Race
to
the
Top
(RttT)
Monthly
Report
for
US
Department
of
Education
(USED)
NC
RttT
November
2010
Please
provide
information
in
the
following
areas:
• Activities
completed
this
month
• Activities
projected
for
the
month
ahead
• Changes
requested
to
plan
or
timelines
outlined
in
state
scope
of
work
• Changes
being
considered
to
key
project
personnel
• Areas
in
which
Technical
Assistance/USED
support
could
be
used
Activities
Completed
this
Month
•
Reviewed/Approved
Local
Detailed
Scope
of
Work
(DSW)
plans;
provided
further
technical
assistance,
as
needed,
to
help
LEAs
and
charters
complete
plans
•
Submitted
(via
NC
DPI
website)
Local
Detailed
Scope
of
Work
(DSW)
plans
to
USED
by
Nov.
22
o Posted
113/115
LEA
plans
on
11/22,
submitted
2
draft
plans
still
in
process
(to
be
posted
by
Nov.
29)
o Posted
33
charter
school
plans
on
11/22
(51
eligible;
33
submitted
plans
to
DPI)
•
Submitted
Complete
State
Detailed
Scope
of
Work
(DSW)
plan
to
USED
by
Nov.
22
•
Completed
initial
planning
sessions
between
Evaluation
Topic
Leads
and
RttT
Initiative
Leads
•
Drafted
initial
set
of
Project
Management
Office
(PMO)
progress
tracking
documents
•
Identified
several
potential
Project
Coordinators;
began
recruiting
DST
staff,
ERD
staff
•
Began
negotiating
contracts
to
begin
work
in
several
initiatives
•
Presented
first
monthly
RttT
status
report
to
State
Board
of
Education
(11/4)
•
Conducted
initial
Governor’s
Education
Transformation
Commission
meeting
(11/5)
•
Briefed
Joint
Legislative
Education
Oversight
Committee
re
RttT
(11/9)
•
Briefed
State
Superintendent’s
Teacher
Advisory
Council
(11/17)
Activities
Projected
for
the
Month
Ahead
•
Submit
adjusted
complete
RttT
budget
(adjustments
to
several
detailed
initiative
budgets)
•
Receive
USED
feedback
re
Nov.
22
submission;
work
to
address
any
questions
or
concerns
•
Communicate
with
LEAs/charters
to
confirm:
o approval
of
initial
DSW
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DPI
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o expectation
for
2011‐12
submission
NC
DPI,
technical
assistance
provided
in
advance
•
Establish
several
contracts
with
State‐level
initiative
partners
•
Conduct
planning
session(s)
with
Evaluation
team
to
finalize
RttT
evaluation
plan
•
Complete/begin
using
initial
set
of
Project
Management
Office
(PMO)
progress
tracking
documents
•
Hire/redeploy
existing
staff
for
Project
Coordinators,
District
and
School
Transformation
roles,
Educator
Recruitment
&
Development
roles
•
Establish
contracts
to
begin
work
in
several
initiatives
•
Present
monthly
RttT
status
report
to
State
Board
of
Education
(11/2)
•
Present
update
at
Superintendent’s
Quarterly
Meeting
(11/2)
•
Conduct
initial
Governor’s
Education
Transformation
Commission
subcommittee
meetings
(12/1‐10)
•
Various
initiative‐specific
milestones
(pending
USED
approval
of
State
DSW)
Changes
Requested
to
Plan
or
Timelines
Outlined
in
State
Detailed
Scope
of
Work
(DSW)
•
N/A
,
since
DSW
still
under
USED
review
Changes
Being
Considered
to
Key
Project
Personnel
•
None
Areas
in
which
Technical
Assistance/USED
Support
Could
be
Used
•
Research
on
use
of
student
growth
measures
as
an
indicator
of
teacher
and
principal
effectiveness
(particularly
in
“non‐tested”
subjects)
•
Research
on
instructional
improvement
systems
(including
which
other
states
are
developing
one;
as
part
of
RttT,
and
otherwise)
•
Sharing
of
successful
Communications
strategies
and
materials
–
particularly
re
“how
to
reconcile
excitement
about
RttT
with
reality
of
State
fiscal
cris(e)s
and
effects
on
schools”
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DPI
/
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