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Teacher Appreciation Breakfast with Prof. Dawn Chanland
TFI is excited to present the 2025 TFI Teacher Appreciation Breakfast taking place from 8:30 am-10 am on Saturday, April 5th, at Trinity Presbyterian Church Parlor Room Located at 3115 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC 28211 Prof. Dawn Chanland, of the Queens University School of Business will join us as our guest speaker. "On Happiness" Connect with your TFI colleagues and celebrate the accomplishment of another year of teaching!
Find out more »TFI 2025 Symposium: Creating Captivated Learners with Prof. Linnea Lyding and Train for Life with Terrie Reeves
Once again, TFI will welcome 25 new Fellows and our Alumni to our Institute at a Summer Symposium. This year's themes are Creating Captivated Learners and Training for Life Our Fellows will experience a transformative one-day workshop on Personal and Professional Development, led by Terrie Reeves of Empower Health America, on Monday, July 28th. Terrie's sessions, based on past TFI participants' reviews, are profoundly impactful. Then our Fellows will experience a dynamic two-day workshop exploring the topic of “Creating Captivated Learners via…
Find out more »TFI’s Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
TFI's annual Teacher Appreciation Luncheon will be held on Saturday, April 18th at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture from 11 am to 1 pm. The keynote speaker is William McNeely, Founder and CEO of Do Greater Charlotte Inc. and the Creative Labs. He will discuss, "The Power of GRIT: Goals, Resourcefulness, Intentionality & Tenacity," and how to cultivate these traits in young people. TFI Fellow Rochelle Stanley will perform an original poem honoring teachers and…
Find out more »TFI’s 2026 Summer Symposium Days 1 and 2
Teaching Fellows Institute - July 27-29, 2026 On Day 1 and Day 2 of TFI's Summer Symposium, TFI's Class of 2026 will explore various aspects of Artificial Intelligience during the workshop entitled, “Humanizing Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI: Finding Your Ethical Stance as an Educator.” The workshops facilitator is Angela Watson, Founder of Truth for Teachers and instructional coach, who will help teachers develop a personal ethical stance on AI use. Other topics will include how to…
Find out more »TFI’s 2026 Summer Symposium – Day 3
Teaching Fellows Institute - Summer Symposium, Day 3 On the final day of TFI's 2026 Summer Symposium, Julia Walthall-Eisman, Educational Technologist and Head of Strategic Program, will conduct a workshop entitled, "Dig In to AI: Tangible Takeaways. It will focus on tangible takeaways and product creation using AI tools as a thought partner and content generator. Teachers will walk away having used AI to reflect and revise current practices, create new products to use in the service of teaching and learning,…
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