NCSU Educational Leadership Academies Updates

Sep 20, 2016

NELA Graduate as Founding Principal

NELA Cohort IV Fellow Founding Principal(Henderson Collegiate E-Newsletter)

Sep 20, 2016

Visit to Henderson Collegiate

Cohort V Visits Henderson Collegiate(Henderson Collegiate E-Newsletter)

Aug 4, 2016

Summer Community Internship Spotlight: Peacemakers

Cheers and energetic voices rang out in the hallways and auditorium of The Freedom School at Peacemakers of Rocky Mount on a bright Tuesday morning. As we visited NELA Cohort V fellows Johanna and Lacey at their summer internship at Peacemakers, their colleagues welcomed us with open arms and huge smiles, explaining the mission of…

Mar 4, 2016

Flipping the Classroom

Cohort V participated in a Flipped Classroom training on March 4th with Dr. Lodge McCammon.After the training, each fellow created a Flipped Classroom lesson. During the lesson, Cohort V fellows recorded a one take music video using music and movement to learn about the solar system. #NELAFlip16 Lacey said “This was awesome not only due…

Feb 23, 2016

Part of Loving Kids is Feeding Them

The NELA Cohort V Fellows recently attended the 2016 No Kid Hungry NC conference at the Friday Center for Continuing Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. No Kid Hungry NC is the North Carolina program of the nonprofit Share Our Strength’s national No Kid Hungry campaign. The conference brought together a…

Feb 12, 2016

Exceptional Children’s Discussion Panel

Edgecombe County NELA Cohort IV fellows, Caroline Joyce, Julie Simpson and Billy Strother, hosted a two-part discussion panel that focused on the exceptional children’s (E.C.) program from a parent perspective with a follow-up panel of E.C. professionals. The panel discussion took place in the Edgecombe County Public School’s Board Room in Tarboro on Tuesday, February…

Jan 10, 2016

Social Justice Training 2016

The purpose of the Social Justice Specialized training is to facilitate opportunities for NELA Fellows and Graduates to develop an understanding of how to be leaders of equity. Sessions focused around vernacular, common vocabulary and understanding; economic equity, environmental equity, and criminal justice restoration – school to prison pipeline, education, and other conversations. We had…

Jan 4, 2016

Happy New Year!

NELA had a great 2015! Check out our 2015 impact in the video below. We are looking forward 2016!

Nov 15, 2015

Fellows Present at Social Studies Conference

NELA Cohort IV Fellows, Sylvia Anthony-McGeachy and Keith Parker present at the National Council for the Social Studies Confere nc e. The conference was held in New Orleans November 13-15, 2015. Thousands of edu cators, academics, policy makers and administrators from around the world attended. Their conference title was “Historical Re-enactments in the Elementary Social…

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:…