NCBOLD is just around the corner.  NCBOLD, Beacons of Leadership Development, is an all day in-person conference for public school educators in North Carolina.

Current public school educators have created and will deliver high quality professional learning related to digital teaching and learning.  Attendees can earn up to 0.6 CEUs of renewal credit each day to present to their PSU for renewal credit.  Registration will open  at the beginning of May.  In addition to incredible learning, attendees will be provided lunch each day.  There is no cost to attend and attendees may attend any host site that they prefer.

July 24 - Pisgah High School (Haywood County Schools | Western Region)

July 25 - Watauga High School (Watauga County Schools | Northwest Region)

July 26 - Kannapolis Middle School (Kannapolis City Schools | Southwest)

July 27 - Oak Grove High School (Davidson County Schools | Piedmont Triad)

July 31 - Croatan High School (Carteret County Schools | Southeast)

August 1 - Washington High School (Beaufort County Schools | Northeast High School)

August 2 - Rocky Mount High School (Nash County Public Schools | North Central)

August 3 - Gray’s Creek High School (Cumberland County Schools | Sandhills

Join one of our mini-conferences for fresh ideas to immediately incorporate into your classroom practices!

All sessions will be created and delivered by educators from across North Carolina. Concurrent sessions will support classroom teachers, support personnel, and school-level administrators in developing the capacity to improve instruction and provide digital leadership in classrooms and schools.

Learn more and register here.

Schoolnet 23-24 Webinar Series The Schoolnet Webinar Series for 2023-2024 school year can be found below.  All sessions are based on feedback provided by PSUs.  Please send out to your Schoolnet leads and users.  This will also be posted in the Splashpage on Schoolnet.   Schoolnet Webinar Series

North Carolina Digital Learning Competencies Update   At the April State Board of Education Meeting, the Office of Digital Teaching and Learning proposed an update to the North Carolina Digital Learning Competencies. The proposed changes were the result of 4 job-alike workgroups that included Classroom Teachers, Administrators, Coaches, and School Library Media Coordinators from each of the 8 regions.   The educators on these workgroups looked at the updated North Carolina Digital Learning Plan, the North Carolina Digital Learning Standards for Students, and the North Carolina Portrait of a Graduate to ensure the updated Digital Learning Competencies aligned with these items. The State Board of Education Passed the suggested update to align with the standards created by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). This includes updates for the Digital Learning Competencies for Teachers and the Digital Learning Competencies for School Administrators. This also includes a new strand called the Digital Learning Competencies for Coaching. While these updated competencies will begin to be highlighted at the 2023 NCBOLD conferences and additional support will be made available following those dates, all educators in the state of North Carolina have access to an ISTE membership. This membership provides a multitude of resources aligned to these competencies.   For questions about the updated Digital Learning Competencies or ISTE Memberships, please contact Dr. Ashley McBride (ashley.mcbride@dpi.nc.gov).

NCDLMI due June 30, 2023

ALL NC PSUs including, LEA, Charters, Regional, and Lab Schools are legislatively mandated to complete the DLMI each year. As in previous years, all schools complete the school level DLMI, and PSUs complete the PSU level DLMI.  PSUs with only one school, such as charter, regional, and lab school, complete both the PSU and School level.  Thank you for planning ahead now for a timely completion, as we have a firm deadline this year.

2022-2023 DLMI Training Materials & Support Opportunities

The DTL will host drop-in office hours 3 times weekly through June 30 (Mondays 4-5, Wednesdays 9-10, Fridays 11-12).  These are informal Q & A sessions and are open to all DLMI users at the PSU or School level. All Office hours can be joined using this JOIN LINK.

We have also created new user guides/worksheets and training materials for the 2022-23 school year as well as recording of the training webinars.  All can be accessed in the 2022-2023 DLMI Training Slides and are also linked on the landing page of the NC DLMI at https://schools.nc.gov/ncdlmi.

Please reach out to your regional DTL Consultant if you need assistance in completing the DLMI.

Northeast:

Southeast: Lauren Boucher

North Central: Cynthia Sartain

Sandhills: Kathy Parker

Piedmont Triad: Brian Whitson

Southwest: Lindsey Sipe

Northwest: Donna Murray

Western: Vera Cubero