April 21, 2016 - Home Base Biweekly Update

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Home Base Biweekly Update

April 21, 2016

EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS

Professional Development

New Literacy Modules Carry Credit


Educator Effectiveness has heard your requests for more courses that carry literacy credit. After careful review, we are happy to announce that two additional courses within the Home Base PD System catalog meet the statutory description (115c-296(b)(1)b) of a literacy credit.


Supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in the Classroom: Action Research from the GTN and The Reading and Writing Connection: Action Research from the GTN Project are literacy modules produced by the Governor’s Teacher Network action research project. For a detailed description of the two courses, please visit http://www.rt3nc.org/ For support on issues related to online professional development, please contact Dr. Geetanjali Soni at geetanjali.soni@dpi.nc.gov.

 


Governor's Teacher Network

Action Research Offers Ideas on Professional Development


Have you ever wondered how professional development is done in districts other than yours? Are you looking for ideas that have been tested in North Carolina classrooms? Look no further.


More than 200 action research projects created by members of the Governor’s Teacher Network are available. Many projects examined different types of professional development activities.


Brittany Guy, an action researcher in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth school district, investigated a yearlong personalized, blended professional development model for implementing technology in the classroom. To learn more about this model or find Ms. Guy’s action research results, please visit the Online Professional Development Catalog and click on the Action Research tab.

 


READY Principals

Spring Principal READY: One More Chance


You still have time to register for the last Principal READY session for the spring scheduled for April 27th in the Southwest region.


Principals across the state have had the opportunity to learn about the changes concerning Standard 6, licensure, and Analysis of Student Work. In addition, the Statewide System of Support has created custom sessions based on the feedback received from the districts they serve.


If you are interested in learning more about self-directed evaluations, strategies for principals serving low-performing schools, improving teacher retention, etc., please go to the NCEES wiki to register today.


CTE Learning that works for North Carolina

Find CTE Items in Schoolnet


Attention CTE teachers!  Did you know that you can easily search CTE items in Schoolnet and add them to an existing or new test?

  1. Hover over Assessment Admin
  2. Choose Find an Item, Passage, or Rubric
  3. Click Advanced Search
  • Search by Publisher
  • Type NCCTE_Unsecure in Publisher field (NCCTE_Unsecure items are available to all teachers)
  • Click Search Items

4. Choose items by clicking the radio buttons beside each item.

5. Click the blue Add Items to Test.

6. From this page you can choose to add items to an already existing test or to Create new test with these items.


Be sure to review the Helpful Hints that are located on your dashboard. These hints will be updated at least once a month to keep users well informed with frequently asked questions posed to the Home Base Support Center.


Home Base

Maintenance Weekend Begins Friday


The next Home Base maintenance weekend is scheduled to run from Friday evening through early Monday.  Maintenance will be performed only on the PowerSchool application.  All other Home Base applications will be accessible through the IAM Service.

 

PowerSchool will shut down Friday at approximately 5 p.m.  Once maintenance is completed, a message will be sent to notify users that the system is up and available for use. PowerSchool will be returned to service no later than 6 a.m. Monday.  If a delay in bringing up the system should occur, users will be notified.