June K-12 Mathematics Monthly Update

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June 2020

K-12 Mathematics Newsletter

K-12 STANDARDS, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Launches Statewide K-12 Job Board

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has launched the TeachNC statewide K-12 job board in partnership with TeachNC, PowerSchool, and SchoolSpring.

This North Carolina-specific job board will increase the recruiting reach for all K-12 public schools. The job board will allow school districts and public charters across the state to find teachers, administrators, support staff, and any education role in between. The new statewide job board integrates with the applicant tracking systems in place at NC public schools so that as jobs are posted, they receive immediate nationwide exposure with SchoolSpring’s network of over 2 million education job seekers.

The job board is hosted in collaboration with TeachNC, a statewide initiative to attract and support future educators. Anyone interested in finding a teaching position in the state— even those who do not yet have their state teaching license— can access the job board and leverage TeachNC’s free tools and resources to help them secure a North Carolina teaching license and/or teaching role.

Support staff, administrators, and others can find open positions using the SchoolSpring NC jobs search page.

We are excited to provide this valuable platform to drive quality candidates to North Carolina educator job postings with greater visibility nationwide

UNC Greensboro Masters in Science or Math Teacher Education Opportunities

Are you interested in specializing in mathematics or science and become a leader in your school, district, or state? Advance your career with a Master of Education and earn an add-on specialist designation to your teaching license through NC State’s College of Education.

Choose from two online Teacher Education programs:

Our programs offer:

Reduced tuition rates (1/2 the cost of traditional graduate tuition) at one of the nation’s best values among public universities
Flexibility and convenience, with evening classes taught by nationally recognized faculty who have also taught in elementary schools
Meaningful and relevant courses that you can apply to your own classroom
Preparation to be a science leader in your school, local, state or national levels; informal science settings; curriculum development programs; or to feed directly into doctoral studies. (Over 80 percent of our alumni who participated in our similar mathematics specialist program today serve in a leadership roles).

You can see program details on our website.

If you have any questions or need more information about this program or support with the application process, please contact Dr. Sarah J. Carrier, Elementary Education Graduate Program Coordinator at North Carolina State University at sjcarrie@ncsu.edu or write to schedule a phone call.

Apply for the Global Educator Digital Badge!

How prepared are you to foster global awareness in your students or support that in your classrooms or schools?

The Global Educator Digital Badge provides an opportunity for educators to focus their professional development on developing their own global context and understanding of how to integrate global education throughout curricula. It also provides the opportunity to build global competency in students.The State Board of Education approved North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge (GEDB) is available for the following educator categories: Teacher, Teacher Leadership Specialist, Library Media Coordinator, Instructional Technology Facilitator, School Counselor, Career Development Coordinator, School Social Worker, School Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Instructional Central Office Staff, Principal/Assistant Principal, Superintendent.

For more information on the Badge (SBE Policy, FAQs, Process Flyer, Implementation Guide, MOA), please visit our website or contact NCGlobalEducation@dpi.nc.gov.

ADVANCED MATH COURSE LEGISLATION UPDATE

Attached please find guidance pertaining to the implementation of the Advanced Math Course legislation in accordance with the revised legislative requirements included in Session Law 2020-3 (Senate Bill 704) due to COVID-19.

Included in the guidance document is an overview of the changes to the current Advanced Courses in Mathematics legislation, an explanation of how these changes will impact LEAs, guidance concerning initial mathematics placement in the absence of end-of-course (EOC) and end-of-grade (EOG) assessment data, and guidance to meet the new component of the legislation regarding a parent’s and student’s right to request an EOG or EOC assessment for the purpose of placement in advanced math courses or advanced learning opportunities since an EOG or EOC score for the Spring 2020 was not available.

To support implementation of the new components of the legislation, NCDPI has also developed a sample placement letter to communicate placement and options with parents, and an EOG/EOC Advanced Math Assessment Request Form to use when documenting this process.

If you have any questions, please contact our Division of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education consultant, Stephanie Cyrus, or Sneha Shah-Coltrane, director.

NCTM is here to support the mathematics education community, not just during challenging times like these but 365 days a year. With so many teachers currently transitioning to online teaching, we offer these free resources to support teachers and their students.

100 Days of Professional Learning

Join NCTM as we celebrate our Centennial with 100 Days of Professional Learning - live, free webinars presented by selected speakers from the NCTM Centennial Annual Meeting program that was to be held in Chicago. Each webinar will be held at 7 p.m. Eastern time on 100 selected days from April 1 leading up to the October NCTM 2020 Annual Meeting & Exposition in St. Louis. A variety of speakers and topics are geared to meet all grade bands and interests.

Go to 100 Days of Professional Learning Page

Bookmark www.nctm.org/100 and visit that page to stay up-to-date as additional free, live webinars are announced and to access free recordings of completed webinars

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Free Trial Membership

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