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Orange County teacher Xavier Adams named Beginning Teacher of the Year
If you were to ask Xavier Adams, the 2022 Beginning Teacher of the Year, when he first knew he wanted to be in the classroom, he wouldn’t know exactly where to start.…
Perspective | Excellent rather than exceptional: Becoming the Beginning Teacher of the Year
On Thursday, February 17, I was named the NCCAT 2022 Prudential North Carolina Beginning Teacher of the Year. The odds of me winning this recognition were incredibly low – not because there is a deficit in my work ethic, teaching skills, or character, but because there are several societal factors that have inhibited and discouraged many Black men from becoming educators.…
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