Training & Professional Development for Teachers

The American Indian Center was awarded a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council to hold a teacher training workshop for the new curriculum guide entitled, North Carolina American Indian Studies: A Curriculum Enrichment Project of the North Carolina Humanities Council.

Additional Resources for Educators


Previous Workshops

Implementing the K-12 Curriculum on North Carolina American Indians

Friday, October 30, 2009

Location: Robeson Community College

School districts with Title VII Indian Education programs were invited to participate in this project by identifying teachers to send to the workshop. Teachers were trained on how to use the curriculum guide to create lesson plans. Educators also received training on how to conduct similar mini-workshops in their home school districts to train additional teachers in their area. LEARN NC staff also introduced their available resources to teache

ATTENTION EDUCATORS:  If you are still interested in receiving this training after our registration has closed, please contact us.  Teachers who attend our workshop are required to conduct similar mini-workshops in their home school districts to continue training additional teachers. We will gladly connect you with the appropriate contact person in closest proximity to you so that you may attend one of these workshops in the near future!

For additional questions regarding this workshop please email Randi Byrd at rrbyrd@email.unc.edu


Implementing the K-12 Curriculum on North Carolina American Indians

Thursday, August 6 and Friday, August 7, 2009

Location: Carolina Center for Educational Excellence

School districts with Title VII Indian Education programs were invited to participate in this project by identifying teachers to send to the workshop. 7 teachers were trained on how to use the curriculum guide to create lesson plans. Educators also received training on how to conduct similar mini-workshops in their home school districts.


Workshop Sponsorship

The North Carolina Humanities Council – http://www.nchumanities.org/

This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.