NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) Central Region Conference
NCCTM will host free 45 minute sessions focusing on math for the following grade levels: K -2, 3 - 5, middle and high school. Registration is free but you must sign up to attend this event. Please direct questions to Maria Hernandez via email at hernandez.nccsm.edu.
Conference Title:
NCCTM
Central Region Conference - “It’s All
Connected!”
Location, Date, and Time:
Saturday,
March 19, 2016
9:00 am
to 12:30 pm
The NC
School of Science and Math
1219
Broad Street
Durham,
NC 27705
Accepting Proposals:
Interested
speakers please click here to
submit proposals by
February 29, 2016.
Conference Registration:
To
pre-register to attend the conference click here to fill
out and submit the registration form by March 11,2016.
Multi-Tiered
System of Support (MTSS) - Integrated Academic and Behavior Systems
Visionary administrators in every district and charter school across the state are critical to developing the school wide capacity and infrastructure required to implement and sustain an MTSS.
Development of this capacity and infrastructure for implementation will need to include ongoing professional development and coaching. NCDPI offered Leadership in an MTSS Framework which was attended by several charter schools. If you would like to access the handouts as well as guides for use of the tools provided,visit this page:http://mtss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Leadership+in+an+MTSS+Framework. Additionally,
registration is still available for a few teams to attend one of the Problem-Solving in an MTSS Framework Sessions offered this month.
Please contact Amy Jablonski or your Regional Consultant with feedback on the resources or other questions related to implementation of an MTSS.
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Finance Officers' Updates
Attached below is the Finance Officers'
Newsletter. Please review the information and contact the individual
listed in the newsletter with any questions or concerns.
Attachment: Finance
Officers' Newsletter
Request for Charter School 2016-17 Projected Initial Average Daily membership (ADM) using the Charter School ADM Projection System (CSADM)
Attached below is the memo from Ms. Schauss, Director of School Business, outlining the requirement for charter school Lead Administrators or Board Chairs to project ADM for the 2016-17 school year. The submission of the initial ADM information is due on February 19, 2016 using CSADM.
Attachment: CSADM
2016_17 Initial ADM Reporting Memo
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Exceptional Children's Lead Representative Meeting
Please see the attached memo providing regarding the spring 2016 meeting of district and charter lead/representative for school psychology, speech-language pathology,
physical therapy, occupational therapy and audiology practitioners.
Questions about the meetings can be directed to the
appropriate consultant:
Lynn Makor, Consultant for School Psychology, at lkmakor@email.unc.edu
Laurie Ray, Consultant for Physical Therapy, at laurie_ray@med.unc.edu
Rachel Ragin, Consultant for Audiology, at Rachael.Ragin@dpi.nc.gov
Lauren Holahan, Consultant for Occupational Therapy, at lauren_holahan@med.unc.edu
Perry Flynn, Consultant for Speech-Language Pathology, at pfflynn@uncg.edu
Attachment: LEAD
Meeting-March 2016 Memo
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NC
Global Education Webinar Opportunities
In September 2011, the North Carolina
State Board of Education formed a Task Force on Global Education to assess the
state's effort to produce globally competitive graduates ready to live, work
and contribute in an interconnected world. Based on its findings, the Task
Force made a number of recommendations that would help to ensure that all
public school students are well prepared.
NC Global Education will host a series webinars during February and March 2016 . Please see the attached information
to participate in the meetings. Contact Helga Fasciano with questions or
concerns at helga.fasciano@dpi.nc.gov.
Attachment: Global
Education Webinar Opportunities
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Expiration of Flag Order Honoring US Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia
The Feb. 14 flag order lowering United States and North Carolina flags to
half-staff in honor of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will expire at
sunset on Saturday, Feb. 20. At that time and date, flags are to return to
full-staff.
Summer School Testing
Please find the attached document from Dr. Rebecca Garland and Dr. Tammy Howard regarding Summer School Testing.
Attachment: Summer
School Testing Memo
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Policy Changes for the Evaluation and Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)
Attached is information on recent State Board of
Education approved changes to Policies Governing Services for Children
with Disabilities relating to the definition, evaluation and
identification of students with SLD.
Attachments: Memo_SLD
Policy Changes
SLD
Policy Changes 0216
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