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NCCAT Virtual Math Collaborative
July 25 - 26, 2023
Join NCCAT for this two-day virtual collaborative event to learn new math instructional strategies. An array of one hour sessions will be available that are focused on identified needs for math instruction. Come strengthen your math practices toolbox and leave ready to kick off the 2023-2024 school year with fresh ideas for your math classroom. This virtual event is intended for teachers in grades K-12.
ENROLL NOW!
Submission Deadline: July 18, 2023
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2023 Math Summit
FREE Professional Development Opportunity!
NC State's College of Education and the Triangle Math Alliance will host the annual Math Summit on Tuesday, August 8 in Talley Student Union on NC State's main campus (Raleigh, NC). This is a FREE professional development opportunity open to all K-12 math educators in North Carolina. The full conference will take place in person, and a limited half-day virtual option will also be available.
Francisco Villegas, Senior Vice President of School Transformation at Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, will deliver the keynote address from 8:15 - 9:30 a.m. Following the keynote, there will be over 30 in-person sessions and 9 virtual sessions led by teachers and math leaders across the state.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and up to 6.25 hours of professional development are available!
Website: https://ced.ncsu.edu/math-summit/
Advertisement: view online (also attached)
Registration: go.ncsu.edu/mathsummit2023
Questions about logistics: NCmathsummit@gmail.com
Other questions, contact Sonia Dupree: sdupree@wcpss.net
ML/Title III Conference Promo
Calling All Educators of MLs!
2023 Growing Success for Multilingual Learners Summer Conference
Building Relationships for Multilingual Learner Success | June 20- 22, 2023
The NCDPI ML/Title III Team invites ALL educators of Multilingual Learners (MLs) to participate in the Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference. This year's conference will be held at McDeeds Elementary School in Southern Pines, NC.
During this summer’s conference, educators will have the following
professional learning opportunities:
- Best Practices;
- Common Space: Collaboration and Co-Teaching for MLs;
- Engaging Schools, Families, & Communities for ML Success;
- Glimpse of GLAD;
- Making Content Comprehensible with SIOP; and
- Taking Flight for Academic Success: Integrating Content and Language Development.
Additional information and registration
Speaker Proposal Deadline EXTENDED!
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Global Education Partnerships with France
North Carolina has international agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with public education systems in Spain, China, and, since 2020, France! One of the objectives of the MOU with the Académie de Reims in France is to establish partnerships between teachers in France and North Carolina so that they and their students can work on common projects virtually.
Application Open to All K-12 Teachers in Any Subject
Please see the 20-minute Overview of School Partnerships video and/or the slides as a PDF with information about submitting an online application to be matched with a colleague and school in France.
Here's the shortened URL to the online application: bit.ly/NCandVAapplicationReimsPartnership
Questions about the MOU with France can be sent to the NCDPI Global Education Steering Committee at ncglobaleducation@dpi.nc.gov.
Additional details are on the International Agreements page of the NCDPI website's Global Education section, including information about the other MOUs and an updated list of current and past partnerships with France!
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Please see the following announcement on behalf of the Charlotte Hornets who are seeking input from educators in the design of their STEM Day 2023-2024. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Daniel Loskowitz (dloskowitz@hornets.com) with the Charlotte Hornets organization.
 Charlotte Hornets STEM Day 2023-2024
The Charlotte Hornets will be hosting a STEM Day again at the Spectrum Center. We would like your input on the future of our event. Please feel free to fill out our form and let us know your thoughts! We look forward to having your school/ class at our event! Target audience for the event: 2nd-8th grade. https://forms.gle/aAkWiByYEogn9pKs9
K-12 Science Standards Revision Updates
Draft 3 of the K-12 Science Standards were presented to the State Board of Education on May 31, 2023. See the presentation that was presented to the SBE on May 31, 2023 for more information.
May 31, 2023 SBE Presentation
Stay tuned for updates through the K-12 Science listservs.
NCDPI K-12 Mathematics Virtual Office Hours
On May 16, 2023, the NCDPI K-12 Mathematics team held an office hour for NC math school and district leaders. This office hour featured Testing and Accountability information and reminders and K-12 Mathematics updates.
Click here for the agenda, presentation, and recording
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NC DPI Math Consultants
Denise Schulz
K-5 Mathematics Consultant
(984) 236-2842
Denise.Schulz@dpi.nc.gov
Tammy Lackey
K-8 Mathematics Consultant
(984) 236-2839
Tammy.Lackey@dpi.nc.gov
Lisa Ashe
6-12 Mathematics Consultant
(984) 236-2840
Lisa.Ashe@dpi.nc.gov
Joseph Reaper
6-12 Mathematics Consultant
(984) 236-2841
Joseph.Reaper@dpi.nc.gov
Dr. Charles Aiken
Math, Science, and STEM Section Chief
Charles.Aiken@dpi.nc.gov
984-236-2837
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