DPI Staff Development-The Phase II 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. 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

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 to create 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.

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.

Understanding Young Student Behavior in the Classroom
5 hours / 0.5 CEU
This module is for preschool through grade 5 teachers. The module will serve as a tool to assist teachers to develop an enhanced awareness of behavioral health issues in young students and extend that knowledge to foster long-term connectivity and academic achievement for all students, decrease the dropout rates, and ultimately increase North Carolina's graduation rates.

Introduction to Data Literacy
4 hours / 0.4 CEU
This module provides an introduction to data literacy. Both teacher and principal perspectives are included. It includes information on types of data, strategies for analyzing and understanding data, and processes for determining how these can influence instructional practices. In order to design effective instruction and learning environments, educators need to determine what learners know, and effectively use evidence collected. This module aims to provide learning experiences that develop or enhance abilities to find, evaluate, and use data to inform instruction.

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, Science and Technical Subjects
3 hours / 0.3 CEU
This introductory module defines literacy in the disciplines. Learners will receive an overview of the connections between the North Carolina Essential Standards and the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects. They will then have guided practice examining, discussing, and creating learning activities for their students that integrate the North Carolina Essential Standards and the Common Core Literacy Standards for disciplines in grades 6–12.