1. Accessing Home Base: Teachers

2. Home Base Login Page The Home Base URL is specific to your district. Once you log in here, you are in Home Base and have access to the entire suite of tools available within Home Base, including the student information, the core instructional improvement, and the NC educator evaluation systems.

3. Student Information System Landing Page Logging into Home Base will take you first to your student information system landing page (PowerTeacher). From here you can use use all of the tools in the student information system. Clicking on the Home Base logo on the top left of the page will take you back to the landing page once you have navigated to other parts of the student information system. You can also access the instructional improvement and educator evaluation systems from this page.

4. Student Information System Landing Page From this student information system landing page, you will click on “Schoolnet” to access the instructional improvement system.

5. Terms of Use to Access the Instructional Improvement System The first time you click over to the instructional components, you will be prompted to accept the terms of use. You will not be prompted again unless you clear your browser’s cache or use a new browser.

6. Instructional Improvement System Landing Page Linking over the the instructional improvement system will take you to this landing page. You can use the instructional tools; find, create and use instructional resources and assessment items in this component; and more.

7. Instructional Improvement System Landing Page You can access the NC Educator Evaluation System from either the student information or instructional improvement system landing pages. From from this page, click on the logo circled above.

8. Student Information System Landing Page From the student information system’s landing page, click on the arrow circled in the blue bar above.

9. Access NC’s Educator Effectiveness System (NCEES) Clicking that arrow will open up this applications window from which you can select the NCEES link. Click on the hyperlink to access the NC educator evaluation system.

10. NCEES Landing Page Once you click either the NCEES logo on the Schoolnet landing page or the NCEES hyperlink on the PowerTeacher landing page, a new window will open and you will be taken to this landing page. The educator evaluation system will open in a new window in your browser.

11. For more information about Home Base, please visit www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase