Director of Strategic Initiatives | 2019 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Teacher of the Year| Founder of T.O.Y Time| #STEM | #LITERACY| #INNOVATION| #EQUITY
North Carolina, USA
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I am excited to launch the new T.O.Y Time website!
nctoytime.com.
This website is designed to help teachers, parents, and students better access the T.O.Y Time series. Videos are organized by age and content, so users can easily find a video that meets their needs.
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We're excited to introduce the 2026–2027 OHS Administration Team!
Principal Jason Johnson is joined by assistant principals Mariah Morris, Dr. Megan Ray, and Anderson Wyatt. Together, they are ready to support our students, staff, and families as we begin another great year!
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Principal Johnson and his new Assistant Principal Team are hard at work preparing for an amazing 2026-2027 school year!
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My Critical Needs Budget proposed to the General Assembly would:
🏫Increase starting teacher pay by 13%, putting us on path to have highest starting teacher pay in the southeast
📚Increase average teacher pay by nearly 6%
📓 Restore master’s degree pay
✏️Increase compensation for experienced teachers and school personnel
Amazing job, @Pathways_Stars! 🌟
Amazing job @ELDinOCS and ML team!
So much collaboration happening in our monthly ELD Specialists meeting today; unpacking the critical content of ELA standards through the lens of language acquisition AND drafting oral language rubrics aligned to WIDA PLDs. Great supports for our #LinguisticallyGifted students!
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So much collaboration happening in our monthly ELD Specialists meeting today; unpacking the critical content of ELA standards through the lens of language acquisition AND drafting oral language rubrics aligned to WIDA PLDs. Great supports for our #LinguisticallyGifted students!
Exciting times in Orange County Schools!
FIRST TIME EVER: 100% of OCS schools Met or Exceeded Growth, 1 of 3 NC districts that achieved this! FIRST TIME SINCE 2017: Five "B" schools! All this means OCS students are supported & growing in every school, every day! Learn more: orangecountyfirst.com
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Enjoyed talking about the ICEL protocol with teachers from all grade levels today at the #OCCStars2025 conference!
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#GHMSGrizzlies | Our Grizzlies are ready to have a GREAT day today at the OCS Stars of Education conference! It’s so good to have the band back together! #WeAreGravelly #GrizzlyNation #ocsstarsofed @OrangeCoSchools
Excited to kickoff our partnership with Duke Biomedical Engineering! This summer @OrangeCoSchools teachers will engage in an immersive professional development experience on the engineering design process. Cannot wait to see all they bring back in August! 🧬🔬🥼
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When Sen. Graig Meyer asks if he can visit your students, you say YES!
Mr. Faulkner's science classes wrote letters to Senator Meyer about renewable resources and this morning he paid them a visit to answer their questions. He also recognized our State Champion Book Battle Team.
So excited for Jason Johnson! An amazing principal and champion for students and teachers!
Congrats to Jason Johnson, our 2025 @WellsFargo North Central Region POY finalist. Johnson is the principal at Orange HS (@OrangeCoSchools). We have a few more announcements for our 2025 NC Principal of the Year regional finalists, so stay tuned! #nctoypoy
It was great to spend the day with some amazing @OrangeCoSchools teachers and our NC TOY at Carolinas STEM Teaching and Learning Conference at @CLT_COED. Great day of learning, collaboration, and imagining what is possible for our students! @kristiemabry @Teach_HSmith
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Hear @Morristeach1 Director of Strategic Initiatives discussing STEM instruction, and Chief Operations Officer Fredrick Davis II talking about the future of school facilities in Orange County Schools! #ForumontheHill #OrangeCountyFirst #OCSInspires
Did you miss any of last week's Forum On The Hill? Or do you want to revisit any of the panels?
You can find audio for ALL of our 15 topics and listen ON-DEMAND on our Forum page! 🎧⬇️
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It was great to be able to speak with 97.9 The Hill about our efforts in @OrangeCoSchools to embrace and celebrate STEM education.
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All 8th graders in @OrangeCoSchools are touring @AlamanceCC this month to learn more about College & Career Promise and community college opportunities. Shout out to @shannonbraxton6 and @mrsfornes for organizing this great opportunity!
Love seeing our @OrangeCoSchools Youth Poet Laureates in action as they spread a love of poetry throughout the district with our youngest learners! Student leadership, service learning, and mentoring in action! 📝📓📝
Read our first poem of the year with help from one of the @OrangeCoSchools Youth Poet Laureates (who is also my former third grade student)! 😍🤩
Can’t wait to read this new book! Such an inspirational educator and human! @DrBevREmory
Stuff that Works, Works!: "Truth & Hope for Public Education Systems": Allred, Susan G, Britton, Dr Bev E: 9781964234328: Amazon.com: Books amazon.com/Stuff-that-Works-…