NCDPI Office of Charter School (OCS) Updates
Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Monthly
Audible (Webinar)
This month’s OCS
Audible (webinar) was held on Tuesday, March 28 at 9:00 am. This
month’s webinar featured a discussion on the Digital Learning Initiative with
Dr. Jeni Corn (Friday Institute) and MTSS with Dr. Amy Jablonski (NCDPI). The
recorded webinar and presentations are attached :
Attachments: Webinar
Digital Learning Update - Dr. Jeni Corn
MTSS - Dr. Amy Jablonski
 NC Digital Learning Progress Rubric for
Charter Schools – Friday Institute, NCSU
The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North
Carolina State University's College of Education is collecting feedback on the
North Carolina Digital Learning Progress (NC DLP) Rubric for Charter Schools,
and would like to hear from you!
Download the rubric: here.
Download presentation slides describing the rubric: here.
Submit your feedback in a simple form: here.
The North Carolina Digital Learning Progress Rubric for Charter
Schools is a strategic planning tool, or “roadmap,” intended to support North
Carolina’s educators, charter schools, and communities in the transition to
digital-age teaching and learning. This rubric is a continuation of many years
of work initiated by the North Carolina Governor’s Office, General Assembly,
and State Board of Education, with support from Golden Leaf Foundation and SAS,
and carried out by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the
Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, and countless educational leaders
in classrooms, schools, districts, foundations, nonprofits, universities, and
others across North Carolina.
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NC School Jobs by PeopleAdmin
There are over 70 districts and a number of charter schools live in the NC School Jobs system. We
encourage charter schools to take advantage of this excellent resource to help with recruiting and hiring. There are thousands of applicants in the system which your school will have access to
when you go live in the system.
The steps associated with implementation are:
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Contact Craig Tucker at craig.tucker@dpi.nc.gov to request an NC School Jobs workbook
- Complete the workbook and
submit your school’s logo
- Participate in Training
- Familiarize yourself with the
system
- Execute a few cutover steps
and go-live in the system
Webinar training classes are scheduled on a weekly
basis starting Wednesday, April 5 and the service provider is planning an
onsite training class in the Charlotte area in late April. Please visit this
website to learn more about and register
for the training opportunities. Webinars will last 1.5 hours with the ability
to continue an additional 30 minutes if requested. Team members from the
service provider, Jeff Davenport and Bill Barry, will lead the trainings and
assist you with the implementation process.
 2017 Charter School
Performance Framework Submission Dates - Reminder
OCS collects evidence of
operational, financial, and academic compliance through the Charter School
Performance Framework (PF). January 2017 begins the collection process for
the 2017 Charter School Performance Framework .
Based on feedback,
submissions for the 2017 PF are staggered to allow extended periods of
collection and review. The 2017 Charter School
Performance Framework document library is now open for submissions. Your
school’s username for the 2017 SharePoint system is the same as your 2016 PF.
Deadline- Only For the March 31, 2017 Submission- New
Schools Opening in 2016-17 and Previous Operating Schools with Updates from
Prior Year Submission (if your school had no compliance issues and there are no
changes from your policies submitted last year, you are not required to submit
items this for this submission)
A8- Grievance Policy
A9- Conflict of Interest Policy
A10- Nepotism Policy
A16- Criminal History Policy
A14- Certificate of Occupancy
Deadline- April 30, 2017-
ONLY FOR 2018 RENEWAL SCHOOLS
B1- Graduation Requirements (if you are a K-8, you do not need
to submit this item)
B2- Student Promotion Requirements
B7- Student Discipline Policy
Performance Framework Upload
Center Instructions - How to Submit Performance Framework
Documents
- Step 1 - Review Performance
Framework Criteria under the “Criteria” section. Click the small triangle
next to each category to read the descriptions.
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Step 2 - Before uploading any
documents ensure all files are
prepared in PDF format using the naming convention
“SchoolName_MeasureName_YY”.
- Step 3 - Under “Upload
Documents” section, click “Add Document”. Click “Choose File”, navigate to
the file’s location, and affirm your selection. Uncheck “Overwrite
existing files”.
- Step 4 - Another dialog box
will appear with required fields. Select the “LEA” and “Measure”. Enter
“Contact Name” and “Contact Email”. Click “Check-In” to complete
upload process. The uploaded documents will display under the “Upload
Documents” section.
- Step 5 - Repeat Steps 1-5 for
all documents. A confirmation email will be sent for
each uploaded document. If you do not receive a confirmation
email, your upload did not go through correctly. Please try
uploading the document again.
Please refer to the 2017
Charter School Performance Framework Resources for item specifics (included in
the document list). To access the system, please go to https://leadpincgov.sharepoint.com/sites/lea/Pages/pfp.aspx.
For questions regarding the
2017 Charter School Performance Framework please contact Cande Wood at (919)
807-3493 or Cande.Wood@dpi.nc.gov
Moving forward we are asking
that all Charter School requests for SharePoint assistance be requested through
the Support Center by calling 919-807-4357 to help ensure you are getting the
assistance you need as soon as possible. While the monthly submissions are
due on the last day of the month, please do not wait until the last day to
submit as you may need technical assistance. The Service Support Center can
take several days to address password resets and other technical support.
Attachment:
PF Resources
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NC Charter Schools Advisory Board to Meet
The North Carolina Charter Schools Advisory Board will meet April 10-11 in
the 7th Floor Board Room, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington
Street, Raleigh.
The agendas are available on the State Board of Education’s website under
the Meetings
tab. The meeting will be audio
streamed for those who cannot attend.
Questions regarding this meeting
should be directed to NCDPI Communications at 919.807.3450.
NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
Home Base Pricing 2017-2018
The North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is pleased to announce that the full
suite of Home Base will be available to all districts and charter schools in the 2017-18 school
year with many new features.
The cost to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and charter schools will
remain the same - $1/ADM which gives access to Schoolnet and local
control of professional development components in Truenorthlogic.
Districts and charter schools can acquire Canvas for an additional cost
of $3.74 per user through the state negotiated convenience contract.
Access to the Home Base Opt-in Tool will be available in April 2017. Information will be provided when the Home Base Opt-In Tool is available.
 Spring 2017 LEA
Lead/Representative for School Psychology, Audiology, Speech-Language
Pathology, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Please see the attached
information and registration link.
Attachment: Spring
2017 Related Services Meeting
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Notice of
Public Comment - NC Extended Content Standards for English Language Arts
Please see the attached
regarding public comments on the proposed changes to the NC Extended Content
Standards for English Language Arts. Public comments will be accepted
March 30 - April 30, 2017.
Attachment: Memo-ELA+ECS.pdf
NCDPI 2017 Student Leadership
Institute - Deadline Extended!
Application deadline has been extended until Thursday, April 6th for the 2017 NCDPI Student
Leadership Institute!
NCDPI
will host the 2017 Student Leadership Institute from June 28-July 1, 2017
for rising 4th-12 graders at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, NC. Institute
facilitators will engage participants in active, minds-on, hands-on learning
that will assist students and their adults mentors with developing the skills
needed to engage in at least one service-learning experience when they return
to their schools and communities.
Register
your team to be a part of an exciting opportunity to build strong character,
develop leadership skills and engage in service-learning experiences!
This is a competitive application process with limited slots. The
application deadline has been extended to Thursday, April 6th, 2017 by 5:00
pm. To find out more information and complete an application, visit
the Character Matters NC site.
PowerTeacher Pro Training
The surveys are in, 75 LEAs and 25 charter schools are going to
participate in Cohort I of the release of PowerTeacher Pro for the 2017-18
school year.
To see who will be part of Cohort I, click here. Those represented in green are participating in
Cohort I, those in red have indicated they will wait for full implementation in
summer 2018, and those who are clear have not responded.
Training in each region for Cohort I administrators and teachers
begins April 24 and will continue into May. Registration and training
information went out on Monday, March 27 to the Cohort I contact in your
district. Registration closes April 14.
If you are interested in learning more
about the PowerTeacher Pro roll-out, please review the comprehensive PowerTeacher Pro NC Implementation plan. Questions should
be directed to: Special Projects Manager Hunter Huffman or
919.807.3633.
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Charter Schools In the News
Rocky Mount Preparatory Community Event
Maureen
Joy Charter Spreading Joy for 20 Years
Other News
NC Homeless Education Program Data Collection Updates
Reminder:
Data collection closes on June 15, 2017.
All LEAs and charter
schools are required to submit McKinney-Vento data, even if submitting
"0" students.
Data Collection
Resources Updates
The NCHEP data
collection web page has been updated along with the 2016-17 SY training
resources. Updated items include:
*Please be sure to check
back to the FAQ section frequently between now and June 15th as responses to
new FAQs will be posted as needed.
Last School Day
Information
If your LEA's last school day
will take place after June 15th, please send the following information to the NCHEP Program
Specialist for your region as soon as possible:
- LEA name and code
- Liaison name and contact information
- Date of the last 2016-17 school day
Data Collection Guidance
for Out-of-School, School-Aged Students
Efforts should be underway to
identify McKinney-Vento eligible out-of-school, school-aged siblings of
identified students within your LEA. These eligible siblings should be
reported in the Homeless module within PowerSchool.
These students should be
enrolled into school code 297, ensuring that no duplicate student numbers are
created. Once enrolled into 297, the Homeless Student page must be
completed and saved in order for the student to show up on the Homeless School
Summary page within school code 297.
Details on the process and
requirements are available in the Data Collection User Guide.
Data Collection Guidance
for Preschool-Aged Students
Efforts should also be
underway in your LEA to identify any preschool-aged siblings of identified
homeless students enrolled in your district.
- Preschool-aged siblings who are not attending an
LEA-administered preschool should be enrolled into the homeless school
(school code 297).
- Preschool-aged siblings who are attending an
LEA-administered preschool should be enrolled in the elementary school
which houses that child’s preschool program. You should not be using any
other school codes for enrollment of preschool students participating in a
preschool program within your LEA.
Please note:
- Enrollment using any school code that is not found
within EDDIE (i.e., codes <300, except for 297, the homeless school)
will result in an error message when attempting to access the homeless
page for any identified student, which indicates the school chosen is “not
a valid homeless school.”
- Enrollment using school codes not found within EDDIE
will not be captured in federal data collection causing your data
submission total to be inaccurate, which may result in lower
funding. Please contact the NCHEP
Program Specialist for your region to discuss any challenges you are
experiencing in entering preschool students into data collection.
Questions or
concerns should be directed to the NC Program Specialist for your region:
Patricia
Lentz - plentz@serve.org
Paullett
Wall - pwall@serve.org
For additional information, visit the NCHEP Data Collection web
page.
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