 NCDPI Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Updates
State Employee Credit Union (SECU) 2016 Scholarship Recipients
Members of the State Employees’ Credit Union established the "People Helping People" four-year scholarship program to assist North Carolina public charter high school students attend college. The State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation takes an active role in assisting communities across North Carolina and truly believes in “people helping people!”
Three North Carolina regular public charter high schools will receive one (1) scholarship valued at $10,000 for a senior to attend one of the 17 constituent campuses of the University of North Carolina.
Although the SECU Scholarship Program wishes to recognize academic achievement, the “People Helping People” Scholarship has a much broader purpose; recognizing leadership, integrity and community involvement.
After careful consideration the following students are chosen as recipients of the 2016 SECU Scholarship:
- J’Cori Hall, Kestrel Heights
- Chantel Lynn, Raleigh Charter High School
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Katherine Nowak, Woods Charter School
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NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB)
AP/IB
Exam Fee Information
Please see the attached document that was originally sent
out in December 2015 for general information regarding this year’s AP/IB Exam
coverage.
AP
INVOICES – Due June 3
Now that AP exams are complete, it is very important that we
help to make sure that the testing/AP coordinators at your schools are aware of
the AP Exam invoicing due date of June 3rd or NC public
schools. If your schools do not submit their invoice to College Board by
this date, NCDPI will not be responsible for your students’ test fees and
invoices will be the school/district’s responsibility. Note that late
fees and other fees remain the responsibility of the school/district. We
encourage you and school staff to watch the video at All testing/AP
coordinators should watch a short instructional presentation at http://ncapp.weebly.com/nc-ap-invoice-instructions---2016.html
which explains the invoicing process for NC public schools this year.
Districts who do not submit their AP Exam invoices to College Board by June 3rd
will be responsible for AP exam costs in their district. Make sure your
school AP Coordinators know how to submit the invoice and do so by June
3. You do not need to send DPI a copy of your invoice. See the
attached document for more details about invoices.
IB
INVOICES
DPI has processed the state-wide invoice from IBO for all IB
exams and registration fees. You may still receive invoices through their
automated service. Please disregard the test fees; however, note that you
are responsible for additional fees that you may have needed.
AP
Summer Institute (APSI) Scholarships – Due May 25
PLEASE make sure your teachers have registered for the APSI
scholarships by Wednesday, May 25. This opportunity is an incredible
opportunity for FREE professional development for your AP Teachers from
June-August 2016 thanks to our NC AP Partnership. These scholarships will
cover the cost of registration and lab fees for NC AP Summer Institutes.
In addition, scholarship recipients will also be eligible to apply for a daily
stipend after attending the APSI, and districts will also receive $100 travel
reimbursement for teachers from whom we have confirmed attendance. Please
contact your district’s AP Coordinator for more information. We still
have several school districts who have not taken advantage of this scholarship
for teacher professional development! Do not let this opportunity pass
you by. Scholarships that go un-used by districts will be opened up to a
first-come, first served basis late next week. Please contact Kathleen
Koch, NC AP Partnership Director, for details. Koch, Kathleen kkoch@collegeboard.org
ASW
Reviewers Application Available – Due June 1
The Analysis of Student Work Reviewer Application is now
open online for this summer’s review. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASWreview2016
I encourage you to please recruit AP and IB teachers to
become an ASW reviewer. In order for this process to be effective for AP
and IB teachers, we must have teachers to review their submission.
Note: If you have less than 5 years of experience, but still feel that
you are qualified to be a reviewer with teaching experience in other areas that
gave you the foundation to become an AP/IB teacher, please apply and note that
in the application (and email me directly). See the attached email
from Jennifer DeNeal for details regarding this process.
ASW
Samples of Timelapsed Artifacts
By July, we will be releasing samples of Evidence
Collections and Timelapsed Artifacts from AP/IB Courses that received an exceed
rating. We hope this will help you with your local professional
development and teacher support needs. Stay tuned!
New
AP Computer Science Principles Course Code
The new AP Computer Science Principles course code is
0A027X0. This course introduces students to the foundational concepts of
computer science and challenges them to explore how computing and technology
can impact the world.
Attachments: AP/IB
Attachments
 Home Base End-of-Year Processes
The annual End of Year (EOY) process for
the Home Base applications is scheduled to begin Thursday, June 30, 2016
at 5:00 p.m.
All Home Base applications including PowerSchool, Schoolnet,
and OpenClass will be brought down and remain down until 6:00 a.m., Monday,
July 11. If the applications are returned to service prior to this date,
you will be notified.
Truenorthlogic (TNL), the educator
effectiveness tool, expects to follow the same scheduled downtime (June 30 -
July 11). Updates will be provided as they become available.
If you have applications that pull data
from or interface to any of the Home Base applications, please have your data
extractions/interfaces completed by the start of the scheduled downtime on June
30, 2016. Because of the impact a delay could have on other projects and
LEAs’ school business, no exceptions or extensions can be granted to defer the
start time of EOY.
If you have questions or concerns regarding
the EOY process, please contact the Home Base Support Center at homebase.incidents@its.nc.gov.
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2016 Finance and Business Services (FBS) Conference
Please see the attached document regarding the upcoming FBS Conference in
July. If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact
Doris McCain at 919-807-3700.
Attachment: FBS Conference Memo 2016.pdf
2015-16 Charter School Closing Procedures
To comply with the NC Office of State Budget and Management's closing deadline for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, please review and follow the guidelines outlined in the attached memorandum.
Please contact the individuals within the memo with questions or concerns.
Attachment: ClosingProcedures2015_CharterSchools
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 State Health Plan Notice
Please see the attached announcement that came from the NC State Health Plan.
Please contact the State Health Plan directly if you have any questions
or concerns.
Attachment: SHP Announcement_20160527.JPG
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School Counselor's Role for Students with Disabilities
Please see the attached clarification of school counselor’s
role in the provision of related services for students with disabilities.
If you have questions, please contact Cynthia Floyd (Cynthia.floyd@dpi.nc.gov / 919
807-3931) or Carol Ann Hudgens (carolann.hudgens@dpi.nc.gov
/ 919 807-3976).
Attachment: Memo_School
Counselor's Role
 NC State Improvement Project (SIP) Application Process
Please review the attached documents which contain the
description of the application process for the NC State Improvement Project (NC
SIP). Details are provided about the three new levels of engagement with NC
SIP. The Exceptional Children Division suggests that you first read the memo,
then read the goals, expectations and requirements alignment document. From
this information, you will be able to determine which application to complete
for the appropriate level of engagement with the NC State Improvement Project.
A hard copy of the completed application including the ‘wet signatures’ is to
be postmarked no later than June 24.
If you have questions, email Dr. Paula Crawford, Project
Director, at paula.crawford@dpi.nc.gov
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Attachments: NC
SIP Application Process
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Significant Disproportionality and Discipline Warning Lists
Revised significant disproportionality and warning lists for
discipline are enclosed and should replace the discipline lists previously
disseminated.
If you need further clarification, please contact Sherry
Thomas (sherry.thomas@dpi.nc.gov
/ 919 807-3992) or Nancy Johnson (ntjohnso@uncc.edu
/ 704 576-2760).
Attachments: Significant
Disproportionality Memos
State Board of Education Data Request
The
State Board of Education is considering a policy to extend the granting of
emergency teaching permits (1 year term) to core subjects (including elementary
educators). The SBE has asked NCDPI to compile some data on the need in the
districts for such a policy. There is no good way to determine these
vacancies except to ask you to supply the information. Please follow the
link below to a Google spreadsheet and enter the information for your district
(as best you can). Charter schools can enter their information, but they
are not under the same licensing requirements as LEAs. Given
that the board meeting is next week, please supply
the data by noon on Tuesday May 31st.
Attachment: Vacancy Report
Enhanced NC Transcripts and Student Data Calculations
NCDPI has been working with PowerSchool to improve student
endorsement functionality as well as streamlining and improving the NC
transcript. These fixes were released over the weekend on 5/21/16 and
users can now expect to see improved programming alignment with policy.
Specifically, the calculations used for determining student eligibility for the
NC Academic Scholars, Career, College, and College/UNC Endorsements has been
fixed to better assess students' records to determine eligibility.
Additionally, the Future-Ready-Core and UNC graduation requirements in
PowerSchool have been fully reviewed and aligned with policy. Any courses that
were missing have been added to these sections and work will continue through
July to streamline pathways and ensure policy alignment. As NCDPI works to
continuously improve our systems, please report any continued issues to the Home
Base Support Center (homebase.incidents@its.nc.gov).
 Finance Officers' Newsletter
Please see the attached Finance Officers' Newsletter. Contact the individuals listed within the document with specific questions or concern.
Attachment: Finance
Officers' Newsletter
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 Other News
First Vote NC
First Vote NC is looking for
local community partners to get involved and support area high schools in the
implementation of a project based learning initiative to motivate students to get
involved, engaged and ready to participate to create informed citizenry.
The attached document provides detailed specifics about First Vote NC. Please contact Hunter Buxton at hunterbuxton@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
Attachment: First
Vote NC
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