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Wake County Public School System NORTH CAROLINA TEACHING STANDARDS AND EVALUATION INSTRUMENT. Implementation 2010-2011. Future-Ready Students For the 21st Century.
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Wake County Public School SystemNORTH CAROLINA TEACHING STANDARDS AND EVALUATION INSTRUMENT Implementation 2010-2011
Future-Ready Students For the 21st Century The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and post-secondary education, and prepared for life in the 21st Century 2
North Carolina Public Schools Goals • To produce globally competitive students • To be led by 21st century professionals • To be healthy and responsible • To provide leadership that will guide innovation in NC Public schools • To be governed and supported by 21st Century Systems
WCPSS Board of Education’s Mission: The Wake County Public School System will educate each student to be a responsible and productive citizen who can effectively manage future challenges. WCPSS Board of Education’s Goal: WCPSS students will demonstrate high academic growth; by 2014, all students will graduate on-time prepared to compete globally. 4
SUPERINTENDENT’S VISION: Working as a community of educators and stakeholders, with support from our broader community, we will ensure that every child educated in our school system graduates on-time prepared for the future. STRATEGIC DIRECTIVES: 1) Focus on Learning and Teaching 2) Retain, recruit, and train high quality employees 3) Develop and implement systems and structures to support schools, ensure accountability, and engage the community 4) Expand fiscal accountability 5
STATE Goals / Measures DISTRICT Goals / Measures DIVISION Goals / Measures SCHOOL Goals / Measures DEPARTMENT Goals / Measures WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMSTRATEGIC PLANNING 6
New Standards for Teachers, Principals & Superintendents! • GS 115C-295.1 required the State to review & revise teaching standards in North Carolina • In August 2006, Chairman Lee charged a Commission to review and align the standards to the State Board’s mission and goals 7
Draft Completed in March 2007 • Distributed materials through focus groups and • other meetings throughout the state • Standards were presented to the State Board of • Education in May and adopted in June 2007.
ALL Evaluation SystemsMust Be Aligned With The Standards July 1, 2008 - New principal evaluation went into effect
…SO WHY DID THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADOPT A NEW MISSION STATEMENT AND GOALS??? North Carolina has moved from a manufacturing and agricultural economy to a technological and research-based economy. Schools must respond to this change if students are to be ready for theirfuture.
What else has been happening? Let’s consider a 64 year old born in 1945 who began school in 1950. What did this individual experience in each decade? • 1940’s • 1950’s • 1960’s • 1970’s • 1980’s • 1990’s • 2000 - present
Consider the Kindergarten Child entering School in 2009 ??? What might life look like for this child? 14
NC Standards for Teachers • Standard 1: Teachers demonstrate leadership • Standard 2: Teachers establish a respectful environment for a diverse population of students • Standard 3: Teachers know the content they teach • Standard 4: Teachers facilitate learning for their students • Standard 5: Teachers reflect on their practice
21st Century Skills Framework www.21stcenturyskills.org
HOW ARE PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS UNIQUE? ALIGNMENT!!! SBE Goals & Mission 21st Century Knowledge and Skills NC Teaching Standards School Executive Standards Superintendent Standards Evaluations Teacher Working Conditions Survey 18
TPAI Three 45 minute observations Just classroom Teacher Behavior NEW MODEL A year-long process Many outside classroom factors Teacher behavior, student behavior & student learning Some Differences
Schedule of Training September 2009 Overview of Standards/Process October 2009 Standard I November 2009 Standard II January 2010 Standard III February 2010 Standards IV and V March 2010 Evaluation Instrument April 2010 Final Questions 20
Our children are the messengers we will send to a world we will never see. • Neal Postman