byJason M. Hare — last modified Apr 23, 2009 03:35 PM

Hillside New Tech High School teachers Fredrica Nash (pictured, left) and Angela Taylor have been selected by the Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development at North Carolina State University as Class of 2011 Kenan Fellows.

Beginning in June, they will engage in a two-year fellowship supported by the National Science Foundation to develop innovative curricula for use in North Carolina classrooms.   Nash will work with mentor Helen Gordon, CNM, Duke University. Her project is titled, “Genetics, Genomics and Personalized Medicine: Advancing Health Care through the Nursing Profession.”  Taylor will work with mentor Dr. Len Annetta from North Carolina State University. Her project is titled, “Preparing Students for Careers in STEM: An Interactive Gaming Model.”    

Nash and Taylor join fellow New Tech teacher and 2008 Teacher of the Year Matt Sears, who was named a Kenan Fellow two years ago and recently spent a semester in India as part of his studies.

As part of the two-year fellowship, Nash and Taylor will train to be master teachers, work closely with their mentors in developing projects, participate in research to develop inquiry-guided instruction to be used in the classroom, develop and distribute lessons statewide, talk with state leaders at events that promote the teaching profession, train to be teacher leaders and present findings at state and national conferences.

Read more about the Kenan Fellows Program at www.kenanfellows.org.