SBE MEETING INFORMATION

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State Board of Education to Meet December 1-2, 2010 The State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting on December 1-2, 2010, 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, 3.9mb)
Twenty-First Century Professionals (TCP)
(pdf, 3.5mb)
Twenty-First Century Systems (TCS)
(pdf, 1023kb)
Healthy Responsible Students (HRS)
(pdf, 526kb)
Miscellaneous Items Update on Contracts
(pdf, 104kb)

Note: In accordance with 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.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010
10:00 AM	GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS COMMITTEE (Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action GCS 1 - Credit Recovery (pdf, 268kb) GCS 2 - S66 Arts Education Task Force Report Recommendations (pdf, 103kb) GCS 3 - K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards (pdf, 6.0mb) Action on First Reading GCS 4 - K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards: Associated Policy Amendments (pdf, 100kb) Discussion GCS 5 - North Carolina's Proposed New Accountability Model - Possible Bonus Indicators (pdf, 18kb) Old Business Update on Adult High School Programs
11:35 AM	HEALTHY RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS (Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Chair; Mr. Reginald Kenan, Vice Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Discussion HRS 1 - State Board of Education Study on Issues Related to Sports Injuries at Middle School and High School Levels (pdf, 526kb) Old Business Update on NASBE Grants
12:00 PM	Adjourn
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM (or following lunch)	21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action on First Reading TCP 1 - Approval of Two Alternative Principal Leadership Academies (pdf, 3.1mb) Discussion TCP 2 - Approval of Re-visioned Teacher Education Programs (pdf, 280kb) TCP 3 - Proposed Qualifying Scores for Praxis II Physics (0265) and Regenerated Praxis II Exams in Elementary Education (0015) and Technology (0051) (pdf, 103kb)
1:40 PM	Adjourn
1:45 PM (or following TCP)	BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. Tom Speed, Vice-Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building) ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA Action TCS 1 - Reappointment or Replacement of Compliance Commission Members, Appointment of a New Chairperson, and Amendments to Policy TCS-B-000 (pdf, 642kb) TCS 2 - DHHS Transition Plan for Organizational Structure and Student Instructional Services at the Residential Schools (pdf, 431kb) Action on First Reading TCS 3 - Additional Schools Selected from Applications for the Reading Diagnostic Initiative (pdf, 44kb) Discussion TCS 4 - Race to the Top (RttT) - Incentives to Support Teacher Recruitment and Retention in the Lowest-Achieving Schools (pdf, 64kb) TCS 5 - NCVPS Advisory Board: Membership Nominees (pdf, 60kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 104kb)
3:00 PM	Adjourn
3:10 PM (or following lunch)	LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION COMMITTEE (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Ms. Chris Greene, Vice Chair) - State Board Room, 7th Floor, Education Building New Business NCVPS/LEO Director's Update Update on Agri-Science/Bio-Technology Commission Report Update on Online Assessment and e-Textbooks
3:50 PM	Adjourn
4:00 PM	Board Convenes in Open Session
	Closed Session
	Board Reconvenes in Open Session
4:40 PM	Adjourn
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010
9:00 AM	STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING Call to Order Dr. William C. Harrison, Chairman Pledge of Allegiance Mr. Wayne McDevitt Approval of Minutes November 4, 2010 Special Recognition - 2010 Irena Sendler Award "For Repairing the World" Mr. Lee Holder, Social Studies Teacher, Lenoir County Schools Special Presentation - Outgoing Local Board Advisor to the State Board of Education Dr. George Litton Key Initiatives Reports and Discussion Career College Ready Set Go/Race to the Top Update - Mr. Adam Levinson ACRE Update - Ms. Angela Quick District and School Transformation Update - Dr. Pat Ashley CEDARS Update - Mr. Adam Levinson Special Reports to the State Board of Education Global Schools Network Update - Mr. David Young, Chief Executive Officer, Visiting International Faculty International Education Annual Report on the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT)- Dr. Mary McDuffie, Executive Director Resolution Honoring Retiring NCCAT Executive Director Dr. Mary McDuffie BOARD MEETING AND COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS ACTION AND DISCUSSION AGENDA GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE STUDENTS Action GCS 1 - Credit Recovery (pdf, 268kb) GCS 2 - S66 Arts Education Task Force Report Recommendations (pdf, 103kb) GCS 3 - K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards (pdf, 6.0mb) Action on First Reading GCS 4 - K-12 Social Studies Essential Standards: Associated Policy Amendments (pdf, 100kb) Discussion GCS 5 - North Carolina's Proposed New Accountability Model - Possible Bonus Indicators (pdf, 18kb) Old Business Update HEALTHY, RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS (Ms. Tricia Willoughby, Chair; Mr. Reginald Kenan, Vice Chair) Discussion HRS 1 - State Board of Education Study on Issues Related to Sports Injuries at Middle School and High School Levels (pdf, 526kb) Old Business Update 21st CENTURY PROFESSIONALS (Ms. Shirley Harris, Chair, and Mr. John Tate, Vice Chair) Action on First Reading TCP 1 - Approval of Two Alternative Principal Leadership Academies (pdf, 3.1mb) Discussion TCP 2 - Approval of Re-visioned Teacher Education Programs (pdf, 280kb) TCP 3 - Proposed Qualifying Scores for Praxis II Physics (0265) and Regenerated Praxis II Exams in Elementary Education (0015) and Technology (0051) (pdf, 103kb) LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION (Ms. Melissa Bartlett, Chair, and Ms. Chris Greene, Vice Chair) New Business Update BUSINESS/FINANCE AND ADVOCACY (under the 21st Century Systems Priority; Mr. Kevin Howell, Chair, and Mr. Tom Speed, Vice-Chair) Action TCS 1 - Reappointment or Replacement of Compliance Commission Members, Appointment of a New Chairperson, and Amendments to Policy TCS-B-000 (pdf, 642kb) TCS 2 - DHHS Transition Plan for Organizational Structure and Student Instructional Services at the Residential Schools (pdf, 431kb) Action on First Reading TCS 3 - Additional Schools Selected from Applications for the Reading Diagnostic Initiative (pdf, 44kb) Discussion TCS 4 - Race to the Top (RttT) - Incentives to Support Teacher Recruitment and Retention in the Lowest-Achieving Schools (pdf, 64kb) TCS 5 - NCVPS Advisory Board: Membership Nominees (pdf, 60kb) Update on Contracts (pdf, 104kb) State Superintendent's Report Dr. June Atkinson Chairman's Remarks Dr. William C. Harrison Legislative Update New Business Old Business
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."