Home Base for the Summer Institutes

June 5, 2013

Agenda• Learning Opportunities• Resources

Home Base in the Summer Institutes

Addressing Home Base at Summer Institute

Home Base will be integrated in a variety of ways throughout Summer Institutes

In all sessions, it will be Advertised: Topics, tools and resources will be purposefully mentioned during the session, so that participants will recognize or remember them.

In some sessions, it will be Explored: Topics, tools and resources will be demonstrated for participants, so that participants will better understand them.

In the sessions specifically about Home Base, it will be

Facilitated Use: Participants will be engaged with the topics, tools or concepts in an aligned, purposeful way that supports the session topic.

Learning Opportunities

Learning Opportunities

• Orientation Sessions on March 11-13th

• Monthly Home Base webinars• FAQs on website (regularly refreshed) at

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/faq/• Presentations on Home Base, both detailed and overview at

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/resources/presentations/

• Schoolnet and PowerSchool short videos on Home Base website at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/resources/videos/

• Demos (featured in the READY III webinars) on Home Base Vimeo site at https://vimeo.com/homebasenc/videos (which can be accessed through the Home Base website)

PowerSource

• A training website for PowerSchool and Schoolnet, the student information system (SIS) and core instructional improvement system (IIS) components of Home Base.

• You should all have access

PowerSource

– Alleviates fear– Promotes awareness – Access to many modules by role– You can learn from:

• Distance Learning (DLs) – interactive• Master In Minutes (MIMs) – 3-5 minutes

Recommended Instruction and Assessments Modules to Begin Review

Instruction Modules Assessment ModulesCreating a Lesson Plan Creating an Express Test Finding and Scheduling an Existing Lesson Plan

Creating an Assessment Question Linking a Resource to an existi

ng Unit Finding an Assessment Item

Approving Instructional Materials

Finding a Passage Creating a Student Group Reusing a Saved Test

PowerSource

Start Learning Now!

• PowerSource is available to you at https://powersource.pearsonschoolsystems.com/home/main.action

• Online learning modules and videos that will help educators learn to use the tools in Home Base.

Training

DPI Staff Training

• Assessments training completed• Instruction and EE training upcoming• Most Summer Institutes teams have one

member who is being trained as a trainer

Initial DPI staff training

Dates Times Workshop Title Audience Duration # of Sessions

May 21-22 8:00-3:00 Assessment Administration

Certification Workshop

DPI Staff 2 days 1

June 18-19 8:00-3:00 Classrooms Certification Workshop

Introduction to School and

District Data

DPI Staff

2 days 1

June 20

8-4:30 Home Base: Educator

Evaluation Full day training

DPI Staff 1 1

DPI Staff Training

• Assessments training completed• Instruction and EE training upcoming• Most Summer Institutes teams have one

member who is being trained as a trainer

Advertising Ideas

Why is North Carolina developing Home Base?

The central focus of READY is improving every student’s learning ...

…and enabling and ensuring great teaching is how we get there.

One of the ways to enable great teaching is to put powerful tools in the hands of teachers and school leaders.

AssessmentStudent

Information and Learner

Profile

Instructional Design, Practice

& Resources

Data Analysis and

Reporting

Information

a simpler, better information system to replace NC WISE

Integrated Instructional Solution

a new standards-aligned tool that connects instructional content with (e.g. lesson

plans, unit plans) assessment for better data analysis and decision making

Effectiveness

a simpler, better online evaluation system

Information Instruction

Educator Effectiveness:

Educator Evaluation

OpenClassCollaborationSchoolnetPowerSchool Truenorthlogic

Available for the start of the 2013-14 School Year

Short video

Use one of the following:Introducing PowerTeacher 7.0n Student Information portion of Home Base

Classroom Instruction and Content Searching for instructional materials in Home Base (Schoolnet)

Assessment Creating classroom assessments in Home Base (Schoolnet)

School and District Data Principal Tools in Home Base (Schoolnet)

Home Base Website and Updates

• Home Base website is http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/

• To sign up for Home Base Biweekly Newsletter, please go to http://goo.gl/appdp.

• We will continue to email the biweekly updates, but you can also find them archived on the Home Base website at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/updates/

Contact: Remedyhomebase.incidents@its.nc.gov

• You can email your questions about Home Base (the system, implementation or training)

• Questions will be logged into Remedy for assistance

• Support personnel provide the answer, research or assign to the appropriate area for resolution

• Incidents are categorized for statistical reporting to aid in identifying problem areas as well as providing a knowledge base 

Exploring Instructional Content

Open Education Resources (OER) Samples

• Home Base NCDPI-Vetted OER Samples Available at http://goo.gl/8sbFX

Sample Mathematics Resources

Summary: This site comprises six lesson activities including the definition of a fraction, equivalent fractions, addition of fractions, and multiplication of fractions. Students may respond online to get immediate feedback, or they can work the examples on grid paper.

Who Wants Pizza? A Fun Way to Learn About Fractions

Exploring Linear Data

Standards:• CCSS.Math.Content.8.SP.A.1• CCSS.Math.Content.8.SP.A.2• CCSS.Math.Content.8.SP.A.3• CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-ID.B.6c

Standards:• CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3a• CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3b• CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3a • CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.A.1• CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.A.2• CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.4a

Summary: Students model linear data in a variety of settings that range from car repair costs to sports to medicine. Students work to construct scatterplots, interpret data points and trends, and investigate the notion of line of best fit.

Sample Social Studies Resources

Summary:Lesson plan from Asia Society aligned to

Comparative Religious Teachings

Zimmermann Telegram

Standards:• NCES WH.H.7.1 & AH 2 6.2

Standards:• NCES WH.H.2.4 & 2.5

Summary:Lesson plan from National Archives

Using Data to Improve LearningData Resource Guide• Designed for administrators, teachers and support

staff – establish Data Teams – increase data literacy – use school data to in decision-making process

NC FALCON – will remain on NC Education for now– New Student Ownership Module (PCs and Macs)

– Interactive game– teaches responsibility of learning using formative

assessment strategies– driving a racecar is compared to learning in the classroom

Facilitated Use:Contact the Learning Systems Staff for Support

Questions