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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

North Carolina Teacher Standards and Evaluation Process

Students will examine the standards and evaluation model in this online course.

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Course description

North Carolina’s new teacher standards and evaluation process open the door for a host of new conversations about how teaching and learning happen in our classrooms, our schools, and our profession. In this course, we’ll examine the standards and the evaluation model, with an eye on these key concepts:

  • Leadership among the staff and with the administration is shared in order to bring consensus and common, shared ownership of the vision and purpose of the work of the school.
  • Teachers are valued for the contributions they make to their classrooms and the school.
  • Teachers make the content they teach engaging, relevant, and meaningful to students’ lives.
  • Teachers can no longer cover material; they, along with their students, uncover solutions. They teach existing core content that is revised to include skills like critical thinking, problem solving, and information and communications technology (ICT) literacy.
  • In their classrooms, teachers facilitate instruction encouraging all students to use 21st Century skills so they discover how to learn, innovate, collaborate, and communicate their ideas. The 21st Century content (global awareness, civic literacy, financial literacy, and health awareness) is included in the core content areas. Subjects and related projects are integrated among disciplines and involve relationships with the home and community.
  • Teachers are reflective about their practice and include assessments that are authentic and structured and demonstrate student understanding.
  • Teachers demonstrate the value of lifelong learning and encourage their students to learn and grow.

Course information

Audience
This course is appropriate for teachers of all subjects and grade levels.
Time commitment
Approximately five hours per week
Credits
Two CEUs

Standards alignment

North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards (2009)

  • Goal 5: Teachers reflect on their practice.
    • Objective 5.02: Teachers link professional growth to their professional goals.