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The NCDPI World Languages Team is excited about the start of this school year, and we would like to share the 1st Quarter World Language Leaders Bulletin. Please see the information below, and be sure to go to the Administrator & Program Resources section of the World Languages Resources Hub if you're looking for a specific tool or document to help get 2023-2024 started.
- World Language Coordinator & IHE Meeting on Friday afternoon, October 6
- State Resource Sessions Continue
- World Language Coordinators Panel on Wednesday morning, September 6
- Follow-up Hybrid Meeting for Orientation Webinar on Friday morning, October 6
- Standards Revision Updates
- State Board of Education (SBE) Presentation for Draft 1
- Standard-by-Standard Surveys for Public Feedback coming in mid-September
Fall K - 20 Meeting
Hybrid on Friday, October 6 at 1:00 - 4:00 pm
The 2023 - 2024 World Language Coordinator & Institutes of Higher Education (IHE) Meetings will be conducted in a hybrid format from 1:00 - 4:00 pm on two different Fridays, October 6, 2023, and March 1, 2024.
Please submit the registration form for the October 6 meeting, where you can indicate whether you are choosing to attend virtually or in-person.
Both of these K - 20 meetings are being held just before the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) conferences, so the in-person location for the Fall K-20 Meeting will be Salem 3C on the upper level of the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Please see the FLANC Fall 2023 Conference webpage for location details.
Our agenda for the afternoon of October 6 is being finalized and will include information about the revision of the state standards, the implementation and impact of state policies on World Language programs, and K-20 connections across educational organizations in North Carolina.
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State Resource Sessions Continue
The NCDPI World Languages Team has been offering a series of sessions to familiarize World Language leaders with the resources available at the state level for K-12 World Language programs, such as the World Languages Resources Hub at bit.ly/NCWLresources.
Please consider joining the remaining sessions described below, or access the archives from past presentations, if you are a district or charter school curriculum lead for World Languages, or serve in a similar role, like instructional coach, department chair, or Professional Learning Community (PLC) leader. The details and registration links are below.
Follow-up Hybrid Meeting
Friday, October 6 at 9:00 - 11:00 am
To conclude the State Resource Sessions, there will be a Follow-up Hybrid Meeting on the morning of October 6 before the Fall K-20 Meeting. The focus will be on discussing any questions from the previous sessions, including the broadcast in early August that can be accessed on the Coordinator To Go handout with links to the slides, recording, and resources.
Please submit the registration form for the follow-up meeting, where you can indicate whether you are choosing to attend virtually or in-person at the same location as the afternoon meeting, Salem 3C on the upper level of the Benton Convention Center.
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Standards Revision Updates
SBE Presentation for Draft 1
The NCDPI World Languages Team will be bringing forward Draft 1 for informational purposes to the State Board of Education (SBE) September meeting. Representatives from both the World Languages Data Review Committee (DRC) and the Standards Writing Team (SWT) will also present about their work in building Draft 1, as part of the Standards Revision Updates section on the agenda.
Standard-by-Standard Surveys
Coming in mid-September
Following the SBE presentation, two Standard-by-Standard surveys will be released to solicit public feedback on Draft 1 of the proposed K-12 World Language Standards. Just like the review phase, there will be an All Stakeholders survey for individuals and a PSU survey for teams. The PSU survey information will be sent to the World Language leaders of public school units (PSUs), who are listed on the Statewide Directories on the NCDPI World Languages Networking page, so that they can convene local teams and complete the survey together.
Both surveys will be open for 30 days or through mid-October. Please watch for future messages with specific dates and submission links when they become available.
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