Project Director, Cara Ward
Cara Ward brings to this project nine years of teaching experience in the social studies classroom. Ward is the Lead Teacher in Social Studies for the Pender County School District.
Ward has a Bachelor's degree in history, a Master of Arts in Teaching and is a second year doctoral student in Educational Leadership. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and was Heide Trask High School's Teacher of the Year for 2007-2008. She has presented at various workshops including the North Carolina Council for Social Studies Conference for the past three years.
Additionally, Ward was one of ten teachers selected statewide to assist the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in the creation of a support document for social studies teachers focusing on Concept-Based Instruction.