Advanced Teaching Roles
The Advanced Teaching Roles Program offers school districts an annual opportunity to apply for grants to design and implement new organizational and compensation models that extend the reach of highly effective teachers to more students and/or teams of teachers. The most recent legislation authorizing the program is Session Law 2024-57.
All interested districts are invited and encouraged to apply. Below are the anticipated dates for the 2026 grant cycle.
Key Dates
| Event | Anticipated Date |
|---|---|
| Open Request for Proposals (RFP) to join the program | May 11, 2026 |
| Deadline for local boards of education to submit proposals | August 14, 2026 |
| Select local school administrative units for the program | October 15, 2026 |
Request for Proposals (RFP)
The 2025 proposal cycle has closed. The 2025 Advanced Teaching Roles RFP can be found here.
Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Leah Sutton
Advanced Teaching Roles Program Lead
Leah.Sutton@dpi.nc.gov
Advanced Teaching Roles Proposals
- Cabarrus County Schools
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (Approved)
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (Approved)
- Cumberland County Schools
- Durham Public Schools
- Edgecombe County Public Schools (Approved)
- Franklin County Schools
- Pitt County Schools (Approved)
- Vance County Schools (Approved)
- Washington County Schools (Approved)
- Wilson County Schools
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
The original Advanced Teaching Roles & Teacher Compensation Models RFP can be found here. This RFP was used from 2016 to 2020.
- Ashe County Schools
- Bertie County Schools (Approved)
- Cherokee County Schools
- Gates County Schools
- Greene County Schools
- Halifax County Schools (Approved)
- Hertford County Schools (Approved)
- Jackson County Schools
- Lexington City Schools Schools (Approved)
- Madison County Schools
- Mount Airy City Schools
- Thomasville City Schools
- Whiteville City Schools
- Brunswick County Schools
- Cabarrus County Schools
- Cherokee County Schools
- Cumberland County Schools (Approved)
- Guilford County Schools (Approved)
- Harnett County Schools (Approved)
- McDowell County Schools (Approved)
- Mt. Airy City Schools
- Rowan-Salisbury Schools
- Stanley County Schools
- Thomasville City Schools (Approved)
- Vance County Schools
- Wilson County Schools (Approved)
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (Approved)
- Cleveland County Schools
- Dare County Schools (Approved)
- Gaston County Schools (Approved)
- Greene County Schools (Approved)
- Franklin County Schools
- Halifax County Schools
- Henderson County Schools
- Northampton County Schools
- Pender County Schools (Approved)
- Person County Schools (Approved)
- Sampson County Schools Consortium (Approved)
- Alamance-Burlington School System (Approved)
- Buncombe County Schools
- Caldwell County Schools
- Cleveland County Schools
- Craven County Schools
- Durham Public Schools
- Edenton-Chowan Schools
- Hyde County Schools (Approved)
- Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Johnston County Public Schools
- Lee County Schools
- Mooresville Graded School District (Approved)
- Roanoke Rapids Graded School District
- Surry County Schools
- Wayne County Public Schools