NCWiseOwl Webinars - Britannica School and EBSCO
Want to love and utilize NCWiseOwl even more? Attend the upcoming webinars available from our database vendors!
Britannica School:
- Britannica School for Remote Learning
- Britannica School for Parents
- Britannica Basics for Elementary Educators
- Britannica Basics for Secondary Educators
- Sharing Britannica Content on Google Platforms
- Preparing Digital Content Sets for Instruction
- Britannica Tools to Support Reluctant Readers
- Britannica School - STEAM in Focus
- Britannica School - Arts & Humanities in Focus
- Britannica Tools to Support English Language Learners
EBSCO:
- EBSCO Reference Center Exploration
- EBSCO Online Classroom Tools and Integration Tips
- EBSCO Online Classroom Tools and Integration Tips
Please visit the Toolkit professional learning section for detailed descriptions and registration information. All webinars are recorded and posted after the sessions.
NCBOLD Recordings
Last week was the first event in the series of virtual conferences for the 2020-2021 school year.
The series is #NCBOLD - Beacons of Learner Diversity. Sessions are designed to support educators across North Carolina as they develop effective remote/hybrid instruction to meet the learning needs of each & every student. We had over 100 sessions, 58 lead presenters, and 4600 participant registrations.
Recordings from several sessions can be found at bit.ly/NCBold. Please follow #NCBOLD and @ncdpiDTL for the latest information.
Our second event is scheduled for December 8-9, 2020.
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Understanding the Teacher/Support Staff Rubric: Observations and Ratings
Do you have questions about the Standards rubric in teacher and support staff plans? Should staff be rated during an observation?
Learn the way to view and mark the rubric Standards & Elements during staff observations and the end of year summary rating evaluation. "And what about virtual observations?"
Recording Password: Ncees2020
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NEW: NCEES Google Site COVID Resource Page
NCDPI’s Dr. Robert Sox and Dr. Kimberly Simmons have created a dedicated page on the NCEES Google Site related to observing remote and blended learning this school year. Please feel free to bookmark this link for future use, and share as you deem appropriate.
The NCEES Google site is still a very important resource for educators, and I hope you will use and share it as well.
NCEES Sept./Oct. Webinars
Please click titles to register.
Instructional Leadership for Principals – Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 4-5 p.m.
School administrators are expected to set high standards for the professional practice of 21st century instruction and assessment. This session will focus on the elements of best instructional and school practices and the collaborative structures within the school for the design of highly engaging schoolwork for students. Evidence, artifacts and questions for the self-assessment and evaluations for School Executive Standard 2, Instructional Leadership will be reviewed.
PD Office Use to Create Learning Opportunities – Tuesday, Sept. 29. 2020 4-5 p.m.
This hands-on training webinar will cover in depth how to manage a local NCEES PSU PD Office within NCEES PD component to create all types of Learning Opportunities
New AP Series Meeting 2 - Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, 4-5 p.m.
New assistant principals need consistent ongoing support. This New Assistant Principal NCEES Series will offer numerous meetings over the 2020-21 school year. Each meeting will address timely topics to support NCEES, ensuring fair and reliable practices for assistant principals to support teacher growth. An agenda outline for all 8 meetings has been developed. In addition, participants will have a link to submit questions and ideas for topics/ standards to be covered throughout the series.
NCEES Do you know tips - Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, 4-5 p.m.
Do you know what you don’t know? In this session participants will learn tips that may help improve timely processing within NCEES on the My Staff page, the Staff Evaluation page, professional development and more.
Cultural Leadership for Principals - Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, 4-5 p.m.
This session will:
- Examine the practices that reflect Cultural Leadership
- Recall how to ensure teachers share their instructional resources
- Understand the importance of a leaders visual presence
- Identify failure as an opportunity to begin again
- Explore the impact of efficacy and empowerment on student achievement.
- Provide evidence, artifacts and questions for the self assessment and evaluation.
Using Staff Groups, PD Playlists - Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, 4-5 p.m.
Participants will learn how creating Staff Groups in NCEES can be utilized for evaluation and professional developments, and will be creating PD Playlists.
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Teacher Online Training
TOT (Teacher Online Training) is NCVirtual’s free professional development program designed to prepare and support educators as they work in online and remote learning environments.
The course is entitled "An Introduction to Online Teaching and Development". Topics include using the Canvas LMS, moving content online, student engagement, and making content accessible to all. This course will focus on the basics of putting content online and critical strategies for teaching online.
Note: The course is not a "how-to" or "instructional" guide for Canvas but focuses on best practices for teaching and learning using any platform.
Topics include:
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K-12 Educators
OCTOBER 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. via Zoom
Shared Narratives: UNESCO Intercultural Competency Training
Dr. Darla K. Deardorff, Executive Director of the Association of International Education Administrators, will lead us in a training experience to build intercultural competencies based on her newly released Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies: Story Circles, published by UNESCO and Routledge. The Story Circles methodology promotes intercultural competence development in building more inclusive societies and can be used in and out of classrooms. It has been piloted around the world through the United Nations and is now available in 5 languages. We will learn more about this intercultural tool and experience Story Circles through a highly interactive virtual session. CEU offered. Register today: https://worldview.unc.edu/programs/shared-narratives-unesco-intercultural-competency-training/
OCTOBER 22, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. via Zoom
Shared Narratives: Bridging Cultures with Music Across the Curriculum
The integration of music across the curriculum enables students to engage in rich textual analysis of diverse, interdisciplinary primary source materials, as well as further develop global competency skills such as recognizing perspectives and communicating across cultures. World View’s Bridging Cultures with Music Across the Curriculum program will feature the story and music of acclaimed artists Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei. The program will also feature World View’s Global Music Fellows, sharing best practice for integrating global music across the curriculum. CEU offered. Register today: https://worldview.unc.edu/programs/shared-narratives-bridging-cultures-with-music-across-the-curriculum/
NOVEMBER 19, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
Shared Narratives: Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies
In partnership with The Choices Program
UNC World View and the Choices Program at Brown University partner to offer a unique professional development program exploring issues of racial slavery and Choice’s new curriculum unit, Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies. This new unit explores how and why the system of racial slavery developed in the Americas and how it continues to shape society and affect the lives of people today. At the heart of the unit are the experiences of enslaved people as they navigated and resisted a violent and oppressive system designed to dehumanize them. Participants will learn how to use the unit, engaging in lessons and activities. Participants attending this two-hour program will receive a free one-year Digital Editions license for the Choices unit, Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies. The program is intended for upper middle grades, high school and community college educators. Space is limited. CEU offered. Register today: https://worldview.unc.edu/programs/shared-narratives-racial-slavery-in-the-americas/
DECEMBER 3, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. via Zoom
Shared Narratives: Stories from the Holocaust
Join us to learn about the importance of stories of the Holocaust. In this program we will dive deeper in discussing how we honor and preserve the stories and memories of another’s lived experiences from the Holocaust. The program will also offer sessions with resources for teaching the Holocaust in K-12 classrooms. CEU offered. Register today: https://worldview.unc.edu/programs/stories-from-the-holocaust/
Hey Teachers!
We think you’re pretty special and want to support you in doing one of the most important jobs on the planet!
The NC Wildlife Resources Commission’s Wildlife in North Carolina magazine is a great resource for information on NC’s wildlife, habitats and recreational opportunities. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to secure a free year’s subscription to the digital version of our magazine. See the attached flyer for more details including the contact information to learn more.
Thank you for everything you do to care for and educate our children. You’ve always worked hard, but this year is especially difficult and your efforts aren’t going unnoticed. If we can help you out in other ways, please let us know.
If you have any questions please contact Tanya Poole at 828-329-3472 or email: tanya.poole@ncwildlife.org.
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FREE TRAINING AVAILABLE
Learning.com Tier 1 Districts - Virtual, instructor-led training and pre-recorded webinars are available and can be customized to your district or charter school needs.
Please Contact Tiffany Kinney (tkinney@learning.com) if interested.
Teacher One-Pagers
North Carolina Educator Digital Literacy Brief
- Options for signing in
- Teacher Set Up Guide
- Assigning and Managing Curriculum
- NEW! NC Remote Learning Sequences in EasyTech Library
- Online Training Center
NEW! Tech Quest One Pager - Learning.com feature that delivers essential technology skills to K-8 students without teachers needing to manage classes.
Learning.com Webinar Recordings
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Let’s get down and dirty!!! What is one thing young kids enjoy doing outside? They love to play in the dirt. With this virtual garden, they can get dirty but stay clean at the same time. The virtual garden teaches them the process of growing and cultivating plants; the big part that sunlight and water play in the growth of the seed(s) The site allows them to plant the seed(s), shine the sun's rays and drag rain clouds around to nurture crop growth. The website teaches them how plants grow from seed(s).
As a teacher or parent, you can take the lesson outdoors by planting one seed or a small garden that will enable kids to experience the process visually. You can take a trip to a local farmer’s market and point out the vegetable(s) they are growing themselves, and they can see the finished product. Likewise, take the kids on a trip in person or virtually to a pumpkin patch after giving them a pumpkin seed in the classroom or showing them one virtually so they may see how big a pumpkin grows from such a small seed. Another idea is to let them taste what they have grown with a recipe made with the vegetable or fruit that they have grown. All of these are fun and engaging activities to reinforce the lesson and encourage the student to appreciate the beauty of nature.
Lastly, you can use gardening to teach life lessons. Using a pumpkin seed as an example, explain to them that if they sow a little seed of good, they will receive an even bigger gift of good, and how the same goes for planting a bad seed. Remind them that because they were committed to watering the seeds regularly,and although it took awhile for the fruit or vegetable to grow, it eventually became fully grown. Relate this process to when they are given a task, if they display the same commitment and never give up, they will enjoy the reward; just like when they study their class lessons, they make good grades.
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