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The Office of Early Learning supports curriculum, standards, assessment, and professional development for kindergarten through third grade professionals in North Carolina's public schools. We are committed to providing children a solid road to success by supporting primary educators as they create a caring community of learners, teach to enhance development and learning, construct appropriate curriculum, assess children's learning and development, and establish relationships with families.
To go to the Kindergarten – Grade 3 website please click here.
For additional information, please contact:
Jody Koon
Title 1 Kindergarten Consultant
919.807.3792
NC Guide for the Early Years, Second Edition
The N.C. Guide for the Early Years is designed to be a major resource for
early learning professionals, combining the latest research about how preschool
and kindergarten children learn with time-tested strategies
and essential teaching tools.
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Join the Primary Educators Listserv!
Stay Current and Connected
The Primary Educators Listserv is sponsored by the Primary Team (K-3) at the NC Department of Public Instruction.
This new listserv is open to all K-3 educators, administrators, curriculum support personnel and interested parents and will offer members opportunities to:
We invite you to subscribe to this listserv and encourage you to share this opportunity with your colleagues.
We do ask that subscribers adhere to the following:
Messages must be relevant to topics concerning North Carolina Public Schools.
Members using offensive language, making disparaging remarks or personal attacks
will not be tolerated and will be unsubscribed by the moderator.
How to Subscribe
This listserv will be an exciting vehicle for our K-3 educators to network & share across NC. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and concerns.