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Evaluation Instrument Validation & Crosswalk
In State Board Policy TCED-016, it is stated that a local board shall use the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards (NCPTS) and North Carolina Educator Evaluation System (NCEES) unless it develops an alternative evaluation that is properly validated and that includes standards and criteria similar to those in the NCPTS and NCEES.
Critical Considerations:
- The validation study should be conducted by an external agency. This means that the LEA or vendor should not be conducting its own validation study, but that an unbiased third party should conduct the validation study.
- The third-party evaluator should submit a summary of its methodology along with its findings.
- The LEA/charter school or the vendor should submit a crosswalk between the new instrument and the state instrument which demonstrates the coverage of all the domains of the state evaluation system.
- *Note – A charter school is only required to use a validated/aligned evaluation system when it is used for the purpose of a Beginning Teacher Support Program in pursuit of licensure.
Per policy, if the charter school is using a tool REGARDLESS of when it was prepared, it must be resubmitted for validation. This includes any evaluation tools used prior to 2018 that may or may not have been written into your approved charter agreement. The agreement was approved, however the evaluation tool itself still MUST be validated by a third party. No beginning teachers can be transitioned to career teachers on alternative evaluation instruments until said instrument has been validated. DPI has indicated no exceptions.
The Office of Charter Schools has been approved as a third party validator and we are in the process of developing a validation tool for charters that desire to use alternative evaluation instruments. As such, we are preparing to have it as an upload in Epicenter for both your instrument and crosswalk. OCS will then provide either validation or feedback for revision of your instrument. Again approved validation by OCS or another third party MUST occur prior to using the instrument for evaluation purposes of Beginning Teachers. We will keep you updated when the tool and the upload is ready.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office, Dr. Darian C. Jones, darian.jones@dpi.nc.gov.
 Free March Professional Development Opportunities
The NC ACCESS Program is providing free, equity-focused professional development opportunities to all North Carolina charter school leaders, teachers, and staff. Visit ncaccessprogram.com/learn to view upcoming sessions and register. All sessions are free to participants, but space is limited and they fill up quickly! Check out some of our upcoming March sessions below.
*As schools begin to re-open, we have scheduled multiple Spring sessions related to social emotional learning, grief, and mental health as you support your students in the wake of the pandemic.
Join ImplementEd as they explore tips and strategies to develop and bring efficiency to your instructional practice.
March 23, 2021 | 3:30pm – 4:30pm | REGISTER
With Michael McIntosh
In many of our schools with chronically low achievement, students experience additional marginalization as a result of their intersecting identities and other identity-related factors. These identities fall under the categories of “minority,” “at-risk,” “Latino/Latina,” “African-American,” “disabled”, and “low socio-economic,” which are often accompanied by exposure to factors like trauma, racism and classism. The combination of these identities and factors “compounds” or intensifies students’ struggles to create opportunities that allow them to move beyond their status and prosper.
March 30, 2021 | 2:00pm – 5:00pm | REGISTER
With Jim Ott
This workshop provides a model of mental health that is easy to understand and apply. Everyone knows that “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way” even from an early age. Understanding this ourselves as well as understanding what children do with the problem is essential in dealing with the mental health challenges we see in both adults and children.
March 31, 2021 | 3:00pm – 5:00pm | REGISTER
Professional Learning 101
The Scoop With Coop-All Things Renewals
Ready to Open/Planning Year
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Charter School Students Competing in Carolina Panthers Regional Spelling Bee!
At this point, all participating charters have competed at the "district" level. Each school had their champion compete in a Zoom competition, which was extremely impressive. The top four charter spelling champions from NC that will be going to regionals on March 20th:
Eden J, Bradford Preparatory
Campbell B, Lincoln Charter
Anusha C, Queen City STEM
Krithi S, Triangle Math and Science
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The Office of Charter Schools is pleased to unveil our 2020-2021 People Helping People Charter School Nominees. The OCS Scholarship committee is working diligently to narrow this list to 3 nominations that will be provided to the SECU Foundation. We have 28 amazing seniors who have done tremendous work, service, and are leaders in their community of which we all should be very proud.
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OCS Main number: 984 236 2700 ocs@dpi.nc.gov
Director of the Office of Charter Schools
Consultant, Renewals & Stakeholder Support
Consultant, Planning Year & Ready to Open Process
Consultant, Amendments & Compliance
Consultant, Epicenter Tech Support & Performance Framework
Consultant, Professional Development
Consultant, Charter Applications
Program Administrator, NC ACCESS Program
Program Coordinator, NC ACCESS Program
NC ACCESS Subgrant Program Manager
NC ACCESS Finance Administrator
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