1. November 12,2013

2. Agenda Information American Legion Important Dates Common Exams Honors Portfolio Credit by Demonstrated Mastery Data Dig Learning and Teaching –In the Classroom

3. American Legion Walter Stancil American Legion Scholarship Programs

4. Important Dates November – Native American Heritage Month November 17-23 – Geography Awareness Week November 20/December 3 – two-day workshop Making the Argument for Argument Cross-curricular Teams of 3 See your API for further information

5. Updates on Common Exams We will continue to have exams for English I, III, IV No data was produced for English IV last year because the evaluation of the data revealed no significant variance  We will continue to have exams for US History, Civics and Economics, World History, American History I, and American History II We will NOT have common exams for social studies electives

6. Honors Portfolio February Meeting – Review Portfolios All requisite courses for ELA and Social Studies DPI Honors Implementation Guide

7. Credit by Demonstrated Mastery As of last week, State Board policy http://sbepolicy.dpi.state.nc.us/http://sbepolicy.dpi.state.nc.us/ #13 Implementation Guide http://cdm.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/home Any academic course that follows NC Essential Standards or CCSS Multi-phase application process Phase 1 – standard exam, LEA developed or EOC Phase 2 – student artifacts MORE to COME… as local plan is developed…

8. Making strategic decisions to increase growth and proficiency in WCPSS students

9. Consider the Data & Resources Limited Time- We know you are busy Limited Resources Balance efficiency and effectiveness

10. English II- Text Type and Complexity Passage 1: Poetry (Sample Questions) Passage 2: Informational 12.1 FK Passage 3: Poetry Passage 4: Literary 7.9 FK Passage 5: Informational 10.5 FK Passage 6: Literary 11.1 FK Passage 7: Informational 11.5 FK

11. English II

12. Reading- ACT 2012-13

13. English- ACT 2012-13

14. ACT- School Growth Results

15. ACT- School Growth Results, cont.

16. Common Exams Last Year LEA decision to create the grade distribution LEA decision to count as a grade for students LEA decision to increase training for teachers (CR)

17. C&E Common Exams

18. World History Common Exams

19. US History Common Exams

20. English I Common Exams

21. English III Common Exams

22. Released Data from DPI http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/reporting/ Go to the link and choose Wake Choose your school Explore your EOC and ACT Data

23. Next steps… Ask your admin to help you get school specific subgroup data Work with both departments to create a plan to address areas of need ACT Improve Yourself : Ideas for Progress http://www.act.org/standard/ http://www.act.org/standard/ We are happy to help you dig in the data! We are happy to come to PLTs