• Arts Education
• Common Core Resources
• Math Course Options for 2014-15
• Read to Achieve
• Student Achievement Summit
• Honors Review Implementation
• Questions?
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• requires that preservice elementary teachers are prepared to “integrate the arts across the curriculum”.
• Wide-scale education legislation
• signed into law by the
Governor on June 26,
2012 (subsequent legislation signed in
May and June 2013)

Michelle Burrows | Director
A+ Schools Program michelle.burrows@ncdcr.gov
tel: 919.807.6503

http://aplus-schools.ncdcr.gov/ http://aplus.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

ELA LiveBinders:
ELA Common Core State Standards Self
Study LiveBinder: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/262077
ELA Resources LiveBinder: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/297779
ELA WIKI: http://elaccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net
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Professional Development
Topic: What Can Student Writing Tell You? Looking at Writing Through a New Lens
Time: 9:00 - 3:30
Some districts/regions have asked for a book title that might accompany this professional development for further study. We suggest Writing for
Understanding.
http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Understanding-The-
Vermont-Collaborative/dp/1934685054
Spring ELA Region 2: February 7
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• http://wikicentral.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/NCDPI+WikiCentral
• The Seven C’s of CCSSM: Professional Development for
Math professional development to support secondary math teachers in implementing the NCSCOS, based on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
• 2 – day institutes for Math I and II
Training to be offered will take place on February 20-21 at the NC TeleCenter (Williamston) and will cover Math II. On
March 10-11 the Math I Institute will be held at Johnston
Workforce Development Center, Clayton
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION SUBMISSION IS 5:00 PM FEBRUARY 10
,

• Math I – EOC – all students in 1 st HS Math
• Math II, Math III, CC Integrated Math III
• 2003 AND CC Geometry
• 2003 AND CC Algebra II
• 2003 Discrete, 2003 AFM, & 2003 Pre-Calculus

Math I, II, III
Advanced Functions and Modeling
Discrete
Pre-Calculus
Appropriate AP/IB courses
SREB College Ready Course
Various Community College Math Courses

• Can be included (participation 2014-15) in course guides for 2014-15, but realize addendums may have to be issued for registration due to printing deadlines.
• Training dates and locations forthcoming for summer.
• Units of study available for teachers.

• Developmental Screening and Kindergarten Entry
Assessment (2014-2015)
– 5 essential domains
• Language and literacy, cognition and general knowledge, approaches toward learning, physical well-being and motor development, social and emotional development
– Early language, literacy, math within 30 days http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/850102

Any of the following options may be used to satisfy the requirements of the Read to Achieve law:
The Student:
1. Passes the North Carolina Grade 3 End-of-Grade English
Language Arts/Reading Test.
2. Achieves a scale score of at least 442 on the NC Grade 3
Beginning-of-Grade English Language Arts/Reading Test.
3. Meets the requirements of the portfolio as defined in law.
4. Passes the state developed Read to Achieve alternative assessment.
5. Passes the State Board of Education approved LEA alternative assessment.

• Scale score of 442 or higher – have met the reading comprehension requirements specified in
Read to Achieve
• These students’ proficient scores will count for performance in accountability for 2013-14; however, these students will have to take the Endof-Grade 3 English Language Arts/Reading Test at the end of the school year for inclusion in the growth analysis

• The portfolio is not required for all students
– Those who have met requirements for Read to Achieve on the BOG
– Those students not yet on grade-level, except as an instructional tool when utilizing the three selections identified for that purpose.
– Others as determined by the individual child’s needs

• There are three opportunities to administer the
SBE Read to Achieve alternative test:
– (1) after the end-of-grade test,
– (2) after summer reading camp, and
– (3) at mid-year promotion in the 3/4 transition class.

• Limited English
Proficient students
(less than 2 yrs of
ESL instruction)
• Students with disabilities
(Extended Content
Standards;
NCEXTEND2)
• Student portfolio demonstrating proficiency
• Students receiving reading intervention or who have been retained more than once in grades K - 3
END OF THIRD
GRADE
Student completes 3 rd grade and
EOG for reading
NO
Student qualifies for a
“good cause exemp on”
#1, 2, 4, or 5.
(See page 9 of the RtA guidebook.)
NO
Re-administer the 3 rd grade EOY reading assessment AND/OR the Read to Achieve test
Proficient?
YES
YES
Proficient?
NO
Enrolls in Summer Reading
Camp*
YES
Read to Achieve test or
Student Reading Por olio
Proficient?
NO
Retained for 3 rd grade (label)
YES
Promote to 4 th Grade
*Enrollment in Summer Camp is the decision of the parent. If the choice is not to enroll in Summer Camp, the student is retained to a 3 rd grade classroom.
G.S. 115C-83.1A-I

Process of Retention
Student is retained after
3 rd grade
3 rd /4 th
4 th transition class (classroom designed to meet grade performance standard while continuing to remediate areas of reading deficiency) –within class
OR
Accelerated reading class (instructional supports provided to increase a student's reading level at least two grade levels) - pull out
Opportunity for Mid-Year promotion by passing the Read to Achieve test of reading comprehension or Student Reading Portfolio by November 1.
Proficient?
Retention Label remains – intensive reading support continues and teacher begins grade 4 portfolio
(school based team may consider placement options)
Retention Label removed – student continues in 4 th grade curriculum with intensive reading support
4 th grade Student Portfolio is used to show proficiency and have retention label removed; and then completes
4 th grade EOG
Principal Authority on
Proficiency
Completes 4 th grade EOG
Retention/Promotion based on Principal's decision Student promoted to 5 th grade

Summer Camp Funding https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/Meetin gs/Attachment.aspx?S=10399&AID=20260
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&MID=1138
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http://honorsimplementation.
ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
This wiki will provide you with the following information:
•Honors committee members with e-mail links
•Honors Implementation Guide
•Archived webinars and content presentations of implementation guide (2012-2013 and 2013-2014)
•Honors Rubric and Review
Checklist
•Portfolio Template
•List of course codes eligible for review, 2013-2014
•A one page Quick Reference
Guide

•
Pamlico County
The Honors Level Course Rubric and the Honors
Cohort II teachers, principals, and Local Education Agencies in
Wayne County Public Schools
• Onslow County every three years.
• A Cohort of 40 LEAs will participate in the process each year of the three year cycle.
Sampson County School
– 2013-2014 - Cohort I
New Hanover County Schools
– 2014-2015 - Cohort II
Jones County Schools
– 2015-2016 - Cohort III
Lenoir County Public Schools
Cohort I

TIMELINE FOR HONORS COURSE REVIEW
COHORT I: Training , Submission, Review and Feedback
Provide training to the 40
LEAs in the first cohort on how to use and upload to the system. The training window will be January
2014.
January 2014 - LEAs may begin UPLOADING
INFORMATION (Not
Submitting final portfolios
- Just Uploading files) into the online system for each
Honors course that is to be reviewed by the state.
Notify the evaluators who will review the honors portfolios (content experts, IHE, AIG Leaders, etc.)
March 1, 2014 – LEAs may begin to SUBMIT completed portfolios for state review.
March 1, 2014 – Honors
Portfolio Moodle System will send reminder to the
First Cohort of LEAs of the deadline to submit the LEA honors portfolio courses
April 1 st – April 25
Evaluators review honors portfolios th through the Moodle system
-
March 10-21, 2014 –
Evaluator Training
March 21, 2014 – All
Honors portfolios due to the online system from the
First Cohort LEAs
April 25 th –deadline for all evaluations to be completed in the
Moodle by the
Evaluators
May - Oct
May – October, 2014
•Feedback and support will be given to First Cohort LEAs in May
•Those portfolios with a “not met” status will correct and re-submit to the Moodle
•Evaluators will review the resubmitted revisions
•Moodle system will remain open to the First Cohort of LEAs for revisions and curriculum planning until the end of October

Upcoming Training For Honors
Portfolio Managers – January 31
1:30 – 2:30
The Purpose Of This Webinar Is
To…
•Demonstrate The Uploading
Process For Honors Portfolios and
Accompanying Evidences To
Individuals Assigned As Honors
Managers Responsible For
Uploading Honors Portfolios to the
NC Education Honors Portfolio
Moodle

State Agency Role vs. Local Agency Role
Role of the State Agenc y
 Provide a consistent framework to guide teachers and principals as they develop, implement, and review courses receiving honors weight.
 Align the honors rubric/criteria to the new
Common Core Standards and Essential
Standards.
 Provide detailed instructions for preparing a honors portfolio.
 Design an online submission system for uploading honors portfolios and evidences for state-level review.
 Design a system for selection and training of individuals reviewing honors portfolios at the state level.
 Provide feedback to LEAs submitting portfolios and to the NC State Board of
Education.
Role of the Local Agency
 Design and implement a local process used to communicate, develop, collect, review, and provide feedback for honors portfolios in the local school district.
 DPI will ask that each LEA in Cohort I submit an assurance statement which provides a brief narrative describing the
LEA’s local honors review process.

Establish local timelines for various benchmarks in the LEA honors portfolio development and review process.
 Determine the portfolio (per content area) which will be submitted as the example representing what a true honors course looks like for a course, in the LEA.

https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/login/index.php
• The NC Education site is the online platform that the agency is using for
LEAs to submit their work.
• Each Individual
Assigned To Upload
MUST Have A NC
Education Login.
• Only those individuals in Cohort I will be given assess.
Once you have a Login, type in your information and Login to
NC Education.
If you do not have a
Login click this button to create one.

Who: C and I leaders and one person
Where: Embassy Suites in Greensboro
When: TBD due to inclement weather on
January 29-30
•Discussion of ways to improve student performance in ELA and Mathematics
•Guidance/Planning in some requested areas
•Opportunity to collaborate with other districts around how they are addressing some initiatives/challenges
•Clarity on some state initiatives
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Robin.McCoy@dpi.nc.gov
Christie.LynchEbert@dpi.nc.gov
Carolyn.Guthrie@dpi.nc.gov
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