June 2016 State Board of Education Review

Math I, II, and III Standards Revisions Approved State Board of Education policy mandates a review and revision of standards every five years or as needed. Such a review has been conducted for courses Math I, Math II and Math III this year. The first draft was shared with local education agencies across the state to obtain a first round of feedback. Both the first and second drafts were presented for discussion at the May 2016 SBE meeting. From May 4 to May 20, 840 educators or community members completed the online survey regarding the standards.  78 percent agreed there is more clarity in the standards  89 percent approve of the regrouping of Geometry standards  91 percent stated the changes meet the needs of the students The proposed revised standards, now named North Carolina Math 1, North Carolina Math 2 and North Carolina Math 3, were approved by the SBE. Here is an overview of the implementation plan.

During discussion on math standards, the proposed HB 657 was briefly discussed with major concerns over taking our students and state backwards.

Nineteen additional LEAs have been granted approval for ASW flexibility: Alleghany County, Anson County Schools, Bladen County Schools, Catawba County Schools, Davidson County Schools, Davie County Schools, Greene County Schools, Hickory City Schools, Hoke County Schools, Newton-Conover City Schools, Orange County

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Schools, Pitt County Schools, Surry County Schools, Transylvania County Schools, Washington County Schools, Watauga County Schools, Wilkes County Schools, Yadkin County Schools, Yancey County School, and two charter schools, The Expedition School, and Longleaf School of the Arts.

The following schools will receive a $1,000 cash prize for being selected as “firsts” in our state: * First Elementary School in state to reach 100 percent response rate:

The total response rate for 2016 was 101,846, with an overall 86 percent rate!

3,872 Administrators 8, 245 Instructional Support Certified staff 89,729 Teachers There are eight constructs with questions to assess the working and learning conditions supporting effective teaching. Use of Time improved 5 percentage points from 2014 with 15% of the responders noting this is the major factor that most effects their willingness to stay in their school. School Leadership had a 30 percent response rate as the factor that most effects their willingness to stay in their school. Survey results are now live on line.

Allenbrook Elementary School (CharlotteMecklenburg Schools) * First Middle School in state to reach 100 percent response rate:

* First High School in state to reach 100 percent response rate:

Creswell High School (Washington County Schools) * First School District in state to reach 100 percent response rate:

Edenton-Chowan Public Schools “Nick of Time” School (final school in state to reach 100 percent response rate):

Plain View Primary (Bladen County Schools)

East Rutherford Middle School (Rutherford County Schools)

These schools will receive a $750 cash prize: * Banner Elk Elementary in Avery County (North Area)

* Northwoods Park Middle School in Onslow County (South Area) * The Exploris School in Raleigh (East Area) * Enochville Elementary in Rowan-Salisbury Schools (West Area)

These schools will receive a sponsor prize valued at $500. ** Carthage Elementary in Moore County: School-wide Professional Development Session sponsored by NCAE

** Robert L Patton High School in Burke County: $500 in School Supplies sponsored by California Casualty Insurance

ESSA Input Sessions Draw Varied Comments Attendance at the six public hearings included educators as well as parents.

Speakers called for  Enhanced wraparound services including more school counselors, nurses, psychologists and social workers  Well-rounded education including health and physical education, and Arts integrated into all subject areas  Non-academic accountability measures such as attendance, suspension rates and parent involvement  Testing relief including input on types of test; local versus state-mandated testing, student growth as an accountability measure for teachers; and proficiency versus growth for school grades

NC DHHS Launching Zika Virus Prevention Campaign The NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has established a website for Zika information at http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/zika/  A Zika tool kit can be found on this site for information related to reducing causes for the virus.

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DHHS is working on a one page document carrying the message “tip and toss” that provides personal protection and mosquito reduction strategies for school personnel. It will be added to the tool kit and NC DPI will send information to the LEAs informing them of this document.

DHHS will keep DPI informed of any new Zika information for dissemination to the LEAs DHHs provided information for dissemination to LEAs back in March and it was sent to superintendents via weekly email message to local superintendents

SBE discussed the applications for LEAs wanting approval to use a Reform Model to support lowperforming schools. The following LEAs want to use the Restart (charter flexibility) Chatham: requesting licensure flexibility, calendar flex/time Siler City Elementary, & Virginia Cross Elementary, Edgecombe: calendar flexibility, funding flexibility, extended time for staff for PD, and work day requirements, and curriculum flex for Coker – Wimberly Elementary & Princeville Elementary, and in Winston Salem/Forsyth Cook Elementary flexibility with time, and funding.

Student Teaching Clinical Practice and other requirements based on House Bill 97 from last year’s General Assembly Session were discussed at length. Institutions of Higher Education with Educator Preparation Programs must comply with the mandates outlined in General Statute 115C-296.11.

Educator preparation programs shall ensure clinical educators who supervise students in residencies or internships meet the following requirements:  Be professionally licensed in the field of licensure sought by the student.  Have a minimum of three years of experience in a teaching role.  Have been rated, through formal evaluations, at least at the "accomplished" level as part of the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation System and have met expectations as part of student growth in the field of licensure sought by the student. {NC DPI staff members are working with legislative staff to discern exactly what this means. Accomplished in all five standards, received an accomplished rating over the course of a specific time period, or other caveats.}

 Educator preparation programs shall require clinical practice in the form of residencies or internships in those fields for which they are approved by the State Board of Education. Residencies or internships shall be a minimum of 16 weeks. Residencies and internships may be over the course of two semesters and shall, to the extent practicable, provide student experiences at both the beginning and ending of the school year.  Educator preparation programs with a clinical practice component shall require, in addition to a content assessment, a nationally normed and valid pedagogy assessment to determine clinical practice performance. Passing scores and mastery criteria will be determined by the State Board of Education.

The area of adding another assessment caused much of the discussion. Elementary and Special Education majors currently are required to successfully pass two to three tests to earn a license. With the addition of a pedagogy test which costs $275 to $300, depending on the assessment; an area of concern was not only the cost but if the SBE should decide on one specific assessment or allow colleges/universities a choice. Allowing a choice will create a difficult “cut score standard”. Most North Carolina institutions are either using or moving toward implementing the edTPA. Please note: these requirements are for traditional route teachers, not alternative route teacher candidates.

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