Career & College: Ready, Set, Go!

NC’s Race to the Top (RttT) Initiative

State Board of Education April 7, 2011

Webinar Overview

1. Reiterate General RttT Requirements & Process for LEAs/Charters (“Local”) 2. Clarify State Plan & Implications for Local Plans

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Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) NC Education Cloud 3. Address Questions Key Take Away = Know how to move forward with your local RttT plan!

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General RttT Requirements

1. For 2011 12 submission to DPI…Local DSWs must include plans (i.e., a completed row on the spreadsheet) for implementing all RttT Required Activities 2. Local RttT detailed budgets (in BUD) must match Local DSWs (talk to your Finance Officer!) 3. Complete local DSWs must be submitted to DPI by August 3, 2011 (same process as last fall…but much more time to develop plans) 3

General RttT Requirements

Submission of Local DSW to DPI… 2010-11 (Nov. 8, 2010) Local RttT DSWs

• outline plan for RttT Dollars

2011-12 (Aug. 3, 2011) Local RttT DSWs

• outline plan for

all RttT activities RttT “Guidance” Documents

 outline State Objectives  pre- Nov. 2010

www.ncpublicschools.org/rttt/district

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State Detailed Scope of Work (DSW)

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outline State Objectives (A2, B3, D5, E2, P2))

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post- Nov. 2010 www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/rttt/state/plan/state-dsw.pdf

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RttT Guidance Documents

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State DSW

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2011-12 DSW Submission Timeline

Feb 10, 2011 March & April June 1-27 August 3 - 11 August 12-22 Sept. 1 DPI Finance Informational Webinars (2)

•Requirements for submission of budget and detailed plans

DPI Informational Webinars focused on RttT State Initiatives

•LEAs & Charters combined •Review Requirements for Local RttT Plans •Provide LEAs/Charters with greater detail regarding State Plan (by Initiative)

Regional Support & Planning Meetings

•LEAs & Charters combined •Review Webinar Info •Review Approval process •Support Updated local DSWs •Support Implementation

All Local Plans submitted to DPI All Plans reviewed by DPI DPI staff follow up with LEAs/Charters to resolve any outstanding issues All Plans Final (posted to RttT Website) Based on feedback…Similar process, but extended planning window

Purpose of STEM

Attract students to choose careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 8

NC’s Seven Economic Regions

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RttT STEM Goals

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Offer rigorous course of study in STEM to face “Grand Challenges for Engineering”

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Cooperate with community partners to:

– Prepare & assist teachers in integration of STEM – Promote effective & relevant instruction for students – Offer applied learning opportunities and careers in STEM •

Prepare more students for advanced study and careers in STEM

– Include underrepresented groups of women and girls – Include more students from “turnaround schools”

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Grand Challenges for Engineering

By the Committee of the National Academy of Engineering: • Make solar energy economical • Provide energy from fusion • Develop carbon sequestration methods • Manage the nitrogen cycle • Provide access to clean water • Restore and improve urban infrastructure • Advance health informatics • Engineer better medicines • Reverse-engineer the brain • Prevent nuclear terror • Secure cyberspace • Enhance virtual reality • Advance personalized learning • Engineer the tools of scientific discovery

www.engineeringchallenges.org 11

New Schools Project

Aerospace Craven County Anchor School New Schools Project Network Schools Anchor School Pre-engineering Wake County Network Schools Biotechnology Agriscience Washington County Anchor School Anchor School City of Medicine Durham County Network Schools Network Schools Illustrative example of 16 networked schools linked with 4 anchor schools 12

New Schools Project

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Teachers

– Professional Development – School visits - (In and out of State) – Coaching – Internships – Summer employment for curriculum development – Extended employment for four teachers •

Principals

– Professional Development – School visits - (In and out of State) – Leadership facilitator to assist •

Equipment

– $20,000 per school (approximately four classrooms)

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RttT Resources for STEM

NC $400 M State $200 M NSP $10 M Great Teachers & Leaders Operations $6.3 M 20 Schools $3.7 M Virtual Public Schools STEM Virtual Courses Cloud $35M LEAs $165M Science S STEM Initiatives ~$45 M Technology T Engineering E Mathematics M New Schools Project CTE Academies PLTW 14

STEM Partners

School Communities • Students • Teachers • School Administration • Communities/ Parents Internal (DPI) Partners •

Science

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Technology/Instructional

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Engineering - CTE

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Mathematics

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Turnaround Schools

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Virtual Public Schools

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Support Curriculum

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Art

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World languages

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English Social Studies

External Partners •

Business/Industry

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External National Partners

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Innovators

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Legislature

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New Schools Project

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NC STEM Collaborative

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Postsecondary Education

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Others: museums , etc.

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STEM Contact Information

Rebecca Payne Director, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Leadership NCDPI [email protected]

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NC Education Cloud Update Monday, April 11, 2011

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NC Education Cloud end game…

• • • • LEAs pay substantially less as part of a buyers’ consortium A shift in emphasis from technology support to instructional support Increased IT efficiency – fewer more highly utilized servers and other resources Increased service reliability – servers hosted in professional data centers with backup, disaster recovery, and service level guarantees 18

SHARED SERVICES

Attributes: • Aggregate demand and procure/statewide license • Buy services versus build infrastructure • Pay for use infrastructure model(s); sustainable/shared Results in: • Equity of access to resources • Scale based on aggregate demand • Consistent high performance, reliability • Infrastructure & platforms to support 21 st education century • Reduced, sustainable operating costs 19

Some Really Important Things

• • • • NC Ed Cloud is all about migrating to services • • • • • Migrating to services: Is not free Is not always easy Is not always hard Requires a well-thought-out contract Must include a service level agreement with teeth LEAs are not all the same so the benefits of cloud accrue differently Business intelligence and analytics tools will be important to the sustainability of broad cloud deployments 20

Total Cost of Ownership

Cloud Capital Investment One-time migrate E-Rate Eligible Services Collaborative Procurement Cost Avoidance Cost Reduction Flexible Funding Models Build/Migrate Operate 21

The NC Education Cloud

Shared Infrastructure Services

NC Education Cloud

Shared Service Delivery Platforms 22

Shared Infrastructure

Servers Storage Appliances

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-as-a-service Where “ X ” is I nfrastructure or S oftware or D esktop or … 23

A Platform for All RttT Initiatives

Learning Management System Identity Management Collaborative Tools Learning Objects Repository

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Cloud Plan Development Process

Industry Best Practices LEA Webinars LEA Region Meetings LEA Site Interviews LEA Working Groups Plan Development NC Education Cloud Proposed Plan 25

How Are LEAs Involved in the Process?

• • Round 1 of LEA Site Interviews; 54 completed May 13.

• • Advisory and Working Groups 52 community participants in our Cloud Advisory process • Shared Services Advisory Group, 16 members • Identity and Access Management, Data Collection & TCO Analysis, and Consortium Buying Working Groups: each with about 12 members • When all projects are underway, nearly 100 LEA participants will be engaged in the process.

In all groups, each region is represented, and assigned based on interest and subject matter expertise.

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Cloud Projects

• • • • • • Identity & Access Management Data Collection & TCO Analysis Consortium Buying Instructional Resources & Digital Content Management Systems Enterprise Infrastructure & Applications iSeries RFP 27

Site Interviews

• • • • Objectives Communications/community education Data collection to support NC Education Cloud plan development Community buy-in 28

Site Interviews

• • • • • • DPI Regional Instructional Consultants schedule site interviews Distribute link to survey to LEAs LEAs review the survey prior to the site interview Conduct site interviews – complete data collection Interview team typically - Dave Furiness, DPI Instructional Consultant, Contractor - Systems Consultant, NC Ed Cloud Leadership Team LEA participants – CTO/Technology Director, designated staff, Instructional leadership 29

Site Interview Status

• • • • 36 of 48 Phase 1 site interviews completed – remaining 12 (Regions 7 & 8) to be competed by April 21st Phase 2 site interviews (six largest LEAs) scheduled to be completed May 13 th Phase 3 site interviews (remaining LEAs and 10 15 charter schools) will begin May 16 th Although phase 3 site interviews will collect identical information to phase 1 and 2, on-site discussions will focus on service and process validation 30

Site Interview Insights – Service Considerations

• • • • LEA and charter school challenges and initiatives Understanding the LEA and charter school IT and instructional technology environment • “Full plate syndrome” • Managing hidden costs (e.g. service migration costs) Economic/financial data and considerations • Where and how is money spent Service requirements • Functional • Service management 31

A Few Early Examples

• • iSeries RFP and Plan • • Changes in State E-Rate filing process Firewall Content Filtering 32

What’s next?

• • • • Updates and conversation at Regional Technology Directors’ Meetings in late April and May Complete Phase 1 site interviews and assemble feedback and findings to “inform” the projects and the Implementation Plan Assemble community needs into Cloud Project recommendations and vet with Advisory Process and industry leaders Align all levels of planning with other pillars, especially IIS and NCVPS 33

Some conversation…

• • • • We want to hear from you: What are we not doing?

What are your concerns?

What are your pain points?

[email protected]

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RttT & E-Rate

1. Previous Funding Request

Must have used an appropriate competitive process and simply need to keep that documentation on file to present if audited by USED regarding use of RttT dollars. In other words, all E-rate and state and local procurement rules apply. While supplanting with RttT funds is not specifically prohibited, to be justified, the expenditures must enable new or expanded capacity that the LEA otherwise would not have had in the absence of the RttT dollars.

2. Future Funding Request

In addition to the “non-supplant” requirement, don’t forget the Interactive Purchasing System (IPS) state requirement for goods or services over $5,000.

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Sole Sourcing

• • • Can a local education agency (LEA) or charter school sole-source for a technology product or with a technology vendor?

LEAs should strive to use competitive bidding procedures, but certain technology purchases can be sole sourced LEAs/charters MUST follow the guidelines posted at

http://snurl.com/ncrtttss

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Neill Kimrey Director, Instructional Technology NCDPI [email protected]

NC Education Cloud Site: cloud.fi.ncsu.edu

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Questions?

Do you understand what you need to do to submit a complete local DSW by August 2011 that DPI can approve?

Do you know what other RttT-related support DPI will offer between now and August? Are you clear what the State will be doing in 2011-12 related to:

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STEM NC Education Cloud Do you know what you need to in order to move forward with your plan? 38

Webinar Summary

1. Reiterated General RttT Requirements & Process for LEAs/Charters (“Local”) 2. Clarified State Plan & Implications for Local Plans

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Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) NC Education Cloud 3. Addressed Questions Key Take Away = Know how to move forward with your local RttT plan!

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