1. World Language Essential Standards 2011-2012 Webinar Series
June 15, 2012, at 9: :00 a.m. IHE & LEA Coordinator Webinar on Overview of 2012 Summer Institutes & Updates on Prof. 101 and Instructional Toolkit To register for this webinar, please click on  complete the form. Connection information and reminders will be sent to you via . To submit questions for this webinar, go to  complete the form.
IHE & LEA Coordinator Webinar
Broadcast 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Friday, June 15, 2012

2. Today’s Agenda Webinar Controls & WLES Wiki
State & Race to the Top (RttT) Updates
Overview of 2012 Summer Institutes
Preview of PD Plans
Updates on Prof. 101 Project & WLES Instructional Toolkit
Next Steps
June 15, 2012, at 9: :00 a.m. IHE & LEA Coordinator Webinar on Overview of 2012 Summer Institutes & Updates on Prof. 101 and Instructional Toolkit To register for this webinar, please click on  complete the form. Connection information and reminders will be sent to you via . To submit questions for this webinar, go to  complete the form.

3. Webinar Controls & WLES Wiki

4. Webinar Controls Audio controls and monitoring Questions box
Recording  Archives
Archives as PD Resources
Note: Participation in the live broadcasts is documented, and a certificate noting accumulated contact hours for license renewal purposes will be issued at the end of the school year.  The archived webinars and materials can be used as PD resources locally, with contact hours documented by the district or school.

5. WLES Wiki http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
Navigation bar is being redesigned in preparation for SI 2012

6. WLES Wiki http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/
The WLES wiki has today’s materials posted on the Webinars page

7. State & Race to the Top (RttT) Updates

8. State Updates
Task Force on Global Education North Carolina State Board of Education (NCSBE)
FUTURE-READY STUDENTS for the 21st Century
Goal: NC public schools will produce globally competitive students.
Go to to see the Task Force on Global Education webpage with all of the information: dates, agendas, and materials
The staff supporting the Task Force is drafting a report that will eventually be taken back to the entire State Board of Education.

9. State Updates
Webinars & Online Modules Tools to transition to the new NC Standard Course of Study (Common Core State & North Carolina Essential Standards)
Go to to find: PD Webinars for SI and SI Teams 7 Phase I – 2011 modules also available at Placeholders for 9 Phase II – 2012 modules planned for June 2012
New Location for Webinars and Online Modules You can now find the entire menu of NCDPI’s online instructional modules and recorded webinars posted at (PC users hit CTRL and click). Please return to this page often to access future information on resources available for your use.
All professional development online instructional modules and webinars will provide support for districts and schools with the transition to the new North Carolina Standard Course of Study implemented statewide during the school year.
MORE INFO: Tracey Greggs, or Yvette Stewart,
For more information, contact:
Tracey Greggs
or Yvette Stewart

10. NC Receives NCLB Waiver
State Updates
NC Receives NCLB Waiver
Read more about this at
For more information, contact:
Vanessa Jeter
North Carolina Receives NCLB Waivers
North Carolina is one of eight states receiving flexibility waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Behind in exchange for state-developed plans to prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the neediest students, and support effective teaching and leadership. US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the new round of waiver approvals at the end of May. To date, 19 states have received waiver approval, and another 18 waiver plans are under review.
This decision comes after several months of peer reviews and negotiation with the US Department of Education. Through this process, North Carolina education leaders clarified information provided in support of its waivers and adjusted some elements of the state’s plan.
The waiver process allows states important flexibility that they need in order to move forward with efforts to improve schools and support opportunities to close achievement gaps and improve learning for students. North Carolina’s waivers allow the state to move away from the Adequate Yearly Progress measure that is an “all or nothing” measure. Many felt the AYP process unfairly labeled schools for missing one or two targets among many and provided disincentives to states that wanted to implement new accountability models, more rigorous standards and other improvements.
You can read more about this at
MORE INFO: Vanessa Jeter,

11. Taking Stock of NC’s Progress with USED Secretary Duncan
RttT Updates
Taking Stock of NC’s Progress with USED Secretary Duncan
May 7, 2012 in Washington, DC
For more information about NC Race to the Top, go to:
Race to the Top: Taking Stock of North Carolina’s Progress 
State Superintendent June Atkinson and other state education leaders attended North Carolina's annual “stock-take” meeting with US Department of Education (USED) Secretary Arne Duncan on May 7 in Washington, DC. This meeting focused on the progress the department has made toward the implementation of new standards, assessments and more in North Carolina public schools this fall. All of this work is supported by North Carolina’s Race to the Top grant, which provides $400 million to support school improvement and was awarded by the USED in 2010. 
Secretary Duncan and his team commended the state for taking the lead in reaching educators across North Carolina with information concerning the new Common Core State Standards and Essential Standards, a new accountability model and a refined Educator Effectiveness System. Secretary Duncan and his team also noted:
•  A major boost in professional development for educators around the new standards.  Summer Institutes held in 2011 and scheduled for this summer have reached thousands of principals and lead teachers. The NCDPI is providing support to local school districts to ensure that this is replicated at the individual school level. In addition, multiple online modules are in place to help teachers prepare for the new Common Core.
•  Progress toward the development of new assessments. North Carolina is on track to have online tools that will simplify how students are tested and produce data that will determine areas for improvement much more quickly.
•  Thoughtful planning of a new Instructional Improvement System. The NCDPI is working with a number of partners to create a new data system that measures student success and informs teachers, principals and policymakers about how they can improve the delivery of educational services to students. Proposals for building this system are being reviewed, and vendor selections are expected in the next several months.
•  Building support for a new educator evaluation system.  A new evaluation system for educators that incorporates student growth as one of six factors and involved input from teachers and principals will give a more accurate view of classroom effectiveness.

12. READY Outreach Meetings Posted on iTunesU
RttT Updates
READY Outreach Meetings Posted on iTunesU
READY Outreach Meeting Posted Online
NCDPI hosted READY Regional Outreach meetings across the state in February and March, as part of the READY Initiative to ensure that educators are prepared for the many changes coming to NC’s public schools this fall.  These meetings were attended mostly by principals and lead teachers, along with superintendents and communications directors. 
The Regional 3 meeting at NC State University’s McKimmon Center on March 12 was recorded to give everyone a chance to have access to the information that was shared.  This is now available on iTunesU.  The video is segmented according to topics covered, and can be accessed at
MORE INFO: Michael Yarbrough,
For more information, contact:
Michael Yarbrough

13. Teacher Evaluation Training Alert
RttT Updates
Teacher Evaluation Training Alert
Kim Simmons NC Educator Evaluation Consultant
Plus: Eliz Colbert, Robert Sox and your PD Leads listed here:
Teacher Evaluation Training Alert
Kim Simmons, has joined the Educator Recruitment and Development staff as the North Carolina Educator Evaluation Consultant to lead our team in the training process.  Kim has experience as a principal and professional development leader.  All LEAs have FREE access to Kim Simmons, Eliz Colbert, Robert Sox and the PD Leads in your district.  Training by these individual is free; at no cost to you.  PD Leads are identified here at this link: 
Face-to-face and online training occurs frequently in your region, and you have the option to customize your training.     It has come to our attention at the agency that outside vendors are hired to assist you with your training.  Please be advised that many of these vendors are neither trained on our current online system nor the inclusion of Standards 6 and 8.  Please take advantage of ensuring you are observing and evaluating your teachers with accuracy and fidelity.
MORE INFO: Lynne C. Johnson,
For more information, contact:
Lynne Johnson

14. Time Check & Questions

15. Overview of 2012 Summer Institutes
Audience receives update on Proficiency 101 Project goals and tasks.

16. Summer Institute 2012 Locations & Dates
Enka High School
475 Enka Lake Road
Candler, NC (Buncombe County)
Thursday, June 21-Friday, June 22
Summer Institute 2
Maiden High School
600 West Main Street
Maiden, NC (Catawba County)
Tuesday, July 10-Wednesday, July 11
Summer Institute 3
West Stokes High School
1400 Priddy Road
King, NC (Stokes County)
Thursday, July 12-Friday, July 13
Summer Institute 4
Croatan High School
1 Cougar Lane/3355 Hwy 24
Newport, NC (Carteret County)
Tuesday, July 17-Wednesday, July 18
Summer Institute 5
JH Rose High School
600 W. Arlington Blvd.
Greenville, NC (Pitt County)
Thursday, July 19-Friday, July 20
Summer Institute 6
SanLee Middle School
2309 Tramway Rd.
Sanford, NC (Lee County)
Tuesday, July 24-Wednesday, July 25
These are the dates and locations for next summer’s Institutes for Essential Standards training.
These are designed to be delivered to the same people who were on the LEA team that attended the 2011 Summer Institute. Check with your LEA Race to the Top coordinator to see who attends these.
(Folks from Regions 3 and 6 may choose which one they would like to attend.)

17. Proficiency 101 (P101)
Backwards Design Process with the P101 Lesson Plan Template
Review of 3 Communication Modes and Culture Linked to Assessment Products
Focus on the Spiraling of Proficiency Levels & Impact of Formative Assessment
Leverage the NCWORLDLANG Social Bookmark to Share Resources Statewide
Different Types of Proficiency-Based Assessment
Proficiency-Based Rubrics

18. Webinar Question Submitted http://tinyurl.com/WLWebinarQuestions
What exactly is the Proficiency 101 Project?
Region 6:What exactly is the Proficiency 101 Project?

19. Proficiency 101 Project & Team
Create a foundation of resources and PD content materials that will help teachers . . .
Understand the 8 proficiency levels in the WLES
Know how to teach to build proficiency
Assess proficiency in the classroom
To meet the professional development and implementation needs associated with the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards and the English Language Development Standards, as well as the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, the Proficiency 101 Project has been initiated, which is a collaboration between NCDPI and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) informed by other organizations working in language and literacy development.
The Proficiency 101 Project is led by a team charged with the following:
Building a foundation of resources for use by NC educators that address how language proficiency and literacy skills are built over time in K-12 education;
Creating content for use in PD that will focus on understanding and assessing proficiency in the classroom, which could be packaged as an online module and/or used in blended PD.
The Proficiency 101 Team consists of representatives from all eight regions, charter schools, the college and university system and internal personnel involved with implementing language and literacy standards. In addition, reviewers, who provide feedback on initial drafts and other work, will be designated so that revisions could take place prior to external reviews.

20. West Stokes High School Stokes County Summer Institute 2
July 12-13, 2012
West Stokes High School
Stokes County
Summer Institute 2
July 10-11, 2012
Maiden High School
Catawba County Schools
Summer Institute 5
July 19-20, 2012
JH Rose High School
Pitt County
Summer Institute 1
June 21-22, 2012
Enka High School
Buncombe County
Summer Institute 4
July 17-18, 2012
Croatan High School
Carteret County
Summer Institute 6
July 24-25, 2012
SanLee Middle School
Lee County
2012 Common Core and Essential Standards Summer Institutes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

21. Preview of 2012 – 2013 Professional Development (PD) Plans
Audience receives update on Proficiency 101 Project goals and tasks.

22. Face-to-Face Professional Development
2012 Summer Institutes (6 sites)
LinguaFolio Rollout (1 site – 2 sessions) Tentatively: Thursday, August 9, 2012 (AM & PM)
IHE Institutes (3 sites) Central - October, West - January, East - March
FLANC Conference (Winston-Salem) October 11 – 13, [Spring Fling in the East]
Spring RESA Sessions (8 sites)

23. Spring 2013 RESA Meetings (Follow-up to SI 2012)
March 5th in Region 5 February 5th in Region 1
March 12th in Region 6 February 12th in Region 2
March 19th in Region 8 February 19th in Region 4
March 21st in Region 7 February 26th in Region 3
Spring 2013 RESA Meetings for World Language Content Session PD Leads & Colleagues

24. Blended Professional Development
World Language Program-Specific Curriculum Workshops (Working Title: “Ring of 8”)
Groups TBD
Classical Languages – Saturday in September?
Visual Languages – East & West in mid-September?
Ultimate Goal: Teacher Networking and Online Teacher Handbooks
Various state/local collaborations

25. Online Professional Development
NC Education Modules:
7 Phase I modules
9 Phase II modules, including:
21st Century Skills
Data Literacy
Digital Literacy
NC FALCON Student Ownership
7 LinguaFolio Training Modules
WL Webinar Series

26. 2012 – 2013 World Language Webinars
Race to the Top Summer Institute Group
Thursdays at 3:30-4:30 p.m.
September 20, 2012
December 13, 2012
March 7, 2013
June 6, 2013

27. 2012 – 2013 World Language Webinars
DPI Update Time: TBD – evenings?
November 2012
February 2013
May or June 2013
IHE & LEA/District Coordinators
Time: TBD – mornings?
January 2013
April 2013
IHE=Institutes of Higher Education or all community college, college and university World Language educators, including adjunct and continuing education instructors

28. Assessment Items In progress . . . Assessment Examples (AE)
Drafted during WLES writing with work ongoing
Measures of Student Learning (MSL) Design Group
Partnership with TOPS at NC State
SPAR activity introduced at Spring RESA Sessions
Integrated Performance Assessments (IPA) using proficiency-based rubrics
Assessment Examples (AE)
Drafted during WLES writing with work ongoing
Measures of Student Learning (MSL) Design Group
Partnership with TOPS at NC State
SPAR activity introduced at Spring RESA Sessions
Integrated Performance Assessments (IPA) using proficiency-based rubrics

29. Webinar Questions Submitted http://tinyurl.com/WLWebinarQuestions
Measures of Student Learning (MSLs)
Will SI 2012 cover information about MSL testing?
When do we expect to see sample test items created by the MSL teams/researchers?
Region 8: Will the Summer Institute cover information about MSL testing?
Region 6: When do we expect to see sample test items created by the MSL teams/reseacher
Contact:
Jennifer Preston RttT Project Coordinator for Teacher & Leader Effectiveness
For more information about MSLs, contact: Jennifer Preston, RttT Project Coordinator at

30. Updates on . . . Proficiency 101 Project & WLES Instructional Toolkit
Audience receives update on Proficiency 101 Project goals and tasks.
Updates on Prof. 101 Project & WLES Instructional Toolkit

31. Proficiency 101 Project Team
Create a foundation of resources and PD content materials that will help teachers . . .
Understand the 8 proficiency levels in the WLES
Know how to teach to build proficiency
Assess proficiency in the classroom
To meet the professional development and implementation needs associated with the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards and the English Language Development Standards, as well as the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, the Proficiency 101 Project has been initiated, which is a collaboration between NCDPI and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) informed by other organizations working in language and literacy development.
The Proficiency 101 Project is led by a team charged with the following:
Building a foundation of resources for use by NC educators that address how language proficiency and literacy skills are built over time in K-12 education;
Creating content for use in PD that will focus on understanding and assessing proficiency in the classroom, which could be packaged as an online module and/or used in blended PD.
The Proficiency 101 Team consists of representatives from all eight regions, charter schools, the college and university system and internal personnel involved with implementing language and literacy standards. In addition, reviewers, who provide feedback on initial drafts and other work, will be designated so that revisions could take place prior to external reviews.

32. WLES Crosswalk http://wlnces. ncdpi. wikispaces
WLES Crosswalk 5 Unpacking Standards Documents 8 Graphic Organizers Soon Glossary of Terms Go to

33. Webinar Question Submitted http://tinyurl.com/WLWebinarQuestions
In the COs below, is the summary in the target language?
NH.CLL.2.2 Summarize spoken messages and announcements about familiar topics.
NH.CLL.2.3 Summarize simple texts containing familiar vocabulary in terms of the main ideas and supporting details.
RBT Summarize: Abstracting a general theme or major point(s)
Region 8: In the COs below, is the summary in the target language? Listening or reading are done in the target language for interpretive communication… but summarizing seems like a presentational skill, not an interpretive skill. NH.CLL.2.2 Summarize spoken messages and announcements about familiar topics NH.CLL .2.3 Summarize simple texts containing familiar vocabulary in terms of the main ideas and supporting details.

34. Webinar Question Submitted http://tinyurl.com/WLWebinarQuestions
What choices do teachers have in terms of covering various COs?
Refer to the Unpacking Standards documents ( or Curriculum Mapping materials on the wiki for the COs for a particular program or course.
Region 6:What choice does the teacher have in terms of ignoring various clarifying objectives. In most discplines, teachers must teach every clarifying objective. In most subject areas, teachers must follow the state standards like a check-list. WL seems different: For example: 1 - In the CO about street signs, etc. when Latin has no street signs, what does a teacher do? Ignore the CO? 2 - In NL.CLL.3.2 Is it a requirement that every teacher has students memorize poetry and songs?
NL.CLL.3.2. Use the language to recite memorized poetry and songs from the target culture.

35. Next Steps
Audience receives update on Proficiency 101 Project goals and tasks.
Updates on Prof. 101 Project & WLES Instructional Toolkit

36. Next Steps
Share what you’re doing on the wiki and explore the resources already available (
Content Session PD Materials
Shared Resources from the Curriculum Workshops
Local agendas, pacing guides, resource links, etc.
Standards & Instructional Toolkit components
Review the WL Webinar archives and brainstorm ideas for the series
Prepare for P101 Local PD from the Summer Institutes

37. Curriculum & Instruction World Languages
Helga Fasciano Section Chief of K-12 Program Areas
Ann Marie Gunter World Language Consultant
NCDPI World Languages website
Be patient! I try to return s as soon as I can, but I’ve been involved in a number of meetings recently and on the road.

38. Questions as we move forward?