1. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: UPDATES
Donna Kenestrick
K-5 Science Consultant

2. Today’s Objectives:
Gain contact and networking information for the Science Section at DPI
Learn about resources for Science Education
Learn about ACRE & ‘new’ Essential Standards for Science
Discover the role of RBT in the new standards
North Carolina’s Race to the Top Proposal
State and federal Science education resources
The future and STEM…..

3. Let us know who you are….. Introduce yourself
Let us know what brings you here and how we can help you
Be sure to sign our guest book and get added to our list serves

4. The Science Section Curriculum and Instruction, DPI
Beverly Vance, Science Section Chief
Debra Hall , K-5 consultant
Donna Kenestrick, K-5 consultant
Janet Bailey, 6-8 consultant
Benita Tipton, 6-8 consultant
Jami Inman, consultant
Ragan Spain, 9-12 consultant
Victoria Ewing, program assistant

5. LEA Points of Contact
Each LEA has their own regional contact person in the Science Section
SAY Each LEA has their own regional contact person in the Science Section.
SAY This is the ‘point’ person to whom schools and LEA’s address their general concerns; as warranted, queries will be directed to the Science Consultant whose expertise best matches a school or LEA’s needs

6. Science Service Delivery Assignments Program Assistant/Science
Alleghany
Camden
Currituck
Ashe
Surry
Stokes
Northampton
Gates
Rockingham
Caswell
Person
Warren
Vance
Hertford
Watauga
Wilkes
Halifax
Pasquotank
Avery
Yadkin
Forsyth
Granville
Mitchell
Guilford
Orange
Franklin
Bertie
Chowan
Perquimans
Caldwell
Madison
Yancey
Alexander
Davie
Alamance
Durham
Nash
Edgecombe
Burke
Iredell
Davidson
Wake
Martin
Washington
Tyrrell
Dare
Buncombe
McDowell
Randolph
Chatham
Wilson
Catawba
Rowan
Haywood
Pitt
Beaufort
Swain
Lincoln
Johnston
Greene
Hyde
Henderson
Rutherford
Cabarrus
Lee
Harnett
Graham
Jackson
Wayne
Polk
Cleveland
Gaston
Stanly
Moore
Mecklenburg
Montgomery
Lenoir
Cherokee
Macon
Transylvania
Craven
Pamlico
Clay
Union
Richmond
Hoke
Cumberland
Anson
Sampson
Jones
Duplin
Scotland
Onslow
Carteret
Region Ragan Spain --
Region Benita Tipton --
Region Debra H/Donna K
Region Jami Inman --
Region Donna Kenestrick -
Region Debra Hall --
Region Janet Bailey --
Region Janet B/Benita T
Robeson
Bladen
Pender
Columbus
New
Hanover
Beverly G. Vance,
Science Section Chief
Victoria Ewing
Program Assistant/Science
Brunswick

7. Instructional Resources for SCOS
Elementary Resources
Middle Grades Resources
High School Resources

8. Instructional Resources for SCOS
K Units
Differentiation Strategies
EOGs grade 5 & 8
EOCs

9. ABCs Reports Go to ABCs at http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/
Choose school district click go
To view the District report go to the far right column and click on the district
To view 5,8 Science scroll down below 3 year trends

10. ABCs Reports Go to ABCs at http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/
Choose school district click go
To view the District report go to the far right column and click on the district
To view 5,8 Science scroll down below 3 year trends
This site is the state's most comprehensive resource for information on student achievement and attendance, class size, school safety, teacher quality at school, district and state levels and is utilized by many who make decisions about K-12 education in our state.

11. ABCs Reports
The High Student Performance tab includes information about how students performed on state end-of-grade or end-of-course tests.
The Safe, Orderly and Caring Schools tab highlights data for school safety, student attendance and instructional resources, which includes how many books are in school libraries and how many classrooms are connected to the Internet.
The Quality Teachers tab provides information about the number of teachers who are fully-licensed and/or have advanced degrees or National Board Certification, and the percent of teachers that are classified as Highly Qualified as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

12. NC Falcon
Online formative assessment learning community
Provides online asynchronous training in the nature and use of formative assessment
Teachers work at their own pace
CEU credit
Webinars for particular modules

14. North Carolina Resource: Teacher Academy
… a professional development program for teachers …
Science is Elementary
Physical Science is Elementary
Getting down to Earth Science
Manley Midgett Fellow

15. North Carolina Resource: NCCAT
NCCAT conducts seminars for pre-K through 12th grade teachers, counselors, library media specialists, nurses, social workers, and psychologists employed full-time in North Carolina public schools. Interdisciplinary seminar topics include the physical and biological sciences, technology, humanities, arts, communication, and health and wellness
Each five-day seminar includes immersion in hands-on study and learning with colleagues from across the state. NCCAT covers all program costs, including seminar expenses, meals, lodging, and pay for the substitute teacher.

16. North Carolina Resource: NCSTA
formed in 1969
mission is promoting excellence in science teaching and learning in North Carolina.
over 2000 members – network!
Member newsletter
annual PD Institute
Information and resources to support excellence in Science teaching and learning
NCSTA grants for teachers
Grants listings
Join NCSTA

17. New Developments in North Carolina

18. ACRE and Essential Standards
North Carolina's Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort - ACRE - is the state's comprehensive initiative to redefine the Standard Course of Study for K-12 students, the student testing program and the school accountability model.

19. ACRE listserv Join the acre listserve for teachers: Send an email to:
Leave the subject line and the body of the message blank.
Once you have successfully subscribed, you will receive an with additional information on how to confirm your membership in the discussion group.

20. Standards and Assessment
ACRE
Standards and Assessment
Note: This does not mean more sequestered testing like the EOCs or EOGs.
Summative
(Statewide)
To Evaluate Knowledge…
Transparent
Appropriately Used
Benchmark
(Classroom, School,
District)
Non-Evaluative District Controlled • Tools and PD for Student Learning
To Inform Instruction…
Centralized Benchmarking Tool
Systematic Formative Assessment PD Modules
Formative Assessment
(Classroom)
Angela
Essential Standards
Built on what is most important for students to learn in the 21st century

21. Accountability ACRE + Growth Achievement (EOCs and EOGs) K-12
Summative
(Statewide)
Growth
Achievement (EOCs and EOGs)
K-12
Essential Standards
Benchmark
(Classroom, School,
District)
Formative Assessment
(Classroom) +
Graduation
Rate
Future-Ready
Core
Readiness

22. ACRE Accountability and Curriculum Revision Effort A Simple Vision
Essential Standards
Assessments
Accountability

23. Aligned to National and International Standards
ACRE: Essential Standards
Aligned to National and International Standards
• PISA / TIMSS•
• NAEP 2009 •
• Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy•
• National Science Education Standards•
• Atlas for Scientific Literacy•
• Science for All Americans•
• Rigor and Relevance •
• 21st Century Skills •

24. Essential Standards Timeline
July
July
July
July
July
SCIENCE
Essential Standards
Development
February 2010
SCIENCE
Essential Standards *adopted*
K-12 Essential Standards
TOOLKIT DEVELOPMENT
Essential Standards EOC and EOG Test Development
SCIENCE EOG and EOC tests Operational
Science
EOG and EOC FIELD TESTS
UPDATE – eliminate any that are not needed for GAP audience
Formative PD Modules
Online PD Community

25. Remember!
Even though we are preparing for the new Essential Standards, the SCOS will be taught and tested through the school year.
There will be no transition year.

26. Essential Standards Approved by SBOE in February, 2010
Can be accessed at
To access crosswalks click
on instructional support tools
    ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

27. RBT & Essential Standards
The Essential Standards are written using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
RBT has well-defined verbs and is built on modern cognitive research
RBT will help move North Carolina students to the complex thinking expected from 21st Century graduates
(RBT) under the guidance of one of the authors of the revision, Lorin Anderson.

28. Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
The RBT categorizes both the cognitive process and the knowledge dimension of the standard

29. RBT answers the Four Fundamental Questions
THE LEARNING QUESTION:
What is important for students to learn in the limited school and
classroom time available? (Prioritized and focused)
THE INSTRUCTION QUESTION:
How does one plan and deliver instruction that will result in high
levels of learning for large numbers of students? ( Success for all)
THE ASSESSMENT QUESTION
How does one select or design assessment instruments and
procedures that provide accurate information about how well
students are learning? (Assessment for learning and less assessment
of learning)
THE ALIGNMENT QUESTION:
How does one ensure that objectives, instruction and assessment
are consistent with one another? (the degree of consistency)
In the unit development process, Dr. Anderson facilitated the answer to the four fundamental questions for effective curriculum development. The first question required an analysis of the current standard course of study. This helped to prioritize and focus the answer for teachers and students.

30. Clarifying Objectives Clarifying Objectives Clarifying Objectives
ESSENTIAL STANDARD
What is it?
Essential Standards express the most important knowledge (object) and processes (verb) students should learn during the semester or year in which the course or subject is taught.
What does it look like?
All Essential Standards have the same grammatical structure: subject-verb-object and will start with “The student…”
Course
Essential Standards and Clarifying Objectives
The New SCOS ES
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE
What is it?
Clarifying Objectives express the necessary knowledge and processes students must master in order to master the ES.
The clarifying objectives “unpack” the most important content for clear understanding of the ES. They are, however, above the day-to-day instructional objective level.
What does it look like? For the purposes of distinguishing them from Essential Standards, Clarifying Objectives will begin with the verb, not "The student…” as will Essential Standards.
Essential Standard
“The Student…”
Clarifying Objectives
Clarifying Objectives
Clarifying Objectives

31. Clarifying Objectives Clarifying Objectives Clarifying Objectives
Assessment Prototypes Used as part off the standards development process
As a bridge to classroom assessment and test development
To ensure the standards are concrete and measurable
Essential Standard
“The Student will be able to…”
The Classroom Prototypical Assessment is a question, problem, or task that a teacher could use in the classroom to determine how well students are learning the Essential Standard.
Clarifying Objectives
Prototypical
Assessment
Classroom
EOC-EOG
Clarifying Objectives
Clarifying Objectives
For the purposes of the accountability framework, the EOC-EOG Prototypical Assessment must be written as it would likely show up on a summative assessment. Notice that the Classroom and EOC-EOG may be (and in some cases should be) based on the same kind of question, problem, or task. They differ primarily in their format.

32. SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLKIT
The Learning Triangle
ESSENTIAL STANDARD
Essential Standards express the most important knowledge (object) and processes (verb) students should learn during the semester or year.
All Essential Standards have the same grammatical structure: subject-verb-object and will start with “The student…”
ASSESSMENT
PROTOTYPES
Used as part of the standards
development process
As a bridge to classroom
assessment and test development
To ensure the standards are
concrete and measurable
ESSENTIAL STANDARDS & CLARIFYING OBJECTIVES
CLARIFYING OBJECTIVE
Clarifying Objectives express the necessary knowledge and processes students must master.
The clarifying objectives “unpack” the most important content. They are above the day-to-day instructional objective level.
Clarifying Objectives will begin with the verb.
ASSESSMENT
INSTRUCTION
SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLKIT
Instructional Units developed cooperatively by primary stakeholders and DPI

33. Race to the Top Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
NC is one of 12 states awarded
Nearly $400 million over the next four years
Designed to spur public school innovation
North Carolina’s Four Pillars:
Great Teachers and Principals
Quality Standards and Assessments
Turn around the lowest achieving schools
Data System to improve instruction

34. Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching
Highest Honor for Math and Science teachers
Recipients Receive:
A citation signed by the President of the United States
A paid trip for two to Washington D.C. to attend a series of recognition events
$10,000 award from the National Science Foundation

35. Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching
Online Process
2011 (7-12Teachers)
Nomination: October April 2011
Application: November May 2011
2012 (K- 6 Teachers)
Nomination: October April 2012
Application: November May 2010

36. National Resources: NRC publications
Ready, Set, Science!
Putting Research to Work
In K-8 Science Classrooms

37. National Standards in Science
The National Science Education Standards were produced by the National Research Council in 1995 and published in The Standards were the result of four years of work by twenty-two scientific and science education societies and over 18,000 individual contributors. The National Science Teachers Association is now part of an ongoing effort to implement the Standards in classrooms throughout the country.

38. NEW National Standards in Science
Draft framework public comment from July 12 through August 2
The NRC committee has begun the process of summarizing and digesting.
This process will take several months.
Once the revisions are complete, the framework will undergo confidential review.
Then the framework report will be finalized and released to the public.
The final version will not be publicly available until early 2011.

39. NEW National Standards in Science
The education nonprofit organization Achieve ( will then work with a group of states to develop a set of standards for K-12 science education
They will be based on and guided by the final NRC committee framework report.
Achieve has already begun planning and is currently developing a network of state partners.
Further opportunities for public comment will be managed by Achieve as its work on the science education standards proceeds in 2011.

40. National Resource: NSF
Independent federal agency created to promote the progress of Science
Funding for programs in science and engineering
Current research findings
News and special reports
Multimedia gallery
Publications
Statistical findings in science and engineering

41. National Resource: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Science For
All Americans
Benchmarks for
Science Literacy
Atlas of Science Literacy
Volume I
Volume II

42. National Resource: National Science Teacher’s Association
Principles:
Model excellence;
Champion science literacy;
Value scientific excellence;
Embrace diversity, equity, and respect;
Enhance teaching and learning through research;
Collaborate with partners; and
Exemplify a dynamic professional organization.
Strategic Plan:
Promote active participation of all teachers of science
Advocate for the central role of science education
Support high-quality science teaching
Influence research in science education and promote its wide application to improve science teaching and student learning

43. National Resource: National Science Teacher’s Association
State of the Art Publications
Access to free resources
Conferences and Institutes
Opportunities for free Professional Development
Networks and blogs

44. Register for the 2010 Professional Development Institute!
NCSTA Professional Development Institute
Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC
November 11-12, 2010

45. Where we are….. Building capacity for Science Technology Engineering
Mathematics

46. Where we are going…