Academic Services Update with Focus on RttT and the Legislature C & I Leadership Team

1. Academic Services Update with Focus on RttT and the Legislature C & I Leadership Team April 18, 2011 Academic Services Staff NCDPI

2. NC RttT Quick Facts $399,465,768 for use over 4 years 50% 50% $ 165 m to Districts & Charter Schools $35 m pooled for NC Education Technology Cloud $ 199 m spread over 15 State initiatives & time-limited, project-specific RttT management

3. NC RttT Quick Facts RttT dollars to be focused on… • Building Capacity • Developing Infrastructure • Creating Sustainable Reform Moving NC Further…Faster

4. NC RttT Overarching Goals • High Graduation Rates • Strong Student Achievement • Career- & College-Readiness Statewide

5. NC’s Aligned Plan Turnaround of Lowest- Achieving Schools Quality Standards and Assessments Data Systems to Improve Instruction Great Teachers & Principals

6. Quality Standards & Assessments Angela Quick, Pillar Lead

7. Status • Transition to new standards and new assessments – Smarter Balanced & PARC, Common Core PD this summer • Proposals in house for assistance in creating specifications for instruction improvement system (IIS) for teachers that supports diagnostic, curriculum monitoring, and summative assessments to inform daily instruction to improve student outcomes • Provide technology infrastructure and guidance to support effective use of the IIS

8. Assessments • House Bill 48 – eliminated US History, Civics & Economics, Physical Science, and Algebra II • House Bill 766 (companion in Senate) • Establishes Explore, Plan & ACT • WorkKeys

9. High School Accountability Measures • Student Growth • Student Achievement • College & Career Readiness • Math Course Rigor • Graduation Rates Where do we go from here?

10. Diagnostics • K-5 Reading and Math Progress Monitoring and Intervention • Out of House Budget • Explore – Grade 8 • Plan – Grade 10 • ACT – Grade 11

11. College and Career Promise • Consolidation of Programs with Community Colleges • Career Articulation • Early College Options leading to Transfer Certificate or Associate Degree • Early College High Schools • Students Assisted with Securing Tuition

12. Turning Around the Lowest Achieving Schools Dr. Pat Ashley, Pillar Lead

13. Evidence of Prior Success in High School Turnaround

14. Goal of Race to the Top:No School in North Carolina Below 60%

15. Bottom 5% of Conventional Schools Goal of Race to the Top:No School in North Carolina Below 60%

16. Status • Recruiting in process • House Budget eliminates 13 permanent positions – 25 schools that might not be assisted in Turnaround • Fewer adults in LEAs in target schools and Central Offices to support improvement

17. Technology Infrastructure Peter Asmar Phil Emer

18. Objectives of Cloud Provide: • Equity of access to computing and storage resources • Efficient scaling according to aggregate NC K-12 usage requirements • Consistently high availability, reliability and performance • A common infrastructure platform to support emerging instructional and data systems • Sustainable and predictable operational cost

19. Status LEA input being gathered for Cloud Pearson purchased AAL – code for NC Wise Possible move to Power School in future

20. Great Teachers & Principals Dr. Lynne Johnson, Pillar Lead Dr. Rebecca Garland , TE Co-Chair Jennifer Preston, TE Coordinator

21. Tackling Complex Issues • Measuring teacher and leader effectiveness in North Carolina • Increasing teacher and leader effectiveness in North Carolina

22. Teacher Evaluation Standards

23. Adding Standard Six

24. Standard Six Principals must use at least two sources of student growth data Current options include: • ABC growth measures • EVAAS data • CTE assessment system • Measurable LEP objectives • Piloted LEA measures • Measurable IEP goals

25. The Sixth Standard for Teachers No teacher will be formally evaluated on the new system until he or she has three years of valid student growth data. Principals already consider student performance annually when evaluating teachers and making renewal decisions. During the 2011 – 2012 school year, LEAs decide which sources of growth data to use.

26. The Eighth Standard for Leaders Student growth will become the eighth standard on the principal evaluation rubric. Superintendents must use three years of valid student growth data when evaluating principals on the new system. Superintendents already consider student performance annually and when renewing contracts.

27. Effective Teachers

28. Required Data Collection By School the number and percentage of teachers in each rating category By LEA the number and percentage of principals in each rating category All data recorded by June 30 for teachers and July 15 for administrators Annual evaluations required

29. Teacher Effectiveness Work Group Diverse group of teachers, school administrators, central office staff, NCDPI staff, research scholars, and external partners Goal: Develop recommendations for the long-term integration of student growth into the evaluation system for educators

30. Potential Teacher Effectiveness Measure

31. Perception Data • Teacher Working Conditions Survey • Student Survey – Dr. Ron Ferguson, Harvard

32. Effectiveness of New Teachers • Teach For America Expansion: Increase number of corps members in the eastern region of the state to 550 • North Carolina Teacher Corps: Recruit graduates from North Carolina colleges and universities to teach in high-need LEAs not served by Teach For America

33. Improving Equitable Distribution UNC Induction Program Strategic Staffing Performance Incentives for Low Performing Recruitment Efforts Distinguished Leaders in Practice Initiative

34. Effectiveness of New Principals • Regional Leadership Academies: Train teachers to become administrators in high-need LEAs • Northeast Leadership Academy • Sandhills Leadership Academy • Piedmont-Triad Leadership Academy

35. Effectiveness of Principals More training in using the evaluation instrument Introduction to Modified Teacher Evaluation Process

36. Questions?Dr. Lynne JohnsonDirector, Educator Recruitment and Developmentljohnson@dpi.state.nc.usJennifer PrestonRace to the Top Project Coordinator for Teacher and Leader Effectivenessjpreston@dpi.state.nc.us

37. Major Career and Technical Education Initiatives • Development of CTE Essential Standards • To State Board in May 2011, implementation 2012/13 • Implementation of Elements® statewide • Piloted Spring 2010, now in full implementation • Initiation of statewide Microsoft IT Academy • 2,739 certifications earned as of April 14, 2011 • Collaboration with First Gentleman’s Office and the NCBCE for Students@Work Week • More than 17,000 middle school students served • Articulation agreement with Community Colleges

38. What the data show about CTE

39. Exceptional Children Updates April 18, 2011

40. 09-10 Schools Participating in PBIS Initiative

41. PBIS

42. North Carolina MathState Improvement Project

43. K-12 Curriculum & Instruction Division New Director: Maria Pitre-Martin mpitre@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3817

44. Career & College: Ready, Set, Go: Race to the Top? Common Core – ELA & Mathematics Essential Standards – Science, Social Studies, World Languages, Arts Education, Guidance, Healthful Living Instructional Tools Posted: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/ Standards Documents Crosswalk Documents Unpacking Documents

45. Additional Legislative Concerns Reduced capacity in LEAs and fewer adults in school buildings No state professional development No mentor funds Reduced instructional supplies No textbooks until 2013 Elimination of Teacher Academy and NCCAT

46. Legislature, continued • Elimination of School Improvement Plan and AIG Plan • Cuts to DPI • Transfer of More at Four to DHHS • Rapid expansion of charter schools • Changes to athletic programs • Fitness Testing