Curriculum & Instructional Leaders’ Forum

1. Instructional Improvement System and NC FALCON Updates Curriculum & Instructional Leaders’ Forum

2. Instructional Improvement SystemWhy – How – What -- When ▲ ▲ Whyan Instructional Improvement System? Improve and personalize student learning How? • Facilitate the teaching and learning process through • Increased access to high quality resources for all • Provision of timely and relevant information and data

3. Technology Platform One Technology Platform Instructional Improvement System • Single Sign-on • Collaborative • Populated with resources for NC educators PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) Tools for Teaching and Learning (IIS) Coming Soon

4. Instructional Improvement System Assessment & Analytics Professional Development & Educator Evaluation Learner Profile and Work Samples Standards & Curriculum Data Analysis and Reporting Instructional Design, Practice & Resources

5. Learner Profile and Work Samples • Teacher has access to learner information to assist with planning and monitoring • Teacher can use examples of student work for future lessons • Student can collect evidence of learning and growth • Parents can view student work

6. Standards and Curriculum • Standards in a content area • Learning progressions • Local curriculum maps • Teacher or Executive Standards

7. Instructional Design, Practice and Resources Example • Sample lesson plans, units, resources • Create lesson plans and link to appropriate resources • Differentiate lessons for students • Gradebook

8. Assessment and Growth • Search for FA plans • Document daily progress • Search for assessment items/tasks • Create, administer, and score assessments at classroom, school, and district levels • Administer statewide assessments

9. Dashboards, Data Analysis and Reporting • Customizable views • Role-based Information • Multiple Data Comparisons • Attendance • Grades • Test Scores • Discipline

10. Professional Development and Educator Evaluation • View, register for, participate in PD • View past PD participation • Get suggestions for PD based on class performance or observation/evaluation data • Receive recommendations for license renewal credit • Implement educator evaluation processes

11. Types of Content/Resources • What kinds of resources will make up the IIS? • Instructional (lesson plans, unit guides, activities) • Assessment (formative assessment resources, item banks, summative assessments) • Professional Development (videos, articles, webinars) • Educator Evaluation/Talent Management (rubrics, evaluation tools, artifact tools)

12. Resources must Be aligned with standards Provide ample coverage to all standards and objectives Emphasize quality over quantity Be reviewed and rated by educators in North Carolina Guiding Principles To make the resources in the IIS meaningful and useful to teachers:

13. Some of Our Content Sources Multiple Subjects

14. Some of Our Content Sources Math

15. Some of Our Content Sources Science

16. Some of Our Content Sources English Language Arts

17. Sample 3rd Party Instructional Activities National Archives Phet

18. IIS Resource Consortium Objective Solicit and gather content from LEAs and Schools The Members Represent the following School Districts: Alamance-Burlington Schools Asheboro City Schools Burke County Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Cleveland County Schools Cumberland County Schools Edenton-Chowan Forsyth County Schools Gaston County Schools Guilford County Halifax County Schools HokeCounty Hyde County Jones County Schools Martin County Schools Montgomery County Schools Moore County Schools Mooresville Graded School Newton-Conover City Schools Onslow County Schools Orange County Pender County Schools Person County Schools Pitt County Schools Rutherford County Transylvania County Schools Union County Wake County Public Schools Wayne County Public Schools Whiteville City Schools ** New members from Summer Institutes, NCSBA and Tech. Directors’ meetings

19. Sample LEA PD Resource

20. Sample LEA Assessment Resources

21. Sample LEA Instructional Resources

22. NC FALCON Updates Carmella Fair

23. NC FALCON Updates • Formative Assessment Plans • NC FALCON Modules • NC FALCON Coordinator Meetings

24. NC Definition of Formative Assessment • Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to help students improve their achievement of intended instructional outcomes. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO, 2008)

25. Formative Assessment Plans • Formative Assessment Plans developed by teachers • Located in NC Education/NC FALCON • center.ncsu.edu/nc • “Formative Assessment Plans” • enroll in the “course”

26. Formative Assessment Plans Plans were developed by NC teachers for these content and program areas:

28. NC FALCON Modules • Modules for Teachers • New Module for Students • About the Student Ownership Of Learning Module • Piloting the student module

29. NC FALCON Coordinator Meetings

30. Contact Sarah McManus Director 919-807-3668 sarah.mcmanus@ dpi.nc.gov Cynthia Crowdus IIS Project Coordinator 919-807-3205 Cynthia.crowdus@ dpi.nc.gov Dan Gwaltney Consultant 919-807-3249 Dan.gwaltney@ dpi.nc.gov Learning Systems IIS

31. Instructional Improvement SystemWhy – How – What -- When ▲ RFP Issued Reviewed Proposals Negotiated with Select Vendors Data Integration Pilot Feb 27, 2012 April – June 2012 June – October 2012 Fall2012 Vendor Approval & Contract Award Design and Build IIS Pilot Phased-In Roll out December 2012 December 2012  Early 2013  Starting 2013-14 School Year