North Carolina’s Teaching and Learning Hubs were established in 2021 to provide regionally based, faculty-led professional learning designed to strengthen teaching practices and improve student outcomes. Created through collaboration among the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, the NC Student Success Center, Achieving the Dream and the North Carolina Community College System, the Hubs introduced a scalable, statewide model for peer-led, evidence-based professional development.

Serving all 58 community colleges in North Carolina, the four regional Hubs – East, West, Central and Piedmont – complement each college’s teaching and learning efforts by offering sustainable, high-quality professional learning opportunities for both full- and part-time faculty. These efforts support a network of more than 15,000 educators across the state, helping them adopt, test and scale evidence-based strategies that drive student success.

Since their launch, the Hubs have collaborated closely with campus leaders and local educators to offer virtual and in-person workshops, seminars and ongoing development opportunities. Programming is intentionally designed to reflect local needs and priorities while building leadership capacity among faculty and regional co-directors.

The Hubs entered a new phase of strategic growth and accountability in 2025, supported by a two-year investment from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. In partnership with Hub colleges, the Belk Center is deepening its commitment to faculty-driven professional learning that is aligned to research-based practices and measurable outcomes – all in service of strengthening instruction and improving student outcomes statewide.

For more information about the NC Teaching and Learning Hubs, please contact us at belk_center@ncsu.edu.

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We invite you to use this page to explore archived professional development opportunities that support your teaching and learning goals.

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NC Teaching and Learning Hub Publications

At the Belk Center, we believe that teaching and learning for community college students is a commitment to student success – with faculty professional learning at the core. In recent years, our team of dedicated researchers and educators have created reports specific to the development of the faculty professional learning model for full- and part-time faculty across North Carolina. 

2026

• Good Principles of Learning Design and Faculty Presence, March 2026

2025

• Statewide Professional Learning for Student and Faculty Success, October 2025
• Online Learning from Students’ Perspective: Insight from North Carolina, September 2025
• Creating a Statewide Culture of Teaching and Learning Excellence: Lessons From North Carolina’s Teaching and Learning Hub Model, July/August 2025

2024

• Faculty Perspectives Guide For Adult Learner Success: How Faculty Support Adult Learners in North Carolina Community Colleges, September 2024
• Statewide Professional Learning for Faculty and Student Success, August 2024
• Building Capacity & Supporting Educators at North Carolina Community Colleges, June 2024
• Evidence of Scale for a Statewide Teaching and Learning Model, January 2024

2023

• Promising Evidence on Professional Learning in North Carolina: Early Findings From Teaching & Learning Hubs, October 2023
• Teaching & Learning Webinar Series One Pager, April 2023
• The Reach of the North Carolina Teaching & Learning Hubs: An Inaugural Year Report, February 2023

2021

• Faculty Experiences with Professional Development: Data to Inform Community College Teaching and Learning Hubs in North Carolina, June 2021
• Survey of Faculty Professional Development Interests and Experiences, April 2021

2020

• Teaching & Learning Executive Summary, August 2020
• Teaching and Learning Brief, January 2020

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