1. Professional Development Tool
Course Creation and Organizational Tools for Administrative Users

2. Accessing the Professional Development

3. Accessing the Home Base PD System
Log into NCEdCloud (IAM)
Click on the NCEES application
Alternate Login -

4. NCEES Home Page

5. Professional Development System
Link back to rt3nc.org

6. Where to find NCDPI’s Online Professional Development

7. Professional Development System

8. rt3nc.org

9. rt3nc.org

10. rt3nc.org

11. In the PD System...
Instructor Led: A facilitator or instructor guides course progress. One section or topic within the course is typically completed by all participants before moving on to the next section. There is a deadline for course completion.
Self-Paced: The participant completes the course at his/her own pace. There is typically no deadline for course completion.
NC HomeBase Professional Development Tool
In the PD Tool there are two choices for engaging in PD: Instructor-Led and Self-Paced.
Self-Paced: The participant completes the course at his/her own pace. There is typically a deadline for course completion. (GS; this is not technically true...we may want to add NO)
Instructor Led: A facilitator or instructor guides course progress. One section or topic within the course is typically completed by all participants before moving on to the next section. There is a deadline for course completion.

12. Creating a Course

13. To create PD, from the
NCEES Home Page, use the
System Administration tab.

14. Choose Course Administration
to open the
Learning Opportunity Administration options.

15. Choose Create New Learning Opportunity to open Course Administration.

16. Choose Instructor Led to begin to set the details.

17. The Details

18. The Details...What You Are SeeingC. B.
Menu for Learning Opportunities
Details for this course
Settings for this course

19. The Details
Cannot be changed once it is set.

20. The Details
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21. The Details

22. The Details

23. The Settings

24. The Settings...What You Are SeeingC. A. B.

25. The Settings...Location Availability
Location must be set to appear in catalog.

26. The Settings...Demographics -Select only one, if select any at all.
Click Set Required to set required demographics for the course. Setting required demographics will make the course appear in the Required Training channel on the Professional Development page of anyone with that demographic.
Click Set Recommended and follow the same steps to set recommended demographic criteria. Setting recommended demographics will make the course appear in the Recommended Training channel on the Professional Development page of anyone with that demographic.
Click Set Restricted and follow the same steps to set restricted demographic criteria. Setting restricted demographics will restrict registration for the course to only those with that demographic.

27. The Settings...Demographics
-You want 1st year teachers to access this course.
-Click “Set Restricted”
Clicking any one of the demographics accesses the same menu.
Click on “Enable” by “Instructional”

28. The Settings...Demographics
-You want 1st year teachers to access this course.

29. The Settings...Demographics
-You want 1st year teachers to access this course.

30. The Settings...Demographics
-Now only 1st year teachers may take this course.

31. The Settings...Demographics Next...The Focus Area

32. The Settings...Focus Area
-Screenshot is just a sample.
-Subjects not Evaluation Standard

33. The Settings...Focus Area

34. Creating Sections & Moodle

35. Manage the Course...What You’re Seeing.D. C. A. B.

36. Managing the Course...Creating Sections
Notice that most of the options in the drop-down menu are also accessible in the “Settings” box on the right of the page (in the live site).
Each course must have at least one section.
When you click on sections, it takes you to the bottom of the page.
The section acts as the individual class for the course, and when participants register for a course, they are enrolling into a specific section.

37. Managing the Course...Creating Sections

38. Managing the Course...Creating Sections

39. Managing the Course...Creating Sections
Any information for participants, any links can put entered here.
Links will not hyperlink.

40. Navigate Section - Moodle Platform

41. Creating Moodle Content

42. How to find my course in the PD System?

43. Finding My Course: User ViewA C D B

44. Transcript & Credit

45. Transcript View

46. Transcript View
*Take the Survey to Complete Course if applicable.

47. Course Approval Process
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48. Course Proposal & Approval Process
The Tabs: Course Approval & Course Proposal

49. Course Proposal: Details, Settings, SectionsB.
Menu for Learning Opportunities
Details for this course.
Settings for this course.

50. Course Proposal: Sections
Notice that most of the options in the drop-down menu are also accessible in the “Settings” box on the right of the page (in the live site).
Each course must have at least one section.
When you click on sections, it takes you to the bottom of the page.
The section acts as the individual class for the course, and when participants register for a course, they are enrolling into a specific section.
The difference will be an added step to ‘Send Course Proposal’.

51. Course Approval: Approve or Deny

52. Course Approval: Submitted Courses
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53. Course Approval: Review and Comment

54. Course Approval: Approved or Denied

55. Instructor Led: Section Approval

56. Review Course Screen

57. Manage Sections: Rosters, Grades, Communication

58. Managing the Course...Sections

59. Manage Instructors
It is only necessary to add an Instructor if someone other than the course creator or Office administrator will be managing the course, including registration, attendance, grading, etc.

60. Manage Class Times
This is what you will see when you click on “Manage Class Times”...No information.
To enter information about Section Time Details, click on the “Add New Day” button on the top right corner.

61. Manage Class Times I. E. D. C. A. B. H. G. F. Add New Day
Use a Recurring Date (drop-down menu)
Date
Show Conflicts
Start Time
End Time
Has Attendance (pre-populated)
Remove and Remove All.
Must hover over “Remove All” to see it.
Save Changes
nothing will be saved until you click “Save Changes”

62. Manage Roster 12 tabs to use while working with the section roster.
Some of the more helpful tabs:
- All
-Sign In Sheet
-Name Tags
You can control which columns you view when looking at the roster by unchecking the check boxes.
You can filter the populated roster by using the arrows to the right of the column name.
Scroll back to the top and click the “Done” button to move on to the next task.

63. Manage Course
Takes you right back to the Learning Opportunity Administration page.

64. Manage Section From the Learning Opportunity Administration page,
use the drop-down menu at the top or scroll to the bottom
to access the section to manage it.

65. Utilizing Your Local PD Office

66. PD Landing Page
Content

67. System Administration

68. System Administration
You can design your online learning space so that you can have multiple learning opportunities for educators in your district such as instructor‐led courses as well as self‐paced courses.

69. Support Structures
This chart explains the structures within the system. You have the option to select Moodle or non-moodle as the platform when you are creating the course shell. Within these options, you can select self-paced or instructor-led. You could also use the system to do enrollment management for any face‐to‐face PD that you already happen to be doing in your district. For example, trainings that occur each school year, such as blood pathogen training. They happen f2f but you utilize the system to award CEUs. Participants can register for the training and the administrator gives them completion credit based on attendance. These are some of the full features of the system.

70. Tailoring to Meet District Needs
When you build out your course, you can tailor the identifying information to your district needs. You can add specific information to help people find things in the catalogue. You can add to the course description, giving additional information about the course. You can identify how long it lasts as well as indicate what types of credits would be appropriate for teachers if they enroll. Another great feature is the ability to recommend or require courses by roles. When using this feature, the recommended or required course(s) show up on the users PD landing page when they log in.

71. Setting up Your District Office
Determine as a district who will serve the role as Office Administrator
Submit a ticket by sending an to
Include in that who will have the role of Office Administrator
Office Administrator has the ability to assign other roles such as…
Course Requester
Final Reviewer
So, you might be thinking, how do I get started?
Determine as a district who will be the office administrator. This can be more than one person. Once this is decided, you will need to submit a request for your office to be set up
Include the name of the person(s) who will be your office administrator. Once this person(s) has been given rights, they will be able to assign additional roles such as course requester and/or final reviewer.

72. Self Paced Mini-Module Course #1906
Creating & Managing PD through Home Base
To help you with this, we have a mini-module. It will take you through the process of creating, managing, and delivering professional development through Home Base — whether self-paced or instructor-led, Moodle-based or non-Moodle. It does not delve deeply into best practices for teacher professional development nor teach you to use Moodle but focuses on the use of the Home Base PD tool itself. The mini-module should take you approximately 3 hours to complete. No credit will be recorded on the PD system transcript; however, your administration may combine this mini-module with additional staff development to award credit at the local level.

73. Course Approval Process
You can see here from this screenshot the course approval workflow. Users that are assigned the correct roles will be able to access this page to manage courses within your office.

74. Alignment

75. Big Picture - NCEES
NCEES - The intended purpose of the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process is to assess the teacher’s performance in relation to the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards and to design a plan for professional growth.
Evaluation Process & PDP Data - Guide professional development programs for teachers.
Standards for administrators - Principal/Evaluator Responsibilities - Identify the teacher’s strengths and areas for improvement and make recommendations for improving performance.

76. Data-based Decision Making
Consider these questions:
What data sources can be used; PDP trends, Summary Evaluation Reports, Standard 6 Data?
What are the areas of strength and weakness; all staff, content area groups, grade levels, individual teachers?
What is the best approach to filling the needs?
Has NCDPI created content that can be used effectively?
Can this be self-paced?
How will the content be enhanced based on local data?
How can PLCs support implementation of professional learning?

77. PD System & Local Implementation
Data Analysis
Recognize
Trends
How to Implement
Request a Section
PDPs
EVAAS
Walkthroughs
PLC Minutes
PD Evaluations
21st Century Skills
Using Data
Learning Environment
Global Awareness
Grade-level
School-wide
Content Area
rt3nc.org
self-paced
instructor-led
PLC
Consider characteristics of facilitator(s).
Use process outline during this webinar.
Module Alignment to North Carolina Professional Standards

78. Professional Development System
Transition slide

79. Things to Remember
There is no cost to school districts or educators to take these modules. Any public LEA or charter school in North Carolina may use the modules.
All materials needed to complete the modules are provided online. You must have reliable connectivity. Technology requirements are listed at the beginning of each module.
Self-paced modules and mini-modules will be available throughout the school year. You may begin at any time. Each module requires a different amount of time for completion. Please refer to the descriptions of specific modules for approximate completion times.
Credit will be awarded on the PD system transcript upon successful completion of modules housed in Home Base. Educators may also print a Certificate of Completion for their records. The certificate can be given to the Staff Development Contact within their school for CEUs. Final award of CEUs must be approved by the local education agency (school district or charter school).

80. Things to Remember CEU Clarification
Approval of professional development experiences for renewal credit is a decision made by the local board of education (the local school district). While districts have entered into an agreement with the Department of Public Instruction and under the guidance and authority of the Department have established minimum criteria for renewal credit, local boards of education may establish criteria above and beyond what the Department requires.
Course Completion Clarification
Forums are not optional and therefore are required for the computerized mechanics to mark the course as complete.
Complete any surveys associated with the course.
It may take 24 hours for your transcript to update with new credit earned.

81. Resources

82. Help Guides

83. Thoughts, Questions, Ponderings