This page includes brief statements and links to videos created by university professors at UNC Charlotte and Johnson C. Smith University and public school classroom teachers at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. They were asked to respond to the prompt, “What’s My WHY in CTI?”, for this video project.
Franchone Bey (English Teacher at West Charlotte High and CTI Fellow) is “all about the collaboration” with colleagues from across the district and with university scholars at the top of their fields in the liberal arts & sciences.
Susan Trammell, Ph.D., (Physics Professor at UNC Charlotte and former CTI Seminar Leader) explores the power of CTI’s mission to provide high-quality professional development for teachers through her experience leading four CTI seminars since 2010.
Kendal Mobley, Th.D., (Religion Professor at Johnson C. Smith University and former CTI Seminar Leader) shares the benefit of CTI not only for CMS teachers through content-focused seminars, but also in his scholarship as a religion scholar.
Janaka Lewis, Ph.D., (English Professor at UNC Charlotte and former CTI Seminar Leader) draws connections between teaching undergraduate students in literature and desire to bring that excitement for learning, ideas, and stories to teachers through her literature-based seminar.
Shannon Sullivan, Ph.D., (Philosophy Professor at UNC Charlotte and former CTI Seminar Leader) shares her WHY in CTI: the teachers. She celebrates the power of the CTI seminar experience through its focus on the teacher – her knowledge, her confidence, and her growth.
Jasmine Corbett, Esq. (Communications Professor at Johnson C. Smith University and former CTI Seminar Leader) reflects on the relationships she developed with teachers through her CTI seminar that bring her so much joy and that she maintains to this day.
Brian Magi, Ph.D., (Atmospheric Scientist at UNC Charlotte and former CTI Seminar Leader) links topics in climate and earth science to the diversity of his CTI seminar with teachers from elementary, middle, and high school examining topics from interdisciplinary perspectives.
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