CCS Staff in the Know For You April 28, 2023

CCS Staff In the Know

NAFEPA Recognizes State Leadership Recipients

The National Association of Federal Education Program Administrators (NAFEPA) recently recognized Mr. Jason Griffin for his outstanding work in Federal Programs and received the 2023 Federal Programs Leadership award for the state of North Carolina at a ceremony in Washington, DC on March 28, 2023.

Mr. Griffin is the Director of Elementary Education and Federal Programs for Craven County schools and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Association of Federal Programs and has been in this position for five years.

The NAFEPA awards committee said that “Jason is instrumental in providing guidance to federal program directors in the southeast region of NC, across the state, and now at a national level. His creativity ensures that schools are supported in addressing student learning and staff growth.”

“It was truly an honor to receive the state leadership award for North Carolina, Griffin said. I love having a position that can serve the needs of our faculty and students and my goal is to remove as many barriers as I can to ensure that everyone’s academic journey is successful!”

Please join us in congratulating Mr. Griffin for all his hard work and dedication to Federal Programs.

Testing Reimbursement

DEADLINE is May 30, 2023

The office of Human Resources is NOW offering Testing Reimbursement for a LIMITED TIME for PRAXIS II or Pearson Exams. If you are a (n):

High school teacher who took a required licensure exam test to become highly qualified for grades 9-12
Middle grades teacher who took a required licensure exam to become highly qualified for grades 6-9
Elementary teacher who took required licensure exam to become highly qualified for grades K-6
EC teacher who took a required exam to become highly qualified for Exceptional Children in grades K-12
CTE teacher who took a required exam to become highly qualified for Career and Technical Education
Fully licensed teacher who has added an area of high need, including Math, Science and EC (is currently teaching in one of these areas). Proof of a submitted application to add the tested area to current teaching license to NCDPI (screenshot or email) or Updated NC License

Required documentation:

1) Verification of payment (paid receipt) for required exam fee is attached.

2) The passing score report.

ONE TIME FOR ONE EXAM ONLY. Funds are LIMITED (First come, first serve).

Reimbursement form link: https://www.cravenk12.org/Page/20987

*Test must have already been completed. Not valid until a score report has been received. Testing should have occurred from 7/1/22 to present day.

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES:

ClassLink is intended to be used by ALL staff and students. Access to certain products rely on users knowing how to use and navigate ClassLink.

ClassLink is a provider of identity and access management products offering instant access to resources with single sign-on, class rostering, and account provision.

We will be relying more and more on Classlink so please learn more at https://www.cravenk12.org/Page/20087.

Click here for a chance to win prizes for your school.

Check out www.beprobeproud.org for more information about this outstanding opportunity for students across North Carolina!

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SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT

NC GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL

We need awesome high school teachers! We need you!

Are you interested in working with exceptionally talented, intellectually engaged high school students in a thriving learning community this summer? If so, come join us at the NC Governor’s School.

The summer session will be from June 12-July 15 for staff (June 18-July 15 for students) and will be at two campuses: Meredith College (East campus) and Winston-Salem State University (West campus).

NCDPI has openings in a variety of positions:

Instrumental Music at GS East
Math at GS East
Science at both campuses
Spanish at both campuses
Area II/Philosophy at both campuses
School Counselor at GS West

Being on staff at NC Governor’s School will allow you to play a role in a life-changing summer for these amazing students. It’s an opportunity to work with students in an environment where creativity and curiosity are valued and learning takes place without the pressures of grades or tests.

NCDPI will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews through an on-going process through April.

Position availability, job descriptions, and application are available Governor’s School Employment Information.

For General Information on NC Governor’s School, please visit the NC Governor's School website.

If you have questions, please contact Rodney Allen at ncgovschool@dpi.nc.gov.

Sneha Shah-Coltrane

Director, Advanced Learning and Gifted Education

Advanced Learning & Gifted Education

NC Department of Public Instruction

(W) 984-236-2737

Sneha.ShahColtrane@dpi.nc.gov

Literacy Instructional Standard Learning Series for

All Content Areas

The NCDPI Office of Academic Standards will begin offering a Literacy Instructional Standard Learning Series in November and span through spring of 2023. These state-wide, virtual professional learning opportunities will focus on integrating the Literacy Instruction Standards (LIS) into standards-aligned content area instruction. The sessions are open to all K-12 educators (all content areas, including exceptional children's staff) and would greatly benefit your literacy leadership teams in building strong, standardized research proven instructional standards in all content areas. The sessions will support your Adolescent Literacy Leadership teams with implementation of their improvement goals.

As you are developing your implementation plans for NC SIP, district literacy instruction plans, evaluating and modifying literacy curriculum and instructional methods, please consider these sessions as a resource and professional development to support your adolescent literacy improvement goals and content area literacy instructional practices.

Content Area Literacy Instructional Standards Learning Series

The following sessions will be offered this school year:

Literacy in ELD: May 11, 2023

For more information and where to register, please see the LIS Learning Series Promo.

If you have not already joined the ELA listserv, please consider subscribing to get the most up to date information and very valuable resources to support adolescent literacy instructional practices aligned to standards. To subscribe to the listserv, click here and navigate to the ELA SCOOP section of the page. Also, please find the latest edition of The ELA SCOOP on this page, which is the NCDPI ELA Section's quarterly newsletter full of valuable resources for implementation support.