New Home Base Admin Course 

Feedback from PSUs identified a need for resource hubs for the Home Base products. The product managers have created Admin Resource Courses for each area. These resource courses are located in the NCDPI Canvas instance.

Please visit these courses.  Below are the steps to enroll in these courses:

How to access these resources:

• Sign in to the Blue Canvas icon within NCEdCloud
• Using the Global Navigation (on the left), click the Home Base Resources button
• On the menu that opens, select the course(s) you would like to enroll into
• After enrolling, the course will appear on your Canvas Dashboard

Other Information:

• Feel free to provide feedback on these courses. They all contain a feedback button on their homepage.
• We will continue to update these courses as more product information becomes available

Early Check Out Attendance Code 

Early Check Out (1P) is used to track students who are present for the day and then checked out early by a parent or guardian. Time should be entered for the duration the student was present for the day.

Example: Time in: 8:15 a.m. Time Out: 2:30 p.m.

For further questions, please contact studentaccounting@dpi.nc.gov.

2022-2023 Instructional School Start and End Dates - Districts Only

G.S. 115C-84.2(a2) specifies that a report on the start and end dates of the instructional calendar for students for the next academic year be provided to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education by April 1 of each year.  To make this deadline, the start and end dates of the instructional calendar for students for each school must be in PowerSchool before April 1.

A report of the 2022-2023 school start and end dates will be shared with PSUs for verification and to identify the statutory exception authorizing an earlier start date for schools with a start date earlier than August 29, 2022.

It has come to our attention that districts may have or be planning to adopt calendars not compliant with the calendar law. Please be reminded that pursuant to G.S. 115C-84.2(a)(d) the opening date for students shall be no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, and the closing date for students shall be not later than the Friday closest to June 11. Unless the district has received an approved calendar waiver for the 2022-2023 school year, the start date should be no earlier than August 29, 2022 and the end date should be no later than June 9, 2023.

For further questions, please contact studentaccounting@dpi.nc.gov.

Read-to-Achieve Update - 03/18/2022

Please read and share the latest Read-to-Achieve Update. 

RtA Update - 03/18/22

LETRS - NCEES Options to Record PD/Credits

PSU (Public School Units) that wish to use the NC Educator Effectiveness System (NCEES) to record LETRS PD events and credits may utilize the following NCEES areas:

• PD Office (available to PSU’s opted-in to Home Base)
• PD Playlist (track PD created and published in NCEES)
• Transfer Credit Manager (enter LETRS training events and record staff credits in bulk)

Please review: NCEES Options for Recording LETRS PD Credits Earned 

Questions? Contact NCEES Product Manager cami.narron@dpi.nc.gov.

New INTEL Teach Courses in NCEES

Are you looking for DLC credits? The Digital Teaching and Learning Division has updated and added new Intel Teach Elements courses, and they are now available through NCEES. These courses are designed for classroom teachers, administrators, and support personnel, and cover many different topics.

These courses are self-paced, and credit is awarded upon successful completion. Contact Lauren Boucher (Lauren.Boucher@dpi.nc.gov) with questions.

Click for PDF with Registration Links then click Register link for each course.

Reminder:  Removal of Reading Retained Flag 

NCDPI has written a script that removed the reading retained flag from every student in grade 5 and above.  PSUs should no longer see a reading retained label on any 5^th grade or above student.  This script was applied to support a request made by NCDPI’s Office of Early Learning on Oct. 1, 2021.  Please see the message below for further background information.

*********Message Sent on Oct. 1, 2021*******

Removal of Reading Retained label for student in 5th grade or above

“A reading retained label should be removed at the end of the 3/4 transition or 3/4 acceleration school year when a decision is made to retain the student in grade 4 or promote to grade 5 if the reading retained label has not already been removed. Any student who has already been promoted to grade 5 or above should no longer have the reading retained label.”

If your PSU continues to show a reading retained flag for 5^th grade or above students, please contact the Home Base Team at home_base@dpi.nc.gov.

Reminder:  PSUs Can Now Add New Grades in PowerSchool SIS

The EDDIE process has been modified to allow PSUs to begin adding new grade levels without the EDDIE feed being disabled. The new process temporarily pauses the feed to only the grade level fields located on the Schools/School Setup page. 

PSUs who need to add new grade levels for the 2022-23 school year may now do so in PowerSchool. Prior to adding these grade levels to PowerSchool, your EDDIE administrator must first ensure that the EDDIE “Approved” grade levels include the grades being added to the SIS. It is important that you remember to add these new grade levels to EDDIE “Current” grade levels after EOY. EDDIE “Current” grade level changes should not take place until then.

For assistance, please visit the PowerSchool SIS Administrator - School Information.

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:  Attendance During Exam Week(s)

To be considered in attendance, a student (except for hospital/homebound or staggered kindergarten) must be present in the school for the school day or at a place other than the school with the approval of the appropriate school official for the purpose of attending an authorized school activity. Such activities may include field trips, athletic contests, student conventions, musical festivals, or any similar approved activity.

Except as noted above, a student must be present at least one-half of the school's instructional day in order to be recorded present for that day.

NC General Statute 115C-378 states in part that no person shall encourage, entice, or counsel any child of compulsory school age to be unlawfully absent from school.

If a student is exempted from an exam and is not present in the school for the school day or not at a place other than the school with the approval of the appropriate school official for the purpose of attending an authorized school activity, the student is absent.

For questions or concerns, contact Student Accounting at studentaccounting@dpi.nc.gov.

Canvas Teacher Webinar

Our next Canvas Teacher Webinar will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2022, from 7-8 p.m. The topic of discussion will be about using Mastery Paths for differentiation in Canvas. Those who attend will receive 0.1 DLC CEU.

Please use this link to register for the webinar. If you have any questions, contact Corey McNeill

K-8 Digital Literacy Survey of Intent for 2022-2023

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is entering its fourth year with Learning.com as the K-8 Digital Literacy Initiative statewide curriculum and assessment solution. This partnership is designed to encourage student growth in computational thinking, digital citizenship and online safety, visual mapping, databases and computer fundamentals.
  

The K-8 Digital Literacy Survey of Intent for 2022-2023 was emailed last week on March 10 to all Tier 1 Districts (PSUs and Charter Schools).  Please ensure that the survey is completed and submitted by March 31, 2022.

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.

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