1. World Language Essential Standards 2011-2012 Webinar Series
IHE & LEA/District Coordinator Group
Originally broadcast 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Friday, February 10, 2012
February 10, 2012, at 9: :00 a.m. IHE & LEA Coordinator Webinar on Updates on the WLES Instructional Toolkit, Prof. 101 and PD Resources

2. WLES Wiki http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/De
Re-organized navigation bar!

3. Webinar Control Panel & Materials
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.

4. Today’s Agenda Welcome & Webinar Tools
State & Race to the Top (RttT) Updates
WLES Instructional Toolkit
Proficiency 101 Project
PD Resources on the WLES Wiki
Tech Tools Focus: Today’s Meet
Next Steps: Resources & Review
February 10, 2012, at 9: :00 a.m. IHE & LEA Coordinator Webinar on Updates on the WLES Instructional Toolkit, Prof. 101 and PD Resources

5. State & RttT Updates Task Force on Global Education IIS Webinar
NC Online Writing Instruction (OWI)
Measures of Student Learning (MSL) Design Groups
Regional Workshops, Upcoming RESA Meetings, and 2012 Summer Institutes

6. FUTURE-READY STUDENTS for the 21st Century
Task Force on Global Education North Carolina State Board of Education (NCSBE)
FUTURE-READY STUDENTS for the 21st Century
The guiding mission of the NCSBE is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.
Goal: NC public schools will produce globally competitive students.
The Task Force on Global Education met in October and December. The next meetings are scheduled for February 21st and 22nd and March 13th and 14th. Following the last discovery meetings, a report will be written and then shared with the entire State Board of Education.

7. For more information, contact Eric Moore at eric.moore@dpi.nc.gov
Discover how the Instructional Improvement System Will Enhance Your Work
Join Us!
Sarah McManus
(919) 807– 3776
Angela Farthing
(800)
Join the NC Association of Educators and the NC Department of Public Instruction for this informative webinar on the vision for the Instructional Improvement System.
The IIS is a technology designed to help teachers assess their students and target curricular resources to meet individual students’ needs.
Let us know if you have any questions!
Click on the links below to register for the webinar of your choice.
For more information, contact
Eric Moore at
Upcoming IIS Webinar
NCDPI is partnering with the North Carolina Association of Educators to present webinars around how the new Instructional Improvement System (IIS) will help teachers assess their students and target curricular resources to meet individual students’ needs.
The next IIS webinar will be held on Tuesday, February 21, starting at 4:30 p.m.  The flyer with detailed information, including how to access the webinars, is shown here.
MORE INFO:  Eric Moore,
Join us on…
February 21, 2012 at 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Register at
goo.gl/QQEzE

8. NC Online Writing Instruction (OWI)
Formerly: Writing Instruction System (WIS)
Now: NC Online Writing Instruction (OWI)
Content-specific assignments available soon for grades 3 – 12 on the OWI webpage:
The Online Writing Instruction (OWI) is new for and is taking the place of the Writing Instruction System (WIS) that was used in and OWI is not an assessment but a formative tool that is meant to be used for instructional purposes and as a resource to evaluate student writing and adjust instruction accordingly. LEAs and charter schools are strongly encouraged to use OWI as an instructional tool because writing is integral to the Common Core State Standards for ELA and other NC Essential Standards. The Online Writing Instruction website, has been updated to reflect the changes for , and more information will be posted to this site as it becomes available.
Online Writing Instruction The following modifications for Online Writing Instruction will be in place for
The on-demand tasks are removed from the system.
The number of content-specific assignment opportunities offered to registered students will range from two to twenty. This feature will be available for grades three through twelve. The NCDPI consultants in the K-12 Curriculum and Instruction Division are developing sample content-specific assignments for grades four and seven, and sample content-specific assignments for grades three, five, six, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve (ready by the end of first semester).
Content-specific assignments align to the Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, 6-12, as well as each specific content area’s NC Essential Standards or the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics or English Language Arts.
Online Writing Instruction rubrics have been modified to align with the above documents.
LEAs and Schools have the opportunity to use Online Writing Instruction for entering student work , evaluating student work, providing feedback, and managing student writing portfolios.
For more information,
contact Jim Kroening,
Lead Educational Testing/Accountability Consultant, at

9. Measures of Student Learning (MSL) Design Groups
World Language Groups met on Oct :
Classical Languages (Novice Low – Advanced Mid)
Dual & Heritage Languages (Novice Low – Advanced Mid)
Modern Languages
Novice Low – High
Intermediate Low – High
Advanced Low – Mid
For more information,
contact Jenn Preston,
RttT Project Coordinator for Teacher and Leader Effectiveness, at
Measures of Student Learning Design Groups Meet in Chapel Hill
More than 700 teachers came together in Chapel Hill the week of Oct. 24th to discuss meaningful assessment in currently non-tested grades and subjects.  Educators met together in content groups ranging from the arts to world languages to science. 
Teachers first received training on assessment design, including reliability and validity of measures of student growth.  Then they provided feedback on content standards, including recommendations for the best methods for assessment for their standards and qualitative feedback on assessment for their content area.  The teachers’ feedback will be used to generate assessment items (including constructed response questions) that the teachers will review when they meet again in the spring.
Student growth is the focus of the new sixth standard of the teacher evaluation system.  This will inform teachers' ratings in these new measures of student learning.
MORE INFO: Jennifer Preston,

10. MSL Item Types Discussed
Selected Response (SR)
Short Answer (SA)
Extended Response (ER)
Performance Task (PT)
Portfolio (PF)
Guiding Principles
North Carolina’s experienced teachers know their students and their content
They are the best-qualified to provide input on meaningful assessment of currently non-tested grades and subjects
Valid measures of what students know and are able to do will likely exceed traditional multiple-choice assessment

11. What MSLs Are
Measures of what students know and are able to do after completing a course or grade
Tightly linked to the instruction that a teacher delivers
One part of how North Carolina will evaluate the effectiveness of its teachers
Similar to the common summative assessments that many districts already have in place

12. What MSLs Are NOT
Multiple-choice standardized exams for all areas of the Standard Course of Study
Assessments that need to be delivered with the same level of security as EOCs and EOGs
Designed without teacher input
The only source of data used to make decisions about a teacher’s effectiveness
Part of the school accountability model

13. MSL Next Steps:
March 2012: Design groups begin to return to vet items created by vendor
April/May 2012: Design groups return to design rubrics, administration instructions, and guidance on grading the MSLs
Late Spring/Early Fall: Pilot-test MSLs

14. NC Race to the Top (RttT) Updates
World Language Curriculum Workshops
Focus: Classroom Curriculum Planning with WLES
Past and future workshops:
December 5th: Region 5
February 2nd & 3rd: Region 7 & Regions 6 & 8
March 21st: Region 1 in Williamston, NC
Contact your PD Lead for more information

15. New READY Identity Brand
NC Standard Course of Study - Common Core State Standards in ELA and Math - North Carolina Essential Standards in all other content areas
Accountability Model
Technology & Professional Development Support
READY is the new identity brand for North Carolina’s new Standard Course of Study (Essential Standards and Common Core), new accountability model, and all the technology and professional development support being developed and provided to educators across the state.
READY Regional Outreach Meetings for Principals, Teachers
Beginning Feb. 28 and throughout most of March, READY Regional Outreach meetings will be conducted by NCDPI leaders with principals and a teacher representative from each school in all eight regions of our state.
The focus of our meetings will be around illustrating how all these components fit together to support educators as they work to promote academic achievement for all public school students.

16. Follow-up to 2011 Summer Institutes
Spring RESA Meetings
Follow-up to 2011 Summer Institutes
Focus: Proficiency 101
World Language Representative(s) from district teams and colleagues working with them to plan local PD
World Language leaders will receive continued training on the NC World Language Essential Standards (WLES), designed to provide more in-depth implementation strategies in preparation for full implementation of the standards in the school year.
The focus of the RESA sessions will be on Proficiency 101 or the sharing of information, resources, and activities that can be used locally to help educators teach and assess for proficiency in the classroom. Research-based presentation materials, WLES Instructional Toolkit components such as the Graphic Organizers, online training resources, and assessment tools will be discussed, and program-specific adaptations will be explored. There will also be opportunities for collaboration and sharing of implementation strategies and plans.

17. Spring RESA Meetings February 16th in Region 4
March 8th in Region 5 March 19th in Region 2
March 9th in Region 7 March 20th in Region 1
March 12th in Region 6 March 26th in Region 8
March 14th in Region 3
Spring RESA Meetings for World Language Content Session PD Leads & Colleagues

18. Summer Institutes Content-Specific Sessions 2011: Introduction to WLES
2012: Proficiency 101
Understanding proficiency levels
Teaching to build proficiency
Assessing proficiency in the classroom
2013: TBD based on feedback and needs

19. 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
2012 Summer Institute Locations and Dates:
Professional Development for District-level Teams
In 2012, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) will feature their second round of intensive, blended professional development sponsored by Race to the Top (RttT) for LEAs and Charter Schools. This blended PD focuses on the transition from the current Standard Course of Study to the new Common Core State and NC Essential Standards for all content areas (Math, English language Arts, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, English Language Development (ELD), The Arts, and Healthful Living). North Carolina will implement these new standards for all content areas during the school year.
Summer Institutes are two (2) day face-to-face Summer Leadership Institutes for local LEA and Charter PD Leaders across the state. This is a collaborative effort on the part of the agency; all NCDPI divisions, including Curriculum and Instruction, District and School Transformation, Educator Recruitment and Development, and Exceptional Children will participate in and facilitate at the institutes. Attendance is expected from every district and RttT Charter School. Information on Data Literacy, the NC Standard Course of Study, Information and Technology Standards, and the NC Educator Evaluation System will be featured at these trainings.
Locations and dates are shown. Registration information will be available later this month.
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

20. North Carolina World Language Essential Standards
K-12 Classical Languages
Ancient Greek, Latin, and classical studies
K-12 Dual & Heritage Languages
Dual Language/Immersion Programs
Heritage Language Courses I-II
K-12 Modern Languages
Alphabetic
Logographic
Visual
When the charge was issued to overhaul the current Standard Course of Study using the Essential Standards framework, the call went out to the field for educators who wanted to be involved in this writing process. Over 70 individuals submitted their information for consideration. Teams were formed so that all five language programs were represented by teachers, coordinators, instructors, and university teacher educators with experience along the K-20 continuum. Care was taken to ensure that different regions and languages were represented on the teams, as well as during the review and feedback periods.
At the first meeting in August 2009, the Essential Standards writing groups decided that two major changes were needed. First, the more inclusive term of world languages should be used instead of second languages. The old moniker frequently got our content area confused with the English as a Second Language or ESL programs.
The second change involved grouping of the programs. The K-5 Dual Language/Immersion group knew that the Spanish for Native Speakers or SNS standards were sometimes used in middle school immersion continuation courses, and the SNS group was aware that their standards could be adapted for other home or heritage languages, resulting in French for Native Speakers or Chinese for Native Speakers courses. In order to honor these realities, the two groups joined forces and became K-12 Dual and Heritage Languages.
The Latin group also wanted to be K-12, because there are elementary Latin programs, and more inclusive so that languages like Ancient Greek, which has been taught in North Carolina’s public schools, would fall under the umbrella of K-12 Classical Languages.
Finally, the ASL group noted that American Sign Language is a modern language, as defined in state legislation and standards. Thus, they became part of K-12 Modern Languages, which added visual languages to the list that already included alphabetic and logographic languages.
Statewide implementation in

21. WLES Crosswalk = Old/Current vs.
WLES Crosswalk = Old/Current vs.
How are the World Language Essential Standards new, better and different?
A crosswalk is a comparison of the old or current standards vs. the new.

22. 5 Unpacking Standards Documents Classical Languages
Dual & Heritage: Dual Language/Immersion
Dual & Heritage: Heritage Language
Modern: FLES & Middle School
Modern: High School Credit, Levels I-VIII
The purpose of the Unpacking Standards document is to provide a document that can be used in professional development to:
1) Create district and school pacing guides, and
2) Plan classroom curriculum to reach student proficiency outcomes.
Because it may be the primary document that teachers access, repetition has been built in so that information about the structure of the World Language Essential Standards and proficiency-based organization is readily available.

23. Graphic Organizers for the World Language Essential Standards (WLES)

24. Graphic Organizers

25. Graphic Organizers are . . .
Proficiency-based & Thematic
Done in English (for now)
Just examples to build on
Revisions being made based on feedback collected through January 20th

26. Graphic Organizers include . . .
GO with SmartArt graphics, Purpose & Description
Mini-lesson with:
Connection to the standards
Resources
Assessment Prototypes (APs) describing student products
21st Century Future Ready Attributes
Procedures and formative assessment activities
Reminders and reflections

27.
Planned for
Graphic Organizers – Revised posted Feb. 20th
Assessment Examples
Terminologies – Review starts Feb. 24th
Learning Maps
3 new online modules

28. Assessing Proficiency in World Language Programs
ACTFL Proficiency Scale
NL - Novice Low
NM - Novice Mid
NH - Novice High
IL - Intermediate Low
IM - Intermediate Mid
IH - Intermediate High
AL - Advanced Low
AM - Advanced Mid
AH - Advanced High
S - Superior
NC K-12 Proficiency Expectations

29. Proficiency 101 Project
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
Preview of Spring RESA Sessions
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.

30. The goals of the Proficiency 101 Project will be accomplished via:
Ongoing technical assistance and consultation with the Proficiency 101 Team
Virtual book study starting with
Use of a wiki (Google site) for discussions and drafting of materials for review
Preview of Spring RESA Sessions
The Keys to Assessing Language Performance, including ACTFL K-12 Performance & Proficiency Guidelines

31. Timeline for the Proficiency 101 Project
Dates & Locations
Agenda & Tasks
Nov. 7-8, 2011
Face-to-Face
1st Team Meeting
Introduction to ACTFL collaboration with ACTFL and goals
Standards and Proficiency-Based Teaching & Assessment
Launch of the virtual book study and e-LinguaFolio accounts
Opening of virtual workspace
Nov. 9, 2011 – Feb. 14, 2012
Virtual with times TBD by team
Virtual Book Study
The Keys to Assessing Language Performance, including ACTFL K-12 Performance & Proficiency Guidelines
Selected CEFR Framework materials
21st Century Skills Map for World Languages
WIDA Consortium Proficiency Standards and Model Performance Indicators
World Language Essential Standards and Assessment Prototypes
Preview of Spring RESA Sessions

32. Timeline for the Proficiency 101 Project
Dates & Locations
Agenda & Tasks
Feb , 2012
Face-to-Face
2nd Team Meeting
Drafting content materials, activities, and information to be shared during RttT webinars and the spring RESA sessions
Outlining review and feedback loops, including deadlines, for Proficiency 101 content materials
Feb. – March, 2012
Face-to-Face and Virtual
RESA Sessions plus Virtual Work
Collecting feedback from reviewers, revising Proficiency 101 content materials
Possible: Conducting school site visits for videotaping of team members and classroom teachers using Proficiency 101 approaches in the classroom
Preview of Spring RESA Sessions

33. Timeline for the Proficiency 101 Project
Dates & Locations
Agenda & Tasks
April 3-4, 2012
Face-to-Face
3rd Team Meeting
Review of feedback from spring RESA session participants
Drafting of additional Proficiency 101 content materials, activities, and information
Planning for 2012 Summer Institute presentations focused on Proficiency 101
Analyzing how the collected Proficiency 101 materials could be shared through blended and online delivery systems as a module
April – early June, 2012
Virtual
Virtual Work
Revise and publish Proficiency 101 content materials and prepare for 2012 Summer Institute presentations
mid-June - July 2012
2012 Summer Institutes
Co-presenting on Proficiency 101 content materials at your district’s/school’s regional site
Preview of Spring RESA Sessions

34. 21st Century Skills Map for World Languages
Preview of Spring RESA Sessions
The 21st Century Skills Map for World Languages is available online at and will be posted as a handout.

35. A 21st Century Assessment System Must Include Both Formative and Summative Assessment
The 21st century will usher in a new era for how teachers utilize assessment systems. The new model will include both summative and formative assessment. In contrast to summative assessment, formative assessment is more focused on collaboration in the classroom and identifying learning gaps that can be addressed before the end-of-year assessments.
This section of the NCDPI website ( has been developed in an effort to provide North Carolina teachers with a basic understanding of formative assessment and illustrate the role it could play in a comprehensive, balanced assessment system.
The tools and strategies contained on these web pages are intended to serve as a primer for teachers wishing to learn more about how formative assessment could impact their instruction and help their students achieve targeted learning goals.
A comprehensive balanced assessment system includes classroom assessments, interim/benchmark assessments, and statewide assessments that are aligned to state standards. Each component is important and should be valued for what it contributes.
Formative Assessment
A process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to help students improve their achievement of intended instructional outcomes.
Formative Assessment includes:
Questioning
Discussions
Learning Activities
Feedback
Conferences
Interviews
Student Reflections
Formative assessment is found at the classroom level and happens minute-to-minute or in short cycles. Formative assessment is not graded or used in accountability systems. The feedback involved in formative assessment is descriptive in nature so that students know what they need to do next to improve learning.
Summative Assessment
A measure of achievement to provide evidence of student competence or program effectiveness.
Summative Assessment includes:
Selected Response Items
Multiple-Choice
True/False
Matching
Short Answer
Fill in the Blank
1-2 Sentence Response
Extended Written Response
Performance Assessment
Summative assessments are found at the classroom, district and state level and can be graded and used in accountability systems. The information gathered from summative assessments is evaluative and is used to categorize students so performance among students can be compared.

36. PD Resources on the WLES Wiki http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/De

37. PD Resources Facilitator’s Guide
6 Online Modules at NC Education ( + 7 LinguaFolio modules
Locally-tested agendas shared on the wiki under PD Materials
PD Materials from all presentations since June 2011

38. Tech Tools Focus Jessica Garner, Region 6 PD Lead
Today’s Meet
Tech Tools Focus
Jessica Garner, Region 6 PD Lead

39. Next Steps Resources Review
Explore what’s available on the WLES wiki and add to it . . .
Content Session Materials & Curriculum Workshops
PD Materials & Resources
Standards Documents & Instructional Toolkit
Review
Terminologies document feedback starting Feb. 24th
Proficiency 101 materials and others as posted

40. 2011 – 2012 World Language Webinars
DPI Update 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
November 10, 2011
January 12, 2012
May 10, 2012
IHE & LEA/District Coordinators
9:00-10:00 a.m.
December 9, 2011
February 10, 2012
June 15, 2012
IHE=Institutes of Higher Education or all community college, college and university World Language educators, including adjunct and continuing education instructors

41. 2011 – 2012 World Language Webinars
Race to the Top Summer Institute Group
3:30-4:30 p.m.
October 6, 2011
December 8, 2011
February 9, 2012
April 12, 2012

42. Questions as we move forward?

43. Curriculum & Instruction World Languages
Helga Fasciano
Section Chief of K-12 Programs
Ann Marie Gunter
World Language Consultant
NC World Language
Essential Standards wiki