Sept. 18, 2015 Principals' Biweekly Message - Lynda Fuller
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Sept. 18, 2015 Principals' Biweekly Message
North Carolina Public Schools <NCPublicSchools@public.govdelivery.com>
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Sept. 18, 2015
The budget that appears to be headed to the Governor for final
approval is still being analyzed in detail by Financial staff at the NC
Department of Public instruction, but some of the key elements
include:
* the extension of Read to Achieve summer reading camps to first
and second graders along with funding to assist with this;
* beginning teacher pay increases to bring the starting pay to
$35,000 annually and $750 one-time pay bonuses for other
teachers and employees;
* funding of teacher assistants but less flexibility in shifting teacher
assistant funding into teacher positions.
As we continue to dig into the budget details, we will let you know
of more specifics. A budget comparison document is online under
What’s New.
As you learned via email on Wednesday, we have decided to hold the release of the School Report
Cards until December when all data will be available and displayed in the School Report Cards. Certain
key data, including teacher and principal quality measures and other academic indicators, will not be
available for the release initially scheduled for Oct. 15. By delaying, we will be able to provide a more
complete picture of school quality with just one release.
All of the READY Accountability data will continue to be available in spreadsheet format on the NC
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Department of Public Instruction’s Accountability Services website. Additional information about this,
including updated timelines for data preview, will be distributed to your school district's coordinator.
Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)
Update: Integrated Academic and
Behavior Systems
A principal who attended a recent MTSS professional development
session provided by the NC MTSS team said, “I like the
comprehensive approach of MTSS - (it) keeps the focus on all
students and all aspects of education.”
This is just one of many examples how MTSS is designed to support the needs of all staff to support all
students. It also supports the NCDPI mission statement “...DPI will support LEAs to implement a MultiTiered System of Support by providing professional development, coaching and technical assistance,
research and evaluation, and communication and visibility that results in college and career readiness
for ALL students.”
Visionary administrators in every district, charter school and state-operated program across the state
are critical to developing the school-wide capacity and infrastructure required in order to implement and
sustain MTSS. Development of this capacity and infrastructure for implementation will need to include
ongoing professional development and coaching with an emphasis on data-based problem solving and
multi-tiered instruction and intervention.
The NCDPI statewide rollout plan will assist every LEA, charter school and state-operated program in
building this infrastructure and capacity. Visit the NCMTSS wikispace for the most up to date
information on trainings, support and briefs.
School Counseling Standards Survey Deadline is Monday
Just a reminder that Monday, Sept. 21, is the deadline to participate in the NCDPI survey on the School
Counseling Standards. Department staff developed the survey to seek school administrator input on
what staff can do to best support school administrators with effectively utilizing the school counselor
professional standards and evaluation to benefit their schools through delivery of comprehensive school
counseling services.
If you haven’t taken the brief survey yet, you may do so here. If you have any questions, please contact
Cynthia Floyd. Your participation in this survey is greatly appreciated.
Help Us Develop the Hope Street Group North Carolina Teacher
Voice Network
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NCDPI recently launched a partnership with the national nonprofit
Hope Street Group to engage teacher fellows across the state to
provide feedback from the field.
The program, called the North Carolina Teacher Voice Network,
requires selected teachers to develop peer networks to participate
in surveys, focus groups and other activities aimed at helping
teachers gain a voice in developing education policy. Hope Street
has launched similar programs in multiple states with great success, and we look forward to a fruitful
partnership in North Carolina. The current class of fellows will facilitate their first data collection from
Sept. 21-Oct. 11, and we hope you will welcome your teachers participating.
We see the fellows and the networks they develop as a valuable source of information about state
education policies as they affect the classroom, including testing and perhaps the upcoming “proof of
concept” pilot. Listening to our teachers is one way we can make North Carolina public schools the
best choice for more than 1.5 million students across the state.
If you have any questions, please contact Mike McLaughlin.
Global-Ready School Intent to Apply
Schools interested in applying for the Global-Ready School
designation for 2015-16 need a Word version of the application
form to complete and submit.
Submit the Intent To Apply form and the contact person listed will
receive a Word version of the current year application, along with direct updates regarding the
application, resources and webinars. Receiving the Word version of the application does not obligate
the school to apply. Applications will be available in the fall and will be due the first Friday of April 2016.
Additional information on the Global-Ready School designation is available online or by contacting
Special Assistant for Global Education Helga Fasciano.
New Classroom Assessment Items
Available in Schoolnet
This week as you log in to the Instructional Improvement System (Schoolnet) you may notice that there
are more assessment items available in Math and English Language Arts.
Staff recently purchased an additional 55,000 assessment items for classroom level use in grades K-12.
The new items include multiple choice and open response items. You can find these items under the
publisher name “FAIB from Certica Solutions, Inc.” when doing an advanced search in Item Central.
In addition, the Northwest Evaluation Association items for Science and Social Studies also were
refreshed and have been assigned a new publisher name. The new publisher name is “FAIB from
Certica Solutions, Inc.” As a reminder these items (and the new items noted above) are available to ALL
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users in Schoolnet so they are intended for Classroom Assessments (not Benchmark Assessments).
NCVPS Fall Enrollment Still Possible
NCVPS has ended its regular registration period, but still has a number of ways it can help districts with
fall enrollments.
Let staff help you with those difficult student situations with its transfer program. The transfer program
is not for students new to a course, but it works great for students who must go on homebound status,
are suspended, move in from another school, or have any unusual or unexpected scheduling problems.
Have your advisors open a ticket with the Virtual Support Center to begin the process. Transfer
students must already be enrolled in the course in the traditional classroom and have a grade to transfer
in with. A seat must also be available in the course, but NCVPS typically helps several hundred transfer
students each semester.
NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey to
Launch 2016
Have you explored the North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions website? There are a wealth of
resources and planning templates on this site free of charge and available for your use.
During Principal READY 2015, principals had the opportunity to discuss, review and talk with peers
about promoting positive school culture and strong learning communities. If you were unable to attend,
please preview this video. Instructional materials and contact information also are available online. Get
ready for the launch of the survey in spring of 2016!
Register Now for the 65th Conference on Exceptional Children
Registration is now open for the 65th Conference on Exceptional Children, “Graduation: The Measure of
Tomorrow.” The conference will be held Nov. 19-20 at the Koury Convention Center/Sheraton
Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons, Greensboro. Pre-conference institutes will be held Nov. 18.
The conference is North Carolina’s largest gathering of educational professionals and parents of
children with disabilities. The Exceptional Children Division is pleased to invite colleagues from across
the state to participate in this annual event to share and learn about innovations and exciting practices
to help exceptional children achieve.
Conference details, including registration, are available on the Exceptional Children Division website.
Registration Open for NCDOT Bridge Building Competition
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) invites all middle and high school teachers
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and students to participate in its 17th Annual NCDOT Statewide Model Bridge Building Competition.
The competition is designed to create a greater awareness of transportation careers and the services
provided by NCDOT.
Regional competitions will be held Friday, March 11, in Kinston, Raleigh and Morganton. Middle and
high school students will compete separately. One middle and one high school team from each region
will advance to the State Final Competition, which will be held Friday, April 15, in Raleigh.
Interested teams must complete and submit a registration form online by Nov. 20. Questions regarding
the competition may be sent to Program Coordinator Gail Herring.
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