NCAE Professional Development Opportunities

You're invited to the  following professional development opportunities hosted by NCAE. Sessions are open to members and non-members except the book study. The book study is for members only due to the limited space.

Register Here. Space Is Limited!

Introducing CMAE's 2020-2021 Leadership Team

I am thrilled to announce CMAE's 2020-2021 Leadership Team. Join me in welcoming this  awesome group of public education advocates.

President- Lawrence Brinson

Vice- President- Margueritta Brown

Secretary- Lakisha Mills

Treasurer - Brenda Iyonmahan

Parliamentarian - Shalane Robinson

Marybeth Kubinski- Transportation

Valarie Vajay - Elementary School Rep.

Ruby Thompson - Elementary School Rep.

Michelle Blankenship - Elementary Rep

Jennifer Anderson - Middle School Rep

Tonya Waldschmidt - Middle School Rep.

Amanda Thompson - Middle School Rep.

Phyllis Washington - High School Rep.

Stephanie Collins - High School Rep. 

Randolph Frierson - Student Services 

Winifred Muhammad- Student Services Rep

Kevin Porier Admin Rep. 

Laverne Reed - Admin Asst.

Mamie Davie- Education Support Professional. 

Cherie Feemster – Region 3 Director

Justin Parmenter- Region 3 Director

Amanda Garrison - Uniserv Director

Introducing CMAE's Early Career Educator Program Leaders

BTOP Coordinator Amanda Camacho, ECLL Coordinator Brandon Mack, and ECLL Virtual Coach Kristen Williams

CMAE's Early Career Learning Labs (ECLL) and Beginning Teacher Organizing Program (BTOP) support early career educators around instructional and classroom problems of practice. ECE's are teachers within the first five years of their teaching career. The BTOP/ECLL Program is a collaboration between the National Education Association, NCAE, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Association of Educators. Membership's not required to participate.

ECE's will...
1. Discover: Identify a problem of practice
2. Engage: Share ideas with a national teaching community
3. Learn: Engage in deep learning around a problem of practice
4. Teach: Apply new knowledge techniques with your students
5. Reflect: Share experiences and refine teaching strategies

Watch our video to learn more: or https://youtu.be/FG1XDsXtgYw

BTOP VIDEO Or https://youtu.be/xOjtB_q51n8

Questions? 

Contact CMAE President Lawrence Brinson at cmae.brinson@bellsouth.net

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Educators Endorse Pro-Public Education Candidates for Seats in the N.C. Senate and House

Educators who are members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators (CMAE), an affiliate of the North Carolina Association of Educators, have endorsed 16 pro-public education candidates for seats in the North Carolina Senate and House.

“Each of these candidates strongly supports public school students and educators,” said CMAE President Lawrence Brinson. “They recognize the importance of public education to our state’s well-being and will fight to ensure that our students have more opportunities to be successful in and outside of the classroom.”

They are as follows (*denotes candidates endorsed in the primary by the NCAE GRC Committee)

N.C. Senate

Jeff Jackson, Senate District 37

*Mujtaba Mohammed, Senate District 38

Joyce Waddell, Senate District 40

Natasha Marcus, Senate District 41


N.C. House

Mary Belk, House District 88

Terry Brown, House District 92

Christy Clark, House District 98

Nasif Majeed, House District 99

John Autry, House District 100

Carolyn Logan, House District 101

*Becky Carney, House District 102

Rachel Hunt, House District 103

Brandon Lofton, House District 104

Wesley Harris, House District 105

Carla Cunningham, House District 106

Kelly Alexander, House District 107


NCAE is the state’s largest education advocacy organization for public school employees and represents active, retired, and student members