1. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Need for Honors Course Standards Consistency across state Evidence-based strategies Alignment with Rigor, Relevance, and Relationship Ad-Hoc Committee

2. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards Jan. 2004 Honors Credit Memorandum of Understanding Feb. 2004 Endorsement by SBE March-Aug. 2004 Honors Credit Committee

3. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards, con’t. Aug. 2004 Zoomerang Survey for honors standards Sept. 2004 Honors standards presented to SBE Revision of CTE recommendations Approval of CTE revised recommendations for 2004-05 school year

4. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards, con’t. Sept. 2004 Notification memo sent to LEAs regarding CTE recommendations Sept. 2004 Meeting with UNC-General Administration, community college representative, and DPI

5. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards, con’t. Oct. 2004 Honors standards presented to SBE (Discussion for 2 nd time) Oct. 2004 Principals’ Advisory Committee Teachers’ Advisory Committee Parents’ Advisory Committee CTE Directors

6. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards, con’t. Nov. 2004 Honors standards presented to SBE (Action) Nov. 2004 The objectives for High School III & IV Modern Foreign Language and Latin which are written at an honors level will be presented to the SBE

7. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards, con’t. Oct.-May 2005 Content Committees Meet Minimum Course Requirements (MCRs) described as honors courses Other courses described as honors - Arts Education - One Health Education - CTE

8. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards, con’t. July 2005 Distribution of honors course descriptions for MCRs School Year 2005-06 First year of local level implementation of honors standards (Based on SBE Approval)

9. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Significant Events Honors Course Standards, con’t. Nov. 2005 Healthful Living/PE Standard Course of Study presented to SBE with one honors course description

10. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Honors Course Standards Components I.Curriculum Standards II.Instruction/Delivery Standards III.Assessment/Student Work Standards