So You’re Interested in Opting Into Home Base

Review of Opt-in Components and Q&A

AssessmentStudent

Information and Learner

Profile

Instructional Design, Practice

& Resources

Data Analysis and

Reporting

Information

a student information system to replace NC WISE

Instructional Tools & Resources

a new standards-aligned tool for instruction (e.g. lesson plans, unit plans),

assessment, and data analysis

Effectiveness

an online evaluation system and new professional development system

Information Instruction

Educator Effectiveness:

Evaluation and Professional Development

TestNavSummativeAssessment

OpenClassCollaboration

SchoolnetInstructionandAssessment

PowerSchoolStudent Information

TruenorthlogicEvaluation and PD

An Integrated Suite of Technology Tools

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AssessmentInstructional Design, Practice

& Resources

Data Analysis and

Reporting

Instructional Tools & Resources Effectiveness

Instruction

Educator Effectiveness:

Professional Development

OpenClassCollaboration

SchoolnetInstructionandAssessment

LOCAL ProfessionalDevelopment

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• Opt in Deadline: July 15, 2014

• Cost: $4 per ADM for all of the optional components and for all content currently available through Home Base

Optional Components of Home Base

ContentInstructional Resources and Assessment Items

Schoolnet: Classrooms Functionality

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Instructional Resources

Over 28,00028,000 Instructional Resources (lesson plans, unit plans, multi-media,etc.) across all grades and subjects

Additional standards-aligned resources and vetted instructional resources, including the best of North Carolina educators’ work

Present Future

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16,270 + Open Education Resources

Some of our many Content Providers

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11,920 External Resources

Current Providers of External Content

8,672 Instructional Resources for Social Studies and Science

1,137 Instructional Resources for English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Languages

2,111 Additional Instructional Resources in various for Art, Music, History, etc.

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500+ NC DPI Resources

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Schoolnet: Classrooms Functionality

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Present Future

Student Performance

Student data from educator use of the Schoolnet Assessment Module

Historical EOC and EOG data, CTE data, mClass data, daily attendance data, discipline and select demographic data from Student Information System (PowerSchool)

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Schoolnet: Assessment Functionality

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Assessment Items

Over 32,00032,000 items in English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Science, and Social Studies

Additional items, including multiple item types (approximately

60,00060,000 total items will be available for teacher and district use in the 2014-15 school year)

Present Future

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Classroom and Benchmark Assessment Items(formerly in ClassScape)

Grade 3-8 ELA 5,453

English II 593

Grades 3-8 Math 11,186

Algebra I/Integrated I 2,376

Grade 5 Science 1,871

Grade 8 Science 2,297

Biology 1,635

*Total: 25,411

These items are split into a bank for teachers to use daily for classroom assessment purposes (Publisher = NCDPI_Classroom) and a bank that is secure at the district level for benchmark purposes (Publisher = NCDPI_Benchmark).

*Development ongoing

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Classroom Assessment Items(Purchased)

Classroom (non-secure) Science and Social Studies Assessment Items

Social Studies Items

Grade 7 43

Grade 8 17

Global Geography 136

World History 551

American History I 578

American History II 349

Civics and Economics 777

Social Studies Total 2,451

Science ItemsGrade 3 152Grade 4 633Grade 5 352Grade 6 1,006Grade 7 880Grade8 659Physical Science 603Biology 1,030Chemistry 596Physics 174Earth & Environmental 594

Science Total 6,67914

Classroom Assessment Items(Purchased)Next Generation K-12 Common Core ELA and Math Items (in development)

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Next Generation Items Currently in Home Base

English Language Arts

Actuals in Schoolnet*

Kindergarten 40

Grade 1 41

Grade 2 39

Grade 3 41

Grade 4 38

Grade 5 41

Grade 6 80

Grade 7 80

Grade 8 80

High School 319

TOTAL 799

Mathematics Actuals in Schoolnet*

Kindergarten 39

Grade 1 41

Grade 2 41

Grade 3 39

Grade 4 40

Grade 5 40

Grade 6 160

Grade 7 160

Grade 8 80

High School 200

TOTAL 840

Schoolnet: Data and Reporting Functionality

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Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

Reports

Standards Mastery

Item Analysis

Skills Analysis

As with other parts of Home Base, once your district chooses to set up

OpenClass, you’ll be able to access it through the PowerSchool single sign-on.

OpenClass

OpenClassCollaboration and Course Management Tools

• Offers teachers an online vehicle for organizing course materials and sharing with students

• Offers flexible space for delivering multi-media assignments to students, and receiving uploaded student work

• Enables creation of collaborative documents

• Offers space for “threaded” online conversations (student-student and teacher-student)

• Receives class roster and other student and teacher information from PowerSchool

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Professional Development (PD)State & Local Functionality

TruenorthlogicProfessionalDevelopment (LOCAL)

TruenorthlogicProfessionalDevelopment (STATE)

• Enables all districts and charters to utilize existing PD resources in a more sophisticated software platform that connects Educator Evaluation to PD

• Better tracking and reporting of State-offered PD

• Enables Opt-In districts and charters to utilize expanded functionality to manage both State and local-PD content, tracking, reporting, etc.

• Better tracking of State-offered and Local PD

FREE

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PD System

PD “Local” FunctionalityOpt-In Districts and Charters will be able to…

•Create & manage district/charter-level instructor led and self-paced courses in a common catalog

•Leverage built-in Moodle integration

•Provide integrated access to state-owned learning object repositories

•Choose courses to align with teacher and leader standards

•Target courses to specific participants

•Create aggregate and individual reports

•Produce course completion certificates & surveys

•Manage enrollment and participant processes, including wait lists, courses & sections, rosters, attendance, completion, etc.

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PD Tool Local Timeline

• Local functionality will be piloted (April-August) in advance of full implementation

• Districts/Charters who Opt-In to Home Base by July 15, 2014 may begin implementation work in August 2014 with locally determined go-live dates

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Opt In Process

• District Superintendents and Charter School Directors (or their designees) will fill out an online form found at http://forms.ncpublicschools.gov/home-base/home-base-opt-in

• Deadline: July 15, 2014

• NCDPI has offered webinars for teachers, school administrators, and district administrators on the various components of Home Base

• Archived recordings of all Home Base webinars can be found at:

ncpublicschools.org/homebase/training/videos/webinars

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Home Base Webinars

Planning Documents

• If you are planning your implementation of Home Base, you can find planning documents at http://goo.gl/Fb9auB

Questions?