Opening+Faculty+Meeting+2012

__**Opening Faculty Meeting 2012-2013**__
 * 1:00-3:00**

Team Building Activity __**Introduction: New Faculty, Leadership Cabinet and Grade Level Chairs, Bus Driving Team**__


 * __Assistant Principal__-Pamela Holloway**
 * Nurse-Sharon Block**
 * Cafeteria Staff- Jeanne Kick, Josephine Steward**
 * Counseling-Kathy Pike (50%)**
 * Teacher Assistants-Bonnie Edwards (AHB), Andrinika Howard (WJG)**
 * Caregivers-Theresia Sullivan (HHS), Anne Turner, (AHB), Victoria Currie-(Jenn Turner's class)**
 * 2nd Grade - Stephanie Edwards (Pamlico County Primary)**
 * 3rd Grade-Jamie Green**
 * Title I-TBA**
 * ECP-Kathy Pike (50%), Connie Cherry (NBHS), April Smith (Newport Elementary) and Laura Stanton (new from New York)**
 * Physical Education-Megan Davis (AHB)**
 * Kindergarten-Kelly Coward (AHB)**
 * Amy Shackelford-intern in Betsy Gatchel's class**
 * Megan Richards-intern in Dawn Jone's class**
 * John Suralik-Educational Leadership intern**

__**21st Century Pedagogy: 4 Cs (Collaboration, Connection, Critical Thinking and Creativity)**__
 * Theme: "The Daily Planet"** **The Link between Science and Literacy**
 * Focus: STEM-Science Technology Engineering and Math**

[|K-3 Literacy Initiative: Legislative Update from Superintendent June Atkinson]


 * [|Staff Handbook]**

__**Common Core and Essential Standards Wiki-Central location for all resources**__


 * Symbaloo and ELA Resources**
 * www.symbaloo.com**

http://www.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/

__**Ready**__

www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/

__**Three of the Six Shifts in Mathematics**__ 1. Focus: strongly where the standards focus 2. Coherence: think across grades and link to major topics within grades 3. Rigor: require conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency and application with intensity

http://illustrativemathematics.org/

__**Three of the Six Shifts in Literacy**__

1. Informational text and Non-Fiction: building knowledge through content rich nonfiction and informational texts 2. Evidence: reading and writing grounded in evidence from text 3. Complex Texts: regular practice with complex text and it's academic vocabulary

http://livebinders.com/play/play/262077

http://www.oercommons.org/community

[|K-3 Literacy Initiative: Legislative Report from Superintendent June Atkinson]

[|Legislative Requirements: Powerpoint (from above)]

[|EOG Preliminary Results 2011-2012]


 * End of Grade Performance Data-Pivot tables (Todd): Overall School and Grade Level data. Meet with 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teachers**

This is the final year of the ABCs of Public Education accountability program before the state transitions to the READY school accountability model in the 2012-13 school year. The report also found that 46.2 percent (1,165 schools) of all schools met all of their Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs). AMOs have replaced the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measures previously required by the U.S. Department of Education. State Superintendent June Atkinson noted that the ABCs model has served North Carolina well by focusing on school-level accountability, but that the new READY accountability model will more squarely measure career and college readiness.


 * Thinkgate Presentation-Pam Holloway and Jamie Green**


 * Local Assessments-Science taken from Reading and Moved with Math (add an additional week in this testing window). Make sure students use Thinkgate before taking 12 week benchmark.**


 * [|AMO Results for BME 2012-2013]**
 * [|AMO Targets for District (6 years)]**

[|Summer Leadership Wiki 2012]

__**2010-2011 EOG Growth**__


 * 53.4% Reading**
 * 66% Math**
 * 60% Overall**

__**2011-2012 EOG Growth**__


 * 56.9% Reading (up 3.5%) MET**
 * 65.9% Math (down .1%) HIGH**
 * 62.41 Overall (HIGH) Increase 2.41%**

__**4th grade Reading overall-64.61% (High Growth)**__
 * Teacher A-4th grade 48.84% (not met growth)**
 * Teacher B-5th grade 70%**
 * Teacher C-75.9%**


 * __5th Reading overall-49.26%__ (not met growth)**
 * Teacher A-50%**
 * Teacher B-43.24% (not met growth)**
 * Teacher C-54.55%**


 * __4th Math overall-62.73%__ (HIGH)**
 * Teacher A-65.11% HIGH**
 * Teacher B-56.41% MET**
 * Teacher C-66.66% HIGH**


 * __5th Math overall-69.07%__ (HIGH)**
 * Teacher A-63.3% HIGH**
 * Teacher B-64.86% HIGH**
 * Teacher C-78.72% HIGH**
 * 4th Grade Growth ratio 2010-2011 for Reading 1.2 Met growth**
 * 4th Grade Growth ratio 2011-2012 for Reading 1.692 Met HIGH growth**
 * 4th Grade Growth ratio 2011-2012 for Reading 1.692 Met HIGH growth**


 * 5th Grade Growth ratio for 2010-2011 for Reading 1.077 Met growth**
 * 5th Grade Growth ratio for 2011-2012 for Reading .93 Growth NOT met**
 * 4th Grade Growth ratio for 2010-2011 for Math 2.081 Met HIGH growth**
 * 4th Grade Growth ratio for 2011-2012 for Math 1.561 Met HIGH growth**
 * 4th Grade Growth ratio for 2011-2012 for Math 1.561 Met HIGH growth**


 * 5th Grade Growth ratio for 2010-2011 for Math 1.964 Met HIGH growth**
 * 5th Grade Growth ratio for 2011-2012 for Math 2.394 Met HIGH growth**


 * Assessment and Accountability **READY Materials** Available Online - Interested in tools that lay out what’s coming in 2012-13 in assessment and accountability? Then you will want to visit www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/ready/resources to get PDFs and PowerPoints that describe the basics of what to expect. You’ll get more on assessment and accountability at the Summer Institute and throughout the summer and fall. Please remember that North Carolina recently received a waiver from some of the components of the No Child Left Behind law. Among the changes in NCLB are revised annual measurable objectives by subgroup and smarter, more targeted intervention. A memorandum with specifics on accountability in 2011-12 and 2012-13 will be sent to superintendents this week. If you have questions or suggestions about what you need most from us, email staff at newaccountabilityfeedback@dpi.nc.gov.

Results from the MSLs will be used in the teacher evaluation process. Attached is an Implementation Chart from NCDPI.
 * The **Measures of Student Learning** (MSL) are common assessments that measure student learning in subjects and grades that are not part of the State testing program.

[|MSL-Measures of Student Learning Implementation Chart] All of the growth will go into EVAAS. 3rd grade teachers teacher effectiveness data will be pulled from Reading 3D. We will not have to administer MSLs due to our self-contained.


 * Federal Waivers and AMOs**


 * AYP no longer exists and has been replaced with AMO (Annual Measurable Objectives)**
 * Each sub-group has it's own AMO goals which have been set by the state**

Instructional Leadership-expectation from the Superintendent __**Non-negotiables-**__
 * Superintendent Expectations**
 * Student focused decisions**

Reading-especially K-2 I(Instruction, schedule, staffing and support) Continue transition to Common Core and MSLs Reduce Achievement Gaps Less worksheets more project based Spend real time in classrooms, PLCs, IEPs, doing real coaching, real conversations, real support and real evaluations Student growth-proficiency misleading AMOs based on making incremental movements Adapt
 * Leadership Expectations**

Paperless-Google and Groupwise Keep your calendar in Groupwise Evaluate what you are doing, how well it works and what you spend on it-gonna get tight-people or programs. Be able to articulate why you need certain programs IMPACT model with MTAC/Interconnectedness piece Rounds High levels of student instruction and success Principal Expectations

[|Volunteer Process for 2012-2013] Jennifer Magee and Laura Lewis (HUG Coordinators)


 * Google Doc for Documentation of all staff reviewing IEPs, 504s and BIPs**
 * Google Doc for Documentation of reading/understanding staff/student/district policy manuals**


 * [|Global Competence Matrix]**


 * Professional Development Plans/SMART Goals: Specific Measurable Attainable Results Oriented and Time Sensitive**


 * __Kelly Wildt (Our Cafeteria Manager) will share__**

Good Morning to each of you. We have put together a great short power point for your teachers. It covers the new meal pattern, bag lunches, diet orders, Craven County School Policies and Regulations that will assist them and our students to understand the new meal pattern and rules that we have to follow to receive the reimbursement for providing the meals to our students in Craven County Schools. We have reviewed the power point with the 3 year round managers and will be doing the same for the traditional managers on August 21st. I hope you will be able to have your manager present it at one of your cabinet meetings or to your entire staff. If you need assistance from me or one of the supervisors we will be glad to work it into our schedule. Thanks for your time on this request. Truly, Gretchen

__**Assessment Examples-sent to grade level chairs on July 30th**__

North Carolina Essential Standards Assessment Examples Available for Review

These assessment examples are aligned to new content standards and reinforce teaching the standards to their intended level of deep mastery. The purpose of providing examples is to illustrate ways in which the standards or part(s) of the standards might be assessed in the classroom. Please send feedback to us at feedback@dpi.nc.gov and we will use your input to refine our instructional tool.

Social Studies http://ssnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Assessment+Info.

Arts http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Arts+Education+Assessment+Examples

Healthful Living http://hlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Healthful+Living+Assessment+Examples

World Languages http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/TOPS+Assessment+Examples+Work

Science http://scnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/home

__**NC Teacher Rubric update 7.30.12**__

- The Record of Teacher Activity forms are now automatically created for all teachers and will be visible when they log in. - The system will only allow one Summary Rating form to be generated for each teacher. - The system will only allow only one Professional Development Plan form to be generated per teacher. Most teachers will have one that was generated when the Summary Rating form was signed at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Teachers new to the state will need to use the Preliminary Professional Development Plan portal. If a teacher or administrator tries to generate an additional PDP, a warning message will pop up
 * Online Evaluation Tool Update** - Several updates have been completed for the launch of the 2012-13 school year. The following three changes will be of particular interest to you:

- Record of Teacher Activity form is now automatically created for all teachers. - Record of Teacher Activity form is now accompanied by a "refresh" icon. This icon is only viewable by administrator class accounts. This allows administrators to remove all text and signatures added to this form, comparable to their previous ability to "delete," without actually removing the form from the system. - There is a limit of one Summary Rating Form per teacher, per year. - The school year “drop down” under the Teacher Observation Manager has been moved from the top right hand side of the interface to the left hand side above the staff list. This mirrors the interface found under the Principal Evaluation System. - Teachers will receive a warning message if they attempt to create a Preliminary Professional Development plan if a roll over Professional Development Plan form already exists for them. - A rollover Professional Development Plan for the next year will be automatically created when the current year Summary Rating Form is signed and completed. - Stand-alone Professional Development Plans (not affiliated with a Summary Rating Form) are no longer a form available for creation by a principal. - A rollover Professional Development Plan for the next year is automatically generated by the system and available for editing within the current school year once the Summary Rating Form is signed. It will appear below the Summary Rating Form to the right of a green arrow indicating the forms are linked. Editing is limited to the first tab of PDP until the new school year begins. - It is now possible to email copies of the Summary Rating Form from the Teacher Observation Manager. This is the same functionality as the current ability to email Teacher Observations. - The Teacher comment box on the Summary Rating form now appears grey, the same as other forms with comment boxes in the system. - Mentor assignments for Professional Development Forms and Preliminary Professional Development forms now appear under the correct headings when viewed under the Teacher Peer Assessment Manager. - Professional Development Plans now have a more straightforward naming convention
 * NC Educator Evaluation System Update** - Based on user feedback, several updates have been made to the NC Educator Evaluation System tool this summer. These changes offer a deeper alignment of functionality, and resolve some redundancy issues with the generation of Professional Development Plans. These basic updates include the following:

__**Educator Effectiveness Data, Update on Educator Effectiveness and Measures of Student Learning Implementation Timeline**__


 * [|Educator Effectiveness Superintendent Memo]**
 * [|Educator Effectiveness Slides]**
 * [|Measures of Student Learning Timeline]**

__**IIS-Instructional Improvement System**__

In the meantime, learn more about the IIS vision from a student’s perspective in a video available online at www.ncpublicschools.org/movies/acre/improvement/resources/iis-student-video.mov. Additional information on the IIS is available online at www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/

Instructional Improvement System Functional Specifications Analysis Document - The Instructional Improvement System (IIS) is an exciting and innovative move for our state to a “one-stop-shop” solution for improving instruction. The IIS will support the teaching of the new North Carolina Standard Course of Study and be a system to improve and personalize student learning. With the IIS, North Carolina districts and schools will have increased access to high quality resources and timely and relevant information and data to improve instruction. Information will be available for teachers, administrators, parents and students.


 * NC Online Modules update 8.3.12**

7. The Phase II Professional Development Online Modules - The Department of Public Instruction has developed nine new online modules as a means of providing professional development that is flexible and can be used by districts and charter school teams in ways that best suit their needs. These include: **Connecting with Our 21st Century Learners (**10 hours, 1.0 CEU), **North Carolina School Executive Standards and Evaluation Process** (10 hours, 1.0 CEU), **Understanding Young Student Behavior in the Classroom** (5 hours, .5 CEU), **Introduction to Data Literacy** (4 hours, .4 CEU), **Digital Literacies in the K-12 Classroom** (12 hours, 1.2 CEU), **Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects** (3 hours, .3 CEU). For additional information about the modules, enrollment information, and strategies for implementation, please see the Phase II Online Module Implementation Guide at http://rt3nc.org/pubs/implementation_guide_2012.pdf. The following three additional modules are available in different locations:

New Teachers must complete NC Falcon in addition to the Learning Modules

[|Testing Calendar for 2012-2013]

__**K-2 Math Formative Assessment Tasks for 2012-2013**__

The newly revised K-2 Mathematics Formative Assessment Tasks and the K-2 Mathematics Administration Manual are available online at http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net.

Each child in K-2 will have their own packet. Assessment is ongoing and instruction does not stop to complete these assessments. Each teacher will have to monitor what tasks they have assessed on their form. Each teacher will get a packet with guiding practices and information. There are several tasks on each standard. Teachers will need to use this resource. Teachers will not have formal data to report out at the end of the nine weeks. Assessment will be ongoing. Teachers can use soft data on task sheets. Make sure we are finished assessing before report cards. Provide teachers more flexibility to teachers to give students what they need to be successful.

__**Wireless Generation:mClass (mobile classroom) Reading 3D**__: provided by the state, consistent K-3 Assessment statewide, state legislation, use technology for assessment, communicate to parents, seamless language for teachers, letters generated for TRC (text reading comprehension) and Dibels for teachers/parents, share assessment timeline with parents, reduce SLD referrals, increase parent involvement in literacy, immediately inform instruction, built in professional development, RTi-Response To Instruction that runs behind this system (RTi Tab available)-will be included in trainings also

www.wirelessgeneration.com/north-carolina

[|Reading 3D Powerpoint presentation for grades 3-5 Teachers, Title I Teachers and ECP Teachers]

New END OF YEAR Levels from Reading 3D/Dibels Next for 12-13

Kindergarten - D 1st Grade - J/K 2nd Grade - M/N 3rd Grade - P/Q 4th Grade - S/T 5th Grade - U

//If you are receiving this email, then your district leadership has identified your school as a 2012-2013 Beginning-of-Year participant in the North Carolina Diagnostic Assessment program. We are excited that your school will be participating this year and we are pleased to announce the dates and locations for your initial mCLASS: Reading 3D Training. In the coming weeks, we will coordinate directly with your district central office regarding next steps for your Reading 3D implementation (e.g. kits, devices, etc), but we wanted to announce the following state-funded trainings so that your school can register online immediately for these sessions.//  · //The Reading 3D Training of Trainers Sessions are 2-day sessions that begin in Mid-August and run through Late-September.// **//The first session starts as soon as August 16//****//th//****//, so it will be very important that you register as soon as possible//** · //Trainings have been regionally located to ensure that all participants have an opportunity to attend sessions that are conveniently located.// · //Each school is required to send 2 staff to the training. Please be thoughtful in who you plan to attend, as these individuals will be responsible for training the rest of your staff at your building.// · //Participants must bring an mCLASS-compatibile mobile device with them to the training. We know that not everyone has a device at this time (as they may be in the process of being ordered), but we do ask if they do not have one, that they borrow a device from your district or neighboring schools where possible.// o //Many schools currently are using iPads and iPod Touches. Others that are using Windows-based netbooks or tablets, are using Google Chrome as the mCLASS-compatible browser.// o //For a list of compatible devices, please visit// //www.wirelessgeneration.com/devices// //.// · //This 2-day training will be followed up with a 1-day training after the Beginning Of Year (BOY) Benchmarking period. We’ll schedule the third day of training after the initial two-day trainings have been completed.// · **//Please submit your online training registration form by clicking the following link://** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5zbTVSZXJMdjkxYmFSM1FEY1FGbUE6MQ#gid=0 · //Please feel free to email us with any questions at// //InfoNC@wgen.net// //.// //Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at a Reading 3D training//

Windows for assessment
 * 9.4.12-9.24.12 BOY (Beginning of Year)**: new to end of October/Flexibility with being new
 * 1.7.13-1.23.13 MOY (Middle of Year)**
 * 5.6.12-5.24.13 EOY (End of Year)**
 * important for collection of data, reliability/validity, plans for coverage for 2nd and 3rd grade when administering (admin team provide schedule), block out dates for field trips,

Predictability for EOG assessment 79%

100% K-3 Assessment. Legislation just voted on last week in July

Money allocated for IPAD devices to administer Reading 3D. We will order

Website accessed for questions, Shauna McLoughlin and Debbie Owens and Region 2 Representative.

Google Form and WebX training. We will get more training.

68 Leveled Texts-sacred, kept with teachers, mix of genre, fiction and non-fiction with comprehension questions, send two teachers (**need representatives**), drive in regional training and sub pay will be provided, K-2 (**Ashley Fillingame**) and 3rd grade teacher (**Michelle Sheaffer**). Each rep needs device for training


 * Data Review**: dashboard for admin team, suite of reports, fidelity report and performance reports, student that moves from another school (reports do not move yet), FERPA, within district yes, Dibels vs. TRC data, Dibels Effectiveness Chart (click on the bar and see who the students), help drill down data, Growth of Benchmark Population, TRC you have Blue (well above proficient) not in Dibels/you can catch your high flyers, Dibels and TRC Correlation Chart: all end of year data (they do not always correlate, Dibels report is the same assessment at different times of year, Dibels and TRC Correlation is two different assessments at the same time of the year. You can click on the color and drill down to the student, it will tell you strategies, Teachers will know exactly where to start with the text with Dibels Next :)


 * PLC conversations**-K-3 Dibels/TRC and 3-5 EOG growth pivot tables

Calendar Building-assessment windows for Dibels/TRC, DPI Math, Field Trips, 3-5 Benchmarks with Thinkgate

We can reports that will compare BME to local and national reports. Teachers can create optimal groups of students with similar needs and provide targeted instructional activities, more rigourous benchmarks, research based approach, end of grade reading level has moved up one level

Now WHAT? Tools: provided for admin, teachers and parents for discrepancies in Literacy

Debbie Owens-dowens@wgen.net Shauna McCloughlin-smcloughlin@wgen.net Help: 1-800-823-1969  begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE 1-800-823-1969 end_of_the_skype_highlighting  help@wgen.net North Carolina Webpage: www.wirelessgeneration.com/north-carolina

Provides excellent support for teachers in transitioning into the Common Core


 * RAS Quick Reference** guide-highly recommended for staff on NC Wireless Generation website

Book management link on wireless generation site for leveled texts. Reading A-Z is there. How about Science A-Z?


 * Thinkgate**-3-12 online assessment. Jamie Green and Pam Holloway provide training for grades 3-5 teachers, Title I, AG and EC teachers. Teachers can access local assessment items after district accesses their items. Teachers that do not have students, they they will not have class. We can fix this: roles are teacher (can create a test), school support and school administrator. **School support** (APs-Pamela Holloway), they can add teachers and assign students. You can give rights to the people below. You can give yourself all rights below you. District will send reports so that we will not have to enter students. Common Core question bank is developed. You can look at ELA,Math for Common Core and Essential Standards questions for Science. Use the community bank with caution. Program is compatible with clickers. Questions can be shuffled. **__Trish Clark Bennett__** can come to your school for training: 3 one hour sessions. Can be paper/pencil or online. Trish.Bennett in system (PD Days). December there will be training on the reports. **Debbie Whitford** (Training resource also)

Website [|http://thinkgate.net]

Thinkgate University-support resource PDF, watch video or training (interactive/helps guide you)

Measurement Inc.-company behind the lexiles report Common Core and Essential Standard questions. RBT: Rigor level is included, teacher can choose the level they want

Banks: Community Banks

Naming of Tests: Grade Level, Reading, Benchmark for (regular ed classes) and then Fall 3rd grade Reading Exam Fall/Spring for EXT2-Exam is for EXT 2 Teachers need to make sure to be very specific in the naming of their tests

Students will need to put in their NCWISE number

Lockdown drill-Thinkgate will allow you to suspend the test until later. It will lock out the student out if they try to do anything other than take the test. They will need a monitor during the test. Schedule fire and Lockdown drills outside the online testing window.


 * Operational Items**-Todd will send a google doc for you to fill out after you have read and understood all documents and viewed the videos

Safety Safety Powerpoint Bloodborne Pathogens/Diabetes (Nurse) Lockdown Yellow Flip Book-Let Anita know if you do not have one. Kept on your desk at all times Red Safety Bag Check-Gregg and Megan-report missing items to Pamela Red Emergency Sub Folder-You will be provided a red folder that will have an emergency plan kept with required forms. This is to be ready by the first day of school


 * Sue Florence**

[|School Safety Program Document-required reading] [] [|General Safety Recommendations] [|Copy of Inspection Form] [|Appliance Usage Directive] [|Appliance Approval Form]

http://iweb.craven.k12.nc.us/seacure/ens/login.php
 * Electronic Device Use by Bus Driver Document completed by August 21st-see Pam Holloway for process**
 * PTA and Title I school supply allotment**
 * Update staff phone numbers-see Trudi, she is our expert on the ENS System**


 * [|Healthy Active Child Policy]**

Copyright and Movie Policy, Web Page Accountability, Tech Asst.
 * [|Technology Form 1]**

[|Acceptable Use Policy Form]
 * All staff will need to complete last page after reading and understanding this policy and return to **Barbara Dixon** (Tech Specialist)

[|Policy Acknowledgement For Brinson] - All Staff Read and Understand the policies listed, Print name at bottom, Sign name at bottom, Place location of where you work and then date. Certified Teachers will do the same only after the NC Teacher Rubric and Educator Effectiveness Training on Tuesday from 1:00-2:00

Military Reporting Requirement (Legislative)-need one person per family to fill this out. Letter will be sent from Cindi Manning in September. Principals will have website to access. Report will be sent to Cindi to input. NC State Board of Education required. Window: September 15th- October ?

[|Military Reporting Letter]

[|Child Nutrition Policies]