May 1, 2013 NEW THIS WEEK • Summer Institutes 2013 Registration Deadline Extended • Roster Verification Process in Motion • Keep Up with All the News on Home Base IN CASE YOU MISSED IT • READY Virtual Meetings: One Opportunity Remains (UPDATED!) • Genesis of the Common Core State Standards NEW THIS WEEK Summer Institutes 2013 Registration Deadline Extended More than 1,400 educators have registered for Summer Institutes 2013. That’s a very healthy sum, but we have space for a few more! We are, therefore, extending the deadline through Friday, May 3. Please be sure your team members have registered by this date so we can continue to finalize our planning efforts. Please visit http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/summerinstitutes for more information about the Summer Institutes and how to register. Following are the dates and locations for all Institutes: July 8-­‐9 Region 2 July 10-­‐11 Region 1 Greenville Convention Center, 303 SW Greenville Blvd., Greenville, NC July 15-­‐16 Region 4 July 17-­‐18 Region 3 Sheraton Imperial Convention Center, 4700 Emperor Blvd., Durham, NC July 8-­‐9 Region 6 July 10-­‐11 Region 8 Hilton Charlotte University Hotel, 8629 JM Keynes Dr., Charlotte, NC July 15-­‐16 Region 5 July 17-­‐18 Region 7 Koury Convention Center, 3121 High Point Road at I-­‐40, Greensboro, NC July 23-­‐24 Region 4 Gray’s Creek High School, Cumberland County *Additional Institute sponsored by Sandhills RESA (for Region 4 LEAs) July 23-­‐24 Region 8 Apple Valley/North Henderson High School, Henderson County *Additional Institute sponsored by WRESA (for Region 8 LEAs) You can discover more information about types of sessions offered this year by viewing the Summer Institutes 2013 video at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/read/events MORE INFO: Yvette Stewart, Educator Effectiveness, yvette.stewart@dpi.nc.gov; Ann Mainor, ann.mainor@dpi.nc.gov. Roster Verification Process in Motion With student growth now a component of the NC Educator Evaluation System, it is critical that student-­‐teacher data links are accurate. During the 2012-­‐13 school year, the Department of Public Instruction is launching a new roster verification process that will ensure that teachers are accurately linked to the students they teach. Roster Verification is a way for teachers who provide instruction in courses/classes where an EOG, EOC, CTE exam or Common Exam is administered to verify their class roster(s) and indicate their responsibility for a student’s instruction. The Roster Verification window opened for teachers last week. Resources are available to assist principals, teachers and district administrators with the Roster Verification process. They include virtual training sessions, quick start guides, FAQs, sample scenarios and videos. These resources are available online at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/effectiveness-­‐model/roster and on the SAS EVAAS website at http://ncdpi.sas.com MORE INFO: Robin McCoy, Standards and Assessments, robin.mccoy@dpi.nc.gov Keep Up with All the News on Home Base If you've not yet read or started receiving the e-­‐newsletter "Home Base Biweekly Update," with the latest on the suite of technology tools rolling out for the 2013-­‐14 school year, here's a taste of what you missed last issue: • Home Base Regional Training dates were listed for all eight regions with training occurring in the June 26-­‐July 2 timeframe; • For those ready for a bit of self-­‐learning, specific Mastery in Minutes lessons (3-­‐5 min. each) were listed for both Classroom Instruction and for Assessment; items like Creating a Lesson Plan, Creating an Express Test, Linking a Resource to an Existing Unit and Creating a Student Group (access to all that and more is through PowerSource which requires use of your login); • For NC WISE users now transitioning to PowerSchool, instructions were shared on "tagging duplicate students.” Read about those items and more in the April 26 edition (Issue 7) of Home Base Biweekly Update; all seven back issues are archived here: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/updates/biweekly/ To subscribe to the Home Base Biweekly Update, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/homebasebiweeklyupdate/subscribe-­‐to-­‐enewsletter IN CASE YOU MISSED IT READY Virtual Meetings: One Opportunity Remains Don’t miss out! More than 16,000 educators from across the state already have participated in the Spring 2013 READY Virtual Outreach Meetings. This third round of READY Outreach Meetings uses virtual meeting tools to continue the conversation and information sharing. All three Home Base meetings have been presented, but you have one more opportunity to participate in the Accountability/Assessments virtual meeting. (NOTE: the Home Base archived virtual meeting is available at www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/resources. Under VIDEOS, click on Home Base Webinars.) The meeting has a limited number of spaces, so there should be only ONE log-­‐in per school or central office for each session. We ask principals to designate one area, such as a media center, auditorium or conference room, and invite key personnel to attend. We ask the same of superintendents in central offices. To register for the final 2013 READY Virtual Outreach Meeting, click on the following date and time link: Mon, May 6, 2013 3:30 PM -­‐ 5:00 PM EDT– Accountability/Assessments – Setting New Expectations This session focuses on what to expect in the fall when results of new student assessments and the General Assembly’s New Accountability Model are reported for the first time. There also will be ample time for Q&A. Presenters: Superintendent June Atkinson, Chief Academic Officer Rebecca Garland, Deputy Chief Academic Officer Angela Quick and Director of Accountability Services Tammy Howard. MORE INFO: Michael Yarbrough, Communication and Information Services, michael.yarbrough@dpi.nc.gov. Genesis of the Common Core State Standards In her latest blog entry, Common Core – It’s About Reading and Math, State Superintendent June Atkinson addresses the origin of the Common Core State Standards and in the process debunks a number of myths that are currently circulating. 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