PRIORITY OBJECTIVES
WITH SBE ALIGNMENT | TARGET 08-09 | CURRENT OR 07-08 | DIVISIONAL STRATEGIES | SBE GOAL |
| NCVPS EOC scores in Alg I and English I will meet Easley standard of 70%. |
70% |
59% |
- Develop a high five design process to review courses, identify gaps, select strategies,
and deliver professional development to teachers to ensure best
practices for e-learning.
- Select, hire, and embed Graphic User Interface (GUI) revision teams into all
course development processes to ensure that students are engaged
through gaming technologies.
|
1 |
| LEO enrollment will increase by 100% annually. |
5,000 |
4,200 |
- Align communications strategy among the North Carolina Community College System,
UNCG iSchool, NC State, and NCVPS to ensure that seamless and timely
communication is delivered on a weekly basis to school districts.
- Contribute to the integrated marketing campaigns of aforementioned virtual education
groups to ensure that professional development builds instructor
skills in delivering online courses and implementation support
is provided for K-12 students involved Learn and Earn Online courses.
|
4 |
| By 2010, 50% of NCVPS teachers will integrate 21st century teaching and learning
to include data analysis, differentiation, 21st century tools, and
student success strategies into their courses. |
30% |
25% |
- Partner with Wimba, a web 2.0 company, to ensure that collaborative tools such as podcasts, wikis, pronto, and voice
over assessments are included in all of our courses.
- Develop and implement a coaching and evaluation model in partnership with teachscape
to ensure that teachers are using the web 2.0 tools embedded in
their courses as verified by an online instrument.
|
2 |
| CORE ACTIVITIES | SBE GOAL |
| 1 |
The high five design process involves collaborative teams of teachers meeting
face to face and online three times a year. These teacher teams are
comprised of research, content, gui, and development experts. They
align the NCSCOS with the SREB standards for teaching and learning.
They also augment courses with Web 2.0 and 21st Century design elements. |
1 |
| 2 |
GUI teams involve contractors to make the environments more in line with current
gaming technologies. Student focus groups support this process with
360 degree feedback as to how they learn best. Improvement cycles flow
back through the high five design process. |
1 |
| 3 |
An aligned communications strategy among NCVPS/LEO, iSchool, and NCCCS takes
place on a weekly basis so that accuracies, decisions, and training
are in sync to the LEAs. |
4 |
| 4 |
Integrated marketing involves making the process simple for LEA stakeholders
in regards to LEO enrollment, support, and course delivery. All three
groups mentioned in item three are coordinated via leadership on a
weekly basis by the LEO coordinator who works for NCVPS/LEO. |
4 |
| 5 |
Wimba product line has been purchased and teachers are being trained this summer
of 2008 on how to integrate into their courses. |
2 |
| 6 |
3D PD model has been designed and coaches and evaluators will begin looking in
e-classrooms this fall with rubrics and reporting processes as to evidence
of 21st century skills. |
2 |
