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From the GCS press release:

Greensboro, N.C. — The Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development at North Carolina State University selected three teachers from Guilford County Schools (GCS) for the Kenan Fellows Class of 2011. Beginning in June, Aebeyo Abraha, Kathleen (Katie) Eckersley and Gail Holmes will engage in two-year fellowships to develop innovative curricula for use in North Carolina classrooms.

Abraha is a physical science and chemistry teacher at Smith High. He is the science department chair and has taught for 13 years. He has received grants from North Carolina A&T State University to support his teaching and has made several presentations to science teachers on topics such as "green chemistry." Abraha's Kenan Fellows project is entitled "Geophysics."

Eckersley is a chemistry teacher at High Point Central High. She received a Master Teacher Fellowship from Wake Forest University in 2004 and has presented to teachers at the N.C. Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate/Honors Forum, the regional National Science Teachers Association Convention and in her school district. Eckersley's project is entitled "Atmospheric Chemistry."

Holmes is an instructional technology specialist currently on loan from GCS to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. She has presented at the Librarian to Librarian Networking Summit and made presentations on podcasting at the N.C. Educational Technology Conference and the N.C. Technology in Education Society Conference. Holmes will complete a Kenan Fellows project entitled "e-teacher Training: 21st Century Training for the Classroom."

During the fellowships, the teachers will work closely with mentors in developing a project, participate in research on inquiry-guided instruction, develop and distribute lesson plans statewide, talk with state leaders at events, train to be a teacher leader and present findings at state and national conferences.

Kenan Fellows are selected through a competitive process. Public school teachers from across the state were eligible to apply for this honor.