Date: Monday, July 20 - Sunday, August 2, 2026
Location: various locations in South Africa
Credit: 120 contact hours

Fee includes round-trip airfare from Raleigh to South Africa, in-country transportation, instruction, lodging, and some meals. Participants will be responsible for travel to and from Raleigh, expenses in Raleigh during pre- and post-trip sessions, and some meals in South Africa.

This program is for educators that were selected from a pool of applicants.

Registration Instructions

• Please register (to create an account) or sign in (at the top of this page). 
• Once you click Add to cart, you can register for additional Educator Treks before checking out.
• Please select "Adult" unless you were selected for the Simple Gifts Scholarship (requirements below).

To qualify for the Simple Gifts Scholarship, applicants must:

• Have not received the Simple Gifts Scholarship for the NCMNS Educators of Excellence program in the past
• Be a teacher, guidance counselor, media coordinator, or assistant principal in a public school, in one of the following counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
• Plan to continue working in their current school system and county during the following school year
• Plan to continue working full time in education for at least 5 more years after participation in the Institute
• Help spread the word about future Educators of Excellence Institutes and the Simple Gifts Scholarship to other teachers

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