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North Carolina Department

of Public Instruction: Elementary Science K-5

North Carolina Science Teachers’ Association

42nd Annual Professional Development Institute

November 10-11, 2011

Koury Convention Center

Greensboro, NC

Presenters

Debra Hall, K-5 Science Consultant

Donna Kenestrick, K-5 Science Consultant

Session Objectives:

By the end of today’s session, participants will be able to:

• Locate K-12 Science Essential Standards and

support documents.

• Summarize what is new, better, and different

about the 2009 NC Science Essential

Standards.

• Identify key resources and processes to

transition from the 2004 Standard Course of

Study to the 2009 NC Science Essential

Standards in the 2012-2013 school year.

Agenda

• Introductions

• Essential Standards

• RBT

• DPI Resources & Initiatives

• Best of the Best Online

• Assessment

• Opportunities for Professional Development

Let us know who you are…

• Introduce yourself

• Let us know what brings you here and

what you anticipate learning here today

• Sign our guest book and get added to

our list serves

Teachers are the key…..

…saying Goodbye to the SCOS…

Remember!

Even though we are preparing for the

new Essential Standards, the SCOS will

be taught and tested during the 2011-

2012 school year.

Instructional Resources for SCOS

• K-12 2004 Units

http://dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/science/units/

• Differentiation Strategies

http://dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/science/units/

• EOGs grade 5 & 8

http://dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/eog/science/

SCIENCE Essential Standards

• Approved since February, 2010

• Can be accessed at

• http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/

Essential Standards Aligned with:

The Conceptual

Framework & Next

Generation Science

Standards

• Students who are proficient in

Science:

• 1: Understanding Scientific

Explanations

• 2. Generating Scientific Evidence

• 3. Reflecting on Scientific Knowledge

• 4. Participating productively in

Science

Ready, Set, Science!

Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Provides the framework

used for all NC Science

Essential Standards

• Common language used

for all curriculum areas

• Two-Dimensional

Taxonomy: Cognitive

Process and Knowledge

Dimension

Supports for

Implementation

DPI Modules

• On the DPI ACRE web site, find the PD

menu on the left side of the page:

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/

• Includes online, onsite, real-time and

asynchronous offerings

LIVE Training Sessions

• Summer Institutes for LEAs, IHE Institutes

completed

• RESA presentations in all regions during

November, January and February

• Informal Educator Institutes planned for

December

• Live Webinars throughout the 2011-2012

school year

January 26, 2012

Greensboro Coliseum

Greensboro, NC

Region 5

January 24, 2012

Senator Bob Martin

Eastern Agriculture Ctr,

Williamston, NC

Region 1

February 16, 2012

A-B Tech

Candler, NC

Region 8 January 31, 2012

Mid Pines Inn

1010 Midland Road

Southern Pines, NC

Region 4

January 12, 2012

River Landing

Clubhouse

116 Paddle Wheel Dr.

Wallace, NC

Region 2

January 19, 2012

Holiday Inn Express

N. Wilkesboro

Region 7

November 2, 2011

NCSBA Building

Raleigh, NC

Region 3

January 9, 2011

UNC Charlotte

Charlotte

Region 6

Science Webinars

September 22, 2011 Webinar I

November 29, 2011 Webinar II

February 28, 2012 Webinar III

April 26, 2012 Webinar IV

*all webinars will be archived and posted to

our Science WIKI

Science Web Pages

• Science WIKI

http://scnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

• Science Sharp School site

http://science.ncwiseowl.org/

• ACRE Science

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/acre/standards/new-standards/

• SCOS http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/science/

Science

WIKI

• http://scnces.ncdpi.wiki

spaces.net/

• Enter as a guest OR

create a wiki account

and send a request

to join us

Curriculum Topic Study

National Standards

Research on Learning

Classroom Practice

State Standards

Notable PD Resources

• Annenberg media

• NSTA and NCSTA

• Thinkfinity

• NSDL

• Science LiveBinder

• NCDENR

Assessment Updates

• Test Development

• ACT framework

• ABCs

• Test specifications

A Word about Assessment…

Online Assessment Website -

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assess

ment/online/

Please contact the following NC DPI staff for

more information:

• Kayla Siler kayla.siler@dpi.nc.gov

• Jim Kroening jim.kroenig@dpi.nc.gov

• Tracey Greggs tracey.greggs@dpi.nc.gov

…Assessment continued…

Best Practices Guide -

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/assessment/guide/

Roadmap -

http://www.pearsonassessments.com/pai/ai/Products/NextGeneration/r

oadmap.htm

NC Education - https://center.ncsu.edu/nc (includes tutorials and other

informative links – to access NC FALCON, Online Writing Instruction,

Primary Artifact Questions (PAQs), NC Test, etc.) NC Education is a

large-scale managed Moodle system with specialized additions to

support professional development, student learning, accountability

processes, and information delivery.

Online Assessment Tutorial -

http://center.ncsu.edu/nctestv3/NCTestSim.html#StudentSignIn(access

ed through NC Education)

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL REPORT

CARDS NOW AVAILABLE

School Report Cards website features

data from the school, district and state

levels for the 2010-11 school year and

is now available at

www.ncreportcards.org.

…Assessment continued…

*TEST SPECIFICATIONS

for grades 5, 8, and HS Biology

Go here and click on the Science

document.

Opportunities

• Webinars

• Test Development

• Upcoming Conferences

• PAEMST

Time to say Goodbye…