The State Board of Education will meet this week, March 4-5, 2009, in the 7th Floor Board Room (unless otherwise noted), Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh.
Following is a summary of the Board’s regular agenda. The complete agenda and executive materials are available online. Also, the State Board’s committee meetings and full Board meeting are audio streamed for those who can’t attend. To listen to the sessions, please go online and scroll to the Live Audio Stream links. For more information, please contact the NCDPI’s Communications division at 919.807.3450.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
â— Business/Finance and Advocacy Committee
State Board members Kevin Howell and John Tate, co-chairs
7th Floor Board Room, Education Building
Action item: Approval of 21st Century Community Learning Center Program grant.
New business items: communications and budget update
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
â— Globally Competitive Students Committee
State Board members Kathy Taft and Tricia Willoughby, co-chairs
7th Floor Board Room, Education Building
Action items: Changes to North Carolina’s NCLB Consolidated State Application Accountability Workbook and publisher’s request to remove textbook.
Discussion items: 2009 Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina, allowing retest results in the calculation of performance composites of the ABCs and AYP, and changes to policy delineating the components of the ABCs accountability program including AYP for 2008-09 school year.
New business items: Discussions on math standards and The North Carolina Graduation Project.
1:00 — 3:00 p.m.
â— Leadership for Innovation Committee
State Board members Melissa Bartlett and Tom Speed, co-chairs
7th Floor Board Room, Education Building
Action items: 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative report and renewal recommendations for charter schools with charters expiring June 2009, and program approvals under the Innovative Education Initiatives Act.
New business items include: Low-performing charter schools, Charter Schools: Policies and Processes, and lateral entry licenses for NC Virtual public school teachers of critical languages.
1:00 — 3:00 p.m.
â— 21st Century Professionals Committee
State Board member Shirley Harris, chair
Room 504 (Video Conference Center), Education Building
Action items include: Approval of the location of the 4th Regional Alternative Licensure Center and APA Policies on Teacher Evaluation Process: Public Comments Report.
Discussion items: Proposed revisions to the eligibility requirements for provisional licenses in school counseling and school social work and lateral entry licenses for NC Virtual public school teachers of critical languages.
New Business items: Update on school leadership program re-visioning and professional development at Githens Middle School.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
8:30-11:30 a.m.
Special Recognitions:
– Swearing-In ceremony for new State Board of Education member Dr. William Harrison
– Resolution honoring outgoing Deputy State Superintendent J.B. Buxton
– Remarks by State Board of Education Chairman Howard Lee
– Election of State Board of Education Chairman
– Special presentation by the North Carolina Association of School Administrator
Members will receive a presentation on the Consolidated Data Report: Crime and Violence, Suspensions and Expulsions and Dropout Rates and Counts, an update on the Framework for Change during the Chairman’s remarks followed by a report from the State Superintendent. Members will then receive reports from Committee chairs and take action on Board items as appropriate.