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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).
Please see the information for May 2023 below as we progress through the process to update the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards:
- Moving forward for World Languages from the Review Phase to the Revision Phase
- State Board of Education (SBE) presentation on May 31 & June 1
- Standards Writing Team (SWT) application opens in early June
- 2022 - 2027 Timeline
- Communications
Moving Forward for World Languages
Review Phase → Revision Phase
 Canva credits: Brandon Roeder, NCDPI Arts Education (Music & Theatre) & Ann Marie Gunter, NCDPI World Languages
SBE Presentation on May 31 & June 1
The World Languages Data Review Committee (DRC) has completed the data analysis and identified the trends and themes that emerged from the review phase. The next step is for NCDPI staff to bring forward the DRC's recommendation to the State Board of Education (SBE) to revise our existing standards.
The SBE meeting is livestreamed, and the May 31 agenda for the morning will include: Permission to Revise Standards for K-12 Arts, Guidance, and World Languages. All are welcome to view the SBE meeting from a mobile device with the YouTube app or on the NCDPI Public Meetings YouTube Channel via a web browser.
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SWT Application opens in early June
Pending SBE permission to revise the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards, NCDPI will establish and convene a World Languages Standards Writing Team (SWT) to review feedback compiled by the DRC and create the drafts of the new standards. The World Languages SWT will include diverse perspectives and represent our state’s regions, districts, charter schools, and other educational organizations. SWT members will provide varying perspectives and experiences regarding the current standards with the many languages, programs, and types of courses offered across the state.
In order to ensure that a range of stakeholders with various professional and personal interests are involved in the revision and writing of the standards, a clear process of solicitation, application, screening, and approval takes place. The World Languages Standards Writing Team (SWT) application is tentatively planned to open in early June. Please watch for specific dates in future publications.
If you are interested in submitting a World Languages SWT application, be sure to add your email address to the World Language listservs using the information on the NCDPI Sign Up for Updates page.
2022 - 2027 Timeline
The following are projected timeframes and subject to change. Please see pages 11 - 27 in the North Carolina SCOS Internal Procedures Manual for details about each of the phases summarized below.
Review Phase: 2022 - 2023
- Completed:
- Research about policies, legislation, best practices, other standards, educational research, and trends from business/industry
- Surveys for individual stakeholders and for local PSU teams
- Regional focus groups and interviews
- Data Review Committee (DRC)
- State Board of Education (SBE) approval to move to Revision
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Revision Phase: 2023 - 2024
- Standards Writing Team (SWT)
- SWT creates Draft 1 of new standards and Standard-by-Standard surveys used for feedback
- DRC compiles feedback for SWT
- SWT creates Draft 2 and general feedback survey used for input
- DRC compiles feedback for SWT
- SWT creates Draft 3 to present to SBE for discussion and approval
Installation Phase: 2024 - 2025
- New standards provided to all stakeholders
- NCDPI prepares statewide professional development and updates support documents
- Public School Units (PSUs), or districts and charter schools, develop plans for rollout of new standards in local curriculum
Initial Implementation Phase: 2025 - 2026
- New standards used in all K-12 classrooms
- PSU rollout of local training and curriculum writing
- NCDPI facilitates statewide training with materials and support documents for new standards
Full Implementation Phase: 2026 - 2027 and beyond
- Professional development at state and local levels expanded and shared with lessons learned
- NCDPI and PSUs collaborate to identify and address needs
- Annual needs assessment survey deployed to collect data on implementation and future needs
Communications
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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