iPad for Administrators

This session, designed for school leaders with a basic knowledge of the iPad, focuses on exploring the iPad’s unique features and various apps that will increase school leader’s productivity. Participants will learn how to use the iPad to improve workflow, increase productivity, conduct instructional walkthroughs, organize their time, and improve their ability to communicate with teachers, parents and students.


Workshop sessions include:

• Getting to Know your iPad: Managing iPad’s general controls, navigation and other time saving techniques.
• Managing the workflow: Using apps with cloud-based file syncing programs and services to manage school leader’s work.
• Enhancing Communication: Using email, Notes and other apps to efficiently communicate with teachers, students and parents.
• Selecting and Using Apps: Evaluating and downloading the best apps for productivity, communication and educational use
• Customizing Your iPad: Setting preferences, moving apps, creating and managing app folders
• Classroom Documentation: Customizing classroom walkthroughs and observations for use on the iPad
• Enhancing Instruction with the iPad: Discover how teachers can use iTunes U to create individual classes for the iPad

This is a hands-on, interactive seminar. All participants will need to have an iPad and will need an Apple ID since we will examine and download fee apps from the Apple iTunes store during the session.

Participants will receive a certificate acknowledging the completion of 1 CEU.

Fee:

NCPAPA Member	$125
NCASA Member	$125
Student	$125
Non Member	$195

If you are a NCPAPA or NCASA member and have forgotten your user name and password please contact Hannah Nicely at: 919-828-1426 or at hnicely@ncasa.net.

Due to anticipated interest, all payments are due on September 28, 2012 to the NCPAPA office. If payment is not received your reserved registration may be jeopardized.Suggested Accommodations: NCPAPA does not have a room block at a hotel.  However we do suggest:
Courtyard by Marriott
100 Marriott Way
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919-833-0700
*We encourage you to secure a refundable rate incase of an unexpected cancelation.

Presenters: Dr. Shirley H. Arrington has over thirty years of experience in public education in North Carolina. Dr. Arrington earned her undergraduate degree in elementary education from North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount and her master’s degree, principal certification, and doctorate from Campbell University. She has been a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and Director of Human Resource Services in NC’s public schools.

She joined the Principals’ Executive Program in 1993 where she directed several programs including the Leadership Program for Principals, Assistant Principals’ Executive Program, Developing Future Leaders Program, the Higher School Performance Program, the Instructional Leadership for Reform Program and the Leadership Conference for New Administrators. She currently serves as Executive Director of the North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium, Center for School Leadership Development, The University of North Carolina.

NCASA's Conference on Educational Leadership Banding Together for Public Education, Request for Presentations

Request for Presentations

NCASA's Conference on Educational Leadership
Banding Together for Public Education

March 20-21, 2013
Raleigh Convention Center

The North Carolina Association of School Administrators is seeking teams of school or school district administrators to present breakout sessions at the 2013 Conference on Education Leadership. Those responsible for providing leadership in schools and school districts comprise the primary audience.

• Proposal submission deadline:  November 30, 2012
• Breakout session proposal form

Presentation Criteria

To be considered for inclusion in the conference, proposals for breakout sessions must focus on how schools, district departments and superintendent leadership teams have been successful in developing and implementing an influence strategy within a school, district department or school district that has made a positive difference in the school and/or school district or how the school or school district has developed an initiative that relate to the conference theme Banding Together for Public Education and meet the following criteria:

• Includes how the school or school district developed the influence strategy and how it was implemented.
• Clearly describes how a process, policy, program, or strategy has been successful in one or more of the following areas:
• Building public support for public schools
• Gaining community support for sustained or increased funding for the public schools
• Engaging ethnically and culturally diverse communities
• Creating a cooperative and productive relationship between the school district and charter schools
• Using social media to build support among parents for public education
• Influencing local or state political support for public education
• Influencing teachers and staff to make changes for the improvement of schools
• Improving public perception of public education
• The process, policy, program, or strategy must have been implemented by the school or school district in response to an identified need. Additionally, the process, policy, program or strategy must have been in effect long enough to have clearly demonstrated its effectiveness in some measurable way.
• Show that the policy, strategy, program or process can be replicated in other districts.

Presentation Details

Breakout sessions will be presented on March 20-21, 2013. All breakout sessions will be 60 minutes.  

Process for Submitting a Breakout Session Proposal

To be considered as a presenter for participation in the 2013 Conference on Educational Leadership, please complete the Breakout Session Proposal form and submit by November 30, 2012.

Final selection of presentations will be made by January 1, 2013. Upon selection, contact persons will be notified immediately to confirm participation.

K-12 Global Education Symposium-World View

K-12 Global Education Symposium

  

GLOBAL ISSUES 

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS 

 

October 24-25, 2012

The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

  

World View's 2012 K-12 Global Education Symposium examines the world's most pressing challenges and resources for integrating global themes across the curriculum.  Concurrent session may topics include: 

• The Environment
• The Global Financial Crisis
• Global Health Challenges
• Global in Common Core & Essential Standards
• Human rights: local & global perspectives
• Economic Development
• Peace and Conflict
• Much more...

The program is designed for teachers and administrators of all disciplines, providing current information and unique strategies for helping students learn about the world. CEU credits will be offered.

Cost (North Carolina educators):
Registration is $175 per person.  A Team of 4 is $600 (save $100).  A Team is comprised of 4 or more individuals from a school or district.  Only $150 for each additional Team member.

Cost (Out-of-State Educators):

Registration is $275 per person.

Local Hotel Information:

World View has arranged for group rates at several local hotels. Please visit www.worldview.unc.edu for more information. 

  

Space is limited.

This program has "sold out" the last five years.

REGISTER TODAY!

Don't Miss the NCASA School Law Symposium - Early Registration ends Friday!

Join NCASA for the premier school law professional development event for school administrators in North Carolina. Space is limited - register today!

The NCASA School Law Symposium is the best place for school administrators, from the director of child nutrition to superintendent, to learn from experts in the field of education law.

From the time Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai, the law has been a part of the lives of human beings. The first five books of the Bible contain the rules to live by to ensure that people lived up to the standards of the Ten Commandments. Failing to follow these laws could have serious implications, including death.

Death is not a consequence of failing to follow the laws that govern public education today, but serious issues are created for school administrators when the law is not followed. Wise school administrators make sure they know everything they can about education law so they can prevent the difficulties that arise when someone fails to follow the law.

Secure your spot today to take advantage of the discounted early registration rate, which ends Friday, Sept. 14. NCASA's hotel room block also closes Friday, so don't miss out! Visit www.ncasa.net for registration and hotel information.

Topics include:

• Political Speech in the Schools as the Election Looms
• New Legal Tools to Combat Cyberbullying in the Schools
• Happy Holidays: What Can You Say/Do In Public Schools?
• Legal Issues and Questions Under the New Student Discipline Laws
• The Powers and Duties of Principals: Understanding and Implementing Them; Recent Changes
• Current “Hot Button” Legal Issues: The Top 10
• Surreptitious Recordings: “If You Can’t Say Anything Nice …”
• New Procedures for Nonrenewal of Probationary Teachers
• Legal Pitfalls in Special Education (Or “How to Avoid Being Sued”)

Comments from some of last year’s participants:

“Thank you for providing an outstanding School Law Symposium. Each session was meaningful, relevant and informative with a touch of humor that kept us interested. I highly recommend this Symposium to all school and central office administration.”
Karen Hyler, Public Information Officer, Rockingham County Schools

“The School Law Symposium was meaningful, informative, interesting (and entertaining). The attorneys were great presenters and were able to add just the right amount of humor to keep things lively!”
Anne McLean, Principal, Montgomery County Schools

“I wish every principal and human resources director from my district were here. The information is not only presented clearly, but the advice on how to navigate the law from policy to administrative practice is a tremendous help.”
Eddie Ingram, Superintendent, Franklin County Schools

Do not miss this important event - register today at www.ncasa.net!

Region 6 PD 2012-2013 Executive and Teacher Series

Using the Teacher Evaluation Process Effectively to

 Increase Teacher and Student Performance

Sponsored by UNCG School of Education and Cheryl Fuller, Educational Consultant

School Executive Series

September 20, 2012:       Standard 1:

                                                 Developing Teacher Leadership

 Making Your PLC’s More Effective

Teacher Ethics & Code of Conduct Policies

October 18, 2012:             Standard 2:

                                                Bringing Diversity into the Classroom

                                                Meeting the Special Needs of Students through Differentiation

November 15, 2012:        Standard 3:

                                                Understanding 21^st Century Skills in the Classroom

January 24, 2013:             Standard 4:

                                                Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

                                                Using Lesson Plans as an Important & Essential Artifact

February 25, 2013:           Standard 5:

                                                Effectively Coaching Teachers to Their Greatest Potential

                                                Writing PDP’s Next Year that Will Make a Difference

March 19, 2013:                Standard 6:

                                                Using Assessment Data as the Second Important Artifact in Improving Teacher Performance

Cost: $98.00 per session (Participants may register for each session independently) Send a team of 3 to a session and get a 4^th administrator registration to that session at no charge!

Location: Shelby Middle School, 1501 Melrose Drive, Shelby, NC 28152

Time: 9:00 – 3:00 (lunch on your own, light refreshments available throughout the day)

Registration: https://reg.abcsignup.com/view/view_month.aspx?as=16&wp=29&aid=UNCGSE

Contact/Questions: cfuller62@nc.rr.com or www.cherylfuller.org

Teacher Series

September 21, 2012:       Introduction: Understanding the Teaching Standards & Evaluation Process

October 19, 2012:             Standard 1:

                                                 Becoming a Leader in the Classroom, School & Profession

 Making Your PLC’s More Effective

Understanding Your Teacher Ethics & Code of Conduct Policies

November 16, 2012:        Standard 2:

                                                Bringing Diversity into Your Classroom

                                                Meeting the Special Needs of Your Students through Differentiation

January 25, 2013:             Standard 3:

                                                Understanding 21^st Century Skills in the Classroom

February 26, 2013:           Standard 4:

                                                Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

                                                Planning: The Key to Great Teaching

March 20, 2013:                Standard 5:

                                                Becoming a Reflective Practitioner: Using Your PDP to Be a Better Teacher

                                                How to Survive in Our Complex, Dynamic Environments

April 25, 2013:                   Standard 6:

                                                Effectively Using Assessment Data to Help Your Students Reach Their Greatest Potential

Cost: $98.00 per session (Participants may register for each session independently) Send a team of 3 to a session and get a 4^th teacher registration to that session at no charge!

Location:  Shelby Middle School, 1501 Melrose Drive, Shelby, NC 28152

Time: 9:00 – 3:00 (lunch on your own, light refreshments available throughout the day)

Registration: https://reg.abcsignup.com/view/view_month.aspx?as=16&wp=29&aid=UNCGSE ?’s:  cfuller62@nc.rr.com

The School of Education at UNCG & Cheryl Fuller, Education Consultant Administrator’s Session: Standard 1 Becoming a Leader in the Classroom, School and Profession * Making Your PLC's More Effective * Understanding Your Teacher Ethics and Code of Conduct Policies

September Professional Development for Teachers & Administrators

Provided by:

The School of Education at UNCG & Cheryl Fuller, Education Consultant

Administrator’s Session: Standard 1

Becoming a Leader in the Classroom, School and Profession
* Making Your PLC's More Effective
* Understanding Your Teacher Ethics and Code of Conduct Policies

This session will focus on Standard 1 and how to develop leadership skills in the classroom, the school and the profession. Participants will also participate in a True Colors assessment, to not only better understand themselves, but also to be able to identify character traits in others to more effectively collaborate and work in leadership roles with personalities of all types. We will also examine the teacher’s code of conduct and ethics policy in detail so teachers can readily find themselves proficient and accomplished on Element E of Standard 1.

Teacher’s Session: Standards Overview & Evaluation Process

(In case an administrator missed our summer session or wants more information, we are opening this teacher session to administrators as well).

* Understanding the NC Teaching Standards and Teacher Evaluation Process

Teachers have received various levels of training on the teaching standards and the evaluation process. This session is to fill in any gaps, clarify misunderstandings and allow teachers to completely understand what will be expected of them in their evaluation process. We will take the mystery out of the behaviors in the rubric by clearly identifying what it means to be developing, proficient, accomplished or distinguished. This session will be helpful for any teacher who still wants to understand how to change their teaching style to match the needs of students in the 21st Century.

Visit: https://reg.abcsignup.com/view/view_month.aspx?as=16&wp=29&aid=UNCGSE

For the details of this training in your area of the state

For questions: cfuller62@nc.rr.com

The School of Education at UNCG & Cheryl Fuller, Education Consultant Administrator’s Session: Standard 1

September Professional Development for Teachers & Administrators

Provided by:

The School of Education at UNCG & Cheryl Fuller, Education Consultant

Administrator’s Session: Standard 1

Becoming a Leader in the Classroom, School and Profession
* Making Your PLC's More Effective
* Understanding Your Teacher Ethics and Code of Conduct Policies

This session will focus on Standard 1 and how to develop leadership skills in the classroom, the school and the profession. Participants will also participate in a True Colors assessment, to not only better understand themselves, but also to be able to identify character traits in others to more effectively collaborate and work in leadership roles with personalities of all types. We will also examine the teacher’s code of conduct and ethics policy in detail so teachers can readily find themselves proficient and accomplished on Element E of Standard 1.

Teacher’s Session: Standards Overview & Evaluation Process

(In case an administrator missed our summer session or wants more information, we are opening this teacher session to administrators as well).

* Understanding the NC Teaching Standards and Teacher Evaluation Process

Teachers have received various levels of training on the teaching standards and the evaluation process. This session is to fill in any gaps, clarify misunderstandings and allow teachers to completely understand what will be expected of them in their evaluation process. We will take the mystery out of the behaviors in the rubric by clearly identifying what it means to be developing, proficient, accomplished or distinguished. This session will be helpful for any teacher who still wants to understand how to change their teaching style to match the needs of students in the 21st Century.

Visit: https://reg.abcsignup.com/view/view_month.aspx?as=16&wp=29&aid=UNCGSE

For the details of this training in your area of the state

For questions: cfuller62@nc.rr.com

College: What It Was, Is and Should Be September 20, 2012 | 7-8 p.m. EST

College: What It Was, Is and Should Be September 20, 2012 | 7-8 p.m. EST Please join us for a special online conversation with   Professor Andrew Delbanco   National Humanities Center Fellow    Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities and   Director of the American Studies Program at  Columbia University.
Andrew Delbanco	Graduating from college has traditionally been, and for many Americans still is, a much-desired goal. But increasingly the value and make-up of a college education is being questioned. Is college worth the expense? Is a degree needed for success in contemporary America? Should college prepare a student for a job or for a life? REGISTER HERE
Professor Andrew Delbanco addresses these and other timely questions in his new book College: What It Was, Is   and Should Be. Professor Delbanco explores the history and purpose of American higher education and illuminates how tensions between character formation and professional training, as well as those between teaching and research, have shaped our colleges and universities. (This event does not provide credit hours.)  Join us for a free, online conversation on a subject that has profound implications for America's future.  REGISTER HERE   Buy the book  Professor Delbanco's public lectures at Princeton University

GLOBAL ISSUES, GLOBAL SOLUTIONS World View’s 2012 Global Education Symposium for K-12 Educators

GLOBAL ISSUES, GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
World View’s 2012 Global Education Symposium 
for K-12 Educators
CO-SPONSORED BY THE NC STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION /  
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND
THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, UNC AT CHAPEL HILL

October 24-25, 2012
The Friday Center for Continuing Education, UNC at Chapel Hill

World View’s 2012 symposium addresses a vital topic for all 21^st Century educators: Global Issues and Global Solutions. This symposium offers general and concurrent sessions examining the world’s most pressing challenges and resources for integrating global themes across the curriculum. There will also be support for school-based teams to create an Action Plan for adding a global dimension to school and district initiatives. This program is designed for K-12 administrators and teachers in all disciplines and educators will leave the program with strategies for helping their students learn about and with the world. CEU credits offered.

Registration open, reserve your spot today!

Cost (NC Educators): Registration is $175 per person.  A team of 4 is $600 (save $100).  A team is comprised of 4 or more individuals from a school or district.  Only $150 for each additional team member.

Cost (Out-of-State Educators): Registration is $275 per person.

For more information please call 919/962-9264 or visit worldview.unc.edu

The North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards

The North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards

This is a facilitator-led module located in the North Carolina e-Learning for Educators catalog on the LEARN NC website. This module provides an in-depth look at the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards, designed to build on the learner’s prior knowledge and analyze the learner’s current practices. To enroll in this course, go to https://ncelearning.org/sectionsopen and find an open section.

The North Carolina Educator Evaluation System: Online Tutorials for Administrators

The North Carolina Educator Evaluation System: Online Tutorials for Administrators

These tutorials provide training for principals on the use of online forms such as the Principal Self-Assessment form, the Teacher Observation Form, and the Teacher Self-Assessment and Professional Development Plan used when completing NCEES. This tutorial is accessible without registration at http://ncees.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/NCEES+Tutorials+for+Administrators. 

Digital Literacies in the K–12 Classroom

Launched June 2012

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. 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

Modules available through NC Education

Six modules are available through the NC Education site at https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/course/category.php?id=33281. To enroll, educators will need an NC Education account.

Digital Literacies in the K–12 Classroom

12 hours / 1.2 CEU

Students need continual guidance in building digital literacy, and teachers need continually to reflect on how best to provide that guidance—and to refine their own skills. Just as basic literacy—reading and writing—must be a part of teaching and learning in every content area, so must digital literacy. This module offers a sound and thorough grounding in digital literacy as it pertains to the classroom—or of digital literacies, as the title of the module says, for there are many ways of thinking about digital literacy.

Literacy in History/Social Studies, 

North Carolina School Executive Standards and Evaluation Process

Launched June 2012

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. 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

Modules available through NC Education

Six modules are available through the NC Education site at https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/course/category.php?id=33281. To enroll, educators will need an NC Education account.

North Carolina School Executive Standards and Evaluation Process

10 hours / 1.0 CEU

The North Carolina Principal and Assistant Principal Evaluation Process is based on the North Carolina School Executive Standards. These standards have been developed as a guide for principals and assistant principals as they continually reflect upon and improve their effectiveness as leaders throughout their careers. The standards serve as an important tool for principals and assistant principals as they consider their growth and development as executives leading schools in the 21st century. The main responsibility of principals and assistant principals is to create aligned systems of leadership throughout the school and its community.

Connecting with Our 21st Century Learners

Launched June 2012

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. 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

Modules available through NC Education

Six modules are available through the NC Education site at https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/course/category.php?id=33281. To enroll, educators will need an NC Education account.

Connecting with Our 21st Century Learners

10 hours / 1.0 CEU

Today's students will face challenges our generation has yet to imagine. This module focuses on ensuring that every student is ready to meet those challenges. The 21st Century Skills Framework developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills helps to guide this discussion. Participants observe and analyze model lessons to identify 21st century skills and methods of teaching them, design a lesson incorporating 21st century skills and tools, and collaborate with colleagues to critique lessons developed by other participants.