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April21,2016-HomeBaseBiweeklyUpdate
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NorthCarolinaPublicSchools
ToddSilberman
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April 21, 2016
EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS
New Literacy Modules Carry Credit
Educator Effectiveness has heard your requests for
more courses that carry literacy credit. After
careful review, we are happy to announce that two
additional courses within the Home Base PD
System catalog meet the statutory description
(115c-296(b)(1)b) of a literacy credit.
Supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in the Classroom: Action Research from the GTN
and The Reading and Writing Connection: Action Research from the GTN Project are literacy
modules produced by the Governor’s Teacher Network action research project. For a detailed
description of the two courses, please visit http://www.rt3nc.org/ For support on issues related to online
professional development, please contact Dr. Geetanjali Soni at geetanjali.soni@dpi.nc.gov.
Action Research Offers Ideas on
Professional Development
Have you ever wondered how professional
development is done in districts other than
yours? Are you looking for ideas that have been
tested in North Carolina classrooms? Look no
further.
More than 200 action research projects created
by members of the Governor’s Teacher Network are available. Many projects examined different types
of professional development activities.
Brittany Guy, an action researcher in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth school district, investigated a yearlong
personalized, blended professional development model for implementing technology in the classroom.
To learn more about this model or find Ms. Guy’s action research results, please visit the Online
Professional Development Catalog and click on the Action Research tab.
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Spring Principal READY: One More Chance
You still have time to register for the last Principal READY session for the
spring scheduled for April 27th in the Southwest region.
Principals across the state have had the opportunity to learn about the
changes concerning Standard 6, licensure, and Analysis of Student Work. In
addition, the Statewide System of Support has created custom sessions
based on the feedback received from the districts they serve.
If you are interested in learning more about self-directed evaluations,
strategies for principals serving low-performing schools, improving teacher retention, etc., please go to
the NCEES wiki to register today.
Find CTE Items in
Schoolnet
Attention CTE teachers! Did you know that
you can easily search CTE items in
Schoolnet and add them to an existing or new test?
1. Hover over Assessment Admin
2. Choose Find an Item, Passage, or Rubric
3. Click Advanced Search
Search by Publisher
Type NCCTE_Unsecure in Publisher field (NCCTE_Unsecure items are available to all teachers)
Click Search Items
4. Choose items by clicking the radio buttons beside each item.
5. Click the blue Add Items to Test.
6. From this page you can choose to add items to an already existing test or to Create new test
with these items.
Be sure to review the Helpful Hints that are located on your dashboard. These hints will be updated at
least once a month to keep users well informed with frequently asked questions posed to the Home
Base Support Center.
Maintenance Weekend Begins Friday
The next Home Base maintenance weekend is scheduled to
run from Friday evening through early Monday. Maintenance will be performed only on the
PowerSchool application. All other Home Base applications will be accessible through the IAM Service.
PowerSchool will shut down Friday at approximately 5 p.m. Once maintenance is completed, a
message will be sent to notify users that the system is up and available for use. PowerSchool will be
returned to service no later than 6 a.m. Monday. If a delay in bringing up the system should occur,
users will be notified.
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