Charlotte Teachers Institute welcomes 104 fellows
The Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) welcomed 104 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) teachers as CTI Fellows in its innovative, interdisciplinary seminars for 2016.
“This year’s CTI Fellows represent a wide range of teachers in CMS, from new to veteran, pre-K to 12th grade and physics to digital art and language arts,” said CTI Director Scott Gartlan. “We create important growth opportunities for CMS teacher-leaders looking to deepen their knowledge base and impact the lives of their students.”
CTI’s eight concurrent seminars began on April 21 with an orientation at Discovery Place and will run through November. CTI seminars are led by faculty experts in the arts, sciences and education, including three from Davidson College and five from UNC Charlotte.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC sponsored the CTI Fellows Orientation at Discovery Place.
“We are thrilled to support CTI Fellows in this high-quality teacher professional development program,” said PwC Carolinas Marketing and Community Relations Leader Carrie Reeder. “At PwC, we are focused on building literacy skills among CMS students, particularly financial literacy. Kicking off the CTI Fellows program in April, which is Financial Literacy Month, is a great way to celebrate the value teachers add to classrooms every day.”
In each seminar, 13 CMS teachers (CTI Fellows) and a professor work closely on an in-depth study of a topic, with each teacher creating a new curriculum designed for his or her own students. CTI Fellows receive full access to both Davidson College and UNC Charlotte resources, as well as family memberships to Discovery Place. Upon completion, each fellow is awarded a $1,500 stipend and continuing education credits.
The 2016 CTI seminars and seminar leaders are:
Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century – Kyra Kietrys, Hispanic studies, Davidson College
Writing with Power: No Fear Here – Brenda Flanagan, English, Davidson College
It’s a Small World! Exploring Science at the Tiniest Scale – Marcus Jones, chemistry, UNC Charlotte
CTI programs are made possible by a joint commitment of resources from CMS, Davidson College and UNC Charlotte and through private funding from institutions such as Wells Fargo, the Belk Foundation, Duke Energy, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC and the N.C. Humanities Council. The institute is housed at UNC Charlotte within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.