The 14th Annual Teacher 2 Teacher Conference

(Saturday) March 29, 2025
8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
UNCC College of Health & Human Services (8844 Craver Rd. Charlotte, NC 28223)

Registration is Now Open. Proposals are now being accepted.

The $40.00 Registration fee includes parking, lunch, and a full-day of professional development!

The Cato College of Education  is pleased to present the annual Teacher 2 Teacher Conference.  The purpose of this conference is to provide affordable yet meaningful professional development opportunities to North Carolina educators. This mini-conference is designed by teachers for teachers. P-12 teachers and administrators are invited to participate as well as present at the conference. 

Participants are eligible to receive 0.65 continuing education units (CEUs) or 6.5 hours of contact towards professional certification.   

2025 Conference Theme: A Meeting of the Minds: Empowering Excellence in Contemporary Education

UNC Charlotte’s Teacher 2 Teacher conference stands as a dynamic convergence of active participants in the field of education. This year’s conference theme “A Meeting of the Minds” will call upon the philosophies and experiences of all attendees to establish shared ownership of a pathway toward solutions. 

At this year’s conference, we are inviting proposals that find innovative, creative ways to encourage joy in teaching and learning. This year we are planning five conference strands:

• The Magic of Reading: Cultivating a passion for reading in the Information Age (What effective strategies have you used to encourage/support students’ reading interests in today’s classroom?)
• Stop, Look, and Listen: Innovative approaches to classroom management (As P-12 educators with varying levels of expertise and experience, what practices have you developed to manage your classroom and create an environment conducive to learning?)
• Building Professional Identity: Reflections from beginning teachers on their initial teaching experiences and increasing resilience in the classroom (As beginning teachers, what are some lessons you’ve learned between years 1-3? How have you grown/been challenged thus far?)
• Fostering the Future: Effective approaches to mentoring beginning teachers (As new teacher support personnel/mentors, what are the best practices that you’ve applied to aid in the growth and development of beginning teachers?)
• Extreme Ownership: Constructing a culture of accountability among school stakeholders (As P-12 administrative staff, what tools have you acquired and/or lessons have you learned in the effort of building school buy-in and commitment?)

Introducing our Keynote Speakers: Nancy bullard and shelby lattimore

Nancy Bullard, aka Mrs. B, teaches elementary school science in Charlotte, NC. She received her degree in elementary education from Wake Forest University and her master’s degree in education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

During her teaching career she has won the Teacher of the Year; CATO Award for Excellence in Science Teaching; Piedmont Natural Gas STEM Superstar Award, and was a finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching.

She launched Mrs. B TV to creatively engage her students after Covid-19 closed schools in March 2020. TikTok named her one of the “100 Most Prolific Female Creators” in March 2021. Her viral science experiments now reach millions around the world.

Shelby Lattimore, a third-grade teacher in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School system and advocate for student financial literacy, is a graduate of UNC Charlotte with a degree in elementary education and special education. While Shelby didn’t plan on beginning a career in the classroom, she did so having been encouraged by one of her high school teachers who thought she had a natural aptitude for education. 

Since then, Ms. Lattimore’s work has been featured in news media outlets including NBC, USA Today, and the “Tamron Hall Show”. She has gone viral on social media, with one of her TikTok videos receiving nearly 20 million views, and was recently honored as The Charlotte Post Foundation’s 2024 Educator of the Year.

Ms. Lattimore’s lessons in earning and managing money have made her students much more disciplined, motivated to learn, and captivated by the wonders of strong teaching.

If you have any questions about the conference, please reach out to Dr. Jordan Z. Boyd at jboyd44@charlotte.edu.