So You’re Interested in
Opting Into Home Base
Review of Opt-in Components
and Q&A
An Integrated Suite of Technology Tools
Information
Student
Information
and Learner
Profile
Information
PowerSchool
Student
Information
a student
information
system to
replace NC
WISE
Instruction
Instructional
Design, Practice
& Resources
Data Analysis
and Reporting
Assessment
Instructional Tools & Resources
Educator Effectiveness:
Evaluation and Professional
Development
Effectiveness
Schoolnet
OpenClass
TestNav
Truenorthlogic
Instruction
and
Assessment
Collaboration
Summative
Assessment
Evaluation and PD
a new standards-aligned tool for
instruction (e.g. lesson plans, unit plans),
assessment, and data analysis
an online
evaluation system
and new
professional
development
system
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Optional Components of Home Base
Instruction
Instructional
Design, Practice
& Resources
Assessment
Data Analysis
and Reporting
Instructional Tools & Resources
Schoolnet
OpenClass
Content
Instruction
and
Assessment
Collaboration
Instructional
Resources and
Assessment Items
Educator Effectiveness:
Professional Development
Effectiveness
LOCAL
Professional
Development
• Opt in Deadline: July 15, 2014
• Cost: $4 per ADM for all of the optional
components and for all content currently
available through Home Base
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Schoolnet: Classrooms Functionality
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Instructional Resources
Present
Over 28,000
Instructional
Resources (lesson
plans, unit plans,
multi-media,etc.)
across all grades and
subjects
Future
Additional standardsaligned resources and
vetted instructional
resources, including
the best of North
Carolina educators’
work
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16,270 + Open Education Resources
Some of
our many
Content
Providers
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11,920 External Resources
8,672 Instructional Resources for Social Studies and
Science
Current
Providers of
External
Content
1,137 Instructional Resources for English Language
Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World
Languages
2,111 Additional Instructional Resources in various
for Art, Music, History, etc.
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500+ NC DPI Resources
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Schoolnet: Classrooms Functionality
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Student Performance
Present
Student data from
educator use of the
Schoolnet
Assessment Module
Future
Historical EOC and
EOG data, CTE data,
mClass data, daily
attendance data,
discipline and select
demographic data
from Student
Information System
(PowerSchool)
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Schoolnet: Assessment Functionality
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Assessment Items
Present
Over 32,000 items in
English Language
Arts (ELA), Math,
Science, and Social
Studies
Future
Additional items,
including multiple item
types (approximately
60,000 total items
will be available for
teacher and district
use in the 2014-15
school year)
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Classroom and Benchmark
Assessment Items
(formerly in ClassScape)
Grade 3-8 ELA
English II
Grades 3-8 Math
5,453
593
11,186
Algebra I/Integrated I
2,376
Grade 5 Science
1,871
Grade 8 Science
2,297
Biology
1,635
*Total:
25,411
*Development
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).
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Classroom Assessment Items
(Purchased)
Classroom (non-secure) Science and
Social Studies Assessment Items
Social Studies Items
Grade 7
Grade 8
Global Geography
World History
American History I
American History II
Civics and Economics
Social Studies Total
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17
136
551
578
349
777
2,451
Science Items
Grade 3
152
Grade 4
633
Grade 5
352
Grade 6
1,006
Grade 7
880
Grade8
659
Physical Science
603
Biology
1,030
Chemistry
596
Physics
174
Earth & Environmental 594
Science Total
6,679
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Classroom Assessment Items
(Purchased)
Next Generation K-12 Common Core
ELA and Math Items (in development)
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Next Generation Items Currently in
Home Base
English
Language Arts
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
TOTAL
Actuals in
Schoolnet*
40
41
39
41
38
41
80
80
80
319
799
Mathematics
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
TOTAL
Actuals in
Schoolnet*
39
41
41
39
40
40
160
160
80
200
840
Schoolnet: Data and Reporting Functionality
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Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Reports
Standards Mastery
Item Analysis
Skills Analysis
OpenClass
As with other parts of Home Base, once
your district chooses to set up
OpenClass, you’ll be able to access it
through the PowerSchool single sign-on.
OpenClass
Collaboration and Course Management Tools
• Offers teachers an online vehicle for organizing
course materials and sharing with students
• Offers flexible space for delivering multi-media
assignments to students, and receiving uploaded
student work
• Enables creation of collaborative documents
• Offers space for “threaded” online conversations
(student-student and teacher-student)
• Receives class roster and other student and
teacher information from PowerSchool
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Professional Development (PD)
State & Local Functionality
FREE
Truenorthlogic
Professional
Development (STATE)
Truenorthlogic
Professional
Development (LOCAL)
• Enables all districts and charters to utilize existing
PD resources in a more sophisticated software
platform that connects Educator Evaluation to PD
• Better tracking and reporting of State-offered PD
• Enables Opt-In districts and charters to utilize
expanded functionality to manage both State and
local-PD content, tracking, reporting, etc.
• Better tracking of State-offered and Local PD
PD System
PD “Local” Functionality
Opt-In Districts and Charters will be able to…
•Create & manage district/charter-level instructor led and self-paced
courses in a common catalog
•Leverage built-in Moodle integration
•Provide integrated access to state-owned learning object repositories
•Choose courses to align with teacher and leader standards
•Target courses to specific participants
•Create aggregate and individual reports
•Produce course completion certificates & surveys
•Manage enrollment and participant processes, including wait lists,
courses & sections, rosters, attendance, completion, etc.
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PD Tool Local Timeline
• Local functionality will be piloted (April-August) in
advance of full implementation
• Districts/Charters who Opt-In to Home Base by July 15,
2014 may begin implementation work in August 2014
with locally determined go-live dates
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Opt In Process
• District Superintendents and Charter
School Directors (or their designees) will
fill out an online form found at
http://forms.ncpublicschools.gov/homebase/home-base-opt-in
• Deadline: July 15, 2014
Home Base Webinars
• NCDPI has offered webinars for teachers,
school administrators, and district
administrators on the various components of
Home Base
• Archived recordings of all Home Base
webinars can be found at:
ncpublicschools.org/homebase/training/videos/
webinars
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Planning Documents
• If you are planning your implementation of
Home Base, you can find planning
documents at http://goo.gl/Fb9auB
Questions?