COMMON CORE AND ESSENTIAL STANDARDS REGIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTES

COMMON CORE AND ESSENTIAL STANDARDS REGIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTES

Professional Development for District-level teams

In 2011, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) will kickoff an intensive, blended professional development (PD) initiative sponsored by ACRE and Race to the Top (RttT) for LEAs and Charter Schools. This blended PD will focus on the transition from the current Standard Course of Study to the new Common Core and Essential Standards for all content areas (Math, English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, World Languages, The Arts, Healthful Living and ESL). North Carolina will implement these new standards for all content areas during the 2012-13 school year.
The blended PD initiative will begin with two (2) day face-to-face regional Summer Leadership Institutes LEA PD Leaders. NCDPI divisions, including Curriculum and Instruction, District and School Transformation, Educator Recruitment and Development, and Exceptional Children will facilitate the institutes.

Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Region 8

Institute Dates

DATE	LOCATION
June 27-29, 2011	Grove Park Inn, Asheville (Region 8) 290 Macon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28804 | 828.252.2711
July 12-13, 2011	Kinston High School, Lenoir County (Region 2) 2601 North Queen Street, Kinston, NC 28501 | 252.527.8067
July 19-20, 2011	Pasquotank High School, Pasquotank County (Region 1) 1064 Northside Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 | 252.337.6880
July 26-27, 2011	Southern Middle School, Moore County (Region 4) 717 Johnson Street, Aberdeen, NC 28315 | 910.693.1550

Each institute will provide:

• An overview of the new standards
• Instructional tools for implementing the new standards, and
• Content-specific materials that LEAs and Charter Schools can use as they provide training and support in their districts and schools

360 Solutions Degree Programs

Our goal is to provide teachers and administrators with 100% online programs:

1. which meet or exceed national, state, and district certification standards
2. which are currently the most affordable solution available to educators
3. which are the most convenient & flexible options with excellent student support
4. which are not only regionally accredited – many also with NCATE accreditation
5. resulting in increased student achievement & ardent master teachers & administrators

Follow the Teach Grant and Title I Loan Forgiveness link for more information regarding qualification.   

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Some online programs enrolling now for March/April of 2011:

Masters:

• Master of Education
• M.Ed - Teaching & Learning
• M.Ed - Instructional Design & Technology
• MA Education - Curriculum & Instruction: Reading
• MA Education - Administration & Supervision
• MA Education - Early Childhood Education
• MA Education - Special Education
• Master of Arts in School Counseling

Doctoral:

• EdD - Educational Leadership (K-12)
• EdD - Early Childhood Education
• EdD - English as a Second Language
• EdD - Exceptional Student
• PhD in Education
• PhD - Special Education Leadership
• PhD - Counselor Education & Supervision
• PhD - Self-Designed

*In many cases, EdD & PhD programs are available for all specializations.

360 Education Solutions has an exciting new partnership to announce - looking for a faith-based university with online programs, affordable costs & NCATE Accreditation?

• Master of Education (Cognate Areas Include:  Literacy, Special Education, Leadership, Christian School Teaching, or Generalist/Self-Designed)
• Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with a Transition to Teaching: Elementary Education
• Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with a Transition to Teaching: Secondary Education
• Master of Arts in Interpersonal Relations
• Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CACREP accredited)

Remember, although 360 Education Solutions only partners with universities that meet or exceed accreditation standards, it is always imperative to seek approval first-hand from your State Department of Education, Human Resources Department or district certification specialist.   

Please feel free to contact Meghan Marin at 866-341-4273 x204 with any specific questions you may have.

Meghan Marin| Director of Operations

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            Telephone: 480-777-5735 Ext. 204

            Fax: 480-777-5736

GIS Essentials™ Workshop - March Tele-Classes

GIS Essentials™ Workshop - March Tele-Classes

This is a series of tele-classes taught on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout March 2011. Each student uses a toll-free number to phone into class. Student must have ArcGIS 10 setup on their desktop (or a sixty day trial version of the software can be arranged).

Audience : Anyone interested in learning the essentials of ArcGIS. Some familiarity with ArcGIS recommended, but not necessary.

Registration Fee: $1,000 (We cover twenty exercises over sixteen hours of instruction, meeting for eight class, two hours each)

Software: ArcGIS 10 (9.3.1 also available)

Dates/Times: Mondays and Wednesdays in March - 10 am - 12 pm PST (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST). First class is on March 2nd. *Note: Recordings are available of all classes.

Materials for both classes

+ A copy of The GIS 20: Essential Skills by Gina Clemmer, will be provided in class and used as the primary text. The price of the book is included with the price of the registration. The GIS 20 is a focused workbook that demonstrates how to perform the most frequently utilized twenty essential GIS skills. The skills were indicated by 500 GIS practitioners through a survey, as well as through questions, projects and suggestions from 15,000 GIS students over the past decade. This book can be treated as a weekly self-assignment or an as-needed reference making it useful for the professional practitioner, the teacher and student. Each chapter offers clear steps, written in plain language, that illustrate exactly how to complete the presented essential skill exercise. In addition, the book helps beginners and non-native English speakers cut through technical jargon by using everyday language to explain the steps. If you are a GIS beginner, The GIS 20: Essential Skills will help you quickly master the most essential GIS skills in practice today.

+ ArcGIS (ArcView 10) software 60-day trial CD set (ordered in class).

GIS Essentials™ Workshop

We are teaching two versions of our GIS Essentials™ Workshop. These two versions include a tele-class (which can be taken from anywhere) and a live one day workshop (offered in various locations).

GIS Essentials™ Workshop - Live One Day Class Upcoming cities: Honolulu (3/24/11), Tulsa (4/8/11), OKC (4/7/11), Atlanta (5/13/11), Chicago (6/10/11), Las Vegas(5/20/11), Denver (4/15/11), Sacramento (6/24/11)

This basic one-day workshop is designed to teach essential GIS (Geographic Information System) skills as indicated by a survey of 500 GIS professionals, as well as input from several thousand aspiring GIS practitioners. Staff from government agencies, non-profits and universities will find the workshop particularly relevant. Gina Clemmer, author of the book The GIS 20: Essential Skills published by ESRI Press, will teach these workshops.

Audience: Anyone interested in learning the essentials of ArcGIS 10.

Registration: $595 (Includes registration to class, continental breakfast, lunch and a copy of the book The GIS 20: Essential Skills) More Info/Registration: http://www.nur-online.com

Workshop on Water Quality

Dear colleagues,

I wanted to invite you to a workshop on watersheds, that will take place on March 25 at the CCEE.

The continuing education workshop is designed to connect teachers with the wealth of resources available from public and private organizations working to understand and improve water quality. Further, it offers a hands-on look at our watershed to improve teachers' toolkits for bringing interactive science labs and activities into the classroom. To help teachers connect their curriculum with the natural resources available to them, participants will integrate school grounds and walking trips as field sites for the science laboratory. 

For further information, please go to http://www.unc.edu/ccee/pd/

Best

Björn Hennings

"Common Core and Essential Standards Regional Summer Institutes"

Please see below information from Ms. Tracey Greggs regarding "Common Core and Essential Standards Regional Summer Institutes"

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is pleased to announce the kickoff of the Common Core and Essential Standards Regional Summer Institutes.  These two- day summer institutes are blended professional development (PD) opportunities for district-level and charter school teams to gain an understanding of the transition from the current Standard Course of Study to the new Common Core and Essential Standards for all content areas, which will be implemented during the 2012-13 school year.  

For more information, please visit http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/profdev/  or

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/conferences/summerinstitutes/

For questions about your local team structure or to request participation on the district-level team, please contact your local Race to the Top Coordinator.  For questions about the team structure or to request participation on the Charter School team, please contact your school lead administrator.

Susan Auton

Executive Assistant

Academic Services &

Instructional Support

Phone: 919-807-3435

Fax: 919-807-4065

sauton@dpi.state.nc.us