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NCDPI's Office of Academic Standards serves as the authoritative source for the review, revision, and support for the implementation of state content standards in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (SCOS).
During the 2022 - 2023 school year, three content areas (Arts Education, Guidance, and World Languages) are in the review phase as outlined on pages 11 - 17 in the North Carolina SCOS Internal Procedures Manual.
Please see the details for November 2022 below as we progress through the process to update the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards, including the deadline extension for the Standard-by-Standard surveys and the Data Review Committee (DRC) applications through January 20, 2023.
Standard-by-Standard Surveys
Deadline extended until 5:00 pm on January 20
Two Standard-by-Standard surveys are now open to collect feedback on the current standards from educators, administrators, parents, students, institutions of higher education, business/industry representatives, national organizations, and other education agencies.
The All Stakeholders survey for individuals takes about 10 - 20 minutes to complete and needs to be done in one sitting. If you would like to give feedback on more than one program or course, you can submit additional surveys.
So far, almost 900 All Stakeholder surveys have been submitted, but we need many more!
Please submit the World Languages All Stakeholders Survey and encourage others to do so, too, by passing along these links:
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The PSU Standard-by-Standard survey for teams takes about 30 - 45 minutes to complete, depending on how it's deployed within each public school unit (PSU). *World Language leaders convene local teams and complete the survey together.
Every group's voice is important! If your PSU has multiple groups for courses, languages, programs, schools, etc., you can submit as many PSU surveys as you need to in order to get the maximum amount of input from your PLCs or other teacher groups.
The State Board of Education (SBE) expectation is for 80% or more of the 115 districts to submit the PSU survey, along with charter, lab, and regional schools.
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So far, 60% or 70 PSUs have submitted at least one Standard-by-Standard survey.
*Please see the Statewide Directories on the NCDPI World Languages Networking page for the lists of World Language leaders for PSUs, including districts, charter schools, lab and regional schools, and DL/I programs. These lists are verified annually, which was done earlier this month, and are updated on an ongoing basis.
World Languages DRC Applications
Due by 5:00 pm on January 20
Applications for the World Languages Data Review Committee (DRC) can be submitted until 5:00 pm on Friday, January 20.
The World Languages DRC will consist of a range of external stakeholders and will be chosen from across the state’s eight regions to represent varying perspectives and experiences regarding the current Standard Course of Study, the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards.
DRC members review the data collected and compiled from Standard-by-Standard surveys, regional focus groups, and interviews, as well as research, policies, and legislation that pertain to World Language education. Once they analyze the feedback, they make recommendations that help drive both the review and revision phases.
Note: DRC members cannot serve on the Standards Writing Team (SWT) that is convened during the revision phase.
Please use these links to complete the World Languages DRC application or share with others who you think would be a good fit for this work:
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Reminder: 2022 - 2027 Timeline
World Languages is making good progress in the review phase. Take a look at the graphic below and the projected timeframes, which are subject to change, across several academic years. Please see the the North Carolina SCOS Internal Procedures Manual for information about each phase, review through implementation.
Canva credit: Brandon Roeder, NCDPI Music and Theatre Consultant
The World Languages #SettingTheStandard newsletter is a monthly publication that features:
- updates about our progress in the current phase
- reminders about dates and deadlines for stakeholder input
- links to where more details are posted about the process
Archived editions of the World Languages #SettingTheStandard newsletter are located in the Communications area of the World Languages Resources Hub at bit.ly/NCWLresources, along with other publications like the #WLWednesdays newsletters and the GLE Quarterly Updates.
If you want to receive messages from NCDPI World Languages like the newsletters, go to the NCDPI Sign Up for Updates page or click on the button below to add your email address to the World Language listservs.
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Connect with NCDPI World Languages!
Dr. Ann Marie Gunter, K-12 World Languages Consultant
NCDPI World Languages: bit.ly/NCWorldLanguages
Twitter: #NCWLstandards #SettingTheStandard
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