Changing
Changing
Practice
Outcomes
Teacher Student
Home Base
Overview
2013
Instructional Content availability
• State-vetted Bank of Resources
• Licensed and unlicensed content available
through the North Carolina Learning Object
Repository (NCLOR) through a federated search
• Licensed and unlicensed content integrated into
Home Base
• Locally created content submitted to the Statevetted Bank and approved by the State
NC DPI Resources
Classroom and Benchmark
Assessment Items
Classroom and Benchmark Items
(Formerly in the ClassScape
System)
3-8 ELA: 5453
English II: 593
3-8 Math: 11186
Algebra I/Integrated I: 2376
5 Science: 1871
8 Science: 2297
Biology: 1635
Total: 25411+ (development is ongoing)
These items are split into a bank for teachers to use daily for classroom
assessment purposes (Publisher = NCDPI_Classroom) and a bank that
is secure at the district level for benchmark purposes (Publisher =
NCDPI_Benchmark).
Shared LEA Assessment Items
Purchased Resources
(Assessment Items)
Classroom (non-secure) Science and Social
Studies Assessment Items [8,600+ items]
NWEA Social Studies
Items
Grade 7: 43
Grade 8: 17
Global Geography: 131
World History: 524
American History I: 124
American History II: 517
Civics and Economics: 617
Total: 1973
NWEA Science Items
Grade 3: 152
Grade 4: 633
Grade 5: 352
Grade 6: 1006
Grade 7: 880
Grade8: 659
Physical Science: 603
Biology: 1030
Chemistry: 596
Physics: 174
Earth and Environmental:
594
Science Total: 6679
Purchased Resources
(Assessment Items)
Throughout 2013-14
Next Generation K-12 Common Core ELA
and Math Items [in Development]
Purchased Resources
Available in Fall 2013
• Science and Social Studies
[~10,000 resources]
Resources
• Additional resources will be added on
an ongoing basis
• Quarterly content refresh
• Recommendations from Resource
Consortium on content integrations to
pursue and how to prioritize
Additional Instructional Content
Coming
Collection Name
Description
SAS Curriculum
Pathways
Britannica Online
ELA, Math, Science, Social
Studies, and Spanish
Research materials
TenMarks
Mathematics video lessons
NCVPS Learning Objects
ELA, Math, Science, and Social
Studies Learning Objects
EverFi
Life skills (Financial Literacy,
Substance Abuse Prevention, etc.)
Home Base website
You can find up-to-date information on
Home Base, find FAQs, training information,
see archives of the Home Base Biweekly
newsletter and webinars and much more at:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase
Contact Home Base Support Center
homebase.incidents@its.nc.gov
• Your LEA/charter has identified “Leads” to help
expedite answers and troubleshoot problems
locally. Posing your questions to them first
saves you time and may aid your colleagues;
• You may still email your questions about Home
Base;
• Support personnel provide the answer, research
or assign to the appropriate area for resolution;
• Questions will be logged into Remedy for
assistance;
• Incidents are categorized for statistical reporting
to aid in identifying problem areas as well as
providing a knowledge base.
Changing
Changing
Practice
Outcomes
Teacher Student
Home Base
Overview
2013
PowerSchool
&
How the Student Information and
Instructional Improvement Systems
Work Together
Data Flow
SAS ODS
PowerSchool ODS
LEA/Charter PowerShool
Instances (249 Total)
Data Flow: AutoCom
CFDC
Pearson SFTP
LEA/Charter PowerShool
Instances (249 Total)
Lessons, Assessments and
Dashboards
You can access the instructional suite by logging in to Home Base. Logging in will
take you to the student information (PowerSchool) landing page. Once in the
system, you will not have to log in again to access any other component of Home
Base. To move over into the instructional improvement system, you will click on
“Schoolnet”.
Administrative SIS UI
Consolidated Federal Data
Collection (CFDC) Updates
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Remains the authoritative source
Daily/Nightly transmission interval
Modified for 10 digit id numbers
AutoCom process to communicate with
SIS
Home Language Information
LEP Status
October Headcount
• October 1 through October 25
• All students must be enrolled in PS
• Process change for Private School students
Things to Come…
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Security Role Release
Conversion Processes
Resolution of duplicates
Webinar on October Headcount
Enhancements to LEPPD and
Immigrant
LEPPD PS
LEPPD Enhancement
Immigrant Enhancement
Immigrant Enhancement
Thank you for your
patience and cooperation
in this transition.