OEL Friday Update Memo

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JANUARY 3, 2025

OEL FRIDAY UPDATE

Welcome State Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green

The Office of Early Learning extends a warm welcome to our new Superintendent, Maurice “Mo” Green. Mr. Green shared that he strongly champions greater support and resources for public education, striving to create a brighter future for students, educators and communities across the state.

Superintendent Green is currently looking to gather your input as he begins to develop his strategic plan for North Carolina schools with his “Mo Wants to Know” initiative.

To learn more about Mo Green, view his Entry Plan, or share your insight to "Mo Wants to Know", click the button below.

Learn more about Superintendent Green

Active LETRS^®License Portability

With Amendment 4 to the Lexia contract, active online course licenses are now portable. When a North Carolina educator moves from one North Carolina school district or NC Pre-K program to another North Carolina school district or NC Pre-K program, the license will remain assigned to the enrolled participant. The participant will need to complete a License Data Release Form requesting to transfer their LETRS data from one school district or NC Pre-K Program to another and email it to support@lexialearning.com. As long as the form is submitted to Lexia and approved, the receiving district will no longer be required to purchase a new license. If a course license has expired before the online course work has been completed, the district will need to purchase an extension.

Lexia LETRS^®Support

All Lexia LETRS support questions should now be directed to this email: support@lexialearning.com. (Lexia has closed the dedicated NC email (nc@voyagersopris.com).

Language in the LETRS Sustainability Guide on page 25 has been updated to reflect this update.

Also, there is a wealth of information for Course Managers on the Lexia Help Center website.

Lexia Help Center for Course Managers

OEL LETRS^® Make-Up/Sustainability Sessions

Register now for January - March sessions

Sustainability sessions are for educators who have a current online training platform license with Lexia LETRS.

Please note: OEL sessions are limited to 50 educators. If the session does not appear when clicking on the registration link, the session has reached capacity. Please check back often as some registrants will cancel, and a spot will open up.

OEL LETRS Calendar

FOR K-5 ONLY

THE INFORMATION BELOW PERTAINS TO K-5 ONLY

Kindergarten Newsletter

Designed specifically for teachers in kindergarten classrooms, this newsletter shares timely information related to transitions throughout the year, formative assessment, and early literacy practices. Resources for teachers are also included.

January Kindergarten Newsletter

4th and 5th Grade mCLASS^® Update

The amendment to the Amplify contract is in the procurement process. We anticipate rostering will begin this month.

Consider a DIBELS^®8 Administration/Scoring Refresher

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As the MOY benchmark window approaches please consider if there are opportunities to refresh assessors on the administration and scoring of DIBELS 8. For data to be the most useful, the assessments are to be administered in a standardized way. In order to achieve this end, make plans now to offer refreshers for teachers and anyone else who will be involved in assessing students when the window opens in your district. If you need assistance in planning for a refresh, reach out to your district Early Literacy Specialist, and/or your OEL Regional Consultant.

READBowl VIII Kicks Off January 13, 2025

READBowl VIII Kicks Off January 13, 2025 with Super Bowl Champion, Malcolm Mitchell. Let’s bring home the national championship, North Carolina! Teachers/Schools register your students for a chance to win some cool prizes and a possible classroom visit from Malcolm!!!! Let’s get ready to READ!

In addition to the National & State Championships, Read with Malcolm is awarding North Carolina Top 25 Teams with great prizes.

Join the challenge and rack up your team's reading minutes to compete for great prizes! Teams of classrooms (in-person, virtual, or hybrid) and accredited after-school, community & youth groups/programs are eligible to compete in READBowl.

The competition begins on Monday, January 13, the week before the College Football National Championship and concludes on Super Bowl Sunday, February 9, when Malcolm will crown the champs! ALSO NEW THIS YEAR: High School teams are eligible and encouraged to compete!

Teams with the highest average weekly minutes read are eligible for great prizes: Home/classroom libraries and copies of Malcolm's second children's book, My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World. The grand prize will be a personal visit from Malcolm himself. Don’t let your kids miss READBowl.

Register Now for READBowl VIII

FOR PRE-K ONLY

THE INFORMATION BELOW PERTAINS TO PRE-K ONLY

Pre-K Newsletter

Designed specifically for teachers in prekindergarten classrooms, this newsletter shares timely information related to transitions throughout the year, appropriate assessment, and early literacy practices. Upcoming professional learning opportunities are also included.

January Pre-K Newsletter

2024-2025 Pre-K Menu of Support

Upcoming Sessions - Jan. 7 and Jan 21

January sessions include Literacy Support for EC Students on January 7 and a Pre-k Teacher Community of Practice session on January 21. Click on each session’s registration link for more details.

Pre-K Menu of Support

Send Us Your Pics!

NC DPI OEL would love to feature pictures of your teachers and students engaging in learning experiences! Please share your photos with us! Email your photos to melissa.strickland@dpi.nc.gov, add the subject line: "RtA Photos" and tell us the name of your school and a little bit about what's going on in the image!