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
2018 Virtual Open House
The North Carolina Virtual Public School invites you to its 2018 Virtual
Open House.
When: Tuesday, August 14, 11 AM - 12 PM or Thursday,
August 16, 7 PM to 8 PM
This year we are offering two opportunities to attend the Annual
Virtual Open House. Please choose the date that works best for your
schedule.
Where: The event will be hosted in an NCVPS online classroom. Details
will be sent following registration.
Presenters: NCVPS staff, teachers, and students.
Topics: The presentation will include Who is NCVPS?, Teaching and
Learning with NCVPS, Meet the Teacher, See the Classroom, Support All Around,
and Q & As.
Audience: The NCVPS Open House is open to the public. While our
presentations are geared toward parents and students in public schools, private
schools, and home-schools, we have something for everyone.
Educators will learn
about the NCVPS teaching and learning process. The general public will
discover what online learning is.
August 14, 11 AM
August 16, 7 PM
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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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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.
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Growing
Success for North Carolina English Learners
Please
follow this link to access the ESL/Title III Update
bit.ly/ESLupdate718
Contact Mrs. Xatli Stox at xatli.stox@dpi.nc.gov if you have any
questions.
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 NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
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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EC Process Training Modules: Release #4
Attached- Version #1 (EC
Division official) and Version #2 (local use powerpoint) for the following EC Process
Training Module(s):
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Module
#4a: Present Levels of Academic Achievement and
Functional Performance (PLAAFP)
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Module
#5: Reevaluation
Please note:
- Version
#1 has been locked with a password to prevent editing. When prompted for a
password, select "Read Only" to view the EC Division powerpoint.
These powerpoints are locked rather than converted to a .pdf due to the
size of the document. The .pdf of these modules will be posted to the EC
Division website at the following location: https://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/conferences-profdev/training-materials
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Version
#2 continues to allow for editing at the local level.
If there are questions,
you may send them to ECATS.Info@dpi.nc.gov
so that a consistent response can be coordinated.
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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.
Release: EC Forms
The EC Division is now releasing the next set of forms in .pdf.
These forms are not form-fillable as the intention is view-only until the
implementation of ECATS.
Forms
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Communication
Plan Worksheet
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Extended
School Year (ESY) Worksheet
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Secondary
Transition: Summary of Performance
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Special
Education Referral: Preschool
If there are questions,
you may send them to ECATS.Info@dpi.nc.gov
so that a consistent response can be coordinated.
LICN-001 Policy Information
Greetings HR Directors:
At its July 5, 2018, meeting, the State Board of Education approved a number
of policy recommendations related to LICN-001 (General Licensure
Requirements).
The attached memo outlines those changes and provides
guidance and clarification on the implementation of these policies.
Key
among these changes is the provision for LEAs and charter schools to request a
permit to teach for those teachers who did not meet testing requirements for
their licenses. Also, please find the attached power point slides that provide
information on the residency license process.
Please read the memo carefully and contact our office if you have any
questions or concerns.
Thomas R. Tomberlin
Director, School Research, Data, and Reporting
Office of the Deputy State Superintendent
(O) 919-807-3440
(C) 617-686-6632
(F) 919-807-3388
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 NCETA Fall Conference
On Behalf of Melissa Bishop, Vice President of the North Carolina English
Teachers Association
The North Carolina English Teachers Association will take place at East
Carolina University on October 4th and 5th.
On Thursday, there will be a
reception for all attendees. On Friday, concurrent sessions will be offered.
Session proposals are due by September 7th. Learn more about
the conference by visiting NCETA's
website.
NCDPI will be offering two special sessions supporting the new ELA
standards.
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Flag Alert: Lowering of the US and NC Flags to half-staff for National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
To: School
Leaders
From:
NC Superintendent Mark Johnson
Re:
Flag Alert: Lowering of the US and NC Flags to half-staff for National Korean
War Veterans Armistice Day
In honor of those who served, Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered all United States
and North Carolina flags at state facilities be flown at half-staff from
sunrise to sunset on Friday, July 27 for National Korean War Veterans Armistice
Day.
The North Carolina Department of Military and Veteran Affairs estimates
that over 100,000 North Carolinians served in the Korean War, resulting in more
than 700 North Carolina casualties.
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