Please pay special attention to the
first item in this week’s message concerning upcoming legislative reports or requests
for proposals that involve information from your districts.
I especially hope that
you will pay attention to the Advanced Teaching Roles and Compensation RFP and
the Local Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs RFP. The deadlines are
coming up on Oct. 15 and Jan. 6, respectively.
Also, next week the State Board of
Education meeting will be in Boone at Appalachian State University on Oct. 4-6
and will include a two-day planning session to discuss the Board’s strategic
plan, the work of the Interagency Advisory Committee, evaluating District and
School Transformation, development of North Carolina’s Every Student Succeeds Act state plan and the Board’s budget
request for the long session of the General Assembly in 2017.
These topics are
important for us as we consider our priorities and direction over the upcoming
biennium.
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Reminder:
Important Dates for New Legislated Reports and RFPs
The state
budget bill (S.L. 2016-94, aka HB 1030) includes several new requirements for
local school boards and charter schools to report information to the State
Board. The bill also directed the State Board of Education to release two
requests for proposals (RFPs) by Sept. 15 for two separate pilot local programs
related to teacher preparation, roles and compensation.
The following table
summarizes the key information for these new reports and RFPs:
If you
have questions about any of the open or upcoming reports or RFPs, please
contact NCDPI staff as follows:
* School Cybersecurity: Jason
Gilmore or 919.807.3974
*
Advanced Teaching Roles and
Compensation Models RFP: Tom Tomberlin or
919.807.3429
* Local
Alternative Teacher Preparation (LATP) Programs RFP: Cynthia Martin or
919.807.3355
Revised
High School Math
Standards Update
Fall Regional
Professional Development
Dates Set
NCDPI
Mathematics staff members are pleased to announce the fall in-person regional
professional development dates for high school mathematics. As a part of the
implementation plan shared with the State Board of Education and you, NCDPI is
offering weekly virtual support sessions and three in-person dates in support
of the revised high school math standards. Please share this fall registration link with
your curriculum leader.
Each
district is asked to send a team of three or four people if your district has
an ADM greater than 10,000. At least one in attendance should be a teacher
implementing the revised NC Math 1, 2 or 3 standards. We will have job-alike
time at these sessions, so math leaders such as coaches, coordinators or
specialists may attend.
* Regions 1, 2:
Nov. 10, Teachers Memorial PD Center,
Kinston
* Regions 3, 4:
Nov. 7, Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh
Brownstone-University, Raleigh
* Regions 5, 6: Oct. 18, Randolph Community College, Asheboro
* Regions 7, 8: Nov. 2, Caldwell County Library, Lenoir
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“Just
in Time” Virtual Sharing Sessions
Last
week, curriculum leaders and math teachers on NCDPI’s GovDelivery email lists
received the following message:
Attention all NC Math 1, 2 and 3
middle and high school teachers. Join
NCDPI staff for our “Just in Time” Virtual Sharing Sessions in October.
During these collaborative
sessions, we will chat as an educational community about student work,
supporting students and each other, and many math topics. Facilitated by
partnering NC educators across the state, we will frame our discussions around
a task aligned to the revised high school math standards that can then be
implemented immediately in your classroom.
By signing up for the webinar in
advance, you get early access to the task (Tuesday before session), materials
for implementing the task, and an opportunity to provide feedback through a
follow-up survey. Don't wait, sign-up for one of the following sessions today!
* NC Math 1 – Thursday, Oct. 6: Exponential Functions
* NC Math 2 – Thursday, Oct. 13: Square Root and Inverse Variation Functions
* NC Math 3 – Thursday, Oct. 20: Geometric Measurement and Dimension
* Math
Leader Share – Tuesday, Oct. 25, Leaders Helping Leaders
Please encourage your teachers to attend these
sessions as a professional learning community, in small groups at schools.
Questions may be directed to any member of the NCDPI math team: Secondary Consultants Lisa Ashe or Joe Reaper or Section Chief Jennifer Curtis.
Multi-Tiered System of Support:
The What, Why, Who and How of MTSS
At NCCAT this month, curriculum leaders from
across the state attended the session “An Every Education Approach to School
Improvement.” During the session, several keys points were made related to the
following “what,” “why,” “who,” and “how” in building a Multi-Tiered System of
Support (MTSS).
WHAT: MTSS is about total school improvement, which
pushes us to ask, “Does our system (or district or charter) make sense for our
students?” It is about transforming how we use resources, knowing our best
assets are the teachers teaching core instruction. MTSS is about going from
silos to building a system that strengthens and supplements core academic and
behavior instruction.
WHY: We cannot separate academics from behavior when
planning instruction. There are many different teams involved in problem
solving. We are preparing for a shift in identification procedures for SLD. We
are moving from a “wait to fail” model to a system where students can get the
support they need when they need it. We are not constructed to effectively
provide more than 20 percent of students with supplemental instruction.
WHO: MTSS is about our students. District and school
teams ask, “Do our students have to navigate a disjointed core instruction?”
MTSS is about teachers and administrators. MTSS is about problem-solving teams.
These teams examine the question, “How many students are we sending off for
extra help?” MTSS debunks the idea that your role puts you on a particular
team. In this work, your skill set puts you on a team.
HOW: MTSS is installed thru six critical components. NCDPI has a strategic plan so that every
district and charter can complete the three course modules by 2020. District teams are supported via
technical assistance based on the online course allowing them to remove
barriers to school implementation. Schools use the Self-Assessment of MTSS
implementation (SAM) to determine which components are areas of
strength as well as where they need to focus their energies.
The complete PowerPoint presentation is available at Building Common Language at NCCAT. If you have questions about implementation in your
district, please contact Director of Integrated Academic and Behavior Systems
consultant Amy Jablonski.
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Fall Principal READY (PREADY)
Launches in Two
Weeks
NCDPI is partnering with stakeholder organizations (the Friday
Institute, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Office, and
the New Teacher Center) for the fall PREADY series to share information about
several initiatives relevant to the current needs of school leaders.
Sessions include learning more about the state’s Digital Learning Plan
to support administrators in transitioning to digital-age learning, national
research on how National Board Certified teachers can be better utilized as
Teacher Leaders, and the 2016 analysis of the North Carolina Teacher Working
Conditions Survey data. In addition to these sessions, Service Support Teams
will offer regional-specific content based on evaluation surveys.
Please click here to register for your preferred
location.
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North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey Interactive Workshops
What do
101,800 educators who participated in the 2016 North Carolina Teacher Working
Conditions Survey (NC TWCS) have to say about education in their schools, districts
and the collective state?
NCDPI and
the New Teacher Center (NTC) will be hosting two, three-hour, regional,
interactive workshops to assist school administrators with understanding their
school/district results, facilitating dialogue on teaching and learning
conditions, and utilizing resources for school improvement planning. Time also
will be dedicated to discussing how beginning teachers’ experiences in the
state may impact decisions made about retention.
Participating
administrators are asked to bring an electronic device to access data on the NC
Teacher Working Conditions website and a
colleague/teacher leader. If you are interested in attending this session,
please click HERE to register for your preferred location and date.
Note: Each region’s three-hour session is repeated in the
afternoon to provide flexibility for attendees. The content for each morning
session is identical to the afternoon session. If you have questions about
these sessions, please contact Cynthia Martin with
NCDPI Educator Effectiveness.
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EVAAS Exploration Summit
Please note corrected email address for further
information.
Don’t forget that your district leaders and you are
invited to attend the EVAAS Exploration Summit on Thursday, Nov. 10, at SAS World Headquarters in
Cary.
The Summit will be an engaging and informative
daylong event focused on data and student growth. Sessions led by North
Carolina educators will help your team to learn and share best practices, build
a network of data leaders, and expand your EVAAS toolkit. There is no charge to
attend the summit.
Each district is asked to coordinate the
participation and registration of up to two leaders. Participants should be district-level administrators who promote
data leadership and who are interested in how EVAAS can support them.
In just a few days, you and some
of your district leaders will receive an email from usersconnections@sas.com with additional information
about registration, featured speakers, hotels and deadlines. In the meantime,
if you have any questions, please contact usersconnections@sas.com.
Hope Street
Group North Carolina Teacher Voice Network Survey
Teachers are asked to take ten minutes
to complete the Hope Street Group North Carolina Teacher Voice Network survey. Topics relate to the North Carolina
Working Conditions Survey and the 2016-17 State Board of Education Strategic
Plan. The deadline to complete the survey is Oct. 18.
Results will be shared in February
2017, along with helpful recommendations based on input received.
Recommendations from previous surveys are available here and here.
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Search Underway for Nation's
Top
Youth Volunteers
Prudential Financial, in partnership with the National
Association of Secondary School Principals, is sponsoring its 22nd annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
Students in grades 5-12 are invited to
apply for the awards if they have made meaningful contributions to their
communities through volunteer service within the past 12 months. Students must
complete the application by Nov. 8 and then submit it for certification to a middle or high
school principal. Schools will then select the top recipients in early November
and submit those names for state-level judging.
The middle and high school recipients
for each state will be named on Feb. 7. The top middle and high school
candidates in each state receive $1,000, an engraved silver medallion, and a trip
to Washington, D.C., with a parent for four days of recognition events
scheduled for May 6-9. Ten national honorees will be named and among other
things, will receive an additional $5,000 in awards.
For more information, please visit the
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards website.
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