Honors Level Course Implementation

Webinar

Honors Rubric and Portfolio Review Process

October 7, 2013

Introductions

Facilitating the Webinar Today is…

Jami Inman

Michelle McLaughlin

Honors Implementation Wikispacehttp://honorsimplementation.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

Information includes:

• Honors committee members with e-mail links

• Honors Implementation Guide (pdf)

• Archived webinars and content presentations of implementation guide (2012-2013 and 2013-2014)

• Honors Rubric and Review Checklist

• Portfolio Template

• Excel file of course codes eligible for review 2013-2014

Today’s Agenda Topics

• Frequently Asked Questions

• Updates

• Honors Level Implementation Process & LEA Review Sharing

Review of Frequently Asked Questions

1. So, every honors teacher must create a portfolio and the LEA chooses which one for each curriculum area to present (for submission)?

Review of Frequently Asked Questions continued

2. In what format will the portfolio be submitted?

3. Will the portfolio submission for cohort 1 be based on courses taught in the fall?

4. Does the LEA make local requirements for teachers to submit portfolios?

Review of Frequently Asked Questions continued

5. So one person per district is the only person that can access the honors Moodle, so that means that one person needs to contact Randy that they are the contact person?

6. When will we be notified what course will be reviewed (CTE)?

Implementation Guide (page 5)

• The State Board of Education has requested the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to develop and implement a review process in order to provide guidance to Local Education Agencies for effective implementation of honors level courses.

• The Honors Level Course Rubric and the Honors Implementation Guide will serve as a framework to guide teachers, principals, and Local Education Agencies in developing and locally reviewing honors level courses.

• The honors level course review process will occur every three years.

State Agency Role vs. Local Agency Role

Role of the State Agency Provide a consistent framework to guide teachers

and principals as they develop, implement, and review courses receiving honors weight.

Align the honors rubric/criteria to the new Common Core Standards and Essential Standards.

Provide detailed instructions for preparing a honors portfolio.

Design an online submission system for uploading honors portfolios and evidences for state-level review.

Design a system for selection and training of individuals reviewing honors portfolios at the state level.

Provide feedback to LEAs submitting portfolios and to the NC State Board of Education.

Role of the Local Agency Design and outline a local process used to

communicate, develop, collect, review, and provide feedback for honors portfolios in the local school district.

Establish timelines for various benchmarks in the local honors portfolio development and submission process.

Determine the portfolio (per content area) which will be submitted as the representative example of what honors courses look like in the LEA.

Submit an assurance statement which provides a brief narrative describing the LEA’s local honors review process.

State-level Honors Review Timeline

2013

-201

4

Fall 2013- Implementation of new Honors Courses

Feb/March 2014- Cohort I portfolio submission and review

Spring 2014- Cohort II notified

2014

-201

5

Cohort II portfolio submission and review

Cohort III notified

2015

-201

6

Cohort III portfolio submission and review

Three year LEA review process begins again

TIMELINE FOR PILOT FOR THE HONORS PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION PROCESS

December

LEAs continue work on their local Honors implementation and review process.

LEAs reminder of the January training dates and the beginning of the Honors Portfolio uploading process for Cohort I.

DecOctober – November

LEAs continue work on their local Honors implementation and review process.

October 7th

Updates & Q/A Webinar for Cohort I and Pilots

November 4th

Updates & Q/A Webinar for Cohort I and Pilots

November 29th

Pilot Ends

Oct - Nov

August – September

LEAs continue work on their local Honors implementation and review process.

September 5th

Cohort I Webinar sharing expectations of the Honors implementation and review process.

September 16th – Pilot Begins

Pilot LEA webinar sharing expectations for Portfolio submission.

--Use of the Online Submission system

--Steps involved in uploading portfolio files

Aug - Sept

Pilot Phase

TIMELINE FOR HONORS COURSE REVIEW

JanProvide training to the 40 LEAs in the first cohort on how to use and upload to the system. The training window will be January 20-24, 2014.

January 25, 2014 - LEAs may begin UPLOADING INFORMATION (Not Submitting final portfolios - Just Uploading files) into the online system for each Honors course that is to be reviewed by the state.

FebNotify the 40 evaluators who will review the honors portfolios (content experts, IHE, AIG Leaders, etc.)

MarchMarch 1, 2014 – LEAs may begin to SUBMIT completed portfolios for state review.March 1, 2014 – Honors Portfolio Moodle System will send reminder to the First Cohort of LEAs of the deadline to submit the LEA honors portfolio coursesMarch 10-21, 2014 – Evaluator TrainingMarch 21, 2014 – All Honors portfolios due to the online system from the First Cohort LEAs

AprApril 1st – April 25th - Evaluators review honors portfolios through the Moodle system

April 25th –deadline for all evaluations to be completed in the Moodle by the Evaluators

May - OctMay – October, 2014•Feedback and support will be given to First Cohort LEAs in May

•Those portfolios with a “not met” status will correct and re-submit to the Moodle

•Evaluators will review the re-submitted revisions

•Content Consultants will offer support as needed to the First Cohort LEAs via conference calls, webinars, face-to-face visits to assist LEAs with “not met” categories of the rubric review process

•Moodle system will remain open to the First Cohort of LEAs for revisions and curriculum planning until the end of October

COHORT I: Training , Submission, Review and Feedback

Honors Submission Process

Logging Into The Honors Moodle

If you do not have a Login click this button to create one.

Once you have a Login, type in your information and Login to NC Education.

Finding The Link For The Honors Course Site

Inside The Honors Portfolio Site

File Types Supported By The Submission Moodle

*Important Note: To find the full listing on the Moodle, look for the link titled File Type Supported Conversion Table.

Questions

Closure

North Carolina Honors Course Implementation Guide and Rubric• State-wide framework• Local flexibility• Guidelines for rigor required for

honors credit weighting

Contact Information

Linda Brannan, Consultant

K-12 Student Support Services

NCDPI Curriculum & Instruction Division

linda.brannan@dpi.nc.gov