Events and Speaking Engagements
Special Events during the 2018-2019 NC TOY's Service
2018- 2019 NC TOY Announcement
April 21, 2018
The NC TOY Announcement at the Umstead Spa and Hotel in Cary, NC. This is "My Shire".
Student Leadership Academy
May 30th, 2018
Visit to the NC Governor's Mansion during the Walter M. William's High School Student Leadership Academy's "Capital Day" in Raleigh, NC.
Go Global NC- Global Education Cultural Immersion Experience to China: Beijing/ Great Wall of China
June 18th, 2018
The Great Wall of China
Go Global NC- Global Education Cultural Immersion Experience to China: Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education
June, 2018
Nanjing, China
Go Global NC- Global education Cultural Immersion Experience to China: The Confucius Temple
June, 2018
The Confucius Temple at the Confucian Market in Nanjing, China
NC State University's College of Education Beginning Teacher Institute
June, 2018
NC State University, Raleigh NC
IB World Conference- Keynote Speaker
July, 2018
IB World Conference, San Diego, CA, at The Hilton San Diego Bayfront
IB Director General, Siva Kumari, and Dr. Jamelle Wilson, IB Board of Governor’s, before IB World Conference Keynote.
July, 2018
IB World Conference, San Diego, CA, at The Hilton San Diego Bayfront
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching- Summer Leadership Symposium
july, 2018
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ocracoke, NC
North Carolina State Board of Education, Teacher of the Year Advisor
August, 2018
The North Carolina State Board of Education, Raleigh, NC (Pictured with Regional Teachers of the Year Team)
The Summer Policy Institute Education Roundtable hosted by the NC Justice Center- 2014-2015 NC TOY, James Ford, Michelle Burton, Sarah Montgomery, Brian Kennedy, and Kris Nordstrom, of the NC Justice Center.
August 2018
The Summer Policy Institute Education Roundtable hosted by the NC Justice Center, Peace College, Raleigh, NC
Interview with Freebird McKinney- The Village Teacher on Education Matters with Keith Poston on WRAL-TV
August, 2018
Education Matters with Keith Poston on WRAL-TV
No Kid Hungry Breakfast- US Congressman David Price, NCAE President Mark Jewell, Regional TOY Julie Paige Pittman, and Wake Co. Commission Chair Jessica Holmes.
August, 2018
No Kid Hungry Breakfast, hosted by First Lady Kristin Cooper, at the NC Governor's Mansion
Beginning Teacher Institute with Lincoln County and DRIVE Educational Systems
August, 2018
Lincoln County, NC
The National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) NC Chapter meeting at the University of North Carolina Asheville.
August, 2018
The National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) is a network of State Teachers of the Year and Finalists who use our teacher leadership to ensure that every student receives an outstanding education. We do this through our focus on professional practice, policy and advocacy.
The United Methodist Women of the NC Conference hosting the Excellence in Equitable Education Legislative panel.
August, 2018
Panel with Senator Erika Smith (District 3), NC Representative Yvonne Lewis Holley from the 38th District, and NC Representative Rosa Gill from the 33rd District, at Edenton Street United Methodist Church, Raleigh, NC.
