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Educator Effectiveness
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Educator
Effectiveness’ Guide to “Getting the Most from Online Professional
Development”
Self-paced
professional development doesn’t have to be done alone.
If you’re looking for
ways to use online professional development more collaboratively, look no further. The modules in the
Home Base Professional Development System are designed to allow districts to implement them in the
way that best suits their resources, calendars, and professional development
implementation plans.
Educator Effectiveness’ newly updated online guide, “Getting
the Most from Online PD” describes six different models for implementation
at the district level, including best practices and facilitation strategies.
The guide is available online at http://rt3nc.org/pubs/impguide/.
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Literacy Credit Available in Home Base PD System
The module, Preparation for Foundation of Reading Licensure
Exam, provides an excellent resource for teachers wanting to refresh their
knowledge on the foundations of reading development and comprehension.
This
course is just one of more than 88 self-paced and facilitated modules available in
the Home Base Professional Development System.
For a full description of the course, please visit www.rt3nc.org.
Courses are added monthly so bookmark this link! This self-paced module
is worth 1.0 Literacy Credit.
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2016 Educator Effectiveness Webinar Series
Take advantage of the weekly
Educator Effectiveness Webinar Series, which invites participants to discuss
timely topics. These webinars are always free and offer attendees the
opportunity to learn about best practices, tips for success and new aspects of
the system. Participants are able to ask questions and connect
with experts. Upcoming topics include:
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Home
Base PD System: Characteristics of an Effective Online Instructor - Feb.
16
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Home
Base PD System: Organizational Tools for District Administrators - Feb. 23
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NCEES
Process: End of Year for Teacher Evaluations - March 8
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Home
Base PD System: Office Hours - March 15
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Home
Base PD System: Course Dashboards and Course Approval System - March 22
For a full list of upcoming topics, webinar start times and
registration links, please visit the
NCEES
Wikispace. Please give the flyer a minute to load.
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Check Out Innovative Practices Explored by North Carolina Teachers
Looking for cool ideas about teaching and learning from your colleagues in the county next door or across the state?
Through the work of the Governor’s Teacher
Network, a database is now available of approximately 220 action research projects done
by North Carolina teachers in North Carolina classrooms.
The portal allows projects to be filtered by grade level, subject and key words, and the content for each project includes details ranging from data collection and analysis to recommendations and conclusions.
Here's just one example: Dana Wells, a 5th grade
teacher in Henderson County, wanted to see if directly teaching her students discussion
techniques in mathematics deepened their understanding of problem solving
strategies and math concepts and increased instances of students giving correct
feedback.
With the help of her vertical math PLC, Dana proved that directly
teaching discussion techniques improved the quality of discussions and
participation in her classroom. It also fostered the use of high-yield instructional strategies.
For more details on Dana’s action research project and others
covering a wide range of topics, check out the NC Teacher Action
Research Portal today.
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Schoolnet Upgraded to 17.1
Following are new features and functionality included in this upgrade:
1. Pattern scoring for task test items.
2. New and improved user interface for the
instructional material detail.
3. New 5-star rating capability for Schoolnet and
NCLOR native instructional materials.
4. Streamlined instructional materials and standards
search.
5. Material vetting improvements (i.e., approving
instructional materials for material bank promotion).
6. Enhancement to the test restrictions set up in test
creation for state and district benchmark assessments.
7. Improved track completion (a.k.a. data collection)
report in the classroom module.
Please refer to the 17.1 Release Notes for a complete list
of enhancements and descriptions through the "Help" link (upper
right corner of the Schoolnet landing page, "Release Notes" option).
Maintenance Weekend Feb. 19-21
The
PowerSchool team will be making two concurrent upgrades next maintenance weekend, Feb. 19-21: a move to a new hosting environment and an
upgrade of the PowerSchool application to version 9.2. We are working to
complete both upgrades during the maintenance period.
Application Upgrade
We also will execute an upgrade of the PowerSchool application from version 8.3 to
version 9.2. This new version includes several updates that will benefit
our customers and NCDPI. These updates include a new visualizations
component for attendance and grades that will help schools identify students
based on academic performance and attendance. Also included are updates
to the scheduling module, course availability by year and enhanced security
controls.
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