Important Reminder Prior to Running Your Enrollment Lottery
Dear school leaders and vendors who assist with PowerSchool or the enrollment lottery, please note you must enter student records individually into PowerSchool. Do not import batch data.
As Charters begin to prepare for the new school year, NCDPI would like to remind PowerSchool admins and third-party management companies that students should not be imported into the system. Importing student records bypasses our UID integration and customization, therefore all students should be entered individually, following the steps providing in this Quick Reference Document. Importing student records bypasses our UID integration and creates duplicate records in PowerSchool if the student has an existing record in the UID system. We currently have an overwhelming amount of duplicate records and clean up of duplicate records could take an extended length of time.
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Annual Charter School Health Report-Worksheet
The Annual Charter School Health Report will open May 1, 2020 and must be completed no later than June 1, 2020. A preparation worksheet is provided with the reporting criteria. All schools are encouraged to download the worksheet and mark the appropriate responses before beginning the online report survey. You may click Here to access the worksheet. Once you have prepared your responses, save the document to your local computer. This worksheet cannot be accepted as your report requirements. You will use it as a tool to enter your information into the online survey system once the report opens.
North Carolina’s charter schools are required to comply with the Care of Students with Diabetes and with the School Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors laws. Annually, charter schools report on compliance with each law, providing information that identifies staff educational and support needs related to compliance and student safety.
The Charter School Health Report is designed to assist schools in addressing the healthcare needs of students. Responses will be used to inform future training topics and to report on compliance with required legislation and policies such as Care of Students with Diabetes § 115C-375.3. and School Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors § 115C-375.2A. The summary will open May 1, 2020 and be completed no later than June 1, 2020.
Please contact Ms. Annette Richardson at annette.richardson@dhhs.nc.gov with questions or concerns.
UNC Charlotte is one of ten universities throughout the UNC system to house the NC NTSP in the Cato College of Education. In the UNCC region, 410 beginning teachers in 90 schools are being supported by the largest NC NTSP team of 14 instructional support coaches. The schools are located in nine districts which include Anson, Cabarrus, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Kannapolis City, Montgomery, and Union, as well as in charters Apprentice Academy, Bonnie Cone Classical, Bradford Preparatory, Iredell Charter Academy, Lincoln Charter, Piedmont Community Charter, Pinnacle Classical, Queen City STEM, Unity Classical, Union Day, Union Preparatory, and Veritas.
The UNCC regional team, led by Director Dr. Misty Hathcock whose sole job is to support beginning teachers in the region through the three core services of Institute, professional development, and individualized coaching. The coach/teacher ratio is 1/30 and coaches visit teachers face-to-face a minimum of once per week. The coaching focus at UNC Charlotte is “in-the-moment” coaching in the areas of planning, instruction, and assessment.
NC ACCESS Fellows visited Bradford Preparatory School to observe teachers and the levels of support. Later, the Fellows engage on campus with the Dean of the College of Education and other professors. The presentation on cultural diversity was very informative.
For more information on how to partner, contact Dr. Misty Hathcock, mchathco@uncc.edu, or 704-694-8532.
The review of the 2018-2019 PF is complete, We had twice as many schools meet all operational and financial measures from the previous year and 97% of our schools met expectations.
Congratulations and a job well done to 35 charter schools who exceeded expectations on the 2019 Performance Framework.
These schools met every single applicable measure(as many as 46), covering Operations, Governance, Finance, and Academics.
The Office of Charter Schools has decided to recognize these schools who exceed expectations with an individualized badge to be posted on their website and used in marketing to demonstrate the value we place on accountability.
We look forward to sharing many more of these badges in future years!
Charter Amendments for existing public charter schools are found in CHTR-014 of NC SBE policy.
The following proposed amendments to a charter may be approved by Department of Public Instruction staff (OCS staff)
The school must seek approval prior to implementation of the change.
- Bylaws;
- The name of the charter school;
- The Articles of Incorporation;
- Relocation withing a 5-mile radius of an approved LEA;
- Class sizes as stated in the application;
- Length of school day and/or academic year;
- Curriculum changes;
- Change to the charter application with respect to student transportation;
- Change to the charter application with respect to changing its food service plan;
- One year delay requests and/or using Year 2 enrollment as outlined in the approved charter.
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NCDPI Remote Learning Resources Website (Free, Free, Free):
NCDPI’s Remote Learning Resources Website is continually updated with free or made-free-for-a-limited-time resources:
The link is https://sites.google.com/dpi.nc.gov/remote-learning-resources/home/instructional-resources?authuser=0
The resources are shared with educators in North Carolina to assist in finding effective instructional material. For delivery of content, explore the page on Learning Management Systems.
Some of these resources are typically a paid subscription but have been opened specifically in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This is not a comprehensive list - the page will be updated with new resources and monitored for changes as they are necessary.
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School Start and End Dates for 2020-21 will be pulled on April 1, 2020.
G.S. 115C-84.2(a2) specifies that a report on the start and end dates of the instructional calendar for students for the next academic year be provided to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education by April 1 of each year. To make this deadline, the start and end dates of the instructional calendar for students for each school must be in PowerSchool before April 1. For questions, contact LaShon Creech at studentaccounting@dpi.nc.gov
NCVPS Webinars FRIDAY 3/20: From F2F to Virtual Instruction Tips and Tricks
NC Virtual is hosting a series of webinars focused on sharing best practices for digitizing your content and supporting students online.
From Face-to-Face to Virtual – Tips and Tricks for Successful Transitioning
March 20 @ 11am or 2pm.
FAQs will be made available after the sessions
https://ncvps.org/digital-transition/
Join us for this interactive conversation focused on sharing best practices for digitizing your content and supporting students in learning online. Leave with a toolkit of resources to bring your face-to-face classroom into the virtual world!
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NCWiseOwl Webinars
Four NCWiseOwl Gale Webinars are available.
All webinars offer CEUs from GALE including full viewing of recorded webinars and alignment to the NC Digital Learning Competencies.
Detailed descriptions for each webinar are located in the NCWO Toolkit on the Professional Learning Page. Gale also houses recorded webinars and registration as a service for NC.
Audience: Teachers, Instructional Coaches, School Library Media, Instructional Technology, Other Certified Support Staff
14-Apr-2020 3:30-4:15 PM - REGISTER for CTE and your Gale Resources from NCWiseOwl
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The North Carolina Virtual Public School invites you to attend NCVPS-U, "Digital Accessibility Everywhere!". NCVPS-U is NCVirtual’s free professional development series for K-12 educators and administrators focused on digital learning. Emphasis will be placed on improving capacities for fostering student success.
Click here to learn all about it!
 NCEES Webinars
All webinars will be recorded and posted to the Webinar Series document located on http://bit.ly/ncees-support.
Click here to see & register for webinars
Sorry there was a broken link in the previous memo. It has been fixed inside the document and also included here: https://www.yourlifeyourvoice.org/pages/tip-99-coping-skills.aspx
Please see the attached information regarding important reminders.
We want to congratulate Patricia Nnadi-Purvis on her new opportunity in the finance department at NC DPI. We will miss her greatly. We also wish to welcome Georgia Maimone, who is helping temporarily, in communications and general office administrative support. Please reach out to Georgia at georgia.maimone@dpi.nc.gov at 919-807-3981.
OCS Main number: 919.807.3981 ocs@dpi.nc.gov
Director of the Office of Charter Schools
Program Administrative Assistance
Consultant, Renewals & Performance Framework
Consultant, Professional Learning & Performance Framework
Consultant, Amendments & Compliance
Consultant, Ready to Open Process & Planning Year
Consultant, Epicenter Tech Support & Performance Framework
Consultant, Applications & Renewals
Program Administrator, NC ACCESS Program
Program Coordinator, NC ACCESS Program
Finance Administrator, NC ACCESS Program
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