North Carolina: College and Career Policies

During 2009, Instructional Technology staff members worked with LEA representatives and other DPI staff to create Information and Technology Essential Standards for media and technology. These standards were developed using Bloom's Revised Technology and replace the Computer Skills and Information Literacy Standard Courses of Study. The Information and Technology Essential Standards are posted on the ACRE section of the NC Public Schools web site.

The North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests are designed to measure student performance on the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. North Carolina's Standard Course of Study defines the appropriate content standards for each grade level and each high school course to provide a uniform set of learning standards for every public school in North Carolina. North Carolina adopted the Common Core State Standards in K-12 Mathematics and K-12 English Language Arts released by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

In order to renew a license, administrators are required to complete 15 units of renewal credit. Ways to earn this credit are outlined in the policy.

North Carolina has fine arts standards in Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts.

The North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests are designed to measure student performance on the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. North Carolina's Standard Course of Study defines the appropriate content standards for each grade level and each high school course to provide a uniform set of learning standards for every public school in North Carolina. North Carolina adopted the Common Core State Standards in K-12 Mathematics and K-12 English Language Arts released by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

The North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests are designed to measure student performance on the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. North Carolina's Standard Course of Study defines the appropriate content standards for each grade level and each high school course to provide a uniform set of learning standards for every public school in North Carolina. North Carolina adopted the Common Core State Standards in K-12 Mathematics and K-12 English Language Arts released by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

The North Carolina State Board of Education has full authority to adopt assessments.

The State Board of Education has full authority over Career and Technical Education standards. These standards were adopted in 2011.

Adopted by State Board. In October 2008, the NC State Board of Education approved the policy adopting the Rubric for Evaluating North Carolina Teachers and the Teacher Evaluation Process. In September 2011, the policy was updated to include abbreviated evaluations for Career-Status Teachers.

Effective with the 2011 – 2012 school year, Teachers are to be evaluated annually using the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Rubric in its full or abbreviated form. The intended purpose of the teacher evaluation process is to provide teachers with meaningful feedback on their performance while assessing their performance in relation to the Professional Teaching Standards.

The North Carolina State Board of Education oversees the entire certification process within the state.

In order to become a certified teacher in North Carolina, an applicant must hold a bachelor's degree, attend an accredited institution with an approved teacher preparation program, and pass state certification examinations.

The North Carolina State Board of Education oversees the approval of teacher preparation programs.

To be approved, programs must meet the following 6 standards: knowledge, skills, and dispositions, assessment system and evaluation, field experiences and clinical practice, diversity, faculty qualifications, performance, and development, and program governance and resources.

North Carolina has standards in 11 content areas including arts, driver education program standards, English as a second language standards, English language arts, health, technology, math, world languages, science, social studies, and career and technical education.

North Carolina updated the English language arts standards in 2011. These standards are aligned to the Common Core State Standards.