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Kathy Taft Center

About the Kathy Taft Center

The Kathy Taft Center for Excellence and Leadership in Education provides a permanent home for professional learning in Pitt County Schools.  With world-class training rooms, collaboration spaces, and an executive conference room, The Center serves as a physical commitment and representation of the value Pitt County Schools places on supporting, equipping, and empowering teachers and other leaders in the district.

Interested in learning more about The Kathy Taft Center for Excellence and Leadership in Education? We invite you to keep exploring our website, and get in touch with questions about our values, programs, and offerings.

People often ask how the spaces in The Center were named.  One goal we had when designing The Center was that it should be a place of honor: it honors Kathy Taft, it honors educators in Pitt County Schools, and it honors the State of North Carolina.  Room and space names are intended to acknowledge some of the unique and important characteristics and contributions of Pitt County to our state and of North Carolina to our nation.  Below read about how we have tried to acknowledge everything from the ocean to the mountains, to important historical events, to the important educational institutions in our state.

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The Kathy Taft Center 2010 Allen Road, Greenville, NC
Lobby
The entry to the The Kathy Taft Center was designed specifically to help our guests and visitors to the building feel valued and special. Immediately upon entering they are greeted with an open lobby featuring comfortable designer seating, including a high table for group dialogue and conversation. The daily schedule is visible on a large 60" TV, and one entire wall is dedicated to honoring Kathy Taft, helping to secure her legacy as a champion for public education in North Carolina in general and Pitt County Schools in particular.
Sailfish
North Carolina is known for both its mountains and its beaches. Those who live along the coast know the sea is a source of livelihood for many North Carolinians. So we acknowledge the sea by naming our conference room after one of the most beautiful and exotic of all sea creatures: the sailfish. This formal, executive conference room features seating for 14 people around a powered conference table. It includes a 70" HDTV with both wired and wireless connectivity plus three glass marker boards to allow for public note-taking, brainstorming, and collaborating. The room also has its own drink station with a coffee maker, tea station, glass pitchers for water, and mugs and water glasses. The room features floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing the room to be filled with natural light.
Carolina
The city of Chapel Hill, North Carolina is home to The University of North Carolina, the first public university to open its doors in the United States back on January 15, 1795. Since then, UNC-Chapel Hill has consistently been ranked as one of the top public universities in the nation. With a legacy like that, it's no wonder the largest room in the building is The Carolina. With the capacity to hold up to 96 people in a standard training formation, this room has two front projection screens to allow for optimal viewing from anywhere in the room, as well as a side projection screen, all with wired or wireless connectivity. Wireless presenter lapel-style microphones are also available upon request. The room can also be re-set to allow for public style board meetings with a lecture for public speakers.
App & Blue Ridge
These rooms honor two of the beautiful mountain ranges in the western part of the state while also acknowledging Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. ASU repeatedly ranks among the top two universities in North Carolina in terms of numbers of education graduates. The Appalachian Room, along with its twin sister the Blue Ridge room, are both normally configured for 30 people but can be expanded to seat up to 36. The rooms features rear and front projection with both wired and wireless connectivity. Wireless presenter lapel-style microphones are also available upon request.
Wall
When you need a space for larger than 36 people but you're not quite ready for The Carolina, we can combine the Appalachian and Blue Ridge rooms. With a standard setup for 60 people, this space will seat up to 72 by brining in extra tables and chairs. The combined space is possible through the use of the special Sky Fold wall, a unique feature which divides the rooms and offers near-perfect soundproofing between them, folding into the ceiling when the larger space is needed. Pitt County School's Kathy Taft Center is only the fourth site for a Sky Fold wall in the Greenville area, and the first building operated by a K-12 education system on the eastern side of the state with this state-of-the-art feature.
Buccaneer
East Carolina University, the home of the pirates, was originally chartered in 1907 as East Carolina Teachers College. Now the fourth largest university in the state, and still one of the top two annually in terms of numbers of education graduates, ECU has had a transformative impact on Greenville and Pitt County. Designed specifically for collaboration, brainstorming, and smaller trainings, The Buccaneer Room is normally configured for 18 individuals. It has a large screen TV for displaying presentations and floor-to-ceiling whiteboard walls to allow for maximum thinking space.

This is the link to the KTC Skedda Booking system to check for a room reservation. Please contact Kenisha Battle at the KTC if you need to book a room.