Richmond Community College is pleased to host the 13th annual North Carolina Great Teachers Retreat to be held February 23-26, 2006 at the Kanuga Conference center in Hendersonville, NC. As with its many counterparts across North America & beyond, the retreat focuses on innovations and problems of instruction in teaching. Please go to http://ngtm.net/2006_ncgtr.htm for more info or contact Steve Smith at Richmond CC at 910.582.7191 for more details.
Any North Carolina educator - experienced or inexperienced; fulltime, part-time, or adjunct - is invited to take advantage of this unique professional development opportunity.
A Registration Fee of $485 includes all lodging, meals, and retreat expenses (Thursday supper through Sunday Lunch). Participants will be selected from community colleges and other educational institutions throughout North Carolina and elsewhere. The NCGTR is an OPEN RETREAT. We welcome educators from ANY institution of learning.
When accepted, you will receive further details VIA E-MAIL and directions to help in your planning. To receive the full benefit from this retreat, participants are required to room at the facility and should plan to stay the duration of the retreat and participate in the full slate of activities. We are unable to accommodate guests. Pets are not allowed in the Kanuga Inn. Retreat fees & room rates are based upon double occupancy. Single rooms are available for an extra fee and guaranteed with payment. For site information, visit http://www.kanuga.org.
Each participant will bring to the seminar two very brief (1 page max) papers for discussion: 1) an innovation in classroom teaching and 2) a specific problem encountered while teaching. Seminar staff will lead sessions centered around the special interests and problems of each group.
> To celebrate good teaching.
> To venture beyond the limits of our own specializations and environments in search of transferable ideas and the universals of teaching.
> To develop an atmosphere of introspection and self-appraisal by providing a relaxed setting and straightforward process where participants seriously review and contemplate their attitudes, methods, and behavior as teachers.
> To practice a rational analysis of instructional problems and develop realistic, creative approaches and solutions that address those specific problems.
> To exchange information and ideas by building an expanding network of communication among teaching faculty in higher education.
> To renew ourselves professionally and personally.