New Honors Level Course Rubric and Honors Level Course Implementation Guide
Overview of Honors Implementation History of Honors Level Courses Description and Purpose of Honors Level Courses Use of the Honors Rubric and Honors Level Implementation Guide to inform curriculum development Honors Portfolio Review Process/Timeline
Types of Honors Level Courses in NC Honors By Proficiency (Arts & World Languages – higher levels are Inherently Honors) Inherently Honors (Standards written at a more rigorous and higher level) LEA Honors Portfolio Review Process (courses at a standard level that you would like to offer at an honors level) ABCD
LEA Cohort Selection for Portfolio Review Process Random Selection of 1/3 of the LEAs yearly Timeline – LEA undergoes honors portfolio review every 3 years Notification of first cohort will occur in April, 2013 for submission of honors portfolio in February/March 2014.
Honors Portfolio Review Timeline : Transition year : –Implementation of new Honors Rubric –First cohort portfolio submission & review –Second cohort noftified
Honors Portfolio Review Timeline : –Second cohort portfolio submission & review –Third cohort notified –Third cohort portfolio submission & review –Three year LEA review process begins again
Honors Implementation Wikispace
Upcoming Training & Support Training Schedule: April 16 th – May 28 th Honors Implementation Wikispace C&I Content Area Wikispaces – April 17 th Specific content information for honors level implementation and review Ongoing support for the first Cohort in the fall 2013