LEA budgets and Detailed Scopes of Work: :

♦ 31 LEAs have submitted plans with slight amendments, 58 LEAs have submit-

ted plans as outlined in their original application and 59 have not yet submitted

any budget or DSW. Two Charter Schools have decided not to participate in

RT3.

♦ A Zoomerang survey has been created to gather data on the common core

standards and Summer Institute modules to ensure the professional develop-

ment training is geared toward the needs of the teacher leaders who will be

attending the institutes. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/

♦ NCVPS and STEM projects and contracts are underway to assist targeted

schools within the State Detailed Scope of Work.

♦ Regional Leadership Teams have been hired, trained and are now beginning

their work in the regions.

♦ Educational visits to Charlotte, NC and Memphis, TN to gather data and strate-

gies to assist the NC Teacher Effectiveness Work group.

♦ Completed Comprehensive Needs Assessments for 51 schools and one LEA.

Held a transitional meeting with Thomasville City Schools and Greene County.

♦ Held an initial webinar Q&A Session to assist with the access management sys-

The following systems will have schools with either extended days or an extended

year by up to 200 student days beginning 2011-12 school year: Guilford County,

Currituck County, Wayne County, Cumberland County, and Macon County. For a

listing of the specific schools http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/stateboard/

meetings/2011/04/lfi/04lfi03.pdf check out this link.

Ready Set Go! Race to the Top

SchoolSchool--based Calendar Waivers Grantedbased Calendar Waivers Granted

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The 2011 North

Carolina Teacher

of the Year is an

NCAE member NCAE member

from Alamance

Burlington:

Tyronna Hooker Tyronna Hooker

of Graham Middle

School.

Academy of

Moore County

has become a

K-5 school

dropping the

middle grades.

Brevard Academy

has changed

their name to

A Challenge

Foundation

Academy.

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The proposed strategic priorities and goals for the new State Tech Plan include the following:

1. A Statewide Shared Services Model: Education Cloud, School Connectivity,

maximize the E-rate to ensure equity.

2. Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices.

3. Statewide Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources; beyond an e-text

book.

4. A Statewide Model of Technology-embedded Professional Development; this in-

cludes revising the standards and job description as well as evaluation

tools for NC School Media Coordinators and Instructional Technology Fa-

cilitators.

5. 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts.

20112011--13 State Technology Plan 13 State Technology Plan

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The SBE approved new options for early college students to meet high school ELA requirements and

rescinded any prior ELA waivers. The policy reads: Future Core Ready mandates 4 sequential Eng-

lish credits which shall be: English I, II, III and IV. (Effective with the 10th grade class of 2011-2012, Early College High School students shall either complete the English I-IV courses referenced above or shall complete the courses described below: English I, English II, English III, and IV shall be satisfied by the following combination of four courses:

English III (Expository Writing); Either 112 (Argument-Based Research), 113 (Literature-Based Re-search), or 114 (Professional Research and Reporting); and Either English 231: American Literature I (literature to the Civil War)

English 232: American Literature II (literature from the Civil War to modern day) English 233; Major American Writers English 234: Modern American Poets; and either English 241: British Literature I (literature to the Romantic Period)

English 242: British Literature II (literature from the Romantic Period to modern day), and English 243: Major British Writers

Other Actions taken Other Actions taken

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Received information from the

final report on The Develop-

ment, Field Test and Valida-

tion of the NC Educator

Evaluation Systems. All instru-

ments are aligned, and based on

state approved standards. The

Collective evidence for the ad-

ministrator instruments supports

the conclusion that the use of

scores is valid for the intended

purposes and that the rubric al-

lows for growth. The teacher ru-

bric had similar conclusions and

demonstrates that the instrument

is internally consistent, and reli-

able. The majority of the 1,400

teachers used in the study were

rated at proficient or higher.

There was a concern that a large

number of the teachers were

rated Distinguished which leaves

no room for growth so early in

this process.

Recommendations from McREL

1. Expand and intensify the

trainings for all educators,

evaluators and district level

support.

2. Develop a step-by-step

checklist for each person to

provide guidance about how

and when to complete all

tasks.

3. Provide a spreadsheet to dis-

trict boards of education to

enable them to accurately

calculate ratings on stan-

dards.

4. Develop and provide training

to all evaluators regarding

what to look for with respect

to each standard, element

and rating.

5. Examine results for instruc-

tional central office staff

members who were evaluated

using the new tool during

2010-11.

PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE NOTE: Every adminis-

trator and teacher MUSTMUST have a

summative report entered in the

NCEES Online. The system will

close on June 30th and July 1st

data will be ana-

lyzed.

Received a report

on the School Cal-

endar Pilot Program of Wilkes

County. The cost savings was

less than $500,000. The TAs and

other ESPs received less money

but teachers were paid for 10

months even though they worked

18 days less than other teachers

across the state; but their stu-

dent school day was lengthened

by 45 minutes.

* Received an up date on the

Federal Budget as well as the

time line for reauthorization of

ESEA by Julia Martin of Brusteing

and Manasevit of Washington,

DC.

Budget “low lights” included re-

duced spending and private in-

vestment and the elimination of

programs. A proposed budget

cut for education is $319 million

that would touch programs such

as IDEA, Literacy programs,

Teach for America, scholarships,

and Race to the Top. If the fed-

eral government shuts down it

would impact 42 staff at NC DPI

and the new RT3 Regional Sup-

port Teams.

The goal of Congress is to have a

new reauthorized ESEA plan be-

fore the new school year. A draft

is due out by early May. There is

a possibility that the new ESEA

may be in small themed bills in-

stead of one huge bill like NCLB.

The themes might include Com-

mon Core Standards and Assess-

ments, Effective Teachers, Role

of Federal Department in state

education programs. The pre-

senter believes that ESEA will be

reauthorized before IDEA re-

ceives more funding.

Lt. Governor

Dalton provided

an update on the

E-Learning

Commission and the news of a

new NCVPS funding formula that

has been supported by the Su-

perintendents.

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