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2019 Southeast Christian School Convention School/Delegate Registration
The 2019 Southeast Christian School Convention is September 25–27 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in South Carolina. Workshops have been confirmed, and the workshop list and other important information will be posted on the NCCSA website by September 1. Please be aware of these three items: The early-bird registration deadline is September 2. Please submit your […]
Read More2019 NCCSA/IOWA Achievement Testing Graph
The results from the 2019 IOWA Achievement Testing have been sent to all NCCSA member schools that participated in this program. The NCCSA/IOWA Achievement Testing School Ranking Report has been emailed to these schools as well. Unlike the IOWA administration report, the ranking report compares just NCCSA schools to provide an additional assessment of your […]
Read MoreNCCSA Fund for Schools/Families Damaged by Hurricane Florence
Once Hurricane Florence began reaching North Carolina, the NCCSA began contacting our member schools. Of the 29 NCCSA schools in the path of Hurricane Florence, 25 have been affected by the flooding and record rainfall. Some of the information is still fluid as schools begin to open today or this week and begin talking with […]
Read MoreNew NCCSA Accreditation Partnerships
For schools that are accredited by the NCCSA or working toward NCCSA Accreditation, we are excited to inform you that the NCCSA Accreditation Program is expanding its regional co-accreditation partnerships to include AdvancED and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI). The NCCSA accreditation protocol has been […]
Read More2018 Southeast Convention Request for Workshop Proposals
Please forward this email to members of your staff who would be qualified convention workshop speakers. The 2018 Southeast Christian School Convention will be held in Myrtle Beach on September 26-28, 2018. Today, the NCCSA is officially requesting workshop submissions for the 2018 Southeast Christian School Convention. Even though we are typically able to use only a […]
Read MoreWhat Do We Do Once We Know Where Students Are?
The only way to truly meet students where they are is for competency-based models to adopt a personalized approach to learning: an approach that accounts for students’ differing zones of proximal development with regards to specific cognitive skills, as well as within the physical, emotional, metacognitive, and other domains. In this section, we offer a […]
Read MoreEdgenuity Completes Compass Learning Acquisition
Edgenuity, a leader in online and blended learning solutions, today announced the successful completion of the Compass Learning acquisition. The deal, announced in August 2016, creates the market’s most robust suite of digital curriculum products and extends Edgenuity’s reach from Kindergarten through high school. “We see the growing demand of educators for personalized, targeted learning […]
Read MoreWhat Effective Blended Learning Looks Like
A high school algebra teacher in Lawrence, KS, has her students watch Khan Academy videos for homework, and when they come to class the next day, she gives them a choice of what to do: They can work together on a problem set that puts the lesson into practice, teaching — and learning from — […]
Read MoreHow to Create Relevant, Compelling Online and Blended Learning Assignments
Tests and quizzes are a common tool for assessing what students have learned, but relevant and compelling assignments can offer similar insights and allow students more opportunities to explore their creativity and the subject at hand. In online and blended learning classrooms, effective assignments can hold an even more significant weight, as test results may […]
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