Powell told the commission that North Carolina should create a place where teachers could go to become enthusiastic about learning again and could pass this enthusiasm on to their students.
The Ocracoke campus will make NCCAT programs more accessible to teachers who live and work in the eastern part of the state.
NCCAT's mission "is to provide a dynamic environment, in an atmosphere of respect and dignity, where North Carolina teachers engage in scholarly activities structured to stimulate intellectual curiosity, create thinking, inquiry, and discussion; examine and challenge ideas; have time for reflection, inspiration, and professional networking; and develop renewed enthusiasm for teaching.
NCCAT's programs and seminars are designed to provide North Carolina teachers activities structured to develop renewed enthusiasm for teaching.
The focus of NCCAT is year-round series of residential programs that incorporate the N. C. Standard Course of Study, which is the prescribed curriculum for public schools in North Carolina.