  • ‘All Immigration is Local’: Exploring the New Geography of Immigration – Heather Smith, geography and earth sciences, UNC Charlotte
  • African American Literature of the Civil Rights Movement – Brenda Flanagan, English, Davidson College
  • Environmental Science and Climate Change – Cindy Hauser, chemistry, Davidson College

Each CTI Fellow received three continuing education units and a stipend for seminar completion. Additionally, each Fellow is now eligible to apply to attend the YNI Summer Intensive Seminars at Yale University in July 2013.  CTI is one of five Institutes nationwide affiliated with the Yale program, including others in New Haven, CT; Pittsburgh, PA; Philadelphia, PA; and New Castle, DE.  Richmond, VA will be the site of a new Teachers Institute.

The Charlotte Teachers Institute is an educational partnership among Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Davidson College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, working to improve teaching in Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools. CTI cultivates content-knowledge, creativity, leadership skills and collaboration within and among Charlotte’s public school teachers. Programs include long-term seminars and special events for teachers, as well as community presentations such as its “Exploding Canons” interdisciplinary discussion series. Resources come from the three Institute partners and private funding institutions, such as the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Belk Foundation, the Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation and the Wells Fargo Foundation. The Institute is housed at UNC Charlotte within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

For more information, contact CTI Executive Director Scott Gartlan, 704-687-2026, info@charlotteteachers.org.

 

 

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CTI Honors 94 Teachers for Seminar Achievements

Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) honored 94 local public school teachers at the 2012 CTI Fellows’ Finale Celebration Dec. 11 at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. The teachers, all from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), recently completed CTI seminars led by Davidson College and UNC Charlotte professors, and developed new curricula to be taught in CMS.  These K-12 teachers represented every grade level – 29 elementary, 25 middle, and 40 high school teachers; and a wide range of subjects – from art to biology, world history to foreign languages and ESL, language arts and costume design to physics, math and technology.  (Read more…)

These dedicated teachers — the 2012 CTI Fellows — include:

Emily Abernathy J.V. Washam Elementary
Morgan Andrews W.A. Hough High School
Kristin Arko Croft Community School
Courtney Armstrong Jay M. Robinson Middle School
Lisa Ashworth Barringer Academic Center
Tamara Babulski Independence High School
Sean Baker Providence High School
Allison Baker Vance High School
Daniel Barber Irwin Academic Center
Lucy Beaube Barringer Academic Center
Lakeirra Booth Randolph Middle School
Lawrence Bosc East Mecklenburg High School
Ella Boyd Carmel Middle School
Elizabeth Brang W.A. Hough High
Gloria Brinkman Harding University High School
Lyndsay Burns David Cox Road Elementary School
Mark Buzzee Jay M. Robinson Middle School
Randall Carswell South Charlotte Middle School
Stefanie Carter-Dodson Martin Luther King Middle School
Colleen Casey Francis Bradley Middle School
Leah Conway Mallard Creek High School
Madalina Corneanu Harding University High School
Lysa Craig Bailey Middle School
Jennifer  Dalesandro Bain Elementary
Kia Dessaure John M. Morehead STEM Academy
Tiffany DiMatteo Myers Park High School
Karen Donaldson Collinswood Language Academy
Torrieann Dooley David Cox Road Elementary School
Monica Echols Francis Bradley Middle School
Alexandra Edwards Bailey Middle School
Torrie Edwards W.A. Hough High
Lindsey Elkins Providence High School
Nicole Fraser Davidson Elementary School
Miesha Gadsden Lansdowne Elementary
Troy Gray Davidson Elementary School
Rochelle Gray East Mecklenburg High School
Minnie Griffin Oakdale Elementary
Krystal Guevara Bain Elementary
Delee Hall Marciano Randolph Middle School
Intisar Hamidullah Whitewater Middle School
StaceyAnne Hartberger James Martin Middle School
Brittany Head Jay M. Robinson Middle School
Lakesha Heath Lincoln Heights Elementary
Margaret Hershey-Mason Davidson Elementary School
Sarah Hunt Randolph Middle School
Marva Hutchinson Providence High School
Susan Jenkins Providence High School
Christie Johnson Lincoln Heights Elementary
DeShea Jones Nathaniel Alexander Elementary
Jeff Joyce East Mecklenburg High School
Deborah Jung Winding Springs Elementary
Matthew Kelly Independence High School
Wendy Kimball Northwest School of the Arts
Nicki Kincaid Bailey Middle School
Melanie Kirschner Albemarle Road Elementary
Jennifer Ladanyi Bailey Middle School
Elizabeth Lasure Mallard Creek High School
Benjamin Lewis Oakdale Elementary
Julie McConnell W.A. Hough High
Robin McLennon Davidson Elementary School
Stephanie Misko W.A. Hough High
David Morway Lansdowne Elementary
Kurma Murrain-Collins West Charlotte High School
Patrick O’Neil Mallard Creek High School
Mindy Passe Barringer Academic Center
Viloki Patel Mallard Creek High School
Jashonai Payne Clear Creek Elementary
Elouise Payton Barringer Academic Center
Jann Peck Bailey Middle School
Courtney Pender Elizabeth Traditional Elementary
Michael Pillsbury Randolph Middle School
Janet Raybon Myers Park High School
Jose Rios Eastway Middle School
Julie Ruziska Tiddy Carmel Middle School
La Tanya Sanford Cochrane Collegiate Academy
Debra Semmler East Mecklenburg High School
Jennifer Sieracki J.V. Washam Elementary
Stacy Small Swanson Bailey Middle School
Ingryd Soto West Charlotte High School
Susan Sparks Independence High School
Amy Strong North Mecklenburg High School
Lucinda Supernavage Northwest School of the Arts
Monica  Trujillo West Charlotte High School
Kathryn Vey Francis Bradley Middle School
Barbara Wesselman Northwest School of the Arts
Katie Willett Independence High School
Emily Williams Independence High School
Paula  Williams Winding Springs Elementary
May Winiarski East Mecklenburg High School
Megan Citeroni Woazeah Francis Bradley Middle School
Connie Wood East Mecklenburg High School
Cynthia Woolery Elizabeth Traditional Elementary
Melissa Yoch Harding University High School
Michelle Zachrich Independence High School

 

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November 13, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CTI Teacher Leader Featured in MeckEd Conversation: Common Core

 CTI Fellow and Teacher Leader Michael Pillsbury was a featured speaker at MeckEd’s Oct. 3 Community Conversation:  Common Core Has Arrived: What Are the Implications for CMS and Students?  MeckEd’s two other featured speakers included CMS Deputy Superintendent Ann Clark and Chief Accountability Officer Frank Barnes. For information about the event, visit mecked.org. (Michael is the panelist pictured 2nd from the right in MeckEd’s story photo.)

Michael Pillsbury (standing) provided his teacher perspective on the new Common Core standards during MeckEd’s Community Conversation Oct. 3.
CTI News

CTI Teacher Leader Highlighted in Lake Norman News

CTI Teacher Leader Beth Lasure discussed the value of CTI’s innovative professional development program in Lake Norman News Sept. 25.

In the Media

Lake Norman News, 9/25/12: “Teachers Discover Workshop That Works”

  • Lake Norman News, 9/25/12  interviews CTI Teacher Leader Beth Lasure about the value of CTI’s innovative professional development program.
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September 26, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exploding Canons: Sustainability in Charlotte and Beyond – 10/16/12

Charlotte Teachers Institute’s “Exploding Canons” speakers series sets its sights on sustainable living in an interdisciplinary panel discussion and information expo on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 from 5:30 to 9 p.m., at UNC Charlotte Center City at 320 E. 9thStreet.

Academic and community experts from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds will examine the topic of sustainability, at the “Sustainability in Charlotte and Beyond” event. Sponsored by Piedmont Natural Gas with support from the Charlotte Nature Museum and Discovery Place, the event is free and open to the public.

“The breadth of speakers on this Exploding Canons panel reflects the relation of sustainability to many aspects of life,” said CTI Executive Director Scott Gartlan. “The expo will present a wide representation of organizations and businesses who are working diligently to address current needs without compromising the needs of future generations. This will be a great opportunity for the community to connect with academic experts in a variety of fields, as well as get practical information about daily living and viable business choices.”

The event begins with a reception and information expo in the atrium at 5:30 p.m., followed by the panel discussion from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium. The panel includes faculty from Davidson College, UNC Charlotte, Wake Forest University and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Follow-up conversation, coffee and the expo continue after the panel discussion until 9 p.m.  Space is limited, so registration at http://charlotteteachers.org is recommended. CMS teachers and administrators from all grade levels and subject areas are especially encouraged to attend.

Featured topics and speakers include:

  • “The Politics of Sustainability,” Graham Bullock, assistant professor of political science and environmental studies, Davidson College
  • “The Business Case for Sustainability,” Dan Fogel, executive professor of business and associate director of the Center for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Wake Forest University
  • “Air Quality: When the ‘Top Ten’ is Not the Goal,” Cindy DeForest Hauser, associate professor of chemistry, Davidson College
  • “Visualizing Alternative Futures of Urbanization and Sustainable Growth,” Ross Meentemeyer, professor of geography and earth sciences and executive director of the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science, UNC Charlotte
  • “Small Changes/Big Results: Creating a Positive Impact on the Environment,” Jashonai Payne, 5th grade teacher, Clear Creek Elementary School; and Deb Semmler, physics teacher, East Mecklenburg High School
  • “New Materials for Modern Infrastructure,” Brett Tempest, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, UNC Charlotte

Rob Phocas, energy and sustainability manager for the City of Charlotte, will serve as moderator for the panel discussion.

Participating groups in the information expo include Catawba River District, Center for Sustainability/Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services, Charlotte Nature Museum, City of Charlotte, Clean Air Carolina, Davidson College’s Office of Sustainability, Discovery Place, Duke Energy – Smart Energy Now, Envision Charlotte, Friendship Gardens, Garinger High School Fit and Green, Juice from Juice, McColl Center for Visual Art, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Greenway Program, Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Services (Wipe Out Waste), North Carolina Air Awareness, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association, Piedmont Natural Gas , Project for Innovation, Energy and Sustainability – North Carolina (PiES), Queen City Forward, Sustain Charlotte, UNC Charlotte Levine Scholars Program, UNC Charlotte’s Office of Sustainability, US Green Buildings Council – Charlotte Region Chapter, and others.

The “Exploding Canons” speakers series leverages the partnerships among CTI to offer educators and the public collaborative educational opportunities that highlight university and college faculty, explore diverse topics in an interdisciplinary manner, and encourage community conversation.

About the Charlotte Teachers Institute

The Charlotte Teachers Institute is an educational partnership among Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Davidson College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte that works to improve teaching in Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools. An affiliate of the Yale National Initiative at Yale University, CTI cultivates content-knowledge, creativity, leadership skills and collaboration within and among Charlotte’s public school teachers. Programs include long-term seminars and special events for teachers, as well as community presentations. CTI’s “Exploding Canons” events engage and educate CMS teachers and the community-at-large, as CTI and a variety of partnering organizations produce forums for college and university faculty and other educators to examine topics through multi-disciplinary lenses.

CTI programs are made possible by a joint commitment of resources from all three Institute partners and through the generosity of private funding institutions such as the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Belk Foundation, and the Wells Fargo Foundation. The institute is housed at UNC Charlotte within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Currently, 102 CMS teachers in grades K-12 are enrolled in eight, multidisciplinary seminars that began in the spring and continue until December. The seminars’ weekly meetings recess during the summer, while teachers immerse themselves in reading and research related to curriculum units they are developing for their students. These curriculum units generate learning beyond each teacher’s classroom, as the final units are shared with teachers’ school colleagues and are also published on the CTI and Yale National Initiative websites, making them accessible to teachers worldwide.

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For more information, contact CTI Executive Director Scott Gartlan, 704-687-2026, info@charlotteteachers.org

 

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CMS Chief Recognizes CTI at Special Event for Foreign Dignitaries

Charlotte Teachers Institute was recognized by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) Superintendent Heath Morrison during a panel discussion for the National Democratic Institute (NDI – www.ndi.org) at UNC Charlotte on Sept. 3.   Dr. Morrison highlighted CTI in a discussion of important local efforts to support teachers’ professional development and improve teaching in local public schools. The panel (which also included UNC Charlotte Chancellor Phillip Dubois and Project LIFT Director Denise Watts) focused on K-20 education issues at an NDI event convened for dignitaries from around the world who are visiting Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention.  NDI’s Explore Charlotte program provided dignitaries with the opportunity to learn more about Charlotte’s work in three important national issues:  education, energy and health care.

Led by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the NDI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. NDI has sponsored international visitors at every Democratic National Convention since 1984 to observe the proceedings and the process for nominating the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, and to provide global political leaders with firsthand exposure to the American political process.

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Wells Fargo Awards CTI $50,000 Gift for Program Support

CHARLOTTE – Aug. 24, 2012 – The Charlotte Teachers Institute has received a $50,000 gift from The Wells Fargo Foundation to support the institute’s work in strengthening teaching in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

“We are thrilled to receive this confident and sustained support from such a well respected member of our community as the Wells Fargo Foundation,” said Scott Gartlan, CTI executive director. “Our work is focused on making connections between public school teachers and university professors to meet the needs of students in the classroom. This gift will allow us to continue this work.”

An innovative partnership among the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Davidson College and CMS, Charlotte Teachers Institute brings together faculty, staff and other resources to engage teachers in academic seminars. The Wells Fargo Foundation presented its gift to the UNC Charlotte Foundation on behalf of CTI.

“The Wells Fargo Foundation continues to be impressed with the professional development Charlotte Teachers Institute offers our local teachers,” said Jay Everette, community affairs manager at Well Fargo, “Many participants say that this program helps them teach with more impact and passion. We also like the fact that curriculum created by these educators through their experience with Charlotte Teachers Institute is shared nationally with other educators via Yale University.”

The Wells Fargo Foundation has supported the institute since CTI’s inception in 2009. This most recent gift will support CTI’s general programming, including the 2012 round of seminars which began in late April. Through seminars led by UNC Charlotte and Davidson College faculty, CMS teachers learn new content, work collaboratively with other teachers, and develop new curricula for their students. Teachers serve as leaders in the institute and choose seminar topics they deem most important and engaging for current CMS teachers and their students.  To date, more than 200 CMS teachers have participated in the Charlotte Teachers Institute seminars teaching more than 40,000 students.

An affiliate of the Yale National Initiative at Yale University, CTI cultivates content-knowledge, creativity, leadership skills and collaboration. Programs include long-term seminars and special events for teachers, as well as community presentations such as the popular Exploding Canons cultural collaboration series.

Currently, 102 CMS teachers in grades K-12 are enrolled in eight, multidisciplinary seminars that continue until December. The seminars’ weekly meetings recess during the summer, while teachers immerse themselves in reading and research related to the curriculum units they are developing for their students. These curriculum units generate learning beyond each teacher’s classroom, as the final units are shared with teachers’ school colleagues and are also published on the CTI and Yale National Initiative websites, making them accessible to teachers worldwide.

CTI programs are made possible by a joint commitment of resources from all three Institute partners and through the generosity of private funding institutions such as The Wells Fargo Foundation. The institute is housed at UNC Charlotte within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

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(8/24/2012) Charlotte Teachers Institute Receives $50,000 from The Wells Fargo Foundation

CHARLOTTE – Aug. 24, 2012 – The Charlotte Teachers Institute has received a $50,000 gift from The Wells Fargo Foundation to support the institute’s work in strengthening teaching in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

“We are thrilled to receive this confident and sustained support from such a well respected member of our community as the Wells Fargo Foundation,” said Scott Gartlan, CTI executive director. “Our work is focused on making connections between public school teachers and university professors to meet the needs of students in the classroom. This gift will allow us to continue this work.”

An innovative partnership among the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Davidson College and CMS, Charlotte Teachers Institute brings together faculty, staff and other resources to engage teachers in academic seminars. The Wells Fargo Foundation presented its gift to the UNC Charlotte Foundation on behalf of CTI.

“The Wells Fargo Foundation continues to be impressed with the professional development Charlotte Teachers Institute offers our local teachers,” said Jay Everette, community affairs manager at Well Fargo, “Many participants say that this program helps them teach with more impact and passion. We also like the fact that curriculum created by these educators through their experience with Charlotte Teachers Institute is shared nationally with other educators via Yale University.”

The Wells Fargo Foundation has supported the institute since CTI’s inception in 2009. This most recent gift will support CTI’s general programming, including the 2012 round of seminars which began in late April. Through seminars led by UNC Charlotte and Davidson College faculty, CMS teachers learn new content, work collaboratively with other teachers, and develop new curricula for their students. Teachers serve as leaders in the institute and choose seminar topics they deem most important and engaging for current CMS teachers and their students.  To date, more than 200 CMS teachers have participated in the Charlotte Teachers Institute seminars teaching more than 40,000 students.

An affiliate of the Yale National Initiative at Yale University, CTI cultivates content-knowledge, creativity, leadership skills and collaboration. Programs include long-term seminars and special events for teachers, as well as community presentations such as the popular Exploding Canons cultural collaboration series.

Currently, 102 CMS teachers in grades K-12 are enrolled in eight, multidisciplinary seminars that continue until December. The seminars’ weekly meetings recess during the summer, while teachers immerse themselves in reading and research related to the curriculum units they are developing for their students. These curriculum units generate learning beyond each teacher’s classroom, as the final units are shared with teachers’ school colleagues and are also published on the CTI and Yale National Initiative websites, making them accessible to teachers worldwide.

CTI programs are made possible by a joint commitment of resources from all three Institute partners and through the generosity of private funding institutions such as The Wells Fargo Foundation. The institute is housed at UNC Charlotte within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

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For more information, contact CTI Executive Director Scott Gartlan at scott.gartlan@uncc.edu or 704-687-2026.

CTI Insights

August 24, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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