Career & College: Ready, Set, Go!
NC’s Race to the Top (RttT) Initiative
State Initiatives Update:
Professional Development & Strategic Staffing
May 3, 2011
Webinar Overview
1. Reiterate General RttT Requirements &
Process for LEAs/Charters (“Local”)
2. Clarify State Plan & Implications for Local
Plans
• Professional Development Initiative
• Strategic Staffing
3. Address Questions
Key Take Away = Know how to move forward with your local RttT plan!
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General RttT Requirements
1. For 2011-12 submission to DPI…Local DSWs must
include plans (i.e., a completed row on the spreadsheet)
for implementing all RttT Required Activities
2. Local RttT detailed budgets (in BUD) must match Local
DSWs (talk to your Finance Officer!)
3. Complete local DSWs must be submitted to DPI by
August 3, 2011 (same process as last fall…but much
more time to develop plans)
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General RttT Requirements
Submission of Local DSW to DPI…
2010-11 (Nov. 8, 2010)
2011-12 (Aug. 3, 2011)
Local RttT DSWs
Local RttT DSWs
• outline plan for all
RttT activities
• outline plan for
RttT Dollars
State Detailed
Scope of Work
(DSW)
RttT “Guidance”
Documents
 outline State
Objectives
 outline State
Objectives (A2,
B3, D5, E2, P2))
 pre- Nov. 2010
 post- Nov. 2010
www.ncpublicschools.org/rttt/district/
www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/rttt/state/plan/state-dsw.pdf
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RttT Guidance Documents
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State DSW
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2011-12 DSW Submission Timeline
Feb 10, 2011
DPI Finance
Informational
Webinars (2)
• Requirements
for submission
of budget and
detailed plans
March & April
DPI Informational
Webinars
focused on
RttT State
Initiatives
• LEAs &
Charters
• Review
Requirements
for Local RttT
Plans
• Provide
LEAs/Charters
with greater
detail regarding
State Plan (by
Initiative)
June 1-27
August 3 - 11
August 12-22
Sept. 1
Regional Support
& Planning
Meetings
All Local Plans
submitted to DPI
• LEAs & Charters
All Plans
reviewed by DPI
DPI staff follow
up with
LEAs/Charters to
resolve any
outstanding
issues
All Plans
Final
(posted
to RttT
Website)
• Review
Informational
Webinar Info
• Review Approval
process
• Support Updated
local DSWs
• Support
Implementation
Based on feedback…Similar process, but extended planning window
Great Teachers and Leaders
Professional Development and Strategic Staffing Initiatives
 To prepare and develop high quality educators
 To staff highly effective educators in rural and hard
to staff schools
 To build, sustain and support leadership LEA teams
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LEA
PD Lead
LEA
PD Lead
LEA
PD Lead
LEA
PD Lead
RESA
Director
LEA
PD Lead
Integrated
Technology
Coach
Kenan
Fellows
RttT
Professional
Development
Lead
Regional
Lead
Regional
Education
Facilitator
LEA
PD Lead
Curriculum
Contact
LEA
PD Lead
LEA
PD Lead
LEA
PD Lead
LEA
PD Lead
LEA
PD Lead
Summer
Institute
April
Formative
Support
July
Annual
Professional
Development
Cycle
Jan
RESA
Session
2011 Common Core State Standards and NC Essential Standards
Summer Institutes for LEA/School PD Leadership Teams
Presentational
Resources
Crosswalk Unpacking
Standards
Online support to increase teacher understanding
and implementation of standards
Training
Implementation Guide
MODULES
6: NC Teacher
Standards Course
5: NC FALCON
4: Developing Local
Curricula
3: Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy (RBT)
2: Understanding the Standards
2: Understanding the Standards
1: The Call for Change: An
Overview of the Common Core
and Essential Standards
Professional Development: Initial Access and Support
Spring 2011 Menu of Content Modules
CC and Essential Standards Tools
Instructional Tools targeted to aid in the transition
and to complement the professional development.
NCDPI
Key Instructional Tool Deliverables and Release Dates
Common Core State Standards and NC Essential Standards
Crosswalks and Unpacking Tools
April 1, 2011
Module 1 Accessible for LEA use
June 3, 2011
Modules 2 - 6 Accessible for LEA use
June 24, 2011
Content-specific professional development
offerings available
June 15, 2011August 2014
NCDPI
Tentative Outline of RESA Partnership Schedule
Local PD Leadership Team Trainings
JULY - SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER - DECEMBER
JANUARY - MARCH
APRIL - JUNE
Local PD Leadership
Team Trainings
DSW Meetings – NCDPI
RttT Leadership Team
Local PD Leadership Team Trainings
Local PD Leadership
Team Trainings
NCDPI will provide trainers and
determine content of all meetings and
trainings
*All LEAs and charter schools receiving RttT funding should
be included in sessions, regardless of membership.
Teacher Effectiveness Feedback Workgroup
Meetings
DSW Meetings – NCDPI
RttT Leadership Team
Contract includes:
 Materials/Supplies
 Printing/Duplication Costs
 Travel/Mileage Expenses
 Administrative Costs
 Registration/CEU Certificates
 Food/Meals
Teacher Effectiveness
Workgroup Meetings
Teacher Effectiveness
Workgroup Meetings
Guskey’s Framework: Five Levels
Level 1:
Level 2:
Reaction to
Learning
Experience
Demonstration of
Learning
Level 4:
Evolved
Practices and
Behaviors on
Site
Level 5:
New Leader
and Student
Outcomes
The Work
Level 3:
Organizational Support
(Behaviors, Practices, Policies)
Adapted from Guskey, 2000, pp. 79-81
Professional Development Evaluation
• Satisfaction Survey (Guskey Level 1)
• Leadership Competency (Guskey Level 2)
• Knowledge (Guskey Level 2)
• Impact of Climate on Implementation (Guskey Level 3)
• Action Plan Progress (Guskey Level 4)
• Level of Use (Guskey Level 4)
• Impact on Conditions for Teaching & Learning (Guskey
Level 5A)
• Impact on Student Performance (Guskey Level 5B)
PD Assessment Planning
Level 1: Level 2:
Level 3:
Level 4:
Level 5A:
Reactions Learning Organization Implementation Impact on Learning
Support
Conditions
Prior to
Participation
End of each
PD Session
End of PD
Training
90 Day Follow-up
Level 5B:
Impact on
Student
Performance
Organizational
Climate Survey
Satisfaction
Survey
TO BE
DETERMINED
Knowledge
Survey
Implementation
Survey
Levels of Use Survey
Action Plan Survey
Case Studies
Annual follow-up
TO BE
DETERMINED
Strategic Staffing: Leadership Academies
Northeast
Leadership
Academy (NELA)
Principal Preparation
• Halifax, Northampton, Bertie, Hertford,
Warren, Weldon City, Roanoke Rapids
• Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Martin,
Nash-Rocky Mount, Vance, & Washington
Sandhills
Leadership
Academy
Principal Preparation
• Columbus, Montgomery, Cumberland, Hoke,
Richmond, Anson, Lee, Robeson, Scotland,
Moore, Harnett, Whiteville
• Sandhills Regional Education Consortium,
UNC Pembroke, Fayetteville State
Piedmont
Leadership
Academy
Principal Preparation
• Asheboro, Winston-Salem Forsyth, Guilford,
Alamance Burlington
• Piedmont Triad Education Consortium
(PTEC), UNC Greensboro
Distinguished Leadership in Practice (DLP)
 Recognized 33 of the original 40 DLP Cohort 1 participating
principals for full completion of the program.
 Reviewed applications for DLP 2 in four geographic
locations: Northeast, Southeast, Central and West.
Accepted 225 principals from all 8 regions of the state.
 Held DLP Component 1 sessions for DLP 2 participants
in each of the 4 locations.
[April, 2011]
2011-2012 NCDPI Tentative Professional Development Schedule
AUGUST
2011
SEPT-NOV
DEC-JAN
• Initial Support
for PD Leader
Teams
• RESA Teacher
Effectiveness
Feedback Group
Sessions
• Follow Up
Sessions from
Summer
Institutes
• RESA PD Leader
Team Trainings
• Mid Year
LEA/Charter
School
Diagnostic
Needs
Assessments
• Utilization of
support from
Regional PD
Leaders
• RESA DSW
Meetings with
NCDPI RttT
Leadership Team
• DPI Consultant
Trainings
• IHE Trainings (CC
and ES)
• RESA PD
Leader Team
Trainings
FEB-MAR
APR-JUNE
• RESA Teacher
Effectiveness
Feedback
Group
Sessions
• Year End
LEA/Charter
School
Diagnostic Needs
Assessments
• RESA PD
Leader Team
Trainings
• RESA Teacher
Effectiveness
Feedback Group
Sessions
• DPI
Consultant
Trainings
JUNJULY
• RESA DSW
Meetings with
NCDPI RttT
Leadership Team
• Customized
feedback/support
sessions for PD
Leader Teams
• IHE Trainings (CC
and ES)
This is the yearly cycle schedule; content will change
Summer
Institutes
(selected
locations)
Professional Development Contacts
Dr. Lynne Johnson
Director of Educator Recruitment and Development
ljohnson@dpi.state.nc.us
Yvette Stewart
RttT Project Coordinator for Professional Development
ystewart@dpi.state.nc.us
Dr. Eliz Colbert
Professional Development Lead Consultant
ecolbert@dpi.state.nc.us
PD Lead contact information:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/directory/
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Questions?
Do you understand what you need to do to submit a complete local
DSW by August 2011 that DPI can approve?
Do you know what other RttT-related support DPI will offer between
now and August?
Are you clear what the State will be doing in 2011-12 related to:
•
Professional Development
•
Strategic Staffing
Do you know what you need to in order to move forward with your plan?
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Webinar Summary
1. Reiterated General RttT Requirements &
Process for LEAs/Charters (“Local”)
2. Clarified State Plan & Implications for Local
Plans
• Professional Development
• Strategic Staffing
3. Addressed Questions
Key Take Away = Know how to move forward with your local RttT plan!
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