NELA Graduates

Aug 31, 2023

Leshaun Jenkins (JPLA 2020) featured in EdNC Article

Aug 31, 2023

Brittney Mary Lopez (NELA 2022) named Edenton-Chowan Public Schools AP of the Year

Brittney Mary Lopez (NELA 2022) named Edenton-Chowan Public Schools AP of the Year for her service at Chowan Middle School. She earned an undergraduate degree in Child and Adolescent Studies with a medal in Community Engagement from California State University Fullerton. In 2015 she began teaching third grade at Nashville Elementary where she was awarded Beginning Teacher of the Year. She taught fourth and fifth grades as an Extended Impact Teacher at Coker-Wimberly Elementary. She was recognized as a Teacher with Value-Added score in the top 25 percent statewide for three consecutive years before transitioning to her current role as Multi-Classroom Leader. In this role she served teachers and stakeholders in third, fourth and fifth grade. She is a Teach for America Alumna and acting support staff member. She started her Principal Residency at W.A. Pattillo Middle School, and then served at Tarboro High School. 

Mar 6, 2023

Taylor Evans (Wake Cohort ’22) was selected by WCPSS for Black History Month spotlight

She was recognized for her service at Walnut Creek Elementary School. 

Feb 22, 2023

Dr. Lauren Lampron (NELA Cohort III / Ed.D. 2015) featured in EdNC article: Meet a principal who offers love first in this come as you are school

Lauren Lampron, Ed.D was interviewed about her time as principal at SouthWest Edgecombe High School. 

Dec 13, 2022

Congratulations to Rommy Woodley (NCLA) who was just named AP of the Year for Franklin County Schools

Dec 7, 2022

Leshaun Jenkins, NELA 2020 graduate, featured in EdNC article “Meet Leshaun Jenkins, a first-year principal in Edgecombe County answering ‘the call’”

Leshaun Jenkins, JPLA 2020 graduate, was recently interviewed about his first year as a Principal. 

Nov 9, 2021

Sophelia McMannen (NELA III) in EdNC- “How this rural school district is coping with staffing shortages”

“Until teachers can get the support — it’s not even just about money — but the support that they need, you aren’t going to have people that are going to enter the field to teach,” McMannen said. 

Nov 9, 2021

Lauren Lampron (NELA III) Named Edgecombe County Schools’ 2021-2022 Principal of the Year

“This is not the first time that Lampron has won the honor of Principal of the Year for the school district. When she was leading W.A. Patillo Middle Schools, Lampron was selected as the Edgecombe County Public Schools 2019 Principal of the Year.” 

Aug 5, 2021

Timothy Mudd (’13 MSA), Nash County Public Schools 2021-2022 Principal of the Year, Recognized for Success in Creating Opportunities for Students

“Mudd said the NC State College of Education’s Northeast Leadership Academy (NELA) helped transform him from a high school math teacher who wanted to make a greater impact into the school leader he is today. As a part of NELA, Mudd discovered who he was as a leader and grasped the importance of understanding his local… 

May 28, 2021

Laura Wilson Wadsworth, NELA Cohort VI, was named 2021-2022 Franklin County Assistant Principal of the Year

Congratulations to NELA Cohort VI Graduate, Laura Wilson Wadsworth, Assistant Principal at Bunn High School, for being named Franklin County Assistant Principal of the Year. Laura was selected from a field of 8 outstanding candidates including fellow NELA graduates, Dakisha Perry (Cohort V), Rommy Woodley, Chris Cullom, and Tyler Morris (NCLA Cohort). For more information,…