Welcome to LEARN NC!

LEARN NC gives you what you need for K–12 teaching and learning, when and where you need it. Here’s how to get started.

Classroom

Lesson plans? Sure, we've got 'em — but also learning materials from slideshows to digital textbooks, all correlated to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

Professional

Learn on your own from articles and multimedia best practices, or take an instructor-led CEU course — all correlated to the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards.

Projects and special collections

North Carolina History: A “digital textbook” of primary sources, background readings, and multimedia.
World Cultures: Photographs and audio with historical and cultural context and related lesson plans.
Critical Languages: Digital textbooks for Mandarin Chinese and Arabic.
Environmental Science: Virtual field trips, lesson plans, and classroom content for a variety of grade levels.
Field Trips: Find educational opportunities in your county or region.

New Teacher Support: Resources and guides to LEARN NC for beginning teachers and their mentors.
COLT: Carolina On-Line Teacher: A certification program for online instructors.
Differentiated Instruction: Teaching all students in the 21st-century classroom.
Technology Integration: Best practices for making innovative and meaningful use of classroom technology.
Education Reference: Background articles and research summaries on key topics in education, from A to Z.

Tips & tools

Getting the most from your search: Tips for searching LEARN NC’s new website, and how to use our advanced search form.
Flyers, brochures, and workshop tools: Whether you’re adding to your own toolbox or arranging staff development, these tools will get you started.
Teaching an online course: What you’ll need to teach one of LEARN NC’s online professional development courses.
LEARN NC wallpapers: Put us on your desktop!

Here’s what’s new.

Just published

CEU courses

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From our blogs

News & updates

News from the NC Civic Education Consortium: January's CEC newsletter includes lesson plans and professional development opportunities for educators.
Free professional development series on working with students with multiple needs: Project Screen and Support offers five free professional development sessions about proactive, systematic methods to help students who need additional assistance to succeed in school.
Introducing LEARN NC’s new executive director!: It is our great pleasure to welcome Dr. Steve Bronack as Executive Director of LEARN NC.
America in Class online seminars: The National Humanities Center's spring 2012 schedule of online professional development seminars for history and literature teachers is available for registration.
Dean McDiarmid addresses poverty and learning in the News and Observer: The Dean of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education addresses the relationship between poverty and school performance in a News and Observer guest column.

The Well

Multicultural texts for transitional readers: Over 50% of African American, Hispanic, and American Indian fourth graders score below basic reading level. Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell uses the lens of Critical Race Theory to examine this reading-level gap and the lack of appropriate multicultural texts at the transitional reading level.
Immersed online: Dr. Stephen Bronack's research explores the ways in which immersive media allows for a deep sense of social or physical presence in online education.
Early-career teachers’ perceptions of reading curriculum: How does pre-packaged curriculum affect the instructional practices of early-career teachers? Dr. Catherine Darrow and Dr. Julie Ellison Justice share research and tips.
Scholarship boys: Dr. Juan Carrillo, assistant professor at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education, has been researching the narratives of Mexican-origin "scholarship boys" who have attained a graduate-level education. His work highlights both the gains and losses these individuals encounter as they make their way into academia.
Targeting struggling readers: Research has shown that if a student does not develop reading skills by the end of first grade, he or she is likely to never read on grade level. Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI) is a proven method to get students reading on grade level through coaching. Dr. Lynne Vernon-Feagans shares tips for successfully implementing TRI.

LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.

LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education