Career & College: Ready, Set, Go! NC’s Race to the Top (RttT) Initiative State Initiatives...

Career & College: Ready, Set, Go!

NC’s Race to the Top (RttT) Initiative

State Initiatives Update:

Professional Development & Strategic Staffing

May 3, 2011

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Webinar Overview1. Reiterate General RttT Requirements &

Process for LEAs/Charters (“Local”)

2. Clarify State Plan & Implications for Local Plans

• Professional Development Initiative

• Strategic Staffing

3. Address Questions

Key Take Away = Know how to move forward with your local RttT plan!

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General RttT Requirements

1. For 2011-12 submission to DPI…Local DSWs must include plans (i.e., a completed row on the spreadsheet) for implementing all RttT Required Activities

2. Local RttT detailed budgets (in BUD) must match Local DSWs (talk to your Finance Officer!)

3. Complete local DSWs must be submitted to DPI by August 3, 2011 (same process as last fall…but much more time to develop plans)

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General RttT Requirements

2010-11 (Nov. 8, 2010) 2011-12 (Aug. 3, 2011)

Submission of Local DSW to DPI…

www.ncpublicschools.org/rttt/district/ www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/rttt/state/plan/state-dsw.pdf

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RttT Guidance Documents

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State DSWAligned with…

SBE Goal

1 and 2Nov 2010 - Feb 2011: Develop and PublishUnpacking of the New Standard.

Angela Quick, Cindy Bennett, Curriculum Staff

*Completion and Publication by due date; *Ongoing Field Feedback*Evaluation Team Reports

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Nov 2010 - Mar 2011: Develop and PublishContent Specific Formative Assessment (including examples of Assessment Tasks andItems)

Angela Quick, Cindy Bennett, Curriculum Staff

*Completion and Publication by due date; *Ongoing Field Feedback*Evaluation Team Reports

N/A

1 and 2Nov 2010 - April 2011: Develop and PublishCrosswalk Documents (per course or grade level)

Angela Quick, Cindy Bennett, Curriculum Staff

*Completion and Publication by due date; *Ongoing Field Feedback*Evaluation Team Reports

N/A

1 and 2Nov 2010 - April 2011:Develop and Publish Glossary of Terms (per course or grade level)

Angela Quick, Cindy Bennett, Curriculum Staff

*Completion and Publication by due date; *Ongoing Field Feedback*Evaluation Team Reports

N/A

1 and 2

Jun 2011 - August 2011: Develop and PublishGraphic Organizer (per course or gradelevel)

Angela Quick, Cindy Bennett, Curriculum Staff

*Completion and Publication by due date; *Ongoing Field Feedback*Evaluation Team Reports

N/A

(B)(3) Standards and

Assessment

Objective 1: Develop and disseminate instructional resources to help educators develop a deep understanding of the new standards in an effort to increase student

outcomes.

NC Race to the Top (RttT) State Detailed Scope of Work (DSW)B3 Transition to New Standards and Assessments

NC RttT Initiative (Section)

Required RttT Activity("For all LEAs/Charters, the State will…")

Plan/Timeline for Implementation Key PersonnelPerformance

Measure (Target)

Budget

2011-12 DSW Submission Timeline

DPI Finance Informational Webinars (2)

•Requirements for submission of budget and detailed plans

DPI Informational Webinars focused on RttT State Initiatives

•LEAs & Charters

•Review Requirements for Local RttT Plans

•Provide LEAs/Charters with greater detail regarding State Plan (by Initiative)

Regional Support & Planning Meetings

•LEAs & Charters

•Review Informational Webinar Info

•Review Approval process

•Support Updated local DSWs

•Support Implementation

All Local Plans submitted to DPI

All Plans reviewed by DPI

DPI staff follow up with

LEAs/Charters to resolve any outstanding

issues

All Plans Final

(posted to RttT

Website)

Sept. 1Feb 10, 2011 March & April June 1-27 August 3 - 11

August 12-22

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Great Teachers and LeadersProfessional Development and Strategic Staffing Initiatives

To prepare and develop high quality educators

To staff highly effective educators in rural and hard to staff schools

To build, sustain and support leadership LEA teams

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RttTProfessionalDevelopment

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KenanFellows

Regional Lead

RESADirector

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2011 Common Core State Standards and NC Essential Standards Summer Institutes for LEA/School PD Leadership Teams

Professional Development: Initial Access and Support Spring 2011 Menu of Content Modules

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Key Instructional Tool Deliverables and Release DatesCommon Core State Standards and NC Essential Standards

June 3, 2011

April 1, 2011

June 24, 2011

June 15, 2011-August 2014

Local PD Leadership Team TrainingsOCTOBER - DECEMBER DSW Meetings – NCDPI

RttT Leadership TeamTeacher Effectiveness Workgroup Meetings

Local PD Leadership Team TrainingsJULY - SEPTEMBER

Local PD Leadership Team TrainingsJANUARY - MARCH Teacher Effectiveness Feedback Workgroup Meetings

Local PD Leadership Team TrainingsAPRIL - JUNE DSW Meetings – NCDPI

RttT Leadership TeamTeacher Effectiveness Workgroup Meetings

Tentative Outline of RESA Partnership Schedule

Contract includes:Materials/Supplies Printing/Duplication CostsTravel/Mileage ExpensesAdministrative CostsRegistration/CEU CertificatesFood/Meals

NCDPI will provide trainers and determine content of all meetings and trainings

*All LEAs and charter schools receiving RttT funding should be included in sessions, regardless of membership.

Level 1:Reaction to

Learning Experience

Level 1:Reaction to

Learning Experience

Level 2:Demonstration of

Learning

Level 2:Demonstration of

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Level 4:Evolved

Practices and Behaviors on

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Level 4:Evolved

Practices and Behaviors on

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Level 5:New Leader and Student

Outcomes

Level 5:New Leader and Student

Outcomes

Level 3:Organizational Support

(Behaviors, Practices, Policies)

Level 3:Organizational Support

(Behaviors, Practices, Policies)

The WorkThe Work

Guskey’s Framework: Five LevelsGuskey’s Framework: Five Levels

Adapted from Guskey, 2000, pp. 79-81

Professional Development Evaluation

• Satisfaction Survey (Guskey Level 1) • Leadership Competency (Guskey Level 2) • Knowledge (Guskey Level 2)

• Impact of Climate on Implementation (Guskey Level 3) • Action Plan Progress (Guskey Level 4) • Level of Use (Guskey Level 4)

• Impact on Conditions for Teaching & Learning (GuskeyLevel 5A)

• Impact on Student Performance (Guskey Level 5B)

PD Assessment Planning

Prior to Participation

End of eachPD Session

End of PDTraining

90 Day Follow-up

Annual follow-up

Organizational Climate Survey

Level 2:Learning

Level 3:Organization

Support

Level 4:Implementation

Level 5A:Impact on Learning

Conditions

Level 5B:Impact onStudent

Performance

Level 1:Reactions

SatisfactionSurvey

Knowledge Survey

ImplementationSurvey Levels of Use Survey

Action Plan Survey

Case Studies

TO BEDETERMINED

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Strategic Staffing: Leadership Academies

Northeast Leadership

Academy (NELA)

Piedmont Leadership Academy

Sandhills Leadership Academy

Principal Preparation• Halifax, Northampton, Bertie, Hertford,

Warren, Weldon City, Roanoke Rapids• Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Martin,

Nash-Rocky Mount, Vance, & Washington

Principal Preparation• Columbus, Montgomery, Cumberland, Hoke,

Richmond, Anson, Lee, Robeson, Scotland, Moore, Harnett, Whiteville

• Sandhills Regional Education Consortium, UNC Pembroke, Fayetteville State

Principal Preparation• Asheboro, Winston-Salem Forsyth, Guilford,

Alamance Burlington• Piedmont Triad Education Consortium

(PTEC), UNC Greensboro

Distinguished Leadership in Practice (DLP)

Recognized 33 of the original 40 DLP Cohort 1 participating principals for full completion of the program.

Reviewed applications for DLP 2 in four geographic locations: Northeast, Southeast, Central and West. Accepted 225 principals from all 8 regions of the state.

Held DLP Component 1 sessions for DLP 2 participants in each of the 4 locations. [April, 2011]

2011-2012 NCDPI Tentative Professional Development Schedule

• Initial Support for PD Leader Teams

• Follow Up Sessions from Summer Institutes

• Utilization of support from Regional PD Leaders

• RESA Teacher Effectiveness Feedback Group Sessions

• RESA PD Leader Team Trainings

• RESA DSW Meetings with NCDPI RttT Leadership Team

• DPI Consultant Trainings

• IHE Trainings (CC and ES)

• Mid Year LEA/Charter School Diagnostic Needs Assessments

• RESA PD Leader Team Trainings

• RESA Teacher Effectiveness Feedback Group Sessions

• RESA PD Leader Team Trainings

• DPI Consultant Trainings

• Year End LEA/Charter School Diagnostic Needs Assessments

• RESA Teacher Effectiveness Feedback Group Sessions

• RESA DSW Meetings with NCDPI RttT Leadership Team

• Customized feedback/support sessions for PD Leader Teams

• IHE Trainings (CC and ES)

Summer Institutes

(selected locations)

JUN-JULY

AUGUST 2011

SEPT-NOV DEC-JAN FEB-MAR APR-JUNE

This is the yearly cycle schedule; content will change

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Professional Development Contacts

Dr. Lynne Johnson Director of Educator Recruitment and Developmentljohnson@dpi.state.nc.us

Yvette Stewart RttT Project Coordinator for Professional Developmentystewart@dpi.state.nc.us

Dr. Eliz Colbert Professional Development Lead Consultantecolbert@dpi.state.nc.us

PD Lead contact information:http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/directory/

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Questions?

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Webinar Summary1. Reiterated General RttT Requirements &

Process for LEAs/Charters (“Local”)

2. Clarified State Plan & Implications for Local Plans

• Professional Development

• Strategic Staffing

3. Addressed Questions

Key Take Away = Know how to move forward with your local RttT plan!