Transcript North Carolina Race to the Top Proposal

North Carolina
eLearning Commission
SREB Legislative Work Conference
June 26, 2011
Glenn Kleiman
Executive Director
Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
North Carolina State University
History, Chairs and Membership
 Since 2005, served as an informal advisory group to
State Board of Education and Lt. Gov./Gov. Perdue
 Formally established in 2010 by Governor Perdue
 Chaired by:
 Lt. Governor Walter Dalton
 Senator Richard Stevens
 Representative Joe Tolson
 Membership: up to 30 individuals representing K-12,
Community Colleges, University, businesses and
community organizations
Structure and Roles
 Subcommittees
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Infrastructure
Teaching and Learning
Policy
 Make recommendations to the Governor regarding:
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Unified data system to improve educational, economic, and
other opportunities
Making effective eLearning available K-20 and to all citizens
Revising state policies, rules or regulations to maximize the
potential of eLearning
Forming state, national and global collaborations to enhance
eLearning opportunities for NC citizens.
Some Accomplishments
 NC Research and Education Network (NCREN)
provides affordable, reliable, broadband connectivity to:
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All LEAs, UNC campuses and Community Colleges
Many of the Independent Colleges and Universities
Some Charter Schools
 NC Virtual Public School, now the second largest in the
nation
 Enable LEAs to obtain substantial e-rate funding
 eLearningNC.gov web portal
Current Focus Areas
1. Transition to a K-12 Cloud and Shared Services model
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Foundation for Race to the Top Initiatives
Statewide Learning Management and Instructional
Improvement Systems
Identification and security issues
Enable local resources to be reallocated
2. Expanding Online Professional Development
3. eTextbooks and Interactive Digital Learning
Resources
4. Statewide Longitudinal Data System
5. Equity of Access, especially in Rural Areas
6. Funding
Commission’s Work Leveraged by
 NC Race to the Top grant ($400 million)
 Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program
(BTOP) grants totaling $146 million for infrastructure
for education and public health facilities.
LEA Technology Spending in RttT
Initiative
Wireless networks
1:1 Initiatives
Interactive classrooms
NC Education Cloud
Total
Total budgeted
$48.5M
$25.5M
$6.3M
$34.6M
$114.9M (of
$200M)
LEAs
66
57
12
115 (all)
Links with Related NC Initiatives
 ACRE: Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort
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Moving toward online student assessment
 CEDARS: Common Education Data and Reporting
System
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Longitudinal data system, unified student and teachers IDs
 NCLTI: North Carolina Learning Technology
Initiative
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Support for LEA 1:1 computing initiatives
 eLearning for Educators
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Online professional development for teachers and
administrators
NC State School Technology Plan
 To ensure equity of access for all of NC’s P-12
students, the proposed 2011-13 plan focuses on:
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A statewide shared services “cloud” model
Universal access to personalized teaching and
learning devices
Statewide access to digital teaching and learning
resources, including digital textbooks
A statewide model of technology-enabled
professional development
21st century leadership for all schools and districts