In This Edition:
- PAEMST 2022-23 Nominations
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Professional Learning Opportunities:
- COMAP Contest Information
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Accountability Information
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K -12 Science Standards Revision Updates
Nominations for Presidential Awards for Excellence in STEM Teaching Now Open!
The National Science Foundation (NSF) administers Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), created by Congress in 1983, on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The awards are the nation’s highest honors for teachers of STEM, including Computer Science. This year's (2022-2023) awards will honor science, technology, engineering, or mathematics teachers working in grades 7-12. Recipients of the award receive the following:
- A certificate signed by the President of the United States.
- A paid trip to Washington, D.C., to attend a series of recognition events and professional development opportunities.
- A $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.
- An opportunity to build lasting partnerships with colleagues across the nation.
Nominations close on January 9, 2023. Applications must be completed by February 6, 2023.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about the North Carolina Presidential Awards Program, please contact the State Coordinators for PAESMT:
Joseph Reaper, at joseph.reaper@dpi.nc.gov
Alexis Wood at kathryn.wood@dpi.nc.gov
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Professional Learning Opportunities
NCDPI AIM 2022 Conference
Raleigh Convention Center
500 S Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27601
Oct. 26 - Oct. 29, 2022
We’re thankful for the inaugural A.I.M Conference sponsorship through Lexia Learning.
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Agenda - Session details are subject to change.
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Join the NCDPI Math Team's session:
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10/29/2022 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Achieve Instructional Coherence in Math: Participants will review background information on the purposes, research and immediate use of a Mathematics Whole School Agreement (MWSA) in schools and districts. Participants will collaborate on the process of building a MWSA and discuss possible next steps at their schools/districts.
- Registration Information
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Pricing and Perks: Early-Bird pricing is $100 per participant until September 30, 2022. Registration includes continental breakfast, boxed lunch, and a heavy hors d’oeuvres reception on October 27 as well as a continental breakfast and boxed lunch on October 28. Internet will also be provided for multiple devices.
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District Team Registration (Administrators and Non-Teaching Staff): Register now, Early Bird Registration ends September 30 when fees will increase from $100 to $150 per participant.
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Teacher Registration: We also encourage PSUs to bring teacher leaders to the main conference on October 27 & 28, 2022 as a part of their PSU team! All teacher registration fees have been provided by our sponsors, but space is limited!
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FREE AIMazing Teacher Conference: Please encourage teachers to register for the FREE AIMazing Teacher Conference beginning the evening of October 28 with breakout sessions on October 29. All teacher registration fees have been provided by our sponsors, but space is limited!
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2022 NCCTM State Math Conference
November 9: Leadership Seminar
November 10-11: Conference Sessions
The conference will be held at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem.
The theme for this year's conference focuses on celebrating 50+ years of NCCTM as well as the fact that all of us are learners of mathematics and support ALL students' learning of mathematics.
Conference Schedule [download flyer]
Wednesday, November 9: Leadership Seminar, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday, November 10
- 8:30 - 11:15 am Concurrent Sessions
- 11:30 - 1:00 pm Vendor Hall Focus Hours
- 1:00 - 3:45 pm Concurrent Sessions
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm Celebrating NCCTM's 50+ Years and Honoring our Members (Awards)
Friday, November 11: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
REGISTER NOW!
Book Hotel Now!
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ESL/Title III ELD Standards Implementation: Support PD
This school year marks PSUs' initial implementation of the NC ELD Standard Course of Study. Our team is offering state-wide professional learning with a focus on integrating the ELD Standards into Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, and ELA for the 22-23 school year. Both content area educators and language educators are encouraged to attend.
Register for the following sessions at
bit.ly/SupportPD22-23
- Science (November 16, 2022)
- ELA (January 16, 2023)
To request professional learning specific to your region and/or PSU, please also contact your Regional Director. Should you have any standards questions or need technical assistance, please email ESLTitleIII@dpi.nc.gov.
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LIS LEARNING SERIES
Throughout the 2022-2023 school year, there will be a series of professional learning involving multiple content areas. The LIS are to be used by all teachers in every content area for core instruction. This
series will focus on integrating the Literacy Instruction Standards (LIS) into standards-aligned content area instruction. These sessions are open to K-12 educators.
Literacy in ELA: November 30, 2022
Literacy in Science: December 15, 2022
Literacy in Math: January 25, 2023
Literacy in Social Studies: April 27, 2023
Literacy in ELD: May 11, 2023
Registration
To learn more about the LIS, view the DPI LIS webpage.
To view LIS resources, visit the LIS Toolkit (LIST).
NCCAT Professional Learning
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (www.nccat.org) (NCCAT) provides professional development to NC educators in residential, online, virtual, school, and regional settings. Our professional learning is designed to help you gain knowledge and skills to support student learning. Make plans today to join us for timely, research-based professional development!
Click this link to apply now for NCCAT Programs.
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NC EMPT Opportunities
The NC Early Mathematics Placement Testing Program (NC EMPT) serves all high school students statewide. It has benefitted more than 750,000 participating students during the last 26 years! Sponsored by the State of North Carolina, this early intervention program is designed to offer valuable foresight into students’ college and career readiness in mathematics, at a time when high school educators can decide to either stay-the-course and/or make improvements in math skills BEFORE post-secondary plans are materialized. Participation in this low maintenance service remains free-of-charge to NC high school teachers and is incredibly valuable. The NC EMPT assessment has 32 algebra-based questions, takes one hour to administer in a high school math classroom, and our staff quickly grades and returns individualized results to both participating teachers and students. Scores are confidential and offer a powerful early warning to students, parents, and teachers. Scores can also serve as another data point to help decide placement of students in a next best math course.
Classroom math teachers make this happen! Eligible students include those enrolled in NC Math 3, Algebra II, and any fourth-level math course. Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 testing are now available with four testing windows tailored to your needs. A new NC EMPT 2022-2023 placement test has been created and approved by our advisory board to be a facsimile of the actual math placement tests now being administered at colleges and universities statewide. Please discuss NC EMPT at your next department meeting. Then choose a contact person from your department to represent all math teachers in your school that are interested in giving this golden opportunity to their students.
Online registration by this contact person can be quickly completed at: www.ncempt.org. We’ll take care of the rest!
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Save the Date!
Middle Mathematical Modeling Contest (MidMCM) and High School Mathematical Modeling Contest (HiMCM)®
November 2 - 15, 2022
COMAP's Middle School/Level Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MidMCM) and High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM) are international contests designed to provide students with the opportunity to work as team members to engage in and improve their math modeling, problem solving, and writing skills. Teams from your school apply mathematics to model and develop a solution to a real-world problem.
For more information or to register your team(s) click the link below.
LEARN MORE / REGISTER HERE
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October Accountability Information
How are North Carolina educators involved in the state’s summative test development process?
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North Carolina educators are crucial to the test development process. These educators include classroom teachers, English Learner and Exceptional Children’s experts, curriculum coaches, administrators, and central office staff.
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Before any test items can be written, educators are brought in from across the state to participate in the development of new content standards. Drafts of the proposed standards are sent out for statewide feedback. Once the NC State Board of Education adopts the new standards, educators are invited to assist in the creation of test specifications that serve as the recipe for which standards will be included on each assessment and the relative weight of those standards.
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Once the standards are adopted and the test specifications are in place, educators are trained in the new standards and begin writing test items. Item writers are issued contracts for a certain number of items that match the new standards at a particular grade level. In later steps of the item writing process, two additional educators review the items and offer their feedback. This is all part of the rigorous review process for each item before it is field tested on an NC summative assessment.
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Once field tested and approved, these new items are assembled to create a new NC End-of-Grade (EOG), End-of-Course (EOC), NCEXTEND1, or NC Check-In assessment. Once an assessment is administered for the first time, another group of educators is convened to participate in a process called standard setting. During a weeklong workshop, these educators work together to develop new Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) and make recommendations on the new cut scores for the assessment. Achievement levels are predetermined performance standards that allow a student’s performance to be compared to grade-level expectations. North Carolina educators use the state’s adopted content standards to develop ALDs that outline the content knowledge and skills demonstrated at the different achievement thresholds. Educators also decide how to differentiate the performance associated with a student who is nonproficient from that of a Level 3 student, a Level 3 student’s from that of a Level 4 student, and a Level 4 student’s from that of a Level 5 student. The ALDs and cut score recommendations are adopted by the State Board of Education.
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Additionally, NC educators are called together to participate in a process called an alignment study. During this study, educators review EOGs, EOCs, and NCEXTEND1s to see how well each test item matches the NC Standard Course of Study for reading or mathematics, the NC Essential Standards for science, or the NC Extended Content Standards for accommodations and how well the test is aligned to the test specifications.
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Educators from across the state participate in this process. The ideal NC educator is one who is passionate about education and knowledgeable about the standards and how students interact with the content. NCDPI is eager to expand our diverse group of participants by adding more educators from across the state with various levels of experience.
Ready to become a part of the process?
NCDPI State-Level Proficiency Website
Recently, the Testing and Accountability Division at NCDPI rolled out the new State-Level Proficiency Website. This website allows users to access the North Carolina End of Grade and End of Course Reading, Mathematics, and Science Assessment Results. Users will be able to filter by state, region, district, and school to view assessment proficiency results for 2016-17 through 2021-22, excluding 2019-2020 due to COVID.
K-12 Science Standards Revision Updates
The process of reviewing and revising the 2009 K-12 Science Standards continues to move forward. The process continues to be guided by the NCSCOS Internal Manual approved by the State Board of Education in February, 2022. The Data Review Committee (DRC) met in early September to review all available data from surveys, interviews, focus groups and research of State-by-State Science standards, as well as national and international frameworks. The team has nearly completed their initial data review and recommendations.
The Standards Writing Team (SWT) has been finalized and will meet in mid-October to start their review of the DRC recommendations and begin a first draft of revisions. The goal is to release a first draft in mid-November for all-stakeholders, charter schools, and school systems to be able to review for up to 30 days. Please continue to look for future updates
NCDPI K-12 Mathematics Virtual Office Hours
On September 13, 2022, the NCDPI K-12 Mathematics team, with special guests, NCDPI Test Measurement Specialists, Beth Nash and Michael Mahoney and NCDPI Advanced Learning & Gifted Education Consultant, Stephanie Cyrus, held an office hour for NC math school and district leaders. This office hour featured Testing and Accountability information along with the Advanced Math Course Legislation updates. Click here for the agenda, presentation, and recording.
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NC DPI Math Consultants
Denise Schulz
K-5 Mathematics Consultant
919-807-3758
Denise.Schulz@dpi.nc.gov
Tammy Lackey
K-8 Mathematics Consultant
919-807-3931
Tammy.Lackey@dpi.nc.gov
Lisa Ashe
6-12 Mathematics Consultant
919-807-3856
Lisa.Ashe@dpi.nc.gov
Joseph Reaper
6-12 Mathematics Consultant
919-807-3820
Joseph.Reaper@dpi.nc.gov
Dr. Charles Aiken
Math, Science, and STEM Section Chief
Charles.Aiken@dpi.nc.gov
984-236-2837
Marilyn Johns
Administrative Specialist
Marilyn.Johns@dpi.nc.gov
919-807-3266
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