Honors Level Course Implementation Process Webinar Honors Rubric and Portfolio Review Process September 30, 2014

Introductions Facilitating the Webinar Today is… Michelle McLaughlin

Today’s Agenda Topics Types of Honors Courses Honors Level Implementation Process NCDPI State-wide Review Process and Timeline Honors Course Rubric - components Honors Portfolio Template

Types of Honors Level Courses in NC Honors By Proficiency (Arts & World Languages – higher levels are Inherently Honors) Inherently Honors (Standards written at a more rigorous and higher level) Courses with a NCSCOS at a standard level that you also offer at an honors level … LEA Honors Portfolio Review /NCDPI State-wide Review A BC D D LEA Locally Developed Honors Courses - use Honors Rubric for Local LEA review but not part of NCDPI Honors State- wide review process

Honors Level Implementation Guide

Honors Implementation Wikispace

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NC Standard Course of Study Common Core and Essential Standards Honors Level Course Implementation Guide & Rubric Local Curricula Development (LEA) PLCs and Lead Teachers Classroom Implementation Teacher Portfolio Development (aligned with NCPTS & Evaluation System) LEA Review Selected Portfolios Submitted for State Review (3 year cycle) Local Curricula Development (LEA) PLCs and Lead Teachers Classroom Implementation NC Professional Teaching Standards (NCPTS) & Evaluation System Honors Level Courses Implementation Process Is An LEA Process

Honors Submission For Review Is A State Level Process

TIMELINE FOR HONORS COURSE STATE LEVEL REVIEW PROCESS Dec Cohort II submissions of Assurance Forms to DPI – December 2014 (before winter) Jan Internal review of Assurance Forms – January 2015 Feb Feedback to LEA on their Assurance Forms – February 1, 2015 Any LEAs needing to provide more details on anything the committee determined needed more clarification would need to be resubmitted to DPI by – February 28, 2015 May Portfolio submission date for Cohort II - May 1, 2015 (Would Like To Get Input from LEA on Date) May - Oct May – October, 2015 Portfolios Reviewed Feedback collected and organized Feedback returned to LEA COHORT II: LEA Process, State Level Submissions, State Level Review & Feedback

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Using The Honors Rubric Teachers and Course Developers of honors courses should use the honors rubric for: –course development –to meet the needs of advanced learners –program improvement LEAs should use the honors rubric for local review to ensure fidelity of course rigor USE THE TEMPLATE!!! (For state level upload)

Using The Honors Rubric Curriculum Content Instructional Materials and Methods Assessment

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Closure North Carolina Honors Course Implementation Guide and Rubric State-wide framework Local autonomy and flexibility Guidelines for rigor required for honors credit weighting Framework for helping to implement a strong process of developing and reviewing honors courses offered in the LEA

For Additional Information… Subject Area Consultants at the NCDPI Curriculum & Instruction Division Anna Frost English Language ArtsAnna Frost Jami Inman, ScienceJami Inman Johannah Maynor, MathematicsJohannah Maynor Michelle McLaughlin, Social StudiesMichelle McLaughlin Burt Jenkins, Healthful LivingBurt Jenkins Carol Short, Career & Technical EducationCarol Short Deborah Seehorn, Career & Technical EducationDeborah Seehorn Sneha Shah-Coltrane, AIG/IB Educational ProgramsSneha Shah-Coltrane Slater Mapp, K-12 Curriculum(Arts Education, Healthful Living, World Languages, ELL)Slater Mapp Dr. Robin McCoy, Director, Curriculum and InstructionDr. Robin McCoy