August
2012
***SPECIAL
NOTE:
The
RttT
Weekly
Update
returns
on
September
12.
If
you
know
someone
who
would
like
to
be
on
this
listserv,
please
send
their
email
address
to
Michael.Yarbrough@dpi.nc.gov.
***PLEASE
NOTE:
Each
entry
in
this
Weekly
Update
features
the
email
address
of
at
least
one
contact
person,
department
or
website.
For
questions,
concerns
or
technical
assistance,
please
email
the
appropriate
contact(s)
directly.
Thanks!
***LINKS:
Depending
on
your
device,
PC
users
might
need
to
press
the
CTRL
button
when
clicking
on
a
hyperlink
in
this
document.
Archived
Race
to
the
Top
Weekly
Updates
are
available
here:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/rttt/updates/
NEW
THIS
MONTH
• Back‐to‐School
Message
from
State
Superintendent
June
Atkinson
• Educator
Effectiveness
Website
Live
• Online
Evaluation
Tool
Webinar
Series:
Getting
Started
• PD
Calendar
Website
Launched
• New
Phase
II
Online
Modules
Released
• Finding
NCDPI
Wikispaces
• Student
Achievement
Partners
Modules
on
the
Common
Core
State
Standards
• Common
Core
Resources
from
America
Achieves
the
Core
• NC
Common
Core
Mathematics
K‐8
Week
by
Week
Essentials
and
Strategies
Coming
Soon
• Reading,
Math
Foundations
Crosswalks
Linking
to
the
Common
Core
State
Standards
• Quick
Reference
Guides
for
the
NC
Standard
Course
of
Study
• Possible
Scenarios
for
Compacting
the
CCSS‐M
in
Middle
School
• Webinar
Update:
Arts
Education,
Course
Coding
Changes
Impact,
Honors
Policy,
Student
Placement
IN
CASE
YOU
MISSED
IT
• North
Carolina
Essential
Standards
Assessment
Examples
Available
for
Review
• Raising
Expectations
with
the
ACT
NEW
THIS
MONTH
Back‐to‐School
Message
from
State
Superintendent
June
Atkinson
As
you
know,
the
2012‐13
school
year
brings
many
changes
for
our
schools.
State
Superintendent
June
Atkinson
welcomes
teachers,
principals,
administrators,
parents
and
community
supporters
back
to
school
with
a
message
encouraging
everyone
to
work
together
to
ensure
that
these
changes
ultimately
mean
higher
achievement
for
all
public
school
students.
Dr.
Atkinson's
welcome
back
video
is
available
online
at
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/principals/
(scroll
down
to
Back‐to‐School
Message
from
State
Superintendent
June
Atkinson).
Educator
Effectiveness
Website
Live
The
new
Educator
Effectiveness
Website
is
now
available
for
teachers,
principals
and
administrators
to
access
information
regarding
educator
effectiveness
data,
state
board
policies
governing
educator
effectiveness,
the
new
Measures
of
Student
Learning,
the
new
educator
evaluation
system
and
much
more.
You
can
access
the
site
at
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/.
MORE
INFO:
Jennifer
Preston,
jennifer.preston@dpi.nc.gov
Online
Evaluation
Tool
Webinar
Series:
Getting
Started
The
Professional
Development
team
is
offering
webinars
on
strategies
for
getting
started
in
the
online
tool.
We
will
also
review
some
of
the
upgrades
for
the
2012‐13
school
year.
The
following
areas
will
be
reviewed
during
the
webinar:
1.
Demonstrate
using
the
online
tool
to
complete
Teacher
Self‐Assessment
2.
Demonstrate
using
the
online
tool
to
complete
a
Professional
Development
Plan
and
explain
the
changes.
3.
Model
the
use
of
the
Record
of
Teacher
Activity
Report
4.
Demonstrate
using
the
online
tool
to
complete
the
Principal/Assistant
Principal
Self‐Assessment
5.
Demonstrate
using
the
online
tool
to
complete
goal
setting
for
Principal/Assistant
Principal
6.
Review
Online
Tool
Updates
These
webinars
will
be
offered
through
September.
Please
select
a
date
and
time
that
works
best
in
your
schedule
to
join
us
for
this
informative
webinar.
Registration
information
is
available
at
http://ncees.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Upcoming+Webinars.
The
webinars
are
open
to
district
contacts
for
the
online
tool,
principals,
and
teachers.
Please
feel
free
to
share
this
information.
MORE
INFO:
Eliz
Colbert,
eliz.colbert@dpi.nc.gov
PD
Calendar
Website
Launched
The
2012
NCDPI
Professional
Development
Calendar
is
now
live
on
the
Professional
Development
website.
Please
visit
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/calendar/
for
a
listing
of
PD
offerings
hosted
in
each
region
for
your
district
or
charter
school
leaders.
Registration
is
handled
through
the
Regional
Education
Service
Alliances
(RESAs),
and
their
contact
person
is
the
NCDPI
Regional
Professional
Development
Leaders.
Your
local
contact
is
the
RttT
Coordinator
or
Contact
Person
for
the
2012
Summer
Institute
Leadership
team.
Please
contact
them
first
if
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
PD
Calendar.
MORE
INFO:
Yvette
Stewart,
yvette.stewart@dpi.nc.gov
New
Phase
II
Online
Modules
Released
(Please
See
Attached)
The
Department
of
Public
Instruction
has
developed
nine
new
online
modules
as
a
means
of
providing
professional
development
that
is
flexible
and
can
be
used
by
districts
and
charter
school
teams
in
ways
that
best
suit
their
needs.
These
modules
were
launched
on
June
30
for
district
and
charter
school
use
through
NC
Education
at
http://center.ncsu.edu/nc/.
For
supplemental
information
about
the
modules,
enrollment
information,
and
strategies
for
implementation,
please
refer
to
the
Phase
II
Online
Module
Implementation
Guide
at
http://rt3nc.org/pubs/implementation_guide_2012.pdf.
MORE
INFO:
Geetanjali
Soni,
geetanjali.soni@dpi.nc.gov
Finding
NCDPI
Wikispaces
NCDPI
has
heard
your
concerns
regarding
finding
wikispaces
in
a
fast
and
convenient
way.
Soon
there
will
be
a
central
location
for
all
NCDPI
Wikispaces
pages
for
your
convenience.
Please
visit
http://wikicentral.ncdpi.wikispaces.net
to
find
any
resource
page
you
may
be
looking
for.
We
are
continuously
updating
this
space
with
the
most
recent
information,
so
please
“pardon
our
progress”
while
the
site
remains
under
construction.
MORE
INFO:
Robert
Sox,
robert.sox@dpi.nc.gov
Student
Achievement
Partners
Modules
on
the
Common
Core
State
Standards
Student
Achievement
Partners,
a
nonprofit
founded
by
three
of
the
contributing
authors
to
the
Common
Core
that
develops
tools
for
effective
standards
implementation,
released
four
professional
development
modules
designed
to
support
district
and
school
leadership
in
their
transition
to
the
Common
Core.
The
four
modules
cover:
the
Common
Core
Shifts
in
Math,
the
Common
Core
Shifts
in
ELA/Literacy,
Creating
Text
Dependent
Questions
in
ELA/Literacy
and
Instructional
Leadership
in
the
context
of
the
Common
Core.
http://www.achievethecore.org/steal‐these‐tools/professional‐development‐modules
MORE
INFO:
Maria
Pitre‐Martin,
maria.pitremartin@dpi.nc.gov
Common
Core
Resources
from
America
Achieves
the
Core.
America
Achieves
the
Core
has
a
number
of
SS,
ELA,
and
Math
lessons
that
illustrate
the
Common
Core
shifts.
Users
have
to
set
up
an
account
to
view
the
lessons
but
it
is
free.
http://commoncore.americaachieves.org/
MORE
INFO:
Maria
Pitre‐Martin,
maria.pitremartin@dpi.nc.gov
NC
Common
Core
Mathematics
K‐8
Week
by
Week
Essentials
and
Strategies
Coming
Soon
NCDPI
has
begun
the
process
of
selecting
high
cognitively
demanding
tasks
from
the
K‐8
Week
by
Week
Essentials
and
Strategies
to
create
a
new
support
document
that
aligns
with
the
Common
Core
State
Standards.
With
the
support
of
North
Carolina
educators
and
other
public
school
partners,
we
anticipate
the
release
of
this
new
document
in
late
fall.
Updates
regarding
this
new
document
will
be
posted
on
the
K‐8
NCDPI
Math
Listserves
and
NCDPI
Math
Wiki:
http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
MORE
INFO:
Barbara
Bissell,
barbara.bissell@dpi.nc.gov
Reading,
Math
Foundations
Crosswalks
Linking
to
the
Common
Core
State
Standards
The
course
goals
and
competencies
of
the
North
Carolina
State
Improvement
Project
(NCSIP)
Reading
Foundations
Training
(RFT)
and
the
Foundations
of
Mathematics
Training
are
aligned
to
the
concepts
and
skills
of
the
Common
Core
State
Standards
(CCSS).
These
crosswalks
reflect
a
comparison
between
these
state
initiatives.
It
is
designed
as
a
resource
to
inform
educators
about
how
the
Reading
Foundations
and
Foundations
of
Mathematics
courses
align
with
the
CCSS.
To
view
these
crosswalks,
please
visit:
http://www.ncsip.org/mathematics/resources‐and‐materials.php
http://www.ncsip.org/reading/documents/RFandCommonCoreCrosswalk.pdf
MORE
INFO:
Paula
Crawford,
paula.crawford@dpi.nc.gov
Quick
Reference
Guides
for
the
NC
Standard
Course
of
Study
The
Quick
Reference
Guides
for
The
North
Carolina
Standard
Course
of
Study,
available
in
sets
for
K‐5
or
6‐8,
serve
as
resources
for
teachers
as
they
plan
instruction
to
implement
the
North
Carolina
Standard
Course
of
Study
across
multiple
disciplines.
IS175,
2012,
$25
(K‐5)
IS176,
2012,
$15
(6‐8).
Order
at
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/publications/
Free
PDF
download
at:
http://aplus.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Reference+Guides
MORE
INFO:
Elaine
Darby,
elaine.darby@dpi.nc.gov
Possible
Scenarios
for
Compacting
the
CCSS‐M
in
Middle
School
Possible
scenarios
for
compacting
the
CCSS‐M
in
middle
school
are
now
available
at
http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Middle+School+Mathematics
Two
models
are
available:
A
3:2
model
which
begins
compacting
in
the
7th
grade
and
a
4:3
model
which
begins
compacting
in
the
sixth
grade.
With
each
model
is
a
6
‐
8
overview
of
the
standards
(this
document
was
previously
posted;
however,
revisions
have
been
made),
a
possible
grouping
of
standards
by
units
for
each
grade
level,
and
a
document
with
all
grade
levels
together.
MORE
INFO:
Robin
Barbour,
robin.barbour@dpi.nc.gov
Webinar
Update:
Arts
Education,
Course
Coding
Changes
Impact,
Honors
Policy,
Student
Placement
This
webinar
is
intended
for
public
school
counselors
and
other
educators
interested
in
learning
more
about
the
impact
of
course
coding
changes,
honors
policy,
and
student
placement
in
relationship
to
students’
participation
in
arts
education
programs.
Linda
Brannan,
School
Counseling
Consultant,
and
Christie
Lynch
Ebert,
Arts
Education
Consultant,
will
lead
this
session.
Please
plan
to
attend
to
have
your
questions
answered
and
find
out
what
you
can
do
to
support
student
learning
in
the
arts!
Participants
are
encouraged
to
log
in
and
check
all
connections
15
minutes
prior
to
the
start
time
for
the
broadcast.
This
webinar
will
be
recorded
and
archived
for
future
reference
if
your
schedule
does
not
allow
you
to
attend
the
live
meeting.
Registration
Web
Link:
https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/183294615
MORE
INFO:
Christie
Lynch
Ebert,
christie.lynchebert@dpi.nc.gov
IN
CASE
YOU
MISSED
IT
North
Carolina
Essential
Standards
Assessment
Examples
Available
for
Review
What
is
the
purpose
of
this
tool?
Assessment
is
a
vital
component
of
the
teaching
and
learning
process.
These
assessment
examples
are
aligned
to
new
content
standards
and
reinforce
teaching
the
standards
to
their
intended
level
of
deep
mastery.
The
purpose
of
providing
examples
is
to
illustrate
ways
in
which
the
standards
or
part(s)
of
the
standards
might
be
assessed
in
the
classroom.
These
are
not
examples
of
Measures
of
Student
Learning
(MSLs).
These
examples
can
be
found
on
the
NC
Essential
Standards
Content
Specific
Wiki
Spaces
at
http://www.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
MORE
INFO:
Dr.
Maria
Pitre‐Martin,
maria.pitremartin@dpi.nc.gov
Raising
Expectations
with
the
ACT
Among
many
increased
expectations
for
this
school
year
is
the
administration
of
the
ACT
test
to
every
qualified
high
school
junior.
ACT
results
will
be
used
as
part
of
the
new
READY
school
accountability
model.
The
link
below
describes
why
we
are
giving
the
ACT
assessment
to
every
11th‐grader
and
what
educators
can
expect
about
the
initial
results.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/redesign/act‐one‐pager.pdf
MORE
INFO:
Mike
Martin,
mike.martin@dpi.nc.gov