Academic Services Update with
Focus on RttT and the
Legislature
C & I Leadership Team
April 18, 2011
Academic Services Staff
NCDPI
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NC RttT Quick Facts
$399,465,768
for use over 4 years
50%
50%
$ 165 m to Districts &
Charter Schools
$ 199 m spread over 15
State initiatives
&
time-limited, projectspecific RttT management
$35 m pooled for NC
Education Technology
Cloud
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NC RttT Quick Facts
RttT dollars to be focused on…
• Building Capacity
• Developing Infrastructure
• Creating Sustainable Reform
Moving NC Further…Faster
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NC RttT Overarching Goals
• High Graduation Rates
• Strong Student Achievement
• Career- & College-Readiness
Statewide
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NC’s Aligned Plan
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Quality Standards &
Assessments
Angela Quick, Pillar Lead
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Status
• Transition to new standards and new
assessments – Smarter Balanced & PARC,
Common Core PD this summer
• Proposals in house for assistance in creating
specifications for instruction improvement
system (IIS) for teachers that supports diagnostic,
curriculum monitoring, and summative
assessments to inform daily instruction to
improve student outcomes
• Provide technology infrastructure and guidance
to support effective use of the IIS
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Assessments
• House Bill 48 – eliminated US History,
Civics & Economics, Physical Science,
and Algebra II
• House Bill 766 (companion in Senate)
– Establishes Explore, Plan & ACT
– WorkKeys
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High School Accountability
Measures
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•
•
•
•
Student Growth
Student Achievement
College & Career Readiness
Math Course Rigor
Graduation Rates
Where do we go from here?
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Diagnostics
• K-5 Reading and Math Progress
Monitoring and Intervention
– Out of House Budget
• Explore – Grade 8
• Plan – Grade 10
• ACT – Grade 11
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College and Career Promise
• Consolidation of Programs with
Community Colleges
– Career Articulation
– Early College Options leading to Transfer
Certificate or Associate Degree
– Early College High Schools
– Students Assisted with Securing Tuition
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Turning Around the
Lowest Achieving
Schools
Dr. Pat Ashley, Pillar Lead
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Evidence of Prior Success in
High School Turnaround
Percent
Proficient
0-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80+
0
1
3
12
14
25
11
2
5
10
19
21
9
0
0
9
17
27
12
1
0
2
9
35
18
2
0
0
2009-10
(Number of
schools)
2008-09
(Number of
schools)
2007-08
(Number of
schools)
2006-07
(Number of
schools)
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Goal of Race to the Top:
No School in North Carolina Below 60%
Lowest 5%
of schools
Schools with
4-yr grad
rate below
60% (2 of
last 3 years)
118 Schools
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Districts
with
aggregate
performance
below 65%
(16 districts
and 224
schools)
Goal of Race to the Top:
No School in North Carolina Below 60%
Bottom 5% of Conventional Schools
Elementary
• Below 52.4%
Performance Composite
Middle
• Below 53.0%
Performance Composite
High
• Below 58.1%
Performance Composite
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Status
• Recruiting in process
• House Budget eliminates 13 permanent
positions – 25 schools that might not be
assisted in Turnaround
• Fewer adults in LEAs in target schools and
Central Offices to support improvement
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Technology
Infrastructure
Peter Asmar
Phil Emer
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Objectives of Cloud
Provide:
• Equity of access to computing and storage
resources
• Efficient scaling according to aggregate NC K-12
usage requirements
• Consistently high availability, reliability and
performance
• A common infrastructure platform to support
emerging instructional and data systems
• Sustainable and predictable operational cost
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Status
• LEA input being gathered for Cloud
• Pearson purchased AAL – code for NC
Wise
• Possible move to Power School in future
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Great Teachers &
Principals
Dr. Lynne Johnson, Pillar Lead
Dr. Rebecca Garland , TE Co-Chair
Jennifer Preston, TE Coordinator
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Tackling Complex Issues
 Measuring teacher and leader effectiveness
in North Carolina
 Increasing teacher and leader effectiveness
in North Carolina
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Teacher Evaluation Standards
Standard One
• Teachers demonstrate leadership
Standard Two
• Teachers establish a respectful
environment
Standard Three
• Teachers know the content they
teach
Standard Four
• Teachers facilitate learning for their
students
Standard Five
• Teachers reflect on their practice
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Adding Standard Six
Standard One
• Teachers demonstrate leadership
Standard Two
Standard Four
• Teachers establish a respectful
environment
• Teachers know the content they
teach
• Teachers facilitate learning for their
students
Standard Five
• Teachers reflect on their practice
Standard Three
Standard Six
• Teachers facilitate student academic
growth
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Standard Six
Principals must use at least two
sources of student growth data
Current options include:
• ABC growth measures
• EVAAS data
• CTE assessment system
• Measurable LEP objectives
• Piloted LEA measures
• Measurable IEP goals
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The Sixth Standard for Teachers
No teacher will be formally evaluated on
the new system until he or she has
three years of valid student growth data.
Principals already consider student
performance annually when evaluating
teachers and making renewal decisions.
During the 2011 – 2012 school year, LEAs
decide which sources of growth data to use.
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The Eighth Standard for Leaders
Student growth will become the
eighth standard on the principal
evaluation rubric.
Superintendents must use three years of
valid student growth data when
evaluating principals on the new system.
Superintendents already consider student
performance annually and when renewing
contracts.
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Effective Teachers
Student Growth
Meets
Expectations
Proficient or Higher
on All Standards
Effective
Teacher
Student Growth
Exceeds Expected
Growth
Accomplished or
Higher on All
Standards
Highly
Effective
Teacher
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Required Data Collection
• By School the number and percentage of
teachers in each rating category
• By LEA the number and percentage of
principals in each rating category
• All data recorded by June 30 for teachers
and July 15 for administrators
• Annual evaluations required
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Teacher Effectiveness Work Group
Diverse group of teachers, school
administrators, central office staff, NCDPI
staff, research scholars, and external
partners
Goal: Develop recommendations for
the long-term integration of student
growth into the evaluation system for
educators
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Potential Teacher Effectiveness
Measure
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Perception Data
• Teacher Working Conditions Survey
• Student Survey – Dr. Ron Ferguson,
Harvard
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Effectiveness of New Teachers
Teach For America Expansion: Increase
number of corps members in the eastern
region of the state to 550
North Carolina Teacher Corps: Recruit
graduates from North Carolina colleges and
universities to teach in high-need LEAs not
served by Teach For America
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Improving Equitable
Distribution
• UNC Induction Program
• Strategic Staffing
• Performance Incentives for Low
Performing
• Recruitment Efforts
• Distinguished Leaders in Practice
Initiative
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Effectiveness of New Principals
Regional Leadership Academies: Train
teachers to become administrators in highneed LEAs
Northeast Leadership Academy
Sandhills Leadership Academy
Piedmont-Triad Leadership Academy
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Effectiveness of Principals
• More training in using the evaluation
instrument
• Introduction to Modified Teacher
Evaluation Process
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Questions?
Dr. Lynne Johnson
Director, Educator Recruitment and Development
ljohnson@dpi.state.nc.us
Jennifer Preston
Race to the Top Project Coordinator for Teacher and
Leader Effectiveness
jpreston@dpi.state.nc.us
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Major Career and Technical
Education Initiatives
• Development of CTE Essential Standards
– To State Board in May 2011, implementation
2012/13
• Implementation of Elements® statewide
– Piloted Spring 2010, now in full implementation
• Initiation of statewide Microsoft IT Academy
– 2,739 certifications earned as of April 14, 2011
• Collaboration with First Gentleman’s Office and
the NCBCE for Students@Work Week
– More than 17,000 middle school students served
• Articulation agreement with Community Colleges
What the data show about CTE
2010 CTE concentrators who graduated within
four years (members of 2010 cohort)
89.2%
Students who earned CTE postsecondary
credit while in high school during 2009-2010
17,860
High school students who took at least one
CTE course in 2009-2010
71.4%
2010 high school graduates who earned a
concentration
52.9%
2009 CTE concentrators who continued further
education and advanced training
74.2%
Exceptional Children Updates
April 18, 2011
09-10 Schools Participating in PBIS
Initiative
projected
1000+
909
1200
Number
1000
800
691
548
600
400
296
147
200
0
1
5
9 27
Implementation Year
790
Suspension/Enrollment/100 Students
PBIS
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Suspensions Across Type of School
50
40
2005-06
30
2006-07
20
2007-08
2008-09
10
2009-10
0
K-6
6-9
School Type
9-12
North Carolina Math
State Improvement Project
K-12 Curriculum & Instruction Division
New Director:
Maria Pitre-Martin
mpitre@dpi.state.nc.us
919-807-3817
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Career & College: Ready, Set, Go:
Race to the Top?
Common Core – ELA & Mathematics
Essential Standards – Science, Social Studies, World
Languages, Arts Education, Guidance, Healthful
Living
Instructional Tools Posted:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/
Standards Documents
Crosswalk Documents
Unpacking Documents
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Additional Legislative Concerns
• Reduced capacity in LEAs and fewer
adults in school buildings
• No state professional development
• No mentor funds
• Reduced instructional supplies
• No textbooks until 2013
• Elimination of Teacher Academy and
NCCAT
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Legislature, continued
• Elimination of School Improvement Plan
and AIG Plan
• Cuts to DPI
• Transfer of More at Four to DHHS
• Rapid expansion of charter schools
• Changes to athletic programs
• Fitness Testing
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