Weekly Message - State Superintendent June Atkinson - Lynda Fuller
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Weekly Message + State Superintendent June Atkinson
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To: Lynda
Fuller <Lynda.Fuller@dpi.nc.gov>;
Weekly message containing items of interest to local superintendents from State Superintendent June Atkinson
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March 7, 2016
As NC Department of Public Instruction staff work with the State
Board of Education to develop North Carolina’s Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plan, we will need to hear from you and
many other constituents and stakeholders.
We began that work in January and February with presentations to
many groups including superintendents and others in the western
and northwestern RESAs, the NC School Boards Association, the
Public School Forum and more. This effort continues in the coming
months.
We are planning two rounds of public comment sessions – AprilMay and September-October – for parents, educators, business
leaders and others to offer feedback. A detailed timeline for doing
this work will be shared with you during our regional meetings.
ESSA also will be a discussion topic at the April 13
Superintendents’ Quarterly meeting.
Below are the dates and locations for the first round of meetings. Please note that each one will be held
from 4-6 p.m., and anyone may attend a session in any region. Audience members who want to speak
will be asked to sign in and are invited (but not required) to bring a copy of their remarks to submit into
the record of the event.
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Wednesday, April 13: Ashley High School, Wilmington/New Hanover County
Thursday, April 21: Green Hope High School, Cary/Wake County
Tuesday, April 26: Mallard Creed High School, Charlotte/Mecklenburg County
Wednesday, April 27: North Pitt High School, Bethel/Pitt County
Tuesday, May 17: East Forsyth High School, Kernersville/Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Wednesday, May 18: Charles D. Owen High School, Black Mountain/Buncombe County
In addition, the public is invited to submit comments to Department staff through Let’s Talk on the
NCDPI website by selecting the ESSA dialog topic.
State Board of Education Meeting Highlights
At last week’s State Board of Education meeting, members approved
reform recommendations for continuously low-performing schools, the
2016 Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in K12 Social Studies and Healthful Living, and the Board’s 2016-17
Supplemental Budget recommendations.
They continued their discussion of student surveys and proposed conceptual policy recommendations
related to licensure and policies on general licensure requirements, and began a discussion of
academic standards revision. Board members also approved Dr. Maria Pitre-Martin as the Department’s
new Chief Academic and Digital Learning Officer.
To view the complete list of this month’s Board actions, please visit the Board’s website.
QZAB Availability Remains
There is still QZAB borrowing authorization available as follows
- $13.5 million - expires Dec. 31, 2016
- $13.2 million - expires Dec. 31, 2017
- $13.2 million - expires Dec. 31, 2018
Details are available on the NCDPI School Planning website or contact Johnny Clark or 919.807.3566 for
assistance.
Spring 2016 Principal READY Underway
Principals in the Piedmont-Triad region will kick off the 2016 spring series of Principal Ready today
(March 7) with a full agenda including 2014-15 Educator Effectiveness data, EVAAS and ASW updates,
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and State Board of Education highlights concerning student growth.
Principals also will guide their own professional learning by participating in working
sessions on School Culture, the North Carolina Educator Evaluation System
Rubric, and/or Universal Design of Learning.
If you haven’t done so already, there is still time to register for the remaining
sessions across the state. Please visit the Educator Effectiveness NCEES Wiki for
a complete listing of session dates and locations.
NC Textbook Commission Meets
March 10
The North Carolina Textbook Commission will meet Thursday,
March 10, from 8:30 a.m. - noon, in the 7th Floor Board Room,
Education Building, Raleigh.
Commission members will discuss health and social studies content training for evaluation, textbook
evaluation advisor recruitment, and logistics for textbook evaluation week.
The meeting will be audio streamed (click on the live audio stream link) for those who cannot attend.
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