NC Educator Effectiveness System (NCEES)
NCEES is the official Home Base application used by public and charter schools of North Carolina for storing and managing educator effectiveness. NCEES offers components designed to support the ongoing professional growth of K-12 educational leaders and teachers. This tool includes and educator evaluation component and a professional development component.
- NCEES PowerSchool's Perform Enterprise and Professional Learning.
- Effective educator evaluation instruments and professional development plans in the Perform Enterprise component of NCEES available to PSUs include:
- Rubrics based on NC teacher and administrator standards;
- Observations that inform teacher/staff growth;
- End of year evaluation ratings;
- Free access to NCDPI self-paced Canvas and Moodle modules aligned to staff standards & elements, and focus areas;
- Staff dashboards to track CEUs earned through DPI and local PD course modules, and varied PD learning opportunities; .
- The PD office provides the ability to:
- Create and manage local professional learning opportunities and track CEUs;
- Share local PD/CEU opportunities with other PSUs for regional or shared events.
- Transfer Credit Manager – manages approvals for CEUs earned outside of the district to show on staff transcripts
- PSUs are given access to NCEES Professional Learning PD office component for $1.25/ADM (this fee also includes access to Schoolnet)
- Effective educator evaluation instruments and professional development plans in the Perform Enterprise component of NCEES available to PSUs include:
This associated site encompasses training resources, system updates, and events for the user-base audience. To learn more about this application, visit to the NCEES Information and Resources below.
LEAs and charter schools are given access to the local control of professional development components by opting into Home Base for the low price of $1.25/ADM (this fee also includes access to Schoolnet). For more information on how to opt into Home Base, visit the Opt-in to Home Base page.
NCEES Resources
NCEES Help Guides - You will need to login to NCEdCloud
NCEES How To And Troubleshooting Guide - Videos and Step-by-Step Directions
Public School Unit Contacts for Home Base products including NCEES
NCEES Information and Resource - Policy and Evaluation Processes Support
NCVirtual Professional Learning for Educators - To enroll, log into the NCEES system using your IAM/NCEdCloud username and password, then click the Professional Development tab. You can then search for a course by title or list all courses.
NCEES Training YouTube Playlist - Videos for PowerSchool's Perform Enterprise and Professional Learning
Other Professional Development for Credit Resources - Presence on this list does not constitute an endorsement of the provider or content by NCDPI. Staff should follow local PSU guidelines and policies to obtain prior-approval for taking PD outside of that which is offered locally.