Your Input Needed:
Virtual Focus Group, March 19, 4:00!
All
Finance Officers are encouraged to participate in a virtual focus group on Monday,
March 19 at 4 pm to share your
observations regarding DPI’s service to districts and schools. As you may be aware, EY (Ernst & Young) has
been engaged to perform an Organizational Assessment of DPI to identify areas
of strength and areas for improvement across
the agency. As a part of this effort,
the EY team is engaging with school and district-level staff to gain a better
understanding how DPI offices communicate to and gather information from
schools and districts, how DPI provides supports to the field, and any general
perceptions about the level, quality and relevance of the support you receive today.
EY
is running a variety of focus groups with educators and administrators in the
field, with each group focused on a specific role or title such that all participants
will be invited to a “job-alike” focus group. The virtual nature of these focus groups
enables anonymous feedback, so you can feel comfortable being candid with
EY. If you would like to participate,
please click here to
provide your contact information. Once
you receive the invitation to participate (EY will follow up with you
directly), you will be able to log on anonymously to participate in the actual
session.
If
you cannot participate on March 19, please feel free to submit any feedback you
have by clicking here. This survey
allows for anonymous feedback and is fully managed by the EY team. They would welcome any additional feedback
that you would like to share.
Thank
you in advance for your participation!
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Read
to Achieve Additional Allotment – PRC 085
Through
the North Carolina Read to Achieve Program, North Carolina has made funds
available to support K-3 literacy instruction and parental engagement. Under
this initiative, each district and charter school received an additional
allotment of $200 per K-3 teacher (funds allotted at a teacher-student ratio of
1:20 K-3 ADM). These funds were allocated in PRC085 on March 7.
It is the
intention of NCDPI that districts and principals partner with their K-3
classroom teachers to decide which materials will be purchased for their
students and classrooms.
Funds may
be used for literacy instruction and parental engagement including:
- Reading
books to send home with students to support and encourage reading over the
summer
- Reading
books for classrooms
- Online
subscriptions for digital or downloadable books and instructional materials
- Hands-on
resources for individual students, small groups, or work-stations – especially
materials to support students at risk of being reading retained
- Equipment,
instructional tools, and supplies to aid teachers in whole class, small group,
or individual instruction
Funds may
be used to support literacy instruction in the classroom or at home.
If you
have questions or would like ideas for books and resources to purchase, please
contact your K-3 Literacy regional consultant.
Program
contact: Karla Casteen karla.casteen@dpi.nc.gov
Charter Schools -
Explanation of the items in Allotment Revision #035 affecting PRC 036
The
Allotments Section processed revision #035 on March 7. Charter schools who use NCVPS and have
students in grades K-3 may have been affected by both the Read to Achieve additional
allotment and the NCVPS-sure-up.
To
understand the funding changes on revision #035, go into the Allotments system
and take the following steps to access details of the allocation and sure-up
actions:
- Click- LEA Allotment Tab
-
Click- Charter Revision Detail (dark blue line)
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Click- Option 2 – Revision Detail
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Scroll down to the Revision Number
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