Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Updates

Wells Fargo Principal of the Year Candidate Portfolios due November 3rd. 

NCDPI is pleased to coordinate the 2024 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year (POY) Program. Since 1984, Wells Fargo Bank has financially supported a program in collaboration with the Department of Public Instruction to recognize outstanding principals from the North Carolina public schools. Since the inception of the program, we have recognized 43 state Wells Fargo Principals of the Year, 290 regional award recipients, and 3,640 local Wells Fargo Principals of the Year.
Charter School Principals are invited to submit the following portfolio to be considered for NC Charter School Principal of the Year 2023-2024. The top two candidates will be invited to a final round of interviews within the first two weeks of December, 2023. We are so proud of our charter school leaders and look forward to scheduling candidate interviews immediately after the first review has taken place within the Office of Charter Schools, where last year’s Principal of the Year and OCS Consultants interview the nominees for Principal of the Year for NC Charter Schools. This application is due no later than November 3rd, 2023 by 5:00 pm.

 Portfolio Submission Guidelines- A completed application includes all of the following: 

1. Board/Executive Director Nomination
2. Complete Portfolio Entry in PDF Format.
3. Two Letters of Recommendation.
4. Headshot

Governing Board/Executive Director Nomination Letter:
Nomination Letter from the school verifying the nominee has the Board agreement in the nomination and to their knowledge meets all of the requirements. In addition, the Board is encouraged to supplement or support the nominee’s application with any additional words that reflect the school leader’s alignment to the core values of this award. Should be emailed after completing Form to Dr. Natasha Norins. (2 Pages Maximum)

Review the Google Form and complete, along with the attached PDF Portfolio questions and information. After completing the form, all other documents should be emailed to Dr. Natasha Norins in the Office of Charter Schools as a PDF document..Principals will submit all components via email to Dr. Natasha Norins, natasha.norins@dpi.nc.gov no later than November 3rd, 2023 by 5:00 pm. The selection committee will review and consider only the required materials, thus no additional materials shall be submitted with the email submission. 

The candidate must:

- Be a principal of a North Carolina public school.

- Have at least four years’ experience as an administrator (years may be a combination of assistant principal, principal and central office experience).

- A principal is a person designated by a local Board of Education as the head of a school with 100 or more pupils in average daily membership (ADM) and/or with seven or more full-time, state-allotted teachers.

- A principal is the executive head of the school.

- Be employed as a school administrator throughout the local and regional selection process.

- Be a practicing school administrator in order to compete for the Wells Fargo Principal of the Year state title and remain practicing principal for the entire term.

- Hold a valid principal's license.

 

Previous state Wells Fargo Principals of the Year are not eligible to be nominated as candidates.  If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Dr. Norins and she will be happy to assist in the collection of all of the portfolio and nomination elements. We wish you the best during this journey!

 

Office of Charter Schools' 2023-2024 Open Office Hours	Time	Topic
September 13, 2023	11:00 AM	Read to Achieve  Tonya Parrish
October 12, 2023	10:00 AM	School Safety Dr. Karen Fairley
November 28, 2023	10:00 AM	North Carolina Homeless Education Program   Savannah Gay
December (TBD)	10:00 AM	Home Base, NCEES, Mental Health docs Matthew Mayo, John Mair, Cami Narron
February 14, 2024	10:00 AM	School Leaders Inspire Us All Dr. Andrew Smith, Dr. Erika Shoulders- Royster, Tabari Wallas, ED.S.
March 20, 2024	10:00 AM	SEL (Social Emotional Learning) Anne Nixon and Dr. Natasha Norins
April 17, 2024	10:00 AM	MTSS - Addressing Misconceptions  Ashley Springs + Rhonda Harrell (IABS)

Office Hours Recordings and Slides

OCS September Office Hours- Office of Early Learning with Tonia Parrish
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
7:42 PM  |  (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
NC OCS Webinar 2023 Early Literacy Presentation.pptx
Play recording (40 mins)
Recording password: nV5mJt9aAg7

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2022 NC OCS PHP Scholarship Information

The 2022 NC Office of Charter Schools People Helping People Scholarship Application is now Open!  Final submissions should be returned to Dr. Darian C. Jones, darian.jones@dpi.nc.gov no later than March 18^th, 2022 by 5:00 p.m. with all of the requested information.  Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Dr. Jones at the above email.

• 2022 NC OCS PHP Application

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2021 SECU Scholarship 

See the Gallery for All Our NC Charter School SECU People Helping People Nominations:

https://padlet.com/drdcjones/3uvvuqv70cndgf45

Charter School Principal of the Year Announcement

Please Pass Along to your Staff/Board

https://www.dpi.nc.gov/students-families/innovative-school-options/char…

Below you can find presentation materials and resources from OCS professional development events.

2020 Virtual Institute Presentations and Handouts 

2020 Virtual New Charter Leaders Institute

Institute Agenda

Panelists

Presentations:

• Critical Components of the Allotment Process
• Charter Schools ADM Presentation
• EC Special Project Funding & IDEA EC Grant Application & Fiscal Accountability
• Standards, Curriculum, and Instruction Updates
• Beginning Teacher Support Program (BTSP)
• Federal Programs Presentation
• Critical Incident Response for School Faculty and Staff Presentation
• Critical Incident Response for School Faculty and Staff Manual
• School safety video referenced by Mike Anderson
• Accessing State and Local K-12 Applications
• Educator Effectiveness & EVAAS
• Lessons Learned from a Charter School Board Attorney
• Charter School Health Requirements
• Federal AHERA Regulations - the asbestos in schools rules (40 CFR 763 Subpart E) and State Statues and Rules
• US Department of Education's National Center for Homeless Education ( NCHE) on serving students experiencing homelessness in charter schools
• Potential Warning Signs of Homelessness
• English Learner Students
• Importance of Administrators Role PowerPoint
• Importance of School Leadership (MTSS) Team
• Joining Cohort 5 Doc.
• Division of Advanced Learning and Gifted Education Overview for Charter Schools
• Culturally Courageous Leadership Huddle
• Performance Framework Deepdive walkthrough video
• Performance Framework Deepdive powerpoint with links
• Charter School Athletics 2020
• Weighted Lotteries 101 video recording; you will need password JsFNg3ai

Charter School Leadership Institute 2019 at Envision Science Academy

• Presentations Folder

West Regional Charter School Huddle at Greystone Day (July 16, 2019)

• OCS Core Update
• ACCESS Intro
• Athletics
• Federal Regulations for Students with Dissabilities
• Health Requirements for NC Charters - Master
• Health Requirements for NC Charters - Notes
• New NC Safety App
• NCNTSP
• Experiential Education
• Innovative Scheduling

Low Performing Training Camp #1

March 13, 2019, Davidson, N.C.

Charter School Leadership Institute

Oct. 18-19, 2018, Holly Springs, N.C. — Agenda 

Monthly Webinar Series

OCS Huddle at the FBS Conference

July 20, 2018, Durham, N.C. — Agenda

OCS West Regional Huddle

July 26, 2018, Pine Lake Prep, Mooresville, N.C. — Agenda