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Number 10
NC Virtual Public School Summer Program
NCVPS has fantastic news about their summer program! The State Board of Education approved $1,350,000 in ESSER III funding for the NCVPS summer school program, making their online courses even more accessible to students across North Carolina. This funding will be shared with each district and charter school based on their ADM.
To view the ESSER-funded allotments for districts and charters, please consult the Summer 2023 Enrollments Covered by ESSER III Funds spreadsheet. Any enrollments exceeding the ESSER III funds will count toward NCVPS allotment totals.
NCVPS summer school kicks off on June 27, with the deadline to utilize special summer funding set for June 16. After this date, any remaining funds will be redistributed to other districts and charter schools in need. This remarkable opportunity offers students who might not typically have access to summer classes a chance to excel.
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Number 9
Center for Safer Schools Steps Up Statewide Outreach
"The Center for Safer Schools’ (CFSS) annual RISE conference – typically held in the summer months before school starts back – is intended to prepare all stakeholders for the upcoming school year by providing trainings from statewide experts in many fields. Since school safety is a yearlong focus, the CFSS is now stepping up its statewide outreach with online 'mini-RISE' sessions and school tours. RISE training focuses on the resiliency, information, support and empowerment needed when supporting children and adolescents in schools and communities. This training offers a range of sessions covering the issues of bullying, suicide, opioid and substance use, critical incidents and other vital information about trauma and victimization among children and adolescents, and how these various dynamics impact school climate and school safety.
The smaller versions of the CFSS’ signature event are being offered free and online until June, culminating in the annual statewide safety conference in Gaston County from July 31-Aug. 2. Each 'mini-RISE' session is 30 minutes long and includes a speaker and Q&A."
Read the full press release here.
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Number 8
8th Grade Educators Invited to Participate in NC History Unfolded Fellows Project
The NCDPI K-12 Social Studies team is collaborating with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in a pilot project designed specifically for North Carolina. The project will be named the North Carolina History Unfolded Fellows Project. Three organizations will partner with the NCDPI by lending professional expertise for the planning, delivery, and support of this project:
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Mr. David Klevan the Education Outreach Specialist for Education Initiatives
- The North Carolina Council on the Holocaust - Mr. Lee Holder the Traveling Exhibit Coordinator for Eastern NC
- The North Carolina State Archives - Ms. Brooke Csuka, Outreach Archivist
The teachers selected as fellows for this project will go through the History Unfolded Program’s training with staff from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and receive training from North Carolina State Archives experts. The desired outcome of this project is to develop a repository of NC news stories and classroom instructional materials for teaching Holocaust topics using newspaper stories from the era.
Learn more and apply here. The deadline to apply is April 21.
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Number 7
Public Information Officer Survey - Spring Quarterly Call
Public Information Officers should have received a survey this week regarding the scheduling of the spring quarterly call. Please complete this survey by Wednesday, April 12.
If you did not receive the survey, please reach out to communications@dpi.nc.gov.
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Number 6
Sign Up for New Parent Newsletter from Superintendent Truitt
Superintendent Truitt is starting a parent newsletter that will help parents and guardians stay in the know on education happenings in our state.
Sign up for the newsletter here by entering your email address and selecting "Superintendent Truitt's Parent Newsletter" under the "Internal Lists" section and keep an eye out for the first edition this spring!
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Number 5
World History Professional Development Opportunity - April 18-19
Add to your toolbox of World History topics for teaching about groups significant to the history of indigenous and diasporic peoples of the Greater Antilles region in the Americas
Each webinar will take participants through a ready-made lesson and will:
- Model classroom pedagogy for teaching these two topics.
- Engage participants in interactive activities.
- Use and share primary sources specific to the teaching of Afro-Cubans and the Maroons of Jamaica
- Share a Google folder of teaching resources for each topic and two ready-to-teach mini lessons.
A CEU contact hours certificate will be awarded to all who attend. Learn more and register here.
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Number 4
Student Privacy Policy Office Webinar Series
The Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO), through its Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) of the US Department of Education, will host a three-day virtual webinar series on student privacy and data security in April 2023. This webinar series will provide the education community nationwide with opportunities to learn more about FERPA, data security, data breach preparedness and response, transparency, and more.
Register for each day of the series below:
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Number 3
NC’s Computer Science Professional Development Program Opens for Registration for Statewide Trainings
"Registration is now open for North Carolina’s Computer Science Professional Development Program, which provides free professional learning opportunities for North Carolina educators using Code.org’s computer science (CS) curriculum. Facilitated by the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), these trainings are intensive, highly supportive programs designed to prepare educators who have not necessarily taught or studied computer science previously. Educators across the state can now register at a training site near them to complete the computer science professional development that best suits their instructional needs."
Learn more here.
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Number 2
2023 Burroughs Wellcome NC Teacher of the Year to be Announced Friday, April 14
The 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year will be announced Friday, April 14, during a luncheon at The Umstead Hotel in Cary.
Again this year, with support from Equitable Advisors and PBS North Carolina, the ceremony will be livestreamed on the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. The ceremony will start at 12:30 p.m., with the livestream beginning at 11:30 a.m. with a video featuring sponsors and regional finalists.
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Gains in Literacy Skills Continue for NC Early Grades Students, Assessment Shows
"Students in early elementary grades in North Carolina public schools continue to show gains in literacy skills, according to results of a key assessment administered during the middle of the current school year.
The percentage of North Carolina students on track in each grade – kindergarten through third – performing at or above the benchmark score of the 2022-23 school year was both higher than assessment results from the beginning of the school year and also higher than results from states or districts using the same assessment.
The gains by North Carolina students were achieved during the second full year of a far-reaching statewide initiative to support elementary school teachers with extensive training in instruction based on the 'science of reading,' a phonics-based approach with strong evidence of effectiveness."
Read the full press release here.
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