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Durham, N.C. - Governor Pat McCrory spoke with teachers from throughout the state today for
a meeting of his Teacher Advisory Committee, a committee re-established in September 2013 to
address the needs of North Carolina K-12 teachers and students.
Our budget continues my commitment to teachers for the tremendous work they
do every day for our students. We continue our commitment to modernizing our
teacher pay scale; an overall investment of over $1 billion since I took office. We
follow through on our commitment to raise the base pay for North Carolina
teachers to $35k and are frontloading the salary schedule so that teachers can earn
more money faster. We are also calling for $15 million for a differentiated way to
pay teachers for their leadership and impact on student achievement, " said Governor
McCrory. "These proposals, combined with the recommendations discussed today,
will form an approach to educating in our state that puts student achievement first."
The governor began the meeting by recognizing attendees, including chairman of the State Board
of Education (SBOE) Bill Cobey; SBOE Executive Director Martez Hill; Dr. Lynne Garrison,
director of Educator Effectiveness for the Department of Public Instruction; and Sue
Breckenridge, executive director of North Carolina Business Committee on Education (NCBCE).
Today was the first meeting of the newly appointed members of the committee for 2014-2015.
Governor McCrory took a moment to honor 2013-14 members, as well as the newly appointed
members. Afterward, the governor announced that James Ford, a history teacher from Garinger
High School and the 2014 Teacher of the Year, would chair the committee.
The new members of the committee:
James Ford (Mecklenburg County) Ford is the 2014-2015 North Carolina Teacher
of the Year. Ford is a ninth-grade history teacher at Garinger High School in Charlotte.
Maria Topliff (Onslow County) - Topliff is the 2014 North Carolina Virtual Public
School Online Teacher of the Year. Topliff teaches with NCVPSs Occupational Course of
Study (OCS) program, where she teachers OCS Blended English 2 and is an instructional
leader for American history.
Maurice Atwood (Davie County) Atwood is a teacher at Parkland Magnet High
School in Davie County where he teachers Social Students. Atwood was the 2010-2011
Parkland Magnet High School Teacher of the year.
Throughout the meeting, members discussed reducing the burden of over-testing, teacher
preparation and certification, ways to reward teacher performance and leadership and the role of
technology in the classroom. Brenda Berg and Tara James of the nonprofit Business for
Educational Success and Transformation ("BEST NC") also addressed members.
The role of the committee is to advise the governor on best practices to improve student
outcomes, to improve teaching and learning in North Carolina public schools, to identify,
recognize and celebrate innovative schools and school systems in North Carolina and to
recommend strategies for recruiting and retaining quality educators. The term length is one year.
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