Following is a summary of the agendas for the Planning and Work Session and April Board meeting. 

 

MONDAY, MARCH 31       

State Board Planning and Work Session

 

12:45-4:45 p.m.

Session 1: Finalizing the Strategic Plan: Goal Discussion by Board Committees

 

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 1

State Board Planning and Work Session Continued

 

9 a.m. – Call to Order

 

9:05 a.m., Session 2: The Department of Public Instruction Implementation Plan

 

10 a.m.  Break

 

10:15 a.m., Session 3: NC Standard Course of Study Rigor, Child Development and Kindergarten Readiness – Striking the Right Balance for Early Learners

 

12 p.m.  Lunch

 

12:45 p.m., Session 4: Legislative and Budget Agenda for the 2014 Short Session and 2015 Long Session

 

2:45 p.m.  Break

 

3 p.m., Session 5: Regional Superintendents Panel – Conversations with the NC State Board of Education

 

4:30 p.m.  Concluding Comments

 

4:45 p.m.  Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2

State Board of Education April Board Meeting

 

 9 a.m. – Call to Order, Approval of Agenda, Approval of March Meeting Minutes

 

 9:10 – 9:50 a.m.

 

•  Leadership for Innovation Committee

 

State Board member Rebecca Taylor, chair; Wayne McDevitt, vice chair

 

Action item: Report to the North Carolina General Assembly: Virtual Charter School Study

 

Discussion items: Charter School Advisory Board Recommendation on Douglass Academy; Charter Amendment Request for KIPP Gaston College Preparatory, Student Waiver Request from Flemington Academy, One-Year Delay for Stewart Creek High School, and Approval of LEAs and Charter Schools’ Technology Plans.

 

 

 

9:50 – 10:05 a.m.

•  21st Century Professionals Committee

 

State Board member Olivia Oxendine, chair; John Tate, vice chair

 

Action items: Amendment to State Board Policy (TCP-A-006) Implementation of Corporal Pruitt Rainey Brass-to-Class Act Report and LEA and Charter Schools’ Request for Standard Six Flexibility

 

 

10:05 – 10:10 a.m.

•  21st Century Systems Committee

 

State Board member Gregory Alcorn, chair; Kevin Howell, vice chair

 

Update on Contracts

 

 

10:10 – 10:35 a.m.

•  Globally Competitive Students Committee

 

State Board member Marcella Savage, chair; Olivia Oxendine, vice chair

 

Action item: State Advisory Council on Indian Education Annual Report

 

Discussion item: Course for Credit GCS-M-001

 

 

10:35 a.m.  Break

 

 

10:45-11:15 a.m.

•  Healthy Responsible Students Committee

 

State Board member Tricia Willoughby, chair; Reginald Kenan, vice chair

 

Information item: 2012-13 Consolidated Data Report: School Crime and Violence, Suspensions and Expulsions, Use of Corporal Punishment and Dropout Rate

 

 

11:15 – 11:40 a.m.

•  21st Century Professionals Committee

 

Information item: K-3 Checkpoints for Teacher Effectiveness

 

 

11:40 – 11:45 a.m.

•  21st Century Systems Committee

 

Consent item: Report to the North Carolina General Assembly: Public School Procurement of Information Technology

 

 

11:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

State Superintendent’s Report/Legislative Report

 

12:10 – 12:30 p.m.

Chairman’s Comments: NC State Board of Education’s Strategic Plan, New/Old Business

 

12:30 p.m. Adjourn to Closed Session

 

12:55 p.m.  Return to Open Session and Adjourn