Today’s Agenda

1. World Language Essential Standards2012-2013 Webinar Series RttTSI GroupBroadcast 3:30-4:30 p.m.Thursday, September 20, 2012

2. Today’s Agenda • Webinar Controls & WLES Wiki • State & Race to the Top (RttT) Updates, including: • SI 2012 Evaluation Survey Results • Proficiency 101 Project Plans • Tech Tools Focus: Social Bookmark (WLES Delicious Site: NCWORLDLANG) • Next Steps & FI RttT Survey

3. Webinar Controls&WLES Wiki

4. Webinar Controls • Recording  Archives • Archives as PD Resources • Audio controls and monitoring • Questions box • Polls done periodically

5. Poll Question What was the most recent WLES PD session you attended? Regional or Local Workshop Summer Institute IHE Institute Webinar Can’t remember . . .

6. WLES Wikihttp://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ Professional Development Summer Institutes 2011 2012 2013 IHE Institutes 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 Webinars 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014

7. State & Race to the Top (RttT)Updates

8. The central focus of READY is improving student learning ... by enabling and ensuringgreat teaching.

9. North Carolina Graduation Rates 89,126 graduated 80.2% = 111,101 students that were eligible 111,101 – 89,126= 21,975 students who could have graduated and didn’t Inspiring progress but miles to go…. Where We Are

10. Agenda For Institute While all our students are not yet READY, we have accomplished so much.

11. Accomplishments: • An Entirely New Standard Course of Study • Tools to Support New Standards • Summer Institute and the PD Cycle • Innovative Online PD • Furthering Responsiveness to Instruction • Adopting a New Student Information System • Cloud-centric models for email, content filtering, and managed firewall services • Closing in on an Instructional Improvement System Vendor        

12. Agenda For Institute Instructional Improvement Systemwww.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/

13. Instructional Improvement System Whyan Instructional Improvement System? Improve and personalize student learning How? • Facilitate the teaching and learning process through • Increased access to high quality resources for all • Provision of timely and relevant information and data

14. Instructional Improvement SystemWhy – How – What -- When ▲ What tools and resources will be available?

15. PROJECTMAP Strong Leaders A Fair Evaluation System Tools and Training toImprove Practice Improved Supply of Teachers New Standard Course of Study Balanced Assessment System New Accountability Model  Support in Low-AchievingLEAs and Schools 

16. State Updates NC Standard Course of Study Websitewww.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/ Contact Dr. Maria Pitre-Martinmaria.pitremartin@dpi.nc.gov READY FAQ Websitehttp://www.ncpublicschools.org/ready/faq/Accountability, Assessments and Educator Effectiveness Contact Michael Yarbroughmichael.yarbrough@dpi.nc.gov

17. State Updates 46th Annual FallFLANC Conference October 11-13, 2012 in downtown Winston-Salem, NC Go to www.flanc.orgto register for FLANC 2012 Kc Kassermankc.kasserman@flanc.org

18. State Updates NCLTI Education Technology Planning Summits Intensive 2-day Planning Summits for LEAs & Charter Schools Go to http://it.ncwiseowl.org/resources/nclti_summits for additional information and the application, which is due Friday, October 12. Neill Kimreyneill.kimrey@dpi.nc.gov

19. Agenda For Institute Educator Effectiveness www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/

20. State Updates NC Central Office Evaluation RubricPolicy Update: TCP-C-021 Central Office staff members included: • Superintendents (Deputy, Assistant, or Associate) • Instructional Staff with rank of Director or above • Coordinators & Teachers not responsible for direct student instruction Dr. Lynne Johnsonlynne.johnson@dpi.nc.gov

21. State Updates NC Teacher Standards & Evaluation ProcessA 6-week Facilitated Course for Teachers 20 hours = 2 CEUs Go to https://ncelearning.org/sectionsopen to register for: October 8 (waitlist) or November 5In 2013: January 14 and February 4 Dr. Lynne Johnsonlynne.johnson@dpi.nc.gov

22. Measures of Effective TeachingRationale - MET Research - Standards 6 & 8 - Status - Support - MSLs ▲ This research suggests: • Multiple measures are important. • Including student growth improves objectivity of evaluation.

23. Standards 6 & 8 – The Basics • Teachers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Contribute to Academic Success Demonstrate Leadership Establish Environment KnowContent Facilitate Learning Reflect on Practice • Principals (and other Administrators) 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Human Resource Leadership External Development Leadership Micro-politicalLeadership Academic Achievement Leadership Strategic Leadership InstructionalLeadership Cultural Leadership ManagerialLeadership

24. RttT Updates RttT Progress Report to the General Assembly RttT website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/rttt/updates/ Information on transition to the new SCS, the IIS, NC Education Cloud, performance incentives, virtual schools, PD, STEM, etc. Adam Levinson adam.levinson@dpi.nc.gov

25. RttT Updates SI 2012 World LanguageContent SessionEvaluation SurveyResults

26. Feedback Loved the hands-on activities! P101 information and explanations P101 videos showing best practices and Backwards Design “examples in the content area always reign supreme” Networking, collaborating and connecting with other WL educators

27. SI 2012Evaluation Results

28. Poll Question Which Proficiency 101 Activity was your personal favorite? ACTFL Posters or Speaking Examples Matching and sequencing activities like Rubric DOs & DON’Ts, COs & Proficiency Levels, Comic Strip Sort Tech: Penzu journals or P101 videos Assessment activities such as the Learning Scenarios or the Venn diagram with AEs

29. SI 2012Evaluation Results

30. Feedback Need MORE . . . Information on Assessment

31. Proficiency 101 Project Zoomerangapplications yielded 20+ new members!

32. Tentative Timeline for 2012 - 2013

33. Book Study Lead: Dr. Bobby Hobgood Lead: TBD Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning (TELL) Project www.tellproject.com

34. Time Check & Questions

35. Tech Tools FocusSocial Bookmarks

36. Tech Tools Focus:Social Bookmarks By the end of this Tech Tools Focus, I will be able to: • Describe how a social bookmark works as a collaboration tool for educators. • Explain the common WLES tags that will be used to support the implementation of the standards. • Understand how to tag an online resource for inclusion in the NCWORLDLANG bookmark

37. Tech Tools Focus:Social Bookmarks • Online collection of favorites or bookmarked websites • Accessible 24/7 with Internet connection • Open to additions using common set of tags

38. Tech Tools Focus:NCWORLDLANG Social Bookmark Common set of tags for NCWORLDLANG

39. Demonstration: Tagging an online resource Let’s take a look at the NCWORLDLANG social bookmark and tag an online resource together!

40. Tech Tools Focus Reflection

41. Next Steps&FI RttT Survey

42. Next Steps • Share what you’re doing on the wiki and explore the resources already available (http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/) • Explore social bookmarking and use the NCWORLDLANG common tags • Look for emails about webinars, program-specific workshops, statewide projects, etc.

43. 2012 – 2013 World Language Webinar Series RttT SI Group Thursdays at 3:30-4:30 p.m. • September 20, 2012 • December 13, 2012 • March 7, 2013 • June 6, 2013

44. 2012 – 2013World Language Webinar Series • DPI Update Webinars • Evenings 2 or 3 times during 2012-2013 • Dates and times TBD • IHE & LEA/District Coordinator Webinars • Program-specific webinars and/or virtual meetings?

45. Helga FascianoSection Chief of K-12 Program AreasHelga.Fasciano@dpi.nc.gov919-807-3864 Ann Marie GunterWorld Language ConsultantAnn.Gunter@dpi.nc.gov919-807-3865 Curriculum & InstructionWorld Languages NCDPI World Languages websitehttp://seclang.ncwiseowl.org/

46. Please complete the RttT Webinar Survey at www.go.ncsu.edu/webinarbyThursday, September 27

47. Q & A