1. New Honors Level Course Rubric and Honors Level Course Implementation Guide
Type questions in the Question Box.

2. Honors Implementation Wikispace
Review items on Wikispace so they may refer to it –
Honors Implementation Wikispace
Content Area Wikispaces - linked from the Professional Development page on the Honors Implementation Wikispace

3. Overview of Honors Implementation
History of Honors Level Courses
Description and Purpose of Honors Level Courses
Use of the Honors Rubric and Honors Level Implementation Guide to inform curriculum development
Honors Portfolio Review Process/Timeline

4. Types of Honors Level Courses in NCA B C D D
LEA Locally Developed Honors Courses - use Honors Rubric for local review but not part of NCDPI portfolio review process
Inherently Honors (Standards written at a more rigorous and higher level)
Honors By Proficiency (Arts & World Languages – higher levels are Inherently Honors)
LEA Honors Portfolio Review Process (courses at a standard level that you would like to offer at an honors level)
We can think of the Honors Level Courses in NC in three buckets: All are to follow the criteria outlined in the Honors Rubric and Honors Implementation Guide; however only Bucket C will undergo the Honors Portfolio Review process.

5. Honors Rubric Curriculum Content Instructional Materials and Methods
Assessment
Portfolio Review Checklist – verify each component is complete

6. Revised Honors Implementation Guide

7. LEA Cohort Selection for Portfolio Review Process
Random Selection of 1/3 of the LEAs yearly
Timeline – LEA undergoes honors portfolio review every 3 years
Notification of first cohort will occur in April, for submission of honors portfolio in February/March 2014.

8. Honors Portfolio Review Timeline
: Transition year :
Implementation of new Honors Rubric
First cohort portfolio submission & review
Second cohort noftified

9. Honors Portfolio Review Timeline:
Second cohort portfolio submission & review
Third cohort notified
Third cohort portfolio submission & review
Three year LEA review process begins again

10. Honors Implementation Wikispace

11. Example of Content Wikispace

12. Upcoming Training & Support
Training Schedule: April 16th – May 28th
Training Webinar Schedule on Honors Wikispace
Review Content Area Information by May 1st Specific content information for honors level implementation and portfolio review process
Ongoing support for the first Cohort in the fall 2013
LEA Notification by April 22, 2013

13. Questions
About the Honors Rubric, Honors Implementation Guide or Portfolio Process