School Start-Time and End-Time Spring Collection 

The School Start-Time and End-Time Spring Collection period is Feb. 1 – March 1, 2022.  Remember to review the school start-times and end-times in PowerSchool and make adjustments, if needed, prior to running the report. 

For assistance with this collection, please link to the quick reference document, School Start-Times and End-Times.

Read-to-Achieve Update - 01/28/2022

Please read and share the latest Read-to-Achieve update dated 01/28/2022 .

Read-to-Achieve Update - 01/28/2022 

Digital Teaching and Learning is Hiring!

The NCDPI Digital Teaching and Learning Division is seeking to fill the following positions.  If you are interested or know of someone that may be interested, please share these postings.

• Northeast Digital Teaching & Learning Consultant
• Home Base Manager

Reminder: PowerSchool Years and Terms at the LEA Office

At the LEA Office level in PowerSchool, the Years and Terms start and end dates MUST encompass the start date of the PSU’s earliest starting school and the end date of the PSU’s latest ending school. This also includes all Program Schools. The start date for Years and Terms at the LEA level should be 7/1 and the end date should be 6/30.

This information has been updated in the PS User Guide: End-of-Year Processing and can be found under Creating Years and Terms in the user guide.

Reminder:  New Technical Contact PowerSchool IPT Certification in March 2022

In collaboration with PowerSchool, the Home Base Team will be offering virtual IPT certification training for new technical contacts from March 7-11, 2022: 

• This training session does have limited capacity and seats are based on eligibility.
• This training will span five full days. 
• Participants will have 90 days to take and pass the certification test after training. 
• Each PSU is allowed a certain number of technical contacts based on their ADM. 

If you are unsure of your current technical contacts, please contact NC PowerSchool Support at 1-855-339-4790.
 

NCDPI has created an IPT FAQ document to help answer questions you may have. Please review this document for frequently asked questions about the training and certification.

Those eligible to attend the DPI offered IPT Training include: 

• Anyone who is replacing a certified technical contact for their PSU as of 7/1/2021.
• A local charter school employee, not employed by a third-party company and has not previously attended IPT training.

Those who cannot attend this training are: 

• Third-party Charter school SIS management company employees
• PSUs wanting additional technical contacts above their desired allocation
• Anyone who has attended training previously. 

Note: Anyone who is not eligible for this training will need to arrange training and certification through the vendor, PowerSchool, and cover the cost incurred. To do so, please reach out to the PowerSchool training team, training@powerschool.com. 
  

Those who are eligible for this training session, please fill out the registration form.
Registration Form: https://bit.ly/FebIPT2022 

**Registration will close COB Friday, February 18, 2022 or sooner if the max number of attendees is reached.

Canvas Teacher Webinar

Our next Canvas Teacher Webinar will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2022, from 7-8 p.m.  The topic of discussion will be Course Accessibility.  Attendees will receive 0.1 DLC CEU.

Click on this registration link to register for the webinar. If you have any questions, please contact Corey McNeill.

Transcend Webinar Recording

In case you missed the informational webinars for Transcend, the recording is now available on the NCDPI YouTube Channel.

Transcend is a computer-adaptive interim assessment add-on for Schoolnet that will be available as part of the Home Base opt-in process for the 2022-2023 school year. Transcend provides tests for grades 3-8 ELA and Math and will be priced at $4 per 3rd-8th grade ADM. 

If you have any questions about Transcend or would like to learn more prior to the Home Base opt-in period, please contact john.mairs@dpi.nc.gov or jeffrey.hauger@pearson.com.

NCEES Winter/Spring Webinars

Please click on the titles below to register for the upcoming NCEES Webinars which are held most Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m.  A certificate to turn into your PSU for approval of .1 -.15 CEUs will be provided to participants that complete the feedback survey at the end of each live session.

• 2/1/2022        
• District Admin Creating Ad-Hoc Reports (1.5 hr)
• Target Audience: Staff with NCEES District Administrator Admin type
• 2/15/2022     
• Deep Dive into PD Playlists in NCEES (1.5 hr)   
• Target Audience: Professional Development leads with access to NCEES. Staff assigned in NCEES as PD Playlist Moderators.
• 2/22/2022     
• Export a Plan to PDF reports for District Administrators in NCEES (1.5 hr)
•  Target Audience: Staff with NCEES District Administrator Admin type.
• 3/4/2022  NCTIES    
• Presentation: Growth, Goals & Credits in NCEES
• NCTies Registration    
• Target Audience: Staff in NCEES
•  3/8/2022        
• End of Year Principal Evaluation Processes (1 hr)
• Target Audience: Superintendents/Directors (evaluators of Principals) Principals, APs, Evaluators
•  3/15/2022     
• End of Year Teacher/Support Staff Evaluation & PDP processes (1 hr)
• Target Audience: Teachers and Support Staff. Evaluators and Observers of Teachers/Support Staff.

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