Title I Directors’ MeetingRegions 5 and 7

Update on the Race to the Top

September 8, 2011

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Professional Development Leads

Support RttT Professional Development Initiative (Section D5 of NC’s Plan)

• NC Evaluation System• Common Core & Essential Standards• Data Literacy• Capacity team building for sustainability

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NC Race to the Top Priorities

• Standards and Assessments • Systems to Support Instruction• Turning around low-performing Schools• Great Teachers and Leaders

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NC Race to the Top Priorities• Standards and Assessments

– Transitioning to new standards – Monitoring curriculum – Utilizing benchmark and diagnostic assessment

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• Systems to Support Instruction– Increasing the use of data for decision making and

continuous improvement process

• Turning around low-performing Schools– Building local capacity– Customizing approaches to local settings and

needs

Goal: Increase student achievement

Effective Support to Teachers and LEA PD Leads

The Professional Development Initiative • Builds upon regional and statewide PD

programs• Requires professional development to be

targeted, embedded, customized• Relies upon ongoing needs assessment to

target needs and deliver services

Professional Development Leads

• Facilitate and support blended approaches to professional development

• Support professional learning communities

• Assist LEA leadership teams in designing and implementing need-based professional development

How We Communicate

• Add Skype, Wikis, Blogs, Face-to Face, Etc

• Ongoing way to share• waterlovers3• kim.simmons222• frances.harris.burke

How We Communicate

Region 7 wiki: www.rt3region7.wikispaces.com

Region 7 blog: www.mullinshe.wordpress.com

Region 5 blog: http://franharrisburke.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

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Common Core and Essential Standards

Professional Development

District-Level / Charter Fidelity Checks

Teacher Evaluation Process Professional Development/Support

DSW Meetings

Teacher Effectiveness / New Accountability

Model Meetings

Regional Principal/AP Trainings

NCDPI / RESA Partnership

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Aligning Resources to

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Determine Gaps

Develop Resources

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Frame Professional Development

Address Policies and Practices

Planning for Implementation

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Module Release Dateshttp://center.ncsu.edu/nc

August 9: NC Professional Teaching Standards

August 26: Understanding the Standards

September 30: Developing Local Curricula for the 21st Century Learner

October 21: Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

Next Steps

Our future work is to provide professional development support and build capacity

and for all districts as they implement their plans to address RttT initiatives.

How do we fit in with your work?

Information Cards

Name:

Position:

LEA:

Contact Information:

How can we support your work?

What questions do you have?

Contact Information• Heather Mullins, Region 7

heather.mullins@dpi.nc.gov

828.244.8759

• Kimberly Simmons, Region 7

kimberly.simmons@dpi.nc.gov

828.406.9237

• Dr. Frances Harris-Burke, Region 5

frances.harrisburke@dpi.nc.gov

336.517.7018