• LASER Institute Summer Workshop

    This in-person summer workshop is an intensive five-day program consisting of learning labs, guest speakers, community building activities and research planning sessions.

  • VSN Convening

    Over our pilot year, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University and NC Virtual Public School (NCVPS) have collaborated to provide resources and support to our partner virtual schools from across North Carolina. We have learned so much together over the past year and we are thrilled to announce our 2023-2024 partnership opportunities are about to…

  • Innovation Island: A Professional Development Adventure

    Friday Institute 1890 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, United States

    Welcome to Innovation Island--where educators and leaders in K-12 education embark on an immersive professional development adventure! Join us June 18, 2024, for a day of exploration, collaboration and innovation as we chart new territories in education. Innovation Island is not your typical professional development workshop. It’s an experiential journey designed to ignite creativity, inspire…

    $60
  • NC Computer Science Professional Development Workshop

    NC Computer Science Professional Development
    Friday Institute 1890 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, United States

    North Carolina’s Computer Science Teaching Professional Learning Program (NC-CS-PLP) aims to help students learn computer science concepts and gain skills to actively engage as informed participants in a technology-driven world. NCDPI and the North Carolina State Board of Education have added computer science to the North Carolina graduation requirements and created the first K-12 computer…

  • Computer Science: It’s Definitely Elementary!

    Friday Institute 1890 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, United States

    Invitation Only The convening, Computer Science: It’s Definitely Elementary, brings together representatives from Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) around the state to meet with district and school leaders (including teachers!), to build a community that supports teacher and student access to computer science (CS) by addressing challenges to teaching, facilitating, and integrating computer science into elementary grades. Whether…

  • Friday Institute Remix: Learning Then, Now and Next

    Friday Institute 1890 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, United States

    Kick off NCTIES 2026 with a pre-conference experience that goes beyond sessions and slides. Friday Institute Remix: Learning Then, Now, and Next is a hands-on, studio-style event where educators and leaders explore the real work of innovation through interactive learning stations, live demos and meaningful conversation. Not a presentation. Not a panel. A place to…

  • EMERGai

    Friday Institute 1890 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, United States

    INVITATION ONLY Expanding the Methods of Education Researchers with Generative AI (emergAI) is a professional development institute and program for early and mid-career STEM researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (DRL-2526452). This in-person workshop will follow a progressive structure that moves through the research lifecycle: from building foundational GenAI literacies as they apply to research…