NCSU Educational Leadership Academies Updates

Dec 11, 2017

NELA Graduates & Principal Resident Work with Program to Build Resiliency

The North Carolina Resiliency Project aims to reform school culture to be more trauma-sensitive. This project hopes that by providing professional development and ongoing coaching for teachers and school staff, they will improve academic, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes for rural students. The project creates and trains “resiliency teams” at the participating schools. Teachers receive training…

Dec 8, 2017

DPLA Fellow Inducted into Honor Society

Jamel Anderson-Ruff, DPLA Fellow, was inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi International Honors Society. 40 NC State students across graduate and undergraduate programs were selected for the international education honors society. Inductees not only had to meet requirements for high academic achievement, but were also selected based on scholarship, integrity in service, and commitment to…

Nov 21, 2017

Tracey Neal, Cohort I Graduate, Earns Principal of the Year!

Tracey Neal has been serving as Principal of Warren Early College High School since 2015. She was recently recognized as Principal of the Year for Warren County Schools for the 2017-2018 school year!

Nov 6, 2017

Kendrick Alston, Cohort II Graduate, Receives Scholarship

Kendrick Alston graduated from NELA’s second cohort in May 2013. Kendrick is serving as Principal of Williford Elementary School in the Nash/Rocky Mount Public School System while simultaneously pursing a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership at NC State University. Recently, he was awarded the Augustus M. Witherspoon Graduate Scholarship through the Black Alumni Society…

Oct 31, 2017

Principal Appreciation Surprise for Graduate, Melissa Richardson

Melissa Richardson is a NELA Cohort I graduate. She is currently serving as Principal at Franklinton Elementary School. In honor of her work there so far, her school recognized her with a Principal Appreciation Month Parade! See the twitter post from Franklin County Schools below. Franklinton Elementary surprised Principal Melissa Richardson with a parade for…

Oct 2, 2017

Happy Principal Appreciation Month!

October is Principal Appreciation Month! Graduates of NC State’s Educational Leadership Academies are hard at work in our schools. We are grateful for our NELA graduates and current DPLA, NCLA, NELA Cohort VI, and Principal Fellows for serving kids in North Carolina. Our graduates are already touching so many teachers, students, and communities. Principals are…

Sep 7, 2017

Dr. Lance Fusarelli on “Digital education: Opportunities and pitfalls”

Dr. Lance Fusarelli discusses digital education on an EdNC EdTalk.

Sep 1, 2017

NELA VI: Great First Week of Principal Residencies

As students eagerly filled the hallways and classrooms during the first week of the 2017-18 school year, the NELA VI Cohort Fellows gathered in these same spaces to begin a year-long journey of their own. Entering into the second year of the program, the NELA Fellows began their Principal Residencies this week. The purpose of…

Sep 1, 2017

DPLA Fellows begin their Principal Residencies!

Students, parents, and school leaders across Durham Public Schools (DPS) were filled with excitement to kick off the new school year. This year, 14 Durham Principal Leadership Academy (DPLA) Fellows are serving as Principal Residents throughout DPS. The DPLA Fellows are in their second year of coursework at North Carolina State University. They will graduate…

Sep 1, 2017

First Week of School for NCLA Principal Residents!

Kicking off the school year with eagerness to serve, 20 Principal Residents for the North Carolina Leadership Academy (NCLA) prepared to welcome scholars into schools throughout the eastern part of North Carolina. NCLA Fellows are serving in schools in Edgecombe, Duplin, Greene, Franklin, Lenoir, and Wilson County Schools. Fellows will spend the year being coached…