Statesville High teacher named finalist for 2023 NCCAT Beginning Teacher of the Year Award
Jan 31, 2023
Izabella Botello, an English teacher at Statesville High School, has been selected as one of 27 finalists for the 2023 North Carolina Center for the A...
Concord Middle School principal named Southwest Principal of the Year.
Jan 31, 2023
Concord Middle School Principal Tonya Williams has been selected as the 2023 Wells Fargo Southwest Principal of the Year.Williams was joined Wednesday...
App State Remains First in Number of NBCT Teachers for Seventh Consecutive Year
Jan 30, 2023
For the seventh consecutive year, Appalachian State University leads the nation for the number of its alumni who are National Board Certified Teachers...
Former English teacher Kerri Huffman finds ‘simple joy’ in writing her first novel
Jan 25, 2023
During her 36-year career as an English teacher at North Stanly High School, Kerri Huffman enjoyed the chance to unleash her creative side through the...
Davidson County teacher publishes first book
Jan 25, 2023
Growing up, Sydney Sanders could get lost in book series, plowing though "The Hunger Games" saga and Percy Jackson books.Now the Davidson County Welco...
Alumni Update: Dr. Dan Li ’14
Jan 23, 2023
Dr. Dan Li, originally from China, graduated in 2014 with an M.A. in professional school counseling. She completed her Ph.D. in counselor education an...
Avery County Native Liz Silvers Promoted to Vice- President at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Jan 18, 2023
Liz Silvers, a veteran educator who was raised in the Powdermill Community of Avery County, has been promoted to Vice-President for Instruction at Cal...
Perspective | North Carolina schools are anything but ‘low-performing’
Jan 18, 2023
Over the past three months, our team from the Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL) project at Appalachian State University has been traversing western No...
RRI Seed Grant recipients share research outcomes
Jan 18, 2023
BOONE, N.C. — In Fall 2021, Appalachian State University's Department of Rural Resilience and Innovation (RRI), the newest department in t...
Three Reich College of Education Students Inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates
Jan 10, 2023
Three Reich College of Education (RCOE) students have been inducted into the Cratis D. Williams Society of Outstanding Graduates: Jordan Dennison, Dr....