Welcome to Home Base

Why Home Base?• Improving teacher

effectiveness by providing tools aligned to NC’s Standard Course of Study that promote efficiency by connecting grade books, lessons, instructional resources, and assessments

• Ensuring daily parent access to student grades and assignments

• Providing time saving tools that give ongoing data, results, and recommendations to teachers and students

AssessmentStudent

Information and Learner

Profile

Instructional Design, Practice

& Resources

Data Analysis and

Reporting

Information

a simpler, better information system to replace NC WISE

Integrated Instructional Solution

a new standards-aligned tool for instruction (e.g. lesson plans, unit plans),

assessment and data analysis

Effectiveness

a simpler, better online evaluation system and new professional development system

Information Instruction

Educator Effectiveness:

Evaluation and Professional Development

Test NavSummativeAssessment

OpenClassCollaboration

SchoolnetInstructional Tools andAssessment

PowerSchoolStudent Information

TruenorthlogicEvaluation and PD

Instructional Design, Practice

& Resources

Data Analysis and

Reporting

Instruction

SchoolnetInstructional Tools andAssessment

Assessment

Integrated Instructional Solution

a new standards-aligned tool for instruction (e.g. lesson plans, unit plans),

assessment and data analysis

Available for the start of the 2013-14 School Year:

Information

a simpler, better information system to replace NC WISE

Information

PowerSchoolStudent Information

Effectiveness

a simpler, better online evaluation system and new professional development system

Educator Effectiveness:

Evaluation and Professional Development

Truenorthlogic(teacher evaluation for start of SY 13-14)

Lesson PlansInstructional Design, Practice & Resources

• Find sample lesson plans, units, resources

• Create lesson plans and link to appropriate resources

• Differentiate lessons for students

• Formative Assessment Strategies and Resources

• Find sample lesson plans, units, resources

• Create lesson plans and link to appropriate resources

• Differentiate lessons for students

• Formative Assessment Strategies and Resources

• Search for assessment items/tasks

• Create, administer, and score assessments at classroom, school, and district levels

Assessment

• Customizable views

• Role-based Information

• Multiple Data Comparisons

• Attendance

• Grades

• Test Scores

• Discipline

Data Analysis & Reporting

Standards and Curriculum

• The Process Is NOT Changing

Educator Evaluation

• Easy step-by-step interface

• Integrated feedback analysis

• Building level administrators can assign rights to others for certain parts of the process

Educator Evaluation

Home Base website

You can find up-to-date information on Home Base; learn about training, find FAQs, and much more at:

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase

Use NCDPI Resources

• To sign up for Home Base Biweekly Newsletter, please go to http://goo.gl/appdp. We will continue to email the biweekly updates, but you can also find them archived on the Home Base website at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/updates/

• Publicize the Home Base online Toolkit to your teachers & parents

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase• Download the handout for parents and staff (in English and Spanish)

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/getting-ready/• Customize the Overview and Detailed Slideshow found in the Toolkit with

your LEA info• Check the Toolkit calendar for webinars and learning opportunities

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/calendar/• Review posted webinars

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/resources/