Program Office

NC NTSP Director of Curriculum & InstructionECU COE Elizabeth Edwards is a renewed National Board Exceptional Needs Specialist with over 29 years of experience in education. Presently, she serves as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the NC New Teacher Support Program. Previously, she served as the NC Director for the Network to Transform…

B-K Internship CoordinatorNC NTSP Special ProjectsECU COE Ashley Norris is faculty and Internship Coordinator for the Birth-Kindergarten Program at ECU and has worked extensively with educator preparation for various projects, including faculty engagement and curriculum support with the edTPA. She has co-chaired the Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction committee that has supported the ECU Community School…

NC NTSP Director of Teacher Induction and DevelopmentECU COE Patrick Conetta has more than 29 years of experience as an educator and has spent the past fifteen years supporting in-service teachers and pre-service teachers. Prior to serving as State Director of the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program and Director of Teacher Preparation and Development,…

Interim Executive Director of Personnel and FinanceFiscal Director NC New Teacher Support ProgramECU COE

Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovation and Strategic InitiativesNC NTSP AdministratorECU COE Elizabeth M. Hodge Ph.D. is a Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives in the College of Education at East Carolina University. As a longtime advocate for innovation and the use of innovative technology tools to transform learning, her research includes…