Jan. 28, 2016 Teachers' Biweekly Message - Lynda Fuller
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Jan. 28, 2016 Teachers' Biweekly Message
North Carolina Public Schools <NCPublicSchools@public.govdelivery.com>
Thu 1/28/2016 12:46 PM
To: Lynda
Fuller <Lynda.Fuller@dpi.nc.gov>;
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Jan. 28, 2016
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present my plan for addressing
teacher compensation to the NC House Select Committee on
Education Strategy and Practices as it considered a variety of ideas
for improving schools in North Carolina.
I believe that now is the time for North Carolina to be bold and
tackle our teacher compensation issue by raising teacher pay for all
classroom teachers, by providing local teacher leadership pay (for
example, teachers who select 11- or 12-month contracts, serve as
beginning teacher mentors, instructional coaches, grade/subject
coordinators and peer evaluators), by providing pay incentives to
teachers willing to serve in low-performing schools, and by
providing bonuses for schools exceeding growth.
These ideas represent a coordinated way of addressing our many compensation concerns: low pay as
compared to our neighbor states, recruitment needs in harder-to-staff schools, our obligation to reward
teachers who accept additional duties and our need to reward teachers for outstanding performance.
North Carolina’s economy has been rebounding since the 2007-08 Great Recession, and our lawmakers
have the opportunity to use some of the funding now available to address these critical issues.
Teachers have the greatest impact on student achievement and growth, and I believe our state needs to
recognize this and respond appropriately.
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State Board of Education Meets Next
Week
The State Board of Education will meet next Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 3-4, in the 7th Floor Board Room, Education
Building, Raleigh.
Action items on the agenda of interest to teachers include policies
governing services for children with disabilities, recommendations
for charter enrollment and grade expansion requests, recommendations for charter schools expiring in
2016, and a report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on a multi-year survey of
driver education. Discussion items include program approval modifications for Institutions of Higher
Education, policy recommendations for the teacher licensure and evaluation process, proposed student
perception surveys, reform for continually low-performing schools, and the Board’s 2016-17
Supplemental Budget recommendations.
The complete agenda as well as supporting executive summaries are available online by clicking on the
Meetings tab. The meeting is audio streamed for those who cannot attend. To listen, please visit the
above link and click on the live audio streams link to the right.
New Year Greetings from NC
Teacher of the Year
Happy 2016, educators! I trust your holiday season was filled with joy,
rest and a few good books!
A new year provides a natural time for reflection and redirection. In
that spirit, as I contemplate the state of education in North Carolina
over the past year, I am overcome with gratitude for each educator
who daily exemplifies the true definition of selflessness for our next
generation. Each of you is the reason our state is blessed with hope
for our future and with the potential to become the greatest
educational state in the nation. Your tireless work does not go unnoticed, and your resolve to do what is
best for your students further strengthens the respect and admiration so many North Carolinians have
for the education profession.
As you consider your past year as an educator, I encourage you to be honest with yourself about your
shortcomings and your triumphs. Remind yourself of all the wonderful things happening in your
classroom daily and that your work is making an eternal difference in the lives of your students. We
each have room for improvement, but we often short change the positive impact we have on our
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students and community.
So, let’s tell the world our great news. Even though the naysayers about public education may ring loud
on social media, we must remember that we are champions for education. We are in this together, and
we must unite our profession for positive change for our students. Now, why are you still reading this?
Go tweet, Facebook, or Instagram about that great thing you did today! #PositiveNCEducators
Keana Triplett, 2015-16 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year
Please follow my journey on Twitter (@teachtrip) and/or Facebook (Keana Triplett, NC Teacher of the
Year) as I share the amazing happenings in North Carolina public schools!
North Carolina Action Research Portal:
Teachers Learning from Teachers
The North Carolina Teacher Action Research Portal site publishes the results of classroom-based action
research performed by North Carolina teachers as part of the Governor’s Teacher Network.
Teachers and principals may search 219 projects by grade, subject or keyword. Find out what teachers
learned studying a problem of practice in the classroom and how they used their learning to improve
specific instruction for students.
This portal is one of the many resources found on the Educator Effectiveness Online Professional
Development System page.
Home Base PD System Course
Redesigned
The newly redesigned module, Universal Design for Learning 1: UDL
in the Everyday Classroom, is now available in the Home Base professional development system. The
course, with all new content, allows participants to analyze and adapt lesson plans in order to make
learning more accessible for all students.
For a complete description of this course, a listing of all self-paced and facilitated courses available, or
instructions on using the Home Base professional development system, please log into www.rt3nc.org.
Problem-Solving Network: Host an Issue Session
The Problem-Solving Network provides an opportunity for educators across the state, who are facing
similar issues and challenges, to collaborate on solutions.
During virtual sessions, participants will:
• listen as a district or charter school representative details an educational dilemma;
• actively engage in a virtual discussion using prompts;
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collaborate on solutions as a network; and
provide feedback about the process and content.
Please consider hosting a session by submitting a dilemma/issue for discussion. Educator Effectiveness
staff will assist you with any questions. Just complete the request form and a professional development
coordinator will contact you.
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