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Common Core/Essential Standards
Professional Development Dates 2011-12

    

                        

Science PD   -   Social Studies PD   -   Science Process Support   -   Social Studies Process Support

Registrations being taken for the following workshops only at this time:


 Feb. 15-PLAN Diagnostic Assessment Interpreting Data Training

Feb. 29 - Teacher Effectiveness and New Accountability Model (repeat of 9/2011 session)

March 2 - Negotiating with Parents in the IEP Process

March 8 - K-12 Programs and Healthful Living Essential Standards Process Support Session

March 9 - K-12 Programs and Healthful Living Essential Standards Professional Development Session

March 22-23 - K-12 Social Studies Professional Development Opportunity

 

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NCDPI – K-12 Social Studies Professional Development Opportunity
(2-day workshop)

Date/Time: Thursday and Friday, March 22-23, 2012  (9:00-4:00)

Target Audience:  Each LEA is limited to four (4) participants, which should include an instructional leader.

This two-day training session will assist Social Studies educators in developing their local curriculum around rigorous, meaningful and engaging units of instruction to support the new K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards.  During this workshop, participants will collaborate to design a sample unit that can be used to train other Social Studies educators in their district or school.  Ultimately, this training session will help Social Studies educators make more informed decisions about what students should understand, know, and be able to do according to the NC Social Studies Essential Standards.

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network). 

Renewal Credit: 0.6 Social Studies Unit (per day)

 Lunch will be provided.

March 22-23, 2012
9:00-4:00 p.m. 
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

 

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE

 
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NCDPI – K-12 Programs and Healthful Living Essential Standards Process Support

*Please note: The Process Support session for K-12 Programs and Healthful Living Essential Standards will be conducted on the first day, March 8, and the Professional Development session will be on March 9.

Date/Time: Thursday, March 8, 2012  (9:00-4:00)

Target Audience:  District/Charter PD Leadership Teams (up to 13 participants)

Region 7 Professional Development Leads, Heather Mullins and Kimberly Simmons, will provide instructional leaders and teachers in K-12 programs an opportunity to share resources, plan professional development, and create instructional tools and units to support implementation of the NC Essential Standards in K-12 Programs and Healthful Living.

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network). 

 Lunch will be provided.

 

March 8, 2012
9:00-4:00 p.m. 
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

 

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE

*Please note: The Process Support session for K-12 Programs and Healthful Living Essential Standards will be held BEFORE the professional development session (March 9).

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NCDPI – K-12 Programs and Healthful Living Essential Standards Professional Development Session

Date/Time: Friday, March 9, 2012  (9:00-4:00)
 
 Target Audience:  (1) participant from K-5 and (1) from 6-12 for Art and Healthful Living

PD for Arts Education (includes dance & drama) will give Arts Education leaders continued training on the NC Arts Education Essential Standards, designed to provide more in-depth implementation strategies in preparation for full implementation of the standards in the 2012-13 school year.  The newest instructional tools, including graphic organizers that will assist with implementation of the common clarifying objectives that area aligned with social studies content, and other support tools will be used, and there will be opportunities for collaboration and sharing of implementation strategies and plans.
 
PD for Healthful Living will extend and build upon the initial kick-off 2011 Summer Institutes.  The physical education topics will include, but are not limited to motor skills, movement concepts, health related fitness.  Health topics will include nutrition, mental/emotional health, personal/consumer health, and interpersonal communications and relationships.

Target Audience:  (1) participant per system for World Language and (1) participant per system for  ESL

PD for World Language will focus on the sharing of information, resources, and activities that can be used locally to help educators teach and assess for proficiency in the classroom.  Research-based presentation materials, online training resources, and assessment tools will be discussed, and program-specific adaptations will be explored.

PD for ESL will provide an overview of WIDA’s Guiding Principles of Language Development which have guided the development of the 2012 edition of the WIDA English Language Development Standards.  ESL will discuss the new elements added to the strands of model performance indicators and the changes in the Performance Definitions, and Speaking and Writing Rubrics.  In addition, we will continue to show connections with the English Language Development Standards (ELD SCS) and the Common Core State Standards.

Renewal Credit:  0.6 Credit

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network). 

 Lunch will be provided.

 

March 9, 2012
9:00-4:00 p.m. 
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

 

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE
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NCDPI
Teacher Effectiveness and New Accountability Model
(This is a repeat of the September 2011 Session)

Date/Time: Wednesday, February 29, 2012  (9:00-4:00)

Target Audience:  Teacher Leaders and Administrators
The purpose of this meeting is to bring together groups of teachers and leaders to learn about the State’s educator effectiveness initiatives, as well as provide feedback on proposed policies; and to discuss the proposed new school accountability model, why we believe it will lead to better outcomes for students in North Carolina and gather feedback on the proposed model. 

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).  Lunch will be provided.

WHERE:  Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC    (directions/map)
Renewal Credit:  0.6 Unit

Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register   CLICK HERE

February 29, 2012
9:00-4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE

 

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NCDPI -  EC Division
Negotiating with Parents in the IEP Process

Date/Time: Friday, March 2, 2012  (9:00-3:00)

Target Audience:  Principals and Assistant Principals
This session will highlight the role of the LEA representative in facilitating meetings that engage parents appropriately.  Important concepts will include tips on IEP meeting facilitation, helping connect parents to resources, and coaching parents for effective advocacy.  In addition, we will draw from the negotiation literature by Roger Fisher & Daniel Shapiro (directors of the Harvard Negotiation Project and authors of Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate) to consider the powerful emotions in play during IEP meetings and the opportunities to use those emotions to map out goals and services that are optimistic, ambitious, and also reasonable.

ECAC, the parent center in NC, will be partnering with DPI to present this session.

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network). 

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register  CLICK HERE

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 Friday, March 2, 2012
9:00-3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE
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PLAN Diagnostic Assessment
Interpreting Data Training

Date/Time: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 (9:00-12:00 Noon)

Target Audience:  Principals, Guidance, Data Coaches, and District Curriculum and Instructional Leads

The NCDPI will host, in collaboration with ACT and the NWRESA, a half-day PLAN Interpreting Data training.  This training will provide guidance to district and school staff on how to effectively interpret the PLAN student report in order to communicate to students, teachers, and parents areas for academic improvement and career planning.  Time will also be spent reviewing aggregate reports that schools will receive.  All information will support the goal of improving student’s college and career-readiness.  

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network). 

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register   CLICK HERE
 

 

 
 

 

 Wednesday, February 15, 2012
9:00-12:00 noon
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE
     
  Process Support

This session will provide your Summer Institute Professional Development Leadership team with an opportunity to work on your professional development roll out plan.  Feel free to bring any or all members of your team that attended Summer Institute.  At minimum, bring your math folks to continue the work on your K-12 Programs and Healthful Living North Carolina Essential Standards roll out.

Target Audience:  District/Charter PD Leadership Team Members (up to 13 participants)

 March 8, 2012
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
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Arts Education:  NWRESA Professional Development for Arts Education will give Arts Education leaders continued training on the NC Arts Education Essential Standards, designed to provide more in-depth implementation strategies in preparation for full implementation of the standards in the 2012-13 school year.   The newest instructional tools, including graphic organizers that will assist with implementation of the common clarifying objectives that area aligned with social studies content, and other support tools will be used, and there will be opportunities for collaboration and sharing of implementation strategies and plans. 

World Languages:  Proficiency 101 - NWRESA Professional Development for World Language will focus on the sharing of information, resources, and activities that can be used locally to help educators teach and assess for proficiency in the classroom.  Research-based presentation materials, online training resources, and assessment tools will be discussed, and program-specific adaptations will be explored. 

 ESL:  NWRESA Professional Development for ESL will provide an overview of WIDA’s Guiding Principles of Language Development which have guided the development of the 2012 edition of the WIDA English Language Development Standards. ESL will discuss the new elements added to the strands of model performance indicators and the changes in the Performance Definitions, and Speaking and Writing Rubrics. In addition, we will continue to show connections with the English Language Development Standards (ELD SCS) and the Common Core State Standards.

Healthful Living: NWRESA Professional Development for Healthful Living will extend and build upon the initial kick-off 2011 Summer Institutes.  The physical education topics will include, but are not limited to motor skills, movement concepts, health related fitness.  Health topics will include nutrition, mental/emotional health, personal/consumer health, and interpersonal communications and relationships.

 March 9, 2012
 9:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
Trainer Bios: Click Here
 
Back to Top District-Level and Charter Team Fidelity Checks
(for District/School PD Leadership Teams)
 To facilitate follow up sessions with local leadership teams that will gather information on their progress with their implementation plan as well as provide continued support for their district leaders.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Up to 6 decision-makers and team leaders (“drivers”) of each district/charter PD Leadership team who attended Summer Institute.  		March 14, 2012
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
Back to Top Teacher Effectiveness/New Accountability Model Meetings (repeat sessions)
To bring together groups of teachers and leaders to learn about the State’s educator effectiveness initiatives, as well as provide feedback on proposed policies.  To discuss the proposed new school accountability model, why we believe it will lead to better outcomes for students in North Carolina and gather feedback on the proposed model.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  These sessions are primarily targeted for teacher leaders.  Principals may also attend with the teachers.  Session size:  50-60 Lead Teachers and Principals.  (4-5 slots per LEA).  Different groups each session. 
 
No CEUs given for this workshop.
 March 21, 2012
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
Trainer Bios: Click Here
Back to Top DSW Meetings
(for District/School RttT Leadership Team Members)
These are regionally based meetings to provide continued technical assistance to teams to help them complete their RttT DSW documents.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  All local LEAs and Charter School teams participating in Race to the Top (RttT).  Teams are listed on DSW.

LOCATION/CAPACITY DETAILS:  5-7 representatives per team.  This is a face-to-face (f2f) opportunity for team; webinars are also conducted for additional sessions. 

May 2, 2012
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
Back to Top English/Language Arts and Math
 
NWRESA Professional Development for English Language Arts will focus on the Six Shifts in ELA /Literacy in the Common Core State Standards.  Brief segments of videos explaining the shifts will be shared with time for group discussions of each shift. Consultants will follow-up with suggested resources, “Less is More: Teaching Literature with Short Texts” by Kimberly Hill Campbell and “Deeper Reading” by Kelly Gallagher.

RESA Professional Development for Mathematics will focus on specific content from each of the 4 grade bands.  Content lessons will be modeled with participants being the students.  After debriefing the mathematics we will have participants examine the lesson structure used.  Connections will be made to Van de Walle’s Before, During, and After Lesson Plan.  Additional connections to the Common Core State Standards For Mathematical Practice, 21st Century Skills, New Teacher Evaluation Standards, Universal Design for Learning, Professional Learning Communities, English Language Learners, and Exceptional Children will be emphasized.

Target Audience:  Maximum of 8 teachers/leaders per district responsible for professional development – K-2 (2), 3-5 (2), 6-8 (2), and 9-12 (2)

 May 3, 2012
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
     
  Process Support
 
Target Audience:  District/Charter PD Leadership Team Members (up to 13 participants)

This session will provide your Summer Institute Professional Development Leadership team with an opportunity to work on your professional development roll out plan.  Feel free to bring any or all members of your team that attended Summer Institute.  At minimum, bring your math folks to continue the work on your ELA and math Common Core State Standards roll out.

 May 4, 2012
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
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Audience:  District/Charter PD Leadership Team Members (up to 13 participants)

This session will provide your Summer Institute Professional Development Leadership team with an opportunity to work on your professional development roll out plan.  Feel free to bring any or all members of your team that attended Summer Institute.  At minimum, bring your math folks to continue the work on your math Common Core State Standards roll out.

 September 13, 2011
 9:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

To register for the Math training: CLICK HERE
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Math  - (Requires prior approval from Administration to attend) NWRESA Professional Development for Mathematics will focus on specific content from each of the 4 grade bands.  Content lessons will be modeled with participants being the students.  After debriefing the mathematics we will have participants examine the lesson structure used.  Connections will be made to Van de Walle’s Before, During, and After Lesson Plan.  Additional connections to the Common Core State Standards For Mathematical Practice, 21st Century Skills, New Teacher Evaluation Standards, Universal Design for Learning, Professional Learning Communities, English Language Learners, and Exceptional Children will be emphasized.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Up to eight representatives (2 per grade span.)  Leaders who served on 2011 Summer Institute PD Leadership planning team.

Please bring LAPTOPS to all training sessions.

 September 12, 2011
9:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
Trainer Bios: Click Here

Please note:  (Requires prior approval from Administration to attend)
Please bring LAPTOPS to all training sessions.

 

 
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Teacher Evaluation Process Professional Development/Support
September 7, 2011
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
 Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC

The purpose of this meeting for Principals and Assistant Principals, and selected District-level Administrators, was to provide principals with a conceptual perspective of each of the NC Professional Teaching Standards.  Participants will explore how to:
  • Describe how the elements of a 21st Century classroom relate to the NCPTS.
  • Use data to distinguish among the ratings.
  • Organize the evaluation process and/or assume their role in the process.
  • Apply coaching strategies to help teachers grow in their effectiveness.
Principals


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Principal Common Core/Essential Standards Professional Development
(Required prior approval from Superintendent to attend)

August 1, 2011
9:00 - 12:00 or
1:00 - 4:00
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC

Keith Eades, the NC Department of Public Instruction Regional 7 Lead for District & School Transformation, along with Heather Mullins and Kimberly Simmons, Professional Development Leads for Region 7, conducted these sessions focusing on the administrator's role in implementing the Common Core State Standards. The presenters defined the Common Core and Essential Standards content, practices, and assessment processes which included terminology and distinctions from the current Standard Course of Study. They also outlined the benefits and challenges within the context of school leadership. Also addressed were issues and items which require principals' attention and focus, leadership practices and processes for meeting teacher needs, and management structures that support implementation. Those included:: Department head/grade leader focus on instructional leadership, ensuring opportunities for effective functioning of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and shared decision-making and distributed leadership. Additionally, transitions and implementation planning along with a timeline were discussed as well as collaborating with and utilizing district implementation teams for interface with school staff. The use of DPI staff/resources/tools to support school faculties and staffs was explained.

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Keith Eades, Heather Mullins, and Kimberly Simmons, Region 7 NCDPI Leads
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Principal Common Core/Essential Standards Professional Development  (Requires prior approval from Superintendent to attend)
This training, intended for school-based administrators, will focus on instructional leadership for rolling-out the new standards. The half-day session will include opportunities for collaboration, an update on assessment, a look at available resources, and activities designed to assist administrators in knowing next steps for building-level implementation. This session will be facilitated by Regional PD Leads and Regional Leads.
(This is a repeat of the August session)		 September 8, 2011
9:00 - 12:00 or
1:00 - 4:00
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
 
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Teacher Effectiveness/New Accountability Model Meetings
(for select District/School Lead Teachers and Content Area Representatives)
To bring together groups of teachers and leaders to learn about the State’s educator effectiveness initiatives, as well as provide feedback on proposed policies.  To discuss the proposed new school accountability model, why we believe it will lead to better outcomes for students in North Carolina and gather feedback on the proposed model.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  These sessions are primarily targeted for teacher leaders.  Principals may also attend with the teachers.  Session size:  50-60 Lead Teachers and Principals.  (4-5 slots per LEA).  Different groups each session. 

September 28, 2011
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
 Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
Trainer Bios: Click Here

 
Back to Top Regional Principal and Assistant Principal Trainings: Common Core and Essential Standards Updates (Phase II)
This training, intended for school-based administrators, will focus on instructional leadership for rolling-out the new standards. The half-day session will include opportunities for collaboration, an update on assessment, a look at available resources, and activities designed to assist administrators in knowing next steps for building-level implementation. This session will be facilitated by Regional PD Leads and Regional Leads.

 TARGET AUDIENCE: Principals and Assistant Principals.  Can be the same participants who attended Phase I.  All attendees must have an understanding that they will return to their local district/school prepared to share the information and knowledge with their colleagues based on district needs.		 October 25, 2011
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

When registering, please select which session preferred:
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

To register for the Regional Principal and AP training: CLICK HERE

 
 
Back to Top District-Level and Charter Team Fidelity Checks
(for District/School PD Leadership Teams)
The purpose of this meeting is to facilitate follow-up sessions with local leadership teams that will gather information on their progress with their implementation plan as well as provide continued support for their district leaders.  

TARGET AUDIENCE:  District/Charter PD Leadership Team Members (up to 6 participants)

 Renewal Credit:  .6 Credits
 
Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).  Lunch will be provided.
 November 3, 2011
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

To register for the District-Level and Charter Team Fidelity Check session: CLICK HERE
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Target Audience: Maximum of 4 teachers/leaders per district responsible for professional development – K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.

This professional development for English Language Arts will focus on the Six Shifts in ELA/Literacy in the Common Core State Standards.  Brief segments of videos explaining the shifts will be shared with time for group discussions of each shift.  Consultants will follow-up with suggested resources, “Less is More: Teaching Literature with Short Texts” by Kimberly Hill Campbell and “Deeper Reading” by Kelly Gallagher.

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the Stone Center has wireless internet connection.   (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).
Lunch will be provided.

WHERE:  Wilkes County Board of Education–Stone Center

613 Cherry Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
Phone - 336-667-1121
Directions
Please note:  (Requires prior approval from Administration to attend)

To register for the English/Language Arts:
CLICK HERE

Date:  Monday, November 14, 2011 

Time:  9:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Wilkes County Board of Education–Stone Center
613 Cherry Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659

Renewal Credit:  .6 Units

Trainer Bios:   Click Here
  Process Support Session for English Language Arts
 

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 15, 2011  (9:00-4:00)

Target Audience:  District/Charter PD Leadership Team Members (up to 13 participants)
This session will provide your Summer Institute Professional Development Leadership team with an opportunity to work on your professional development roll out plan.  Feel free to bring any or all members of your team that attended Summer Institute.  At minimum, bring your ELA leads to continue the work on your ELA Common Core State Standards roll out.

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).  
Lunch will be provided.
Date:  November 15, 2011
Time:   9:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Location:  Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Renewal Credit:   .6 credits

To register for the Process Support session for English/Language Arts:
CLICK HERE
 

NCDPI – Phase III Regional Principal and Assistant Principal Training for Information and Technology Essential Standards (ITES)

DATE/TIME: Thursday, December 8, 2011

LOCATION:  Foothills Higher Education Center in Morganton, NC – 2128 South Sterling Street – Room 148   
Directions:  (I-40 take Exit 105 (Hwy. 18) – go North) Foothills Higher Education Center is immediately on the left.

Renewal Credit:  None

The same 3 hour presentation is offered in a morning and then an afternoon session.  Participants should only register for one of the two sessions.  (Two sessions: 9:00-12:00 a.m. (or) 1:00-4:00 p.m.).  Please indicate on registration form which session you wish to attend.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Principals, Assistant Principals and Lead Teachers

This is a continuation of the Common Core Essential Standards Phase I & II trainings.  The agenda will include hands-on activities, group discussions, and sharing of resources to help site administrators support teachers as they begin to implement the new Information and Technology Essential Standards. 

DPI Instructional Technology Consultants: Melanie Honeycutt, Cathy Matthews, and Mary Lou Daily will be conducting this training.

Please bring a battery charged laptop/iPads/tablets
Date: December 8, 2011

Important! Please notice location change
Foothills Higher Education Center in Morganton, NC – 2128 South Sterling Street – Room 148

Directions: (I-40 take Exit 105 (Hwy. 18) – go North) Foothills Higher Education Center is immediately on the left.  

When registering, please select which session preferred:
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

To register for the Regional Principal and AP Phase III  training: CLICK HERE
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NCDPI – Science Professional Development Support

Target Audience:  (1) participant from K-5 and (1) from 6-12

This professional development for Science will focus on North Carolina’s Transition to the new NC Science Essential Standards. This training extends and builds upon the initial kick-off 2011 Summer Institutes.  The purpose of the follow-up training is to delve deeper into the Science Essential Standards by engaging in dialog and activities that will assist LEAs with refining and implementing their transition plan to the new Science Essential Standards.

Renewal Credit:  .6 Science Credit

Please bring your own standards, unpacking documents, and crosswalks. 
 
Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).  Lunch will be provided.		 Thursday, January 19, 2012 
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE
     
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NCDPI
Social Studies - Aligning Classroom Assessment to the K-12 Essential Standards

Date/Time: Thursday, January 19, 2012  (9:00-4:00)

Target Audience:   (1) participant from  K-5 and (1) from  6-12
 Social Studies educators who attended the summer institute and/or content experts who will be responsible for, or will assist with, developing local curricula for social studies.  Participants should have a strong background in social studies as they will be engaging in activities that will require an understanding of social studies content, concepts, etc.  It is highly recommended that if someone attended any one of the previous unit development sessions that they are allowed to attend this session, because it will be a continuation of that discussion. 

Session Focus: Aligning classroom assessment to the K-12 Essential Standards. 

What to Bring: Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).  Also, please bring, a social studies or interdisciplinary unit that you or your district has developed that contains at least one assessment component.  Please bring your own standards, unpacking documents, and crosswalks. 

Each Participant Should Do Before Attending:  
 Understand the major structural changes of the new Essential Standards (view Module 2 and take a look at the resources on the social studies wiki site: http://ssnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/home)
Have perused the unpacking documents for their grade span (or at least one grade level in their grade span) Have an awareness of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT) (perhaps they could view the RBT module)
Assess the Intel Group for assessment (DPI will send this link prior to session)     

 Renewal Credit:  .6 Social Studies Credit   

Lunch will be provided on-site.

Thursday, January 19, 2012 
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE
 

NCDPI - Process Support Session for Science & Social Studies

Date/Time: Friday, January 20, 2012 (9:00-4:00)

Target Audience:  District/Charter PD Leadership Team Members (up to 13 participants.)
Participants will be provided with time to synthesize the information presented on January 19.  The morning will consist of working with grade-level/content-area groups to collaborate in order to create  templates, curriculum maps, lesson/unit plans, or resource compilations.  During the afternoon, participants will have the opportunity to work with members of their LEAs or continue to work with their morning breakout groups.  Each participant will submit a resource to be posted on our regional wiki.
 

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).  Lunch will be provided.

 Renewal Credit:  0.6 Unit Credit

 Friday, January 20, 2012 
9:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE
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Science: NWRESA Professional Development for Science will focus on North Carolina’s Transition to the new NC Science Essential Standards. This training extends and builds upon the initial kick-off 2011 Summer Institutes.  The purpose of the follow-up training is to delve deeper into the Science Essential Standards by engaging in dialog and activities that will assist LEAs with refining and implementing their transition plan to the new Science Essential Standards.

Social Studies: NWRESA Professional Development for Social Studies will focus on developing rigorous and engaging assessments and learning experiences to support the new Social Studies Essential Standards.  Participants should bring a copy of a unit that they have developed along with a computer with internet access.

TARGET AUDIENCE:  2-5 representatives per content area.  Leaders who served on 2011 Summer Institute PD Leadership planning team.

 Please bring LAPTOPS to all training sessions.

 January 19, 2012
9:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
Trainer Bios: Click Here
  Process Support

This session will provide your Summer Institute Professional Development Leadership team with an opportunity to work on your professional development roll out plan.  Feel free to bring any or all members of your team that attended Summer Institute.  At minimum, bring your math folks to continue the work on your science/social studies North Carolina Essential Standards roll out.

Target Audience:  District/Charter PD Leadership Team Members (up to 13 participants)

 January 20, 2012
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)
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NCDPI – World Language Essential Standards Content Session

Date/Time: Thursday, February 2, 2012  (8:30-4:00)

Target Audience:  World Language Teachers

Come experience an exciting day with Ann Marie Gunter, NCDPI K-12 World Language Consultant.  This session will provide a great opportunity for teachers to network and collaborate.  (See link below for DRAFT agenda and preparation/admit slip.) 

Each school district can send up to four (4) World Language teachers who will then go back to your school or district and support other teachers. 
 

Renewal Credit:  .6 Foreign Language Credit
Draft Agenda:    Click Here

Please bring a battery charged laptop – the hotel has wireless internet connection only.  (Be sure you know how to connect to wireless network other than your own school network).  Lunch will be provided.

 
 

 

 Thursday, February 2, 2012
8:30 - 4:00
Holiday Inn Express, Wilkesboro, NC (directions/map)

Questions?  Contact Linda Reeves at 336.667.2191 or email.
 To register CLICK HERE

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