Our Why?

Our mission is to empower and support beginning teachers in North Carolina. It is our hope to encourage teachers to continue to love what we do, even in differing circumstances like Covid-19. We aim to advance students across the state by mentoring future teachers on how to become incredible educators. We believe that meaningful learning can happen anywhere, whether in class or virtual. Through this online platform, we hope to provide teachers with the resources they need for effective practices.

Who are We?

We are the Finalists and Regional Beginning Teachers of the year for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). We are a collaborative, diverse, state-wide group of beginning teachers that share best practices, ideas, resources and materials. This will be a living website and we will continue to update with new exciting things.

Thank you, NCCAT

We would like to extend a very special thank you to the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) for the ideation and inaugural year of the Beginning Teacher of the Year Award. Thank you to all the people that helped launch this award and bring our group of highly motivated and accomplished beginning teachers together. Special thank you to Dr. Brock Womble (Executive Director of NCCAT), Dr. Karen Sumner (Chief Academic Officer), and Mrs. Darcy Grimes (Senior STEM Innovator).

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Special Thanks to Terri Clark Photography for our headshots, group pictures and ceremony pictures.

Additionally, thank you to Sandra Bowling for our group picture.


Thank you to Bethany Young for your work and collaboration on the BTOY Way logo.