The document outlines plans for an Instructional Improvement System (IIS) in North Carolina. The IIS aims to improve and personalize student learning through increased access to high-quality resources. It will provide tools like learner profiles, instructional materials, assessments, and data analytics. The timeline includes issuing an RFP in February 2012, reviewing proposals in spring 2012, determining a vendor in summer 2012, and piloting the system starting in fall 2012 with a phased statewide roll-out beginning in the 2013-14 school year. Feedback is sought from LEAs on how well the system meets their needs.
2. Instructional Improvement System
Why – How – What -- When
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Why an Instructional Improvement System?
Improve and personalize student learning
How?
Facilitate the teaching and learning process through
• Increased access to high quality resources for all
• Provision of timely and relevant information and data
3. Instructional Improvement System
Why – How – What -- When
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What tools and resources will be available?
Learner Profiles and
Clear picture of students and their needs
Work Samples
Instructional Design, Instructional planning with resources such as
Practices and unit plans, online learning objects and media-
Resources enriched tasks
Assessment Tools, Interim and diagnostic assessment items for use
Items and Strategies in classrooms; formative best practices
PD Resources and Resources to improve and reflect on practice
Management and tools to manage professional development
Tools to display, understand and use data to
Dashboards and
drive instruction and professional development
Analytics choices
4. Instructional Improvement System
Learner Profile Standards & Instructional Assessment & Data Analysis Professional
and Work Curriculum Design, Practice & Analytics and Reporting Development &
Samples Resources Educator Evaluation
5. Technology Platform
One Technology
Platform
• Single Sign-on Instructional
PowerSchool Improvement
• Collaborative System
• Populated with
resources for NC
Student Tools for
Information educators Teaching and
System Learning
(SIS) (IIS)
Coming Soon
6. Guiding Principles
One Technology Platform
• Consolidated
All operations/data collections will be incorporated into PowerSchool
• Flexible
Maximize flexibility for LEAs and charter schools
• Improving Data Quality
Improve Data Accuracy and Completeness
• Simplifying Reporting
Make reporting easier
• Secure
Maintain security and privacy of information
7. Technology
3 Key Categories
Instruction Interconnections Things
Application Support Services Infrastructure Digital Devices Tools
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8. Technical Requirements
• The IIS is expected to deliver all of its
functionality through a web browser. It is
expected to run well on major HTML5-
compatible browsers on the current release
and past two releases and require no
additional browser helpers or plugins for full
accessibility and functionality.
9. Technical Requirements (continued)
• These browsers shall include but not be
limited to the following list: Internet
Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. In
addition, the IIS is expected to run well on a
wide variety of mainstream hardware
platforms that use the aforementioned
browser technologies.
10. Technical Requirements (continued)
• These hardware platforms shall include but
not be limited to Microsoft Windows and
Mac OS desktops, laptops and netbooks,
Apple iOS devices, Android devices, as well
as other tablets, smart phones, and
eReaders.
11. Technical Requirements (continued)
• Vendor solutions shall comply with the
World Wide Web Consortium web
development specifications (“W3C
Recommendations”) and shall comply with
Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.
12. DPI Outreach to LEAs and Schools
NCDPI staff have made available online the “IIS
Functional Specifications Analysis”.
• LEAs/schools can decide to use this document to make a
preliminary determination regarding how well the IIS will
meet their needs.
• Completing this document is NOT required and does not
need to be submitted back to the NCDPI. This is being
provided for informational purposes and for local use.
• It can be found at:
www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/resources
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18. Objective
Receive prospective user feedback on tools, content and interface
The Team:
Bladen Co. Schools N. Hampton County
Catawba County School Nash-Rocky Mount Schools
Charlotte-Mecklinburg Pender Co. Schools
Craven County Schools Polk County Schools
Currituck County Rowan-Salisbury Schools
Durham Public Schools Sampson County Schools
Edenton-Chowan Wake County Schools
FBS Washington County Schools
Greene County Schools Wayne County Public Schools
Harnett County Wilson County Schools
Johnston County Schools Winston-Salem Forsyth
Lee County Schools
19. Objective
Receive prospective user feedback on tools, content and interface
The Members Represents the Folowing Counties:
• Cherokee County • Greene County
• Hoke County • Char-Meck
• Wake County • The NCAE
• Iredell County • Strategic Educational
• Sampson County Alliances
• Durham County
The Group Consists of:
• NC PTA Director • NCAE Rep
• HR Director • Associate Superintendent for
• Assistant Superintendent Curriculum and Instruction
• Instructional Technology • Associate Superintendent for
Director Assessment
• Director of Curriculum • CFO
Development
20. IIS Resource Consortium
(IIS RC)
• The Resource Consortium is a group of
LEAs that will share resources they have
created or purchased locally so
educators, students and parents can
access them statewide through the IIS.
21. Instructional Improvement System
Why – How – What -- When
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RFP Issued Reviewed
Proposals Determine
Feb 27 Design and
Vendor
April – June Build
July – September Fall 2012
Becoming Available
Data
Integration
Pilot IIS Pilot Phased-In
Fall Roll out
2012 Early 2013
Starting
2013-14
School Year
The goal of this system is to provide a single sign on collaborative portal for NC educators to access high quality resources
Where it makes sense we are hoping to streamline and consolidate operations and data collections into powerschool-Return flexibility to LEAs that was not possible with NcwiseData quality will be improved because of better integration and reporting
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