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% $ 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 NCs Aligned Plan

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

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 8

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

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

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 11

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% Lowest 5% of schools Schools with 4-yr grad rate below 60% (2 of last 3 years) 118 Schools Districts with aggregate performance below 65% (16 districts and 224 schools)

Goal of Race to the Top: No School in North Carolina Below 60% Below 52.4% Performance Composite Elementary Below 53.0% Performance Composite Middle Below 58.1% Performance Composite High 15 Bottom 5% of Conventional Schools

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 16

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

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

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 Teachers demonstrate leadership Standard One Teachers establish a respectful environment Standard Two Teachers know the content they teach Standard Three Teachers facilitate learning for their students Standard Four Teachers reflect on their practice Standard Five

23 Adding Standard Six Teachers demonstrate leadership Standard One Teachers establish a respectful environment Standard Two Teachers know the content they teach Standard Three Teachers facilitate learning for their students Standard Four Teachers reflect on their practice Standard Five Teachers facilitate student academic growth 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.

Effective Teachers 27 Student Growth Meets Expectations Proficient or Higher on All Standards Effective Teacher Student Growth Exceeds Expected Growth Accomplished or Higher on All Standards Highly Effective Teacher

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 28

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

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

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

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

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

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

36 Questions? Dr. Lynne Johnson Director, Educator Recruitment and Development Jennifer Preston Race to the Top Project Coordinator for Teacher and Leader Effectiveness

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 Gentlemans Office and the NCBCE for Week –More than 17,000 middle school students served Articulation agreement with Community Colleges

What the data show about CTE 2010 CTE concentrators who graduated within four years (members of 2010 cohort) 89.2% Students who earned CTE postsecondary credit while in high school during ,860 High school students who took at least one CTE course in % 2010 high school graduates who earned a concentration 52.9% 2009 CTE concentrators who continued further education and advanced training 74.2%

Exceptional Children Updates April 18, 2011

09-10 Schools Participating in PBIS Initiative

PBIS

North Carolina Math State Improvement Project

K-12 Curriculum & Instruction Division New Director: Maria Pitre-Martin

Career & College: Ready, Set, Go: Race to the Top? 44 Common Core – ELA & Mathematics Essential Standards – Science, Social Studies, World Languages, Arts Education, Guidance, Healthful Living Instructional Tools Posted: Standards Documents Crosswalk Documents Unpacking Documents

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 45

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 46