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BOONE, N.C. — Empowering Teacher Learning, part of the Office of Rural Promise, recently published their first round of nine micro-credentials to the platform Digital Promise. Micro-credentials are brief, targeted learning modules that allow teachers to expand their mastery of …

From August 29th to September 5th, Dr. Rachel Shepherd, Project Director for Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL), and Nancy Mangum, Co-founder of Leading Edge Learning, traveled to  Greece to provide professional development for 33 teachers at the historic Athens College.  This was …

Students and educators throughout western North Carolina know all too well the impact Hurricane Helene has had on their communities. Not only were many personally impacted by the physical destruction the storm left in its wake, but so many of …

In this series, we feature individual CAP staff members and dive into their unique perspectives on college access, education, the role of our grant programs in the community, and more. This month, we highlight Sherry Paddie, Navigator for Empowering Teacher Learning. …

When Appalachian State’s College Access Partnerships was presented with the opportunity to replicate Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL), a professional learning research project, with teachers in Athens, Greece, I was thrilled. This was the dream! Years ago, one of my graduate …

As part of their research, the ETL team supports teacher professional development using micro-credentials (competency-based professional learning that helps teachers gain the skills and understanding to hone their practice in the classroom). Recently, the team reached a milestone by successfully authoring and publishing …