Webinars for Common Core State Standards in High School Mathematics

Maria Hernandez, Mathematics Instructor at the NC School of Science and Mathematics, is leading
sessions on the new Standards in high school math next week and the following week.
The study of recursion is a new topic for North Carolina Common Core Math I/Algebra I/IM I standards.
In the first session on Oct. 29, Ms. Hernandez used recursive equations to model linear and exponential
growth. These modeling problems included financial and biological applications. For the Nov. 6 session,
Maria will explore various real world applications of ratio and proportion and she will highlight materials
from www.turnonccmath.net

All participants must REGISTER prior to joining the session. Please do so by using the link provided
below:

Topic: Ratio and Proportion Leading to Slope
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 6
Time: 3 pm
Meeting Number: 648 978 784
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MORE INFO: Dr. Maria Pitre‐Martin, Director of K‐12 Curriculum and Instruction,
maria.pitremartin@dpi.nc.gov

November and December Webinar Trainings ‐ Phase II Professional Development Online Modules: Exploring the Possibilities

This webinar will give you an overview of the Phase II online professional development modules
released by NCDPI this past summer. We will discuss various ways in which these online modules can be
implemented to best serve your needs at an individual, school or district level.

The webinar will provide an opportunity to:

• Learn more about the modules currently available
• Explore and learn about flexible implementation methods
• Review strategies that can be used to facilitate learning face to face and online
• Ask questions and give feedback

* Sessions are recurring. Register here:

November 14, 1‐2 pm. https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/139176369
November 14, 3‐4 pm. https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/218229304
December 4, 1‐2 pm. https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/578388056

MORE INFO: Yvette Stewart, Educator Recruitment and Development, Yvette.stewart@dpi.nc.gov

Online Evaluation Tool: Professional Development Plan Mid‐Year Review

This webinar will provide you with an opportunity to review the process for completing the mid‐year
review of the teacher's Professional Development Plan.

The following topics will be addressed during the webinar:

• Review the North Carolina State Board of Education policy on the Evaluation Process;
• Demonstrate the teacher process for accessing the existing Professional Development Plan, reviewing the plan at mid‐year, and authenticating the plan;
• Demonstrate principal process for accessing the existing Professional Development Plan, reviewing the plan at mid‐year, and authenticating the plan; and
• Share resources, strategies, and best practices for developing SMART goals at the mid‐year review to promote continuous professional growth.

To register please visit http://ncees.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Upcoming+Webinars

MORE INFO: Eliz Colbert, eliz.colbert@dpi.nc.gov

Register for Webinar on Educator Effectiveness for School Administrators

Please join the NC Department of Public Instruction and NC Principals and Assistant Principals
Association for a webinar on educator effectiveness. The webinar will provide updates on the new
student growth standards, EVAAS, and the Measures of Student Learning: NC's Common Exams.
The webinar will be held on December 6 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

To register, please visit https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/926283128.

The National Humanities Center is pleased to present Teaching Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener"

The National Humanities Center is pleased to present Teaching Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" a live online professional development seminar featuring Andrew Delbanco Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University National Humanities Center Fellow Please join us free of charge.   Use promotional code TBS when registering. Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (EST) "I would prefer not to." With those words Bartleby, Herman Melville's New York law-copyist, turns himself into one of the most enigmatic and infuriating characters in all of American literature. With them he also disrupts the staid, ordered life of his employer. And with them, too, he withdraws from life until he ends his days curled up against a wall in a prison aptly named the Tombs. What does "Bartleby, the Scrivener" tell us about Melville's genius? What does it tell us about antebellum America, a society in which the impersonal values of laissez-faire capitalism clashed with the religious impulse to care for and about others?

AIG Professional Development for Math and Science

NCDPI’s Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Programs announces professional development webinars focused on “Advanced Content for Teachers of Advanced Learners in Math and Science.” This series is developed in partnership with NC School of Science and Mathematics. These one‐hour webinar sessions are open to all interested personnel. Registration is required. This professional development is geared largely toward teachers in grades 6‐12. Sessions will be archived and posted on NCDPI’s iTunesU site, http://www.ncpublicschools.org/itunesu/. Topics range from Recursion to Biomimicry to Integrating “E” in STEM. Please see attached flier for more information and registration links. The series will run from October 2012 to April 2013. Attend one or all sessions.

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.

DPI is pleased to announce many online learning opportunities for all educators. Online Evaluation Tool: Observations

This webinar will provide you with an opportunity to review the process of completing the annual evaluation cycle for teachers with a focus on using the online evaluation tool to complete the observation rubric. The following topics will be addressed during the webinar:

• Review the North Carolina State Board of Education policy on the Evaluation Process
• Present strategies for managing observations
• Share resources, strategies, and best practices for coaching teachers for peak performance

Please register here - http://ncees.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Upcoming+Webinars

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Teacher Workshops, Fall 2012

Focus: These one-day, multi-county workshops for public school teachers of Social Studies and English/Language Arts presents : Dr. Karl Schleunes, UNC-G historian and Holocaust scholar, and Holocaust survivor (one of the following) : Hank Brodt, who recounts his experiences in six concentration camps; Morris Glass, survivor of the Auschwitz death camp; Manfred Katz, who was forced to work as a slave laborer in two concentration camps; Zohara Boyd, who “hid in plain sight” during the Holocaust.

Participants receive a copy of The Holocaust: a North Carolina Teacher's Resource, a guide for teaching about the Holocaust at the middle and high school levels. Substitute pay is provided for teachers attending, but space is limited and teachers are encouraged to make early contact with Linda Scher, Holocaust Teacher Workshop Coordinator.

Carthage, Moore County October 29, 2012 Mon.
Albemarle, Stanly County November 19, 2012 Mon.
Kenansville, Duplin County December 4, 2012 Tues

For additional information and registration, e-mail Linda Scher at Brisket234@aol.com
Visit the Council website at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/holocaust_council/

Opportunities for Educators An Evening @ The Fed: Addressing Common Questions

Opportunities for Educators
An Evening @ The Fed: Addressing Common Questions

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte Branch, cordially invites you to attend our free lecture series, “An Evening @ The Fed: Addressing Common Questions” designed especially for secondary educators. This event, part of the Richmond Fed’s efforts to support economic and financial education for secondary teachers and students in the Fifth District, is FREE. Registration is required.

For more information, please contact Economic Education Specialist Yolanda Ferguson at Yolanda.Ferguson@rich.frb.org or (704)358-2495. Thursday, November 1, 2012 · 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte Branch 530 East Trade Street · Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 For a list of other events and programs, please visit http://www.richmondfed.org/education/

DPI and the Bill of Rights Institute Curriculum Study

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, in partnership with the Bill of Rights Institute, would like to invite you to participate in an exciting, ground-breaking curriculum study. We have partnered with the Institute in order to develop new teaching materials and professional development for North Carolina educators on founding principles. These principles will be evidenced in multiple courses, including American History and Civics. All participating teachers will receive a free class set of Pocket Constitutions.

Many of you may know the Bill of Rights Institute, a Virginia-based 501(c)3 non-profit, through their curriculum or from attending one of their teacher Workshops. The Institute focuses on helping educators teach about the Constitution and founding era. These brand-new materials on the founding principles are being designed specifically to help North Carolina teachers teach the new course required by the Founding Principles Act.

All of the Institute’s curricula are written by teachers and tested by educators in the classroom before they are finalized. That’s where you come in – we need pilot teachers to present draft lessons to students during the spring, and send feedback to the Bill of Rights Institute with suggestions for improvement. As a pilot teacher, your name and school will be acknowledged in the final materials, and you will receive a free class set of pocket Constitutions with our thanks. What’s more, your participation provides an opportunity for professional growth, as well as to become a leader in your content area.

If you would be interested in testing lessons or would like more information please click here or feel free to reach out to Veronica Burchard at the Institute if you have any questions at vburchard@billofrightsinstitute.org. Veronica and I will be working together to ensure these new materials are adequately tested throughout our eight State Board of Education Districts.

Sincerely,
Maria Pitre-Martin, Ph.D.
Director, Division of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction