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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.
 April Professional Development
WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS (PBIS) Tuesday, April 20, 2021 3:00pm – 5:00pm
AN EXPLANATION OF EXPECTATIONS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF RUBRICS
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 3:30pm – 4:30pm
COVID RECOVERY/REENTRY THROUGH THE LENS OF GRIEF
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 3:00pm – 5:00pm
SPECIAL EDUCATION 101
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 3:00pm – 5:00pm
FAMILY EMPOWERMENT: PART II
*Limit: 50 participants
Note: This PD is presented in two parts and you MUST commit to attending both sessions.
Thursday, April 29, 2021 9:30am – 2:00pm
BRAND NEW Performance Framework Companion Site
Professional Learning 101
The Scoop With Coop-All Things Renewals
Ready to Open/Planning Year
The 2021 People Helping People Charter Scholarship Winners Are: DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!!!
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Kathryn Karla Ximena Dukelow – Eno River Academy (NC State/UNC)
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Tray’von Malik Hanks – Henderson Collegiate (ECU)
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Kylie Lane Bradley – Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (NC State)
  
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Charter Schools were very well represented by Jeremy White, West Lake Preparatory Academy Kindergarten teacher and Charter Teacher of the Year 2021, at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year awards April 9th. Jeremy is an alum of Elon University and UNC Charlotte, with 9 years of teaching experience, including several years teaching in Japan. He is also a published author. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Catherine Truitt, recognized Jeremy and other NC regional candidates before announcing the 2021 NC Teacher of the Year, Ms. Eugenia Floyd, of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. |
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OCS thanks and congratulates 5 schools recognized by the 2021 Purple Star Award for serving the families of those serving in our nation's armed forces:
- Alpha Academy
- Anderson Creek Academy
- Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies
- Peak Charter Academy
- Wayne Preparatory
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Carolina Charter Academy celebrated their groundbreaking ceremony on April 5th, 2021. |
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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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