ELD Recognition Award
The nomination period closes on May 17.
- Each PSU will submit one nominee on the nomination form, which will include the portfolio.
- The nominee must be a certified ESL teacher
- Please contact ESLTitleIII@dpi.nc.gov with any questions or for technical assistance
We are grateful to ALL teachers for your hard work and dedication to the academic advancement of your students and your support for public schools.
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New Resource Spotlight: MTSS Equitable Practices for Multilingual Learners' Success
Supporting multilingual learners is about strengthening the systems we already use so every student can thrive. That’s why we’re excited to share a new resource focused on creating equitable MTSS practices for multilingual learners.
This practical guide highlights six key moves schools and districts can take to ensure multilingual learners receive the instruction, interventions, and support they deserve:
- Building collaborative teams that include multilingual learner expertise
- Using language-focused data to guide decisions
- Strengthening culturally and linguistically responsive Tier I instruction
- Designing multilingual and multimodal interventions
- Partnering meaningfully with families
- Improving identification practices to avoid misidentification
The resource emphasizes an important truth: language is not an add-on—it is the access point. When schools intentionally design MTSS systems with multilingual learners in mind, all students benefit.
Educators will find ready-to-use tools, practical strategies, professional learning supports, and examples that can be implemented immediately. Whether you are a classroom teacher, interventionist, administrator, or district leader, this guide offers actionable ways to build stronger, more equitable systems of support.
Equity starts with access—and access starts with language.
The Summer Conference is Just Around the Corner!
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Teaching and Learning proudly presents the 2026 Growing Success for Multilingual Learners (MLs) and The Standards Academy Summer Conference. This unique professional learning opportunity brings together two outstanding conferences in one location, offering educators, instructional leaders, and administrators access to sessions focused on multilingual learner success, standards-based instruction, leadership, innovation, and equitable practices.
- In person on June 23rd - 25th in Johnston County at Cleveland High School, 1892 Polenta Road in Clayton
- Virtual Summer Conference sessions will take place from
July 13th through the 16th
Register today—don't miss this outstanding professional development experience!
Participants can choose from a variety of leadership and instructional tracks featuring topics such as relationship-driven leadership, family engagement, teacher recruitment and retention, AI-supported instruction, academic discourse, literacy development, culturally responsive teaching, and equitable access for multilingual learners.
Administrators looking to strengthen school culture and build sustainable ML programs will benefit from several leadership-focused sessions, including:
- Empowered PD: Reimagining Professional Learning for ML Teachers Through Leadership, Choice & Impact
- Creating a District ML Pathway to Recruit Highly Effective (Future) ML Teachers
- Learn about Project Glad
- Equitable Practices for Multilingual Learners' Success in MTSS
- Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Partnering with Multilingual Families
Instructional leaders seeking ways to improve academic outcomes for MLs will find multiple sessions dedicated to rigorous and engaging instruction, including:
- Solving the Problem of Problem Solving: Five Instructional Shifts for Scaffolded Success
- Expanding Reading Instruction With Multilingual Learners
- Academic Discourse: Discussions to Support Language Acquisition & Content Learning
Content and ML teachers will have opportunities to explore practical instructional strategies, content-specific supports, and innovative approaches designed to increase ML academic success, including,
- Experts from NCDPI content areas will also be on hand to unpack standards, share instructional resources, and present additional sessions focused on supporting multilingual learners across content areas.
- When SIOP Meets AI: Keep the Heart in Your Teaching
- Simple Modifications, Big Impacts: Boosting ML Success
- Academic Discourse: Discussions to Support Language Acquisition & Content Learning
See you this summer!
Register today
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NCDPI Introduces the Multiple Measure Tool
In a major step forward for multilingual learner support, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is introducing the Multiple Measure Tool (MMT)—a state-required process designed to provide an additional pathway for multilingual learners (MLs) to exit English language development programs in their schools.
Learn more about MMT in the ML/Title III Virtual Repository. If your PSU needs support or training for implementing MMT, please email ESLTTitleIII@dpi.nc.gov.
PD Opportunities and Resources
Meaningful Growth Can Happen at Any Moment
WIDA and NCDPI are here to help you make the most of it!
Twelve self-paced workshops designed to help K–12 educators expand their skills, collaborate with colleagues, and deepen their impact with multilingual learners are available to educators in participating member education agencies.
Whether you’re setting professional learning goals or refreshing your teaching strategies, these flexible, on-demand Self-Paced Workshops make it easy to keep growing—anytime, anywhere.
Have a WIDA Account? You can access the workshops by logging into your existing WIDA account.
Do you need access? Contact your school or district's testing coordinators if you need an account to access the WIDA e-learning site.
Remember: Self-paced workshops are available through August 31, 2026.
Webinar Recording on Centering Family Voices
The WIDA Webinar “Centering Family Voices: Using Cultural Humility to Inform Educational Opportunities” recording is available. In the webinar, the WIDA Tell Us About Your Child Survey is highlighted as a promising tool that centers on parental and caregiver voice in supporting students with complex communication needs.
Access this webinar and accompanying resources for free.
Featured Resource: WIDA Snapshot on Building on Students’ Assets
Check out Building on Students’ Cultural and Linguistic Assets to gain insights from relevant research and learn ways to engage the strengths that multilingual learners bring to their literacy development.
Continue your learning: Explore other WIDA Snapshots in this five-part series to learn about oral language comprehension, expanding and strengthening vocabulary and word knowledge and more.
Join the New ML/Title III Social Media Platforms!
The ML/Title III Team is excited to announce that we’ve officially launched our Facebook and Instagram pages! These new platforms will allow us to share updates, resources, events, and success stories from across North Carolina—all in real time.
Follow us and:
- Stay up to date on our latest announcements
- Access professional learning opportunities and resources
- Celebrate the successes of multilingual learners and educators across the state
- Connect with a wider community dedicated to supporting ML students and families
Join the conversation today!
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Let’s keep building a strong, connected community for multilingual learners together. We can’t wait to see you online!
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NCBCE AI Fellows
NCBCE is accepting teacher applications for the next cohort of AI Fellows.
NC middle and high school educators are invited to apply for the 2026-27 cohort of NCBCE AI Fellows. NCBCE will select 20 exceptional educators from around NC to serve as AI leaders and mentors for their school community. Fellows will learn ethical AI pedagogical strategies, explore the latest in technological resources, develop innovative curriculum, and enhance AI leadership skills. Collectively, these methods are poised to elevate ethical AI education in North Carolina while creating expanded learning opportunities for students, sparking interest and engagement with AI, and preparing them for careers in an AI-enabled world.
Applicants may teach in any subject area within grades 6-12. Fellows will receive virtual and in-person professional development on AI throughout the academic year, ongoing support and mentorship, and a $1,000 technology stipend.
Applications will be accepted until May 15. Candidates will be interviewed over the summer and 20 Fellows will be selected in August. For more information or to apply, visit the NCBCE AI Fellows website.
Release of Draft 2 of the Proposed 2026 K-12 Math Standards
The NCDPI K-12 Math team is excited to announce the release of the second draft of proposed revisions to the K-12 Math Standard Course of Study. North Carolina State Board of Education policy specifies that the NC Department of Public Instruction will formally collect feedback on the proposed draft standards from educators, administrators, parents, students, institutions of higher education, business/industry representatives, national organizations, and other education agencies. The purpose of this survey is to obtain input from stakeholders on Draft 2 of the proposed 2026 K-12 Math Standard Course of Study to inform additional revisions, which may include changes, clarifications, additions, deletions, or replacements to the current standards and standards proposed in Draft 2.
The K-12 Math team requests your thoughtful input and comments on Draft 2 of the proposed K-12 Math standards. Your insights are a key part of informing and guiding the revision process. To help you review the Draft 2 standards and provide feedback, the K-12 Math team is sharing several resources to provide additional background information. These include:
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Draft 2 Video and Draft 2 Video Script -The video gives a high-level overview of the standards drafting process, highlights some key points of interest with Draft 2, as well as some of the resources below.
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Summary of K-12 Draft 2 Notes - This document provides greater detail on some of the recommended edits/revisions to Draft 2 based on previous feedback.
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2026 K-12 Math Standards FAQ
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K-12 Progressions - This folder contains the vertical progressions for K-5, 6-8, Math 1 and 2, as well as the new progressions document, which outlines the vertical alignment for the proposed new high school courses. The folder also has a spreadsheet with all of the draft 2 standards by grade/course.
- AP Precalculus resources - We have provided revised versions of these resources based on edits to Draft 2
- Recommended Placement of NC Math 3 and NC Math 4 standards based on Draft 2 revisions
Participants will have the choice of providing either specific standard-by-standard feedback for any or all grades and courses OR choosing a more abbreviated 10 question survey giving feedback on the Draft 2 K-12 standards as a whole.
If you have any questions please contact Dr. Charles Aiken, Section Chief for Math, Science and STEM at charles.aiken@dpi.nc.gov.
Thank you for being a vital part in the review and revision of the North Carolina K-12 Math standards.
All survey responses must be submitted by 5:00pm EST on Monday, May 18th, 2026.
You can use this link to access the All-Stakeholder Survey for Draft 2 of the 2026 K-12 Math Standards
NC College Connect
NC College Connect Launch
Please click here to learn more about how you can inform juniors of this amazing opportunity for next fall. Share info with anyone and everyone! Overview webinars are planned for every week in May - please see the link below for dates.
NC College Connect Launch 2026-27
K-12 Student Poster Contest for Fight the Bite Campaign
The North Carolina Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch is excited to announce the Annual “Fight the Bite!” campaign.
All K-12 students across the state are invited to create and submit an educational poster that may be used in this statewide campaign to help educate North Carolinians about the prevention of vector-borne diseases from ticks and mosquitoes, which cause a great deal of illness in North Carolina, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, and La Crosse Encephalitis.
Poster Contest Rules:
- The poster contest is open to all K-12 students across the state of North Carolina. There will be three grade categories: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
- Students must create their posters on an 8 ½” X 11” sheet of paper in either landscape or portrait layout. Only one submission per student is allowed.
- All art must be original! Submissions should be colorful and eye-catching. Any text should be large enough to read, legible, and spelled correctly. Note: Messages in any language are welcome! Students who are bilingual just need to add a separate sheet of paper with their messaging in English so that the panel of judges understand the content.
- Students may pick any theme related to “Fight the Bite” or any topic relating to the prevention of tick- and mosquito-borne illnesses.
- Each participating student should fill out an entry form and tape it to the back of their poster. Do not staple.
The deadline to submit posters is Monday, May 18, 2026. Entries must be mailed to the address below in an envelope big enough to hold the poster without folding and should be labeled “Do Not Fold." Posters can also be scanned and emailed to emily.herring@dhhs.nc.gov. Fax submissions will not be accepted.
Mail submissions to:
Dr. Emily Herring
1902 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1902
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