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Title I Directors’ Meeting Regions 5 and 7. Update on the Race to the Top September 8, 2011. Today’s Meet http://www.todaysmeet.com/title1. Accessing the Back Channel http://www.todaysmeet.com/title1. Professional Development Leads .
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Title I Directors’ MeetingRegions 5 and 7 Update on the Race to the Top September 8, 2011
Professional Development Leads Support RttT Professional Development Initiative (Section D5 of NC’s Plan) • NC Evaluation System • Common Core & Essential Standards • Data Literacy • Capacity team building for sustainability
NC Race to the Top Priorities • Standards and Assessments • Systems to Support Instruction • Turning around low-performing Schools • Great Teachers and Leaders
NC Race to the Top Priorities • Standards and Assessments • Transitioning to new standards • Monitoring curriculum • Utilizing benchmark and diagnostic assessment systems • Systems to Support Instruction • Increasing the use of data for decision making and continuous improvement process • Turning around low-performing Schools • Building local capacity • Customizing approaches to local settings and needs
Effective Support to Teachers and LEA PD Leads The Professional Development Initiative • Builds upon regional and statewide PD programs • Requires professional development to be targeted, embedded, customized • Relies upon ongoing needs assessment to target needs and deliver services
Professional Development Leads • Facilitate and support blended approaches to professional development • Support professional learning communities • Assist LEA leadership teams in designing and implementing need-based professional development
How We Communicate • Add Skype, Wikis, Blogs, Face-to Face, Etc • Ongoing way to share • waterlovers3 • kim.simmons222 • frances.harris.burke
How We Communicate Region 7 wiki: www.rt3region7.wikispaces.com Region 7 blog: www.mullinshe.wordpress.com Region 5 blog: http://franharrisburke.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
Summer Institute Formative Support Formative Support July June Aug RESA Session RESA Session May Sept Annual Professional Development Cycle Formative Support April Oct Formative Support Nov Mar RESA Session RESA Session Feb Dec Jan Formative Support Formative Support RESA Session
Next Steps Our future work is to provide professional development support and build capacity and for all districts as they implement their plans to address RttT initiatives.
Contact Information • Heather Mullins, Region 7 heather.mullins@dpi.nc.gov 828.244.8759 • Kimberly Simmons, Region 7 kimberly.simmons@dpi.nc.gov 828.406.9237 • Dr. Frances Harris-Burke, Region 5 frances.harrisburke@dpi.nc.gov 336.517.7018