1. 2016-17 High School Registration Meeting December 11, 2015

2. Welcome! Location of documents:  Counselors: http://bb9.wcpss.net K-12 Counseling → http://bb9.wcpss.net  APIs: https://hsprograms.pbwork s.com → https://hsprograms.pbwork s.com  Middle School→ msprograms.pbworks.com

3. Review of Agenda & Resources  Agenda  Intranet Registration Page Intranet Registration Page  Parking Lot  Q&A ? ? ? ? ? ? ???

4. New Information & Issues

5. Access to Rigor Drew Cook, Abby Stotsenberg, Sara Overby

6. Credit by Demonstrated Mastery (CDM) Abby Stotsenberg astotsenberg@wcpss.net 919-533-7188

7. CDM Overview ~~Students successfully complete two-phase assessment process and earn high school credit  Phase 1: Assessment of foundational understanding (EOC, CTE Post-Assessment, etc.)  Phase 2: Performance assessment ~~Only available for a handful of classes; honors/AP/IB not eligible ~~Designed to allow students to access rigorous courses sooner ~~NOT designed merely to help students earn credits faster

8. CDM Data 2014-15 123 Original Applications  12 rejected for ineligible requests  41 withdrawn prior to Phase 1 testing  70 actual Phase 1 tests given (51 were for middle school students)  12 moved on to Phase 2  9 earned credit (6 were MS students)

9. Changes to CDM  Can apply for no more than 3 courses per cycle  Available courses have been scaled down  Narrow application window (Nov. 16-Dec. 16)

10. CDM Reminders  Requests must reflect the next course in the sequence  Requests must be for courses on the eligible course list  Can request ONE course per content area  Requests must be for courses offered at the student’s high school  Cannot be enrolled in the course during 2015-16 school year  Will post as a “Pass” on the transcript  Will not impact class rank or GPA  Not recognized by NCAA Clearinghouse  Schools should not provide tutoring, prep sessions, etc.

11. CDM Timeline  December 16  Student Application Deadline  CDM Coordinator records applications in Google Form  November 16-January 22: Counseling for applicants/families  February 1-12: Phase 1 Testing Window  March 1-April 15: Phase 2 assessment submission, scoring and reporting  April 15: Deadline for schools to report Phase 2 results to Central Office  Early May: Central Office drafts final score reports and uploads results into Quickr

12. CDM Nuts and Bolts  Students should register as if not earning credit  Central Services will notify high schools of rising 9 th grader CDM credits  Schools make needed schedule changes May

13. Link to Google Form For CDM Coordinators only http://goo.gl/forms/1vYPpbMOSd Must be logged into WCPSS Google account

14. CPR Graduation Requirements Brian Glendenning 919-533-7191 bglendenning@wcpss.net

15. All students must successfully complete CPR instruction in order to graduate. Instruction is offered through the 8 th grade Healthful Living course. Students who do not successfully complete CPR instruction in a North Carolina school in 8 th grade need to be given the opportunity to complete this 1 hour lesson during high school. Data managers need to run Powerschool CPR completion reports regularly to inform Healthful Living departments of students who have not completed CPR instruction. How to Run CPR Incompletion Reports in Powerschool How to Enter Student CPR Completion into Powerschool

16. Scheduling for ASW Participants Arts, Healthful Living, World Languages, AP, IB

18. Grading Scale & Weighting  SBE Policy GCS-L-004  Impacts 2015-16 entering 9 th grade students  Shifts grade scale to 10 points  Shifts course weights to.5 for Honors and 1.0 for AP/IB  Currently will not require new course codes; will be separated in the master schedule by sections.

19. English as a Second Language Steve West (919) 533-7168 swwest@wcpss.net

20. Course Descriptions  Reflect the language of:  The Language Instruction Educational Program (LIEP)  Comprehensive, Moderate, Transitional  WIDA’s Performance Definitions  Listening/Speaking and Reading/Writing Rubrics  English Language Proficiency Levels W-APT/ACCESS Scores

21. Course Description

22. English as a Second Language Key Scheduling Information  ESL courses are offered as two semester courses with one credit awarded each semester.  Students are allowed to take both semesters of a level but it is not a requirement.  Students may also repeat a level for original credit.

23. English as a Second Language Key Scheduling Information  Student Placement:  Should be made based upon individual student need.  Proficiency level of the students for placement in each course is a general guideline.  Course descriptions can assist in appropriate placement of ELLs.

24. English as a Second Language Freshmen Placement:  9 th grade students should take the same level of ESL in high school that they took in middle school.  Collaboration with the ESL teachers (both middle and high school) is highly recommended for appropriate placement of ELLs.

25. Sheltered Instruction If your school is interested in or planning on offering sheltered courses, please contact Glenda Harrell (gharrell2), Director of ESL.

26. Step-Up Meeting  What: Collaborative meeting where elementary, middle and high school ESL teachers will exchange student information in an effort to improve the transition for ELLs.  When: April 27, 2016 (8:30-4:30)  Where: Commons Building, Room 101C  4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh 27610  Who: Middle School ESL Teachers – All Day (SRN: 165475701) Elementary ESL Teachers – A.M. (SRN: 165475702) High School ESL Teachers – P.M.(SRN: 16547503)

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30. Refreshers

31. High School Credits in Middle School  Important to ensure that students are in the course code that carries high school credit when taking a high school course in middle school  Recording NCVPS courses

32. NCVPS Summer Options  Parents will have to get approval from their assigned high school on the Dual Enrollment form.  The should not expect approval for any course that is offered at the school.

33. Rising 9 th Grade Course Recommendations  Schools can download their spreadsheet from Quickr (Student Lists / 2015-16 / …)  Schools drop their list/template into the dropbox in Quikr (only Testing Coordinators have adding rights)

34. High School Content Area Course Sequencing & Updates

35. Arts Education Liz Droessler

36. Arts Education REPEAT CREDIT  All Arts courses may be repeated for credit …  Including Honors Level  Except Advanced Placement

37. Arts Proficiency-based Courses Progression now based on demonstration of proficiency No longer “seat time” Course titles reflect the proficiency level  Beginning  Intermediate  Proficient (Honors)  Advanced (Honors)

38. Arts Placement Placement assessments  Consistent tools shared district-wide  Professional judgment with proper documentation Teacher Recommendation

39. Career & Technical Education Suzanne Lujan

40. Inherently Honors CTE Courses  Students that successfully demonstrate mastery of course objectives earn Honors credit  Teachers do not need to develop an Honors portfolio for these courses  List of inherently honors courses is in the CTE handout.

41. Agricultural Education Veterinary Assisting course has been added to the CTE Essential Standards  Prerequisite is Animal Science II  Maximum Course Enrollment = 15

42. Business, Finance, and IT Course Changes: BP40 Computer Science Principles - offered for AP credit BA 20 Accounting II - Inherently Honors BA30 College-Level Accounting - Inherently Honors BP12 Computer Programming II - Inherently Honors BD14 eCommerce II - Inherently Honors ME12 Entrepreneurship II - Inherently Honors BP 22 SAS Programming II - Inherently Honors

43. Family & Consumer Sciences  New Course: o Principles of Family and Human Services  Delete Course: o Teen Living

44. Family & Consumer Sciences Students learn core functions of the human services field; individual, family, and community systems; and life literacy skills for human development. Emphasis is placed on professional skills, human ecology, diversity, analyzing community issues, and life management skills.

45. Principles of Family & Human Services Course Content 1.00- Understand the human services field. 2.00 Understand professional skils needed in the human services field. 3.00 Understand the 21st Century Family. 4.00 Understand Community Systems 5.00 Understand skills needed for personal & professional success. 6.00 Understand life literacy and management.

46. Family & Consumer Sciences Foods II- Technology  High Skill, High Wage, High Demand job market  Prerequisite- Foods I, or Culinary Arts Ior EnvironmentalScience orPhysical Science orBiologyor Chemistry  Any FACS teacher can teach.

47. Health Science  Health Science I- Available for Honors Credit

48. If students have previously passed: IT11 Automotive Service IT12 Automotive Brakes or IT14 Automotive Electrical Then register them for IT16 Automotive Service I If students have previously passed: IT11 Automotive Service IT12 Automotive Brakes and IT14 Automotive Electrical Then register them for IT17 Automotive Service II Registering Automotive Students in the new course sequence.

49. Helping Students Concentrate Academic Year Student Entered High School Use This Document 2015-16Clusters Document in Excel, October 2014 2014-15Clusters Document in Excel, October 2014 2013-14Clusters Document in Excel, October 2014 2012-13Clusters Document in Excel, October 2014 2011-12Cluster Transition (Word doc) What Career Cluster Do I Use? https://sites.google.com/a/wcpss.net/cte-updates/

50. High School English Language Arts Sara Overby Jenni Greene

51. English Language Arts Name Change Was... SAT Verbal/Math Preparation NOW SAT/ACT PREPARATION Same code, same credit: 96022X0A 1 credit

52. English Language Arts

53. Intervention Enrichment Integrated Reading Co-scheduled and taught with English I Sheltered English I (ESL) AP English III, IV (IB English III, IV) Advanced Forensics, Advanced Research and Forensics L English Language Arts Academic English with ICR Introduction to HS Writing Structured Writing Reading Competency SAT/ACT Preparation Independent Study Skills Academic English I, II English I, II Honors S peech Creative Writing Newspaper, Yearbook Leadership in Media (Honors) Speech (Honors) Creative Writing (Honors) Newspaper/Yearbook (Honors) Argument Theory and Practic e (Honors)

54. Mathematics Sonia Dupree Anna Jackson

55. Course Code Changes  Special Topics replaced with Math Plus (Honors) 28005X0L DPI elminated Honors Calculus code that we have used for ICM, Math Analysis, and magnet courses. New course codes:  ICM - 28005X0H  Math Analysis - 28005X0J  Magnet Topics in Calculus - 28005X0M

56. Math Registration Info ● Table for rising 9th grade math placement ● Math Options Charts ● Example College Majors - which require Calculus and/or Statistics

57. Math Options Chart Comm. College courses accepted by the UNC System for MAR Both singleton and paired CTE courses Pairs of CTE courses = 1 math credit 4th Maths that meet UNC MAR 4th Maths that don’t meet MAR Math Substitution Math Exemption

58. Other Math Notes  Students coming from traditional pathway with Alg I/Geom or Alg I/Alg II credit strongly recommended to take both Math II & III – otherwise there will be significant gaps

59. Other Math Notes  New/revised math courses not expected before 2017-18 school year  Repeating a course for credit can be a helpful option for rising 9 th graders who took Math II or III and struggled (especially for schools not offering Math Plus)

60. Science Kristana Rogers krogers@wcpss.net 919-533-7189

61. Science Considerations for 9th Grade Placement:  Review student data for Math AND Language Arts before placing in Honors Biology  If students are not prepared for Honors Biology, consider Honors Earth/Environmental (not Academic Biology)  Student choice/interest should drive selections for Honors Biology vs. Honors Earth/Environmental Science when data supports both courses

62. Social Studies Abby Stotsenberg

63. Social Studies New courses for 2016-17:  Honors African-American History and Culture  Honors Religion in World Culture/Bible in History

64. Rising Freshmen Social Studies Recommendations

65. Grades 10-12 Social Studies Recommendations

66. Program Updates

67. Magnet Program Tamani Powell

68. Office of Magnet and Curriculum Enhancement Programswww.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.netwww.wcpss.net/magnetmagnetcenter@wcpss.net Early Colleges Wake Early College of Health and Sciences Wake STEM Early College Young Men’s Leadership Academy Young Women’s Leadership Academy Vernon Malone College and Career Academy

69. Early College Application & Selection Process ●Apply online ●Current WCPSS students – October 16 – December 14 ●New to WCPSS students – May pre-register November 9 ●Have until December 14 to complete application ●All applications scored against a rubric ●Application scored by teams including school and college/university staff ●Highest priority for siblings who meet minimum score (70) ●Applicants assigned random number ●Priority points assigned according to score category: ●90 – 100 ●80- 89 ●70 – 79 ●Scores of less than 70 do not get any priority points ●May also apply for a magnet school ●If selected for early college, magnet application not processed ●If not selected for early college, assigned to wait list for first choice EC and magnet app processed

70. Office of Magnet and Curriculum Enhancement Programswww.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.netwww.wcpss.net/magnetmagnetcenter@wcpss.net Leadership & Technology Gifted & Talented International Baccalaureate Global Studies/Language Immersion K-12 Magnet Program Pathways

71. Center for Leadership & Technology Emphasizes leadership and character development,along with engaging technology applications Access to: Project Lead the Way Engineering Project Lead the Way Biotechnology R&D Cisco Networking Academy New Tech Project-Based Learning Digital Arts Career Focused Learning Community FIRST Robodog – Robotics competition team Cybersecurity Office of Magnet and Curriculum Enhancement Programswww.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.netwww.wcpss.net/magnetmagnetcenter@wcpss.net

72. Gifted & Talented Multiple, daily electives foster in-depth study across disciplines and support a customized educational experience Expanded visual and performing arts offering Extensive accelerated course offerings (Honors, AP, IB) Opportunity to earn an International Baccalaureate Diploma Offer courses in 9 World Languages Office of Magnet and Curriculum Enhancement Programswww.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.netwww.wcpss.net/magnetmagnetcenter@wcpss.net

73. International Baccalaureate Emphasizes community service to promote international understanding Begins study of foreign language or second language in kindergarten Opportunity to receive the International Baccalaureate Diploma at the high school Office of Innovative Programming www.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.net www.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.net

74. Magnet K-12 Pathways GLOBAL STUDIES/LANGUAGE IMMERSION ● innovative global learning experiences inspire thoughtful, reflective, service-minded citizens ● global theme embedded in curriculum of all courses ● global electives organized through project based units ● extensive world language courses ● IB Diploma programme for 11th & 12th graders. Office of Innovative Programming www.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.net www.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.net

75. Magnet Application & Selection Process ●Magnet School Application - January 7– 22, 2016 ●Online only – available January 7th at wcpss.net ●Parents create parent account ●May identify up to 5 magnet programs – rank order choices ●Notification in parent account February 5 ●Selection priorities aligned with Magnet Objectives ●Siblings of returning students have highest priority ●magnet students following their pathway ●To create diversity – priority for students living in an area considered high performing ●To fill schools – priority if assigned to overcrowded school ●Pathway– priority for students with magnet status and base students following their program pathway ●Applicants assigned a number randomly ●Points awarded accordingly if qualify for a priority ●Visit http://www.wcpss.net//site/Default.aspx?PageID=4501 for selection prioritieshttp://www.wcpss.net//site/Default.aspx?PageID=4501 Office of Magnet and Curriculum Enhancement Programswww.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.netwww.wcpss.net/magnetmagnetcenter@wcpss.net

76. Frequent Answers ●Rising kindergartners or students new to Wake County register at base school – January 7, 2016 ●Students must have a student identification number to apply for a magnet or an early college ●Non – WCPSS Early College applicants register at Office of Student Assignment beginning November 9 th ●You may apply to up to 1-5 magnet programs ●You will be able to rank them first choice, second choice… ●When you apply, you will apply to the school that hosts that program for your address ●Use the address look-up link on the Student Assignment page to identify schools that serve your address ●Visit http://wwwgis2.wcpss.net/addressLookup/ to see list of magnet schoolshttp://wwwgis2.wcpss.net/addressLookup/ ●If all students in a residence (siblings) cannot be selected, then none are selected ●Any student NOT selected for their first choice school is placed on a waitlist. ●Even if you are selected for your second or third choice. ●Could be on several wait lists ●Selection to another school (calendar option, transfer) does NOT impact place on wait list ●There is no decline option – once a student is selected for a school that school becomes their assigned school. To attend a different school or return to base, they must apply during the early or final transfer rounds ●There are no test or performance requirements to apply to a magnet program however students interested in the AIG Basics program at the middle school level must be identified as AIG. Office of Innovative Programming www.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.net www.wcpss.net/magnet magnetcenter@wcpss.net

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78. Collaboration Session

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80. The End.