Education Grants and Awards

Nov 14, 2015

Mary Bridgers, Cohort V Fellow, ECPS Teacher Spotlight

  Cohort V’s own, Mary Bridgers, was featured as the Edgecombe County Public Schools’ Teacher Spotlight the week of November 14th. She is currently teaching at Stocks Elementary School as a first grade teacher while completing the first year of course work in the NELA program. To view the Teacher Spotlight, please visit this link:… 

Jun 16, 2015

Talking about School Culture with Dr. Kent Peterson

NELA fellows from all Cohorts along with school leaders in the Northeast were invited to a professional development focused on School Culture and led by Dr. Kent Peterson. The PD started with a one-day session discussing school culture. On the second day, participants ventured in the community and learned about local business culture. 

May 1, 2015

NELA Fellow is AP of the Year

May 2015 – NELA Fellow, Kendrick Alston received the Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year Award. 

Nov 20, 2014

NC State Wins National Award for Preparing Rural School Leaders

“A North Carolina State University program to train leaders for rural schools in northeastern North Carolina was honored Nov. 20 with a national award for effectiveness – one of only two programs to receive the distinction. Dr. Bonnie Fusarelli receives the UCEA award for the Northeast Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C. The Northeast Leadership Academy… 

Oct 29, 2014

NELA Featured in Education Weekly!

Recognized as “American education’s newspaper of record”, Education Week is a nationally-read newspaper that strives to connect K-12 education policy with practice. Within the Education Week website, there is a blog that focuses on news in Rural Education. The NELA program at NC State was featured in this blog for winning the UCEA award on October… 

Oct 12, 2014

NELA featured on Front Page of the Technician

The Technician is the Student Newspaper on NC State’s campus. On October 12, 2014, a story featuring NELA was seen on the front page, celebrating the grant that was recently awarded to the program. The article also gave some information about the purpose of NELA and the impact that principals have in rural schools. View the…