NCDPI Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Updates
Renewals 2020
The following schools are due for
renewal in 2020. Please submit renewal requests on your school’s letterhead
to Shaunda Cooper by email attachment to Shaunda.Cooper@dpi.nc.gov,
no later than July 27, 2018.
34D
Carter G Woodson School
64A
Rocky Mount Preparatory
32D
Kestrel Heights School
92M
PreEminent Charter
65B
Wilmington Prep Academy
36C
Mountain Island Charter School
81B
Lake Lure Classical
91B
Henderson Collegiate
32R
Excelsior Classical Academy
32S
KIPP Durham College Prep
35B
Youngsville Academy
41K
Piedmont Classical High School
44A
Shining Rock Classical Academy: CFA
61M
Charlotte Lab School
61N
Queen City STEM School
61P
VERITAS Community School, CFA
70A
Northeast Academy of Aero Tech
74C
Winterville Charter Academy
93J
PAVE Southeast Raleigh Charter School
74B
Ignite Innovation Academy
Shaunda Cooper
Office of Charter Schools
Statewide School Renewals &
Professional Development
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Include Charter School Number with Charter
School Name in Communications to NCDPI (For Charter Schools Only)
North
Carolina has over 180 charter schools and several of the schools have similar
names, so we ask you to please include your charter school number in all
correspondence, preferably in the subject line. This will minimize
error and miscommunication.
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2018
NCDPI/PSUG PowerSchool Summer Conference
We are less than three weeks
away from the start of the 2018 NC PowerSchool Summer Conference scheduled
to take place July 30 through August 1, 2018, in Charlotte, NC!
NCDPI
Home Base Staff have partnered with the PowerSchool User Group to offer an
abundance of coordinator-focused training, including hands-on workshops as
requested by many of you.
This conference will include ½ day coordinator-only
sessions that will be replacing PowerSchool updates that are normally held
during the Summer Home Base Meet-ups.
Please refer to these list of sessions for a preview of what will be
offered.
The registration
fee of $399 includes:
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2 1/2 days of great PSUG
instructor sessions
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Breakfast & lunch each day
(Mon & Tue). Breakfast only on Wednesday (half day)
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Admission to the Vendor Expo
(approx. 15 PowerSchool related vendor exhibitors)
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Admission to the Vendor
Reception for you & your adult guest
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Special PowerSchool Coordinator
Retreat
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Abundant networking
opportunities with PS users throughout the state of North Carolina
For more registration details, please visit http://easyregpro.com/e/2018-psug-nc/home.
The first round of Home Base Meet-Ups is scheduled for Monday, July 30
through Thursday, August 2.
These collaborative sessions are great
opportunities for networking and sharing ideas.
Important: This round of HBMUs will not include sessions
pertaining to the PowerSchool application due to the PowerSchool Summer
Conference that will be taking place during this time in Charlotte,
NC.
Targeted Audience: LEA/Charter Leads/Admins for TNL/NCEES,
Schoolnet and Canvas.
Please link to the 2018-19
July/August HBMU Invite for registration details and locations.
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 New Charter Grant Training Invite
Select Charter
School Administrators
Select EC Coordinators/Lead
Teachers
Select Finance Office
Representative
EXCEPTIONAL
CHILDREN IDEA 611 GRANT AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY TRAINING
This full day training will be in two parts. The morning will be related to the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 611 Grant and how to
complete the application and the afternoon will relate to fiscal accountability.
It is recommended that the LEA send a team of
two consisting of the EC Coordinator/Lead teacher, the School Administrator,
and/or the Finance Office Representative.
The training will be held at the DPI Education Building at 301 North
Wilmington Street in Raleigh on August 22, 2018 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in Room
564.
The EC grants training, scheduled from 9:00-12:00, is intended for all
individuals who will be responsible for completing the IDEA 611 Grant for the
first time. The EC Grants training will
be hands-on as LEAs are walked through how to complete the grant application.
The Fiscal Accountability training, scheduled from 1:00-4:00, will also
be hands on and LEAs will receive information on preparing documentation for
fiscal review.
To register follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fiRfwC6aF0xeAcwTErKUhlpD4kldOy-3fH6k38LfMXQ/edit
Lunch will be available on your own at several locations within walking
distance. Parking is available in nearby
lots for a daily fee.
If you have questions regarding content of this training please contact
Kevin Allen by email at kevin.allen@dpi.nc.gov.
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Office of Civil Rights
Coordinator Contacts in EDDIE - Due Tuesday, July 31, 2018
The Office of Civil Rights Data
Collection (CRDC) will begin sometime in the 2018-2019 school year. Data for
the collection is from the previous year (School Year 2017-2018).
To date, the Federal government has
not published an official start date. The NC DPI will notify the State
once an announcement has been made.
LEAs and Charters must verify or
update the EDDIE system with two Staff who have been identified as the 'Office
of Civil Rights Coordinator'. Delete records for OCR contacts no longer
with your LEA/Charter.
These staff are the technical contacts for the
CRDC and will be responsible for running the PowerSchool CRDC Preview Report,
verifying data, correcting and adding data to the Federal CRDC tool, and
certifying in the Federal CRDC tool when the collection is complete.
LEAs and Charters are also strongly
advised to verify or update the Student Information Coordinator contact as
well. Updates must be completed by the end of business, Tuesday, July 31,
2018.
Contact information will be delivered by the NC DPI to the OCR on
Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Brief instructions for updating EDDIE Contacts are
located:
http://www.nc-sis.org/Documents/OCR/OCR_CRDC_1516_EDDIE_Contacts.pdf.
Please contact Terra Dominguez at terra.dominguez@dpi.nc.gov with
any questions you may have.
NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
2018-2019 Special Project Grant Applications
Special Project Grant
Applications
Please see the attached Memorandum regarding access to special
project grant applications and other pertinent documents.
If you have questions, please contact Lori Peterson at lori.peterson@dpi.nc.gov or (919)
807-3932.
Memo-Special+Projects+Grant+Application.pdf
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Quick Reference Guides
for new standards
The Quick Reference Guides
for the North Carolina Standard Course of Study have been updated for the
2018-19 school year.
There are nine Quick Reference Guides available – one for
each of the grade levels from kindergarten through 8th grade.
The inclusion of standards
for all subject areas within single, grade-specific documents is intended to
make planning for instruction more efficient and may be particularly useful for
educators teaching multiple disciplines or collaborating to plan integrated
instruction.
The guides are
available for free download here, or you may order the guides by
grade level through DPI Publication Sales.
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Preview of important changes to SBE Licensure policies
At its July 2018 meeting, the
State Board of Education approved changes to the board’s licensure policy
LICN-001 (General Licensure Requirements). A link to the new policy is here (opens as a PDF).
Highlights of the policy
changes include:
- Any initially licensed teacher
whose license expired June 30 due to failure to pass required licensure
examinations is now eligible to receive a Permit to Teach for the
2018-2019 school year.
- This Permit to Teach is only available to
teachers whose employing LEA verifies that they are effective
teachers. Note that teachers on a Permit to Teach are paid at the A-00
salary level.
- Effective July 1, all licensure
exam scores must be sent directly to DPI. Only scores reported through the
official testing vendors (Pearson or Praxis) may be used to satisfy
licensure requirements.
- Beginning with the 2018-19
school year, teachers will be deemed proficient if they achieve a rating
of proficient or better on all five standards of NCEES. Proficiency
on NCEES is a requirement for an educator to renew a continuing license.
- Various changes to facilitate
the shift from lateral entry to residency licenses. By law, DPI
shall no longer issue lateral-entry licenses after June 30, 2019.
Further guidance on all of
these changes is forthcoming and will be sent to chief academic officers, HR
directors, and finance directors.
Thank you for your patience
as we work through the application of these policy changes. We are working
diligently to bring you the guidance.
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School Mental Health
Support Personnel grant application now available
Deadline July 31
The 2018 School Mental
Health Support Personnel grant application is now available.
The School Mental Health
Support Personnel grant program can provide all or a portion of the salary
and benefits needed to employ additional school counselors, school nurses,
school psychologists, and school social workers for the 2018-2019 school
year.
Funds will be awarded by
the State Superintendent through a competitive grant process and must be used
to supplement, not supplant, state or non-state funds already provided.
The application deadline is
July 31, 2018.
If you have any questions, please email schoolsafetygrants@dpi.nc.gov.
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2017-18 End of Year Data Submission for Indicators 7, 11, 12, and Exit
Please see the attached Memorandum regarding 2017-18 End of
Year Data Submission and Due Dates.
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To:
All Teachers and Administrators supporting English learners.
Welcome
to the New School Year! We invite you to join us on August 7-9, 2018 for our
Summer conference: Growing Success for English Learners.
This year's
conference will be held at Greensboro College, 815 West Market Street,
Greensboro, NC.
The
registration deadline is this Friday, July 20, 2018.
The
deadline to submit payment is July 27, 2018 (Contact Mrs. Linda Crouch at
linda.crouch@dpi.nc.gov
if
you need to make special arrangements).
Don't
miss this event!
Start
the year by collaborating and networking with other educators and learning
strategies to support ALL students' language development!
REGISTER
NOW https://ncvps.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9NoQiITEGkfpYDr
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