SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet June 3-5, 2008 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on June 3-5, 2008, at the Education Building, 301 North Wilmington Street, Raleigh. The agenda for the SBE meeting follows. Each of the documents below is provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and requires the free Acrobat Reader software to view. If you have difficulty downloading the documents, please contact the Webmaster. Click below to download PDF (full document instead of individual agenda items) of each Strategic Priority:

Globally Competitive Students (GCS)
(pdf, 2.1mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 369kb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 298kb)
Leadership for Innovation (LFI)
(pdf, 105kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 103kb)

Note: In accordance with Governor Easley's Executive Order Number 1, it is the duty of every Board Member to avoid both conflicts of interest and appearances of conflict.

The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008
1:00 PM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action GCS 1 - CDiscussion of HSP-M-001 Course for Credit Policy (pdf, 34kb) GCS 2 - Standard Course of Study for English Language Development, K-12 (pdf, 1.7mb) Action on First Reading GCS 3 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 333kb) Discussion GCS 4 - Graduation Project Policy Revision (pdf, 56kb)
3:30 PM	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008
8:20 AM	BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEETING (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair; Mr. John Tate, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grant (pdf, 217kb) NC Children's Trust Fund TCS 2 - Pre-Approval of Financial and Business Services' Policy Manuals (pdf, 32kb) Discussion TCS 3 - Membership for the State Advisory Council on Indian Education (pdf, 138kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 103kb) New Business Communications Update Legislative Update NC WISE Update Learn and Earn: Implementation Sites for the 2008-09 School Year Continued Discussion of the Highlights of the NC Public School Budget - February 2008 Introduction of New Interns
9:50 AM	Adjourn
10:05 PM	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co Chairs) - Room 504, Videoconferencing Center, 5th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCP 1 - School Executive: Principal Evaluation Policies (pdf, 32kb) TCP 2 - State Evaluation Committee Program Approval Recommendations (pdf, 138kb) Action on First Reading TCP 3 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 63kb) Discussion TCP 4 - Approval of Guilford County Schools Alternative Licensure Program for Lateral Entry Teachers (pdf, 136kb) TCP 5 - Approval/Adoption of the Teacher Evaluation Instrument (pdf, 119kb) TCP 6 - Licensing Physical Education and Health Teachers (pdf, 42kb) New Business Update on Title II Applications Review and Approval Requirements Update from the ad hoc committee on Non-Teaching Work Experience and Graduate Pay Approval Policy Update on Training on the School Executive: Principal Evaluation Instrument Update on the Teacher Preparation Program and School Executive Preparation Program Assessment Instruments
11:50 AM	Adjourn
10:05 AM	LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building New Business Comprehensive Support NC Virtual Public School/Learn & Earn Online (LEO) Director's Report Update on Learn & Earn Implementation Grants
11:50 AM	Adjourn
12:00 PM	Lunch - Room 150, Cisco Academy Presentation
1:10 PM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, NC Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Issues Session Two Million Minutes - SBE Members Discussion Vice Chairman Wayne McDevitt
2:00 PM	INFORMATION GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS COMMITTEE Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice-Chair) – State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building GCS 5 - Annual Report: - State Advisory Council on Indian Education (pdf, 33kb) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co Chairs - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building LFI 1 1:1 - Laptop Initiative Update (pdf, 66kb) COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ON ACTION ON FIRST READING AND DISCUSSION ITEMS Globally Competitive Students Committee Chair’s Report (Ms. Kathy Taft, Chair; Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading GCS 3 - Changes to NC's NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook (pdf, 333kb) Discussion GCS 4 - Graduation Project Policy Revision (pdf, 56kb) New Business Report (if needed) Business/Finance and Advocacy Committee Chair Report (Twenty-First Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair; Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading TCS 1 - Approval of Grant (pdf, 217kb) NC Children's Trust Fund TCS 2 - Pre-Approval of Financial and Business Services' Policy Manuals (pdf, 32kb) Discussion TCS 3 - Membership for the State Advisory Council on Indian Education (pdf, 138kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 103kb) New Business Report (if needed) Twenty-First Century Professionals Committee Chair's Report (Ms. Shirley Harris and Ms. Eulada Watt, Co-Chairs) Action on First Reading TCP 3 - Recommendations from the Advisory Board on Requests for Exception from Teacher Licensing Requirements (pdf, 63kb) Discussion TCP 4 - Approval of Guilford County Schools Alternative Licensure Program for Lateral Entry Teachers (pdf, 136kb) TCP 5 - Approval/Adoption of the Teacher Evaluation Instrument (pdf, 119kb) TCP 6 - Licensing Physical Education and Health Teachers (pdf, 42kb) New Business Report (if needed) Leadership for Innovation Committee Chair Report (Ms. Melissa Bartlett and Mr. Tom Speed, Co-Chairs) New Business Report (if needed)
3:30 PM	Closed Session
4:30 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008
8:30 PM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION EMERGENCY MEETING Mr. Howard N. Lee, Chairman Call to Order Invocation - Ms. Shirley Harris Approval of Minutes Good News 2008 Schools to Watch Winners Kernersville Middle School, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Debbie Brooks, Principal Rogers-Herr Middle School, Durham Public Schools, Drew Sawyer, Principal West Pine Middle School, Moore County Schools, Herb Cameron, Principal 2006-07 Teacher of the Year Team Presentation Ms. Diana Beasley, 2006-07 Teacher of the Year, and Mr. Bill Ferriter, 2006-07 North Central Region Teacher of the Year - Report on Educational Trip to Denmark by the 2006-07 Teacher of the Year Team Special Recognition - Outgoing SBE Advisors Ms. Diana Beasley - Outgoing SBE 2006-07 SBE Teacher of the Year Advisor Ms. Deshera Mack - Outgoing SBE 2007-08 SBE Principal Advisor Chairman's Remarks The Next Generation of Assessment and Accountability Report from Dr. Rebecca Garland, SBE Executive Director Legislative Update Other Items State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Board Meeting - Committee of the Whole Globally Competitive Students Twenty-First Century Systems Twenty-First Century Professionals Healthy Responsible Students Leadership for Innovation Old Business New Business Deputy State Superintendent's Report Mr. JB Buxton, Deputy State Superintendent
11:00 AM	Adjourn
Ethics Statement for North Carolina State Government: "Board members are reminded that it is our duty to avoid conflicts of interest and the appearance of conflicts of interest as we handle the work of this Board. Does any member of the Board know of any conflict of interest or any appearance of conflict with respect to any matters coming before us at this meeting? If so, please state them for the record. If during the course of the meeting you become aware of an actual or apparent conflict of interest, please bring the matter to the attention of the chair. It will then be your duty to abstain from participating in discussion on the matter and from voting on the matter."