Middle School Annual Conference
March 4, 2012
Objectives
By the end of this session, you will have a better understanding of:
• the role of the district and the state in rolling out the Common Core
Standards
• the 21st century classrooms
• available resources for state initiatives
• future steps for supporting your school/district’s roll out
Partner Activity
• Discuss with your shoulder partner what
you already know about the roll out of the
Common Core in your school or district.
Video tape
• What teacher and student behaviors do
you see in the 21st century classrooms?
Video tape
• What behaviors do you see in the 21st
century classrooms?
Summer Institutes
• Professional Development
• Collaborative effort
• Content
• Process
Summer Institutes 2012
Online Learning Modules • Framework
• Adaptable
• Blended approach
• Group discussion and professional dialogue
• NCDPI recommendation
• http://center.ncsu.edu/nc/
Online Learning Modules
The Call for Change
Understanding the Standards
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Developing Local Curricular
NC Professional Teaching Standards & the NC Educator
Evaluation System
Data Literacy
Digital Literacy
Content Literacy
21st Century Skills
NC Executive Standards
RESA Partnership
• Face to Face
• PLAN
• Principals’ Sessions
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
Teacher Evaluation Process
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STEP 1:
Training and Orientation
STEP 2:
Self-Assessment, Goal Setting and Pre-Conference
STEP 3:
Observation Cycle
(Administrative and Peer)
STEP 4:
Summary Evaluation and
Goal Setting
North Carolina Professional
Teaching Standards
Fidelity Checks • RESA
– goal assessment
– collaboration
– resource sharing
• Progress Checks
– formative process
– needs assessment
July
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April
Summer
Institute
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Annual
Professional
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Cycle
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Effective Support
to Teachers and LEA PD Leads
The Professional Development Initiative
• Professional Development Programs
• Ongoing Needs Assessment
• Targeted, Embedded, Customized
Professional Development Leads
• Facilitate
• Assist
• Support
Professional Development
Offered
• ELA Shifts
• Mathematical Practices
Common Core Instructional Shifts
for ELA/Literacy
• Building Knowledge through Content-Rich
Nonfiction and Informational Text
• Reading and Writing Grounded in Evidence
from Texts
• Regular Practice with Complex Texts and Its
Academic Vocabulary
Professional Development
Offered
• ELA Shifts
• Mathematical Practices
Partner Activity
• What do you feel needs to be done in
your school district and classroom to
make certain that your classrooms are
21st century learning opportunities for
students? How can you help?
http://region3pd.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/State+Initiatives+Update
http://ncregion5rttt.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/State+Initiatives+Update
Contact Information • Gregory McKnight, Region 3
• Mary Russell, Region 3
• Dr. Frances Harris-Burke, Region 5