RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - The state Board of Education will meet Wednesday an Thursday, following the agenda below.

Please note that Board members will discuss all agenda items (unless otherwise noted) in their committee meetings on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Board members will summarize their Committee discussions and take action on agenda items as appropriate during their full Board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 4.

 

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3       

 10 – 10:05 a.m.

Call to order and approval of December Board agenda

 

10:05 – 10:45 a.m.

•  21st Century Professionals Committee

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

Discussion items: Requests for Waivers from Analysis of Student Work, Requests for Waivers from North Carolina Final Exams, Recommendations for Approval of Superintendent Licensure Programs

New Business items: Annual Report on the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Teacher Observation Requirements

 

10:45 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

•  Globally Competitive Students Committee

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

Action items: Revisions to Alternative Learning Program Policies and Procedures, and Accountability Model for Alternative Schools

Discussion items: Global Language Endorsement, Dropout Policy Revision, Invitation to Submit Textbooks for Evaluation and Adoption in North Carolina – K-12 Science, Updates of Textbook Policies, Driver Education Policy Revisions and Course Alignment to the Founding Principles Act

New Business item: Career and Technical Education Partnerships

 

12:25 p.m.  LUNCH

 

1:15 – 2:00 p.m.

•  Leadership for Innovation Committee

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

Action item: Approval of Cooperative Innovative High School Applications

Discussion items: Charter Schools Process for Assumption of Inadequately Performing Charter Schools and Final Approval for 2015 Charter Schools

New Business items: NC Virtual Public School Update and US/India Partnership Schools in North Carolina for Real Communication

 

2 – 3:10 p.m.

•  21st Century Systems Committee

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

Action items: Worker’s Compensation Public School Employees - Policy Revision TCS-Q-001 and Worker’s Compensation – Loss Prevention – New Policy

Discussion items: Worker’s Compensation – LEA Return-to-Work Compliance – New Policy, NC Virtual Public School Advisory Board Membership, Membership for the Driver Education Advisory Committee, Policy Revisions to Accommodate Virtual Charter School Pilots, NC Public School Personnel State Salary Manual Revisions and Career and Technical Education Credential Allotment

New Business item: 2014 Report on 21st Century Community Learning Centers

 

3:10 – 3:35 p.m.

•  Global Education Special Committee

State Board member Wayne McDevitt, chair; Marcella Savage, vice chair

Discussion item: Presentation of Proposed Criteria for Global-Ready School Designation

 

3:35 p.m.  Open session then adjourn to closed session

 

5 p.m.  Board reconvenes then adjourns

 

THURSDAY, DEC. 4

 

9 – 11:15 a.m.

Following approval of their November minutes, Board members will recognize the NC Finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and outgoing State Board of Education Local Board of Education Advisor Richard Hooker (Cleveland County Schools). The Board will then hear a special report on the Analysis of Multiple Measures of Teacher Effectiveness.

State Superintendent June Atkinson will follow with her report to the Board, which includes a legislative report from NCDPI Legislative and Community Affairs Director Rachel Beaulieu. State Board Staff Attorney Katie Cornetto will then give a rules review update.

Committee chairs will then report out and members will take action on regular agenda items as appropriate. Chairman Bill Cobey will conclude the meeting with his comments followed by a discussion of any new and old business.