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Kathy Taft Center

Named after late local and state board of education member Kathy Taft, 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.  

This value is reinforced and illustrated in both the name of the building and the names of the individual rooms through The Center.  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.  You can read more about the individual spaces - and maybe even learn something of our history - by scrolling through the pictures and descriptions below.

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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.