Announcement
Race to the Top Tour
Attn: Superintendents
On Oct. 19-21, Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones and ARRA Director Nina Lopez will travel the state to meet with you and your colleagues to share with you what we know about the state’s proposal and to garner your input. The meetings will provide you with the latest information from Washington, D.C. and answer your questions.
We hope you will be able to participate in one of these meetings, and we encourage you to invite members of your school board, administration or other decision makers critical to the Race to the Top effort.
Meetings will be held:
Monday, Oct. 19
Durango, 8 a.m.
Montrose, noon
Grand Junction, 3 p.m.
Glenwood Springs, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Steamboat Springs, 8 a.m.
Dillon, 11:30 a.m.
Sterling, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Limon, 8 a.m.
Lamar, 11:30 a.m.
La Junta, 2 p.m.
Walsenburg, 4:30 p.m.
A complete listing of the dates/locations/times are available at the link below.
Please RSVP to Margo Allen at allen_m@cde.state.co.us so that we can ensure we have sufficient space at each location.
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For More Information, Contact:
Nina Lopez
Phone: 303-866-6245
Email: lopez_n@cde.state.co.us
Annual Reporting Requirements under NCLB and State Law
Attn: Superintendents
CDE has recently released guidance on annual reporting requirements for districts under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Colorado state law. To access this guidance, and other relevant resources, please visit SchoolView at the link below.
While the Education Accountability Act of 2009 (S.B. 09-163) altered the way that school data are reported to the public, reporting requirements under NCLB remain unchanged. The guidance below provides summaries of reporting requirements and also outlines some options for distributing the required information to the public.
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For More Information, Contact:
Jhon Penn
Performance Support Director
Phone: 303-866-6632
Email: penn_j@cde.state.co.us
How to Comply with Reporting Requirements under ARRA
Attn: Superintendents, Special Education Directors, Title I Directors
The Colorado Department of Education will be hosting webinars to provide information on how districts can comply with federal reporting requirements under ARRA on Thursday, October 22 from 1 to 2 p.m. For information about how to participate in this webinar and to access background information about ARRA reporting requirements, please click the link below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Nina Lopez
ARRA Director
Phone: 303-866-6245
Email: lopez_n@cde.state.co.us
Assessment Revision Work
Attn: Colorado Educators, Administrators, Parents, District Assessment Coordinators
The Colorado Department of Education has begun work to develop a new state assessment system that will be implemented during the 2011-2012 school year. This new system will reflect the expectations of the updated state content standards, and the requirements of CAP4K (Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids), which calls for both school readiness and postsecondary and workforce readiness assessments.
A stakeholder advisory group has recently been assembled to help frame the issues of the current state assessment system, recommend improvements and define the work of potential subcommittee groups. The dates for the first three stakeholders meetings are:
• Monday, October 26 – Holiday Inn Select in Cherry Creek, 455 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
• Monday, November 9 – Boulder, location TBA
• Friday, December 11 – Colorado Springs, location TBA
More information regarding the assessment revision, including the list of Assessment Stakeholder Committee members and a timeline for work related to the revision of the state assessment system, can be found at the link below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Andrina Aragon
Unit of Student Assessment
Phone: 303-866-6664
Email: aragon_a@cde.state.co.us
Content Specialist Online Office Hours
Attn: Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals, Teachers
As part of CDE's continued efforts to provide service and support to the field, the CDE content specialists host regular online "office hours" using chat tools and Adobe Connect Pro. The purpose of office hours is to provide the field with up-to-date information on teaching and learning research and best practices. Each session has a specific focus and provides opportunities for educators to engage in collegial dialogue with educators across Colorado.
Topics and details for the next two sessions are provided here for your planning purposes.
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Phase 3 standards update: Dance, Drama and Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, World Language, and PE and Health.
Hosted by Karol Gates, Arts Content Specialist
Click to join the meeting: http://cecc.na4.acrobat.com/phasethree/
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Math standards update
Hosted by Melissa Colsman, Math Content Specialist
Click to join the meeting: http://cecc.na4.acrobat.com/mathupdate/
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Social studies standards update
Hosted by Dr. Brenda Barr, Social Studies Content Specialist
Click to join the meeting: http://cecc.na4.acrobat.com/r85906648/
We welcome your participation in this outreach effort!
For More Information, Contact:
Melissa Colsman
Office of Teaaching and Learning
Phone: 303-866-6737
Email: colsman_m@cde.state.co.us
Restructuring of the Exceptional Student Leadership Unit
Attn: Special Education Directors, Parents
The Exceptional Student Leadership Unit is restructuring in order to:
(1) more effectively allocate personnel to meet the department's general supervision responsiblities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and
(2) align with the department's Statewide System of Accountability and Support. This restructuring is occurring within the broader context of department-wide implementation of purposeful cross-unit functional teams.
For specific details about how the Exceptional Student Leadership Unit is restructuring, please click on the following link.
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For More Information, Contact:
Laura Freppel
Exceptional Student Leadership Unit
Phone: 303-866-6668
Email: freppel_l@cde.state.co.us
The Indicator 13 Training and File Review Manual Now Available
Attn: Special Education Directors
The Indicator 13 Training and File Review Manual is now available online at the CDE Web site.
Please note that this is a 126-page PDF document, so be cautious when printing. You might want to copy and print only those pages you need.
If for any reason the link below does not work for you, go to the CDE homepage at www.cde.state.co.us and use the Google search engine in the upper right corner of the page and enter "I-13 Training and File Review Manual."
Those of you who attended our Indicator 13 File Review Simulation Training will recognize these materials, as they were our handouts. The Secondary Transition and Services Team here at CDE hopes you will find these materials to be of value.
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For More Information, Contact:
Maureen Wirth
Exceptional Student Leadership
Phone: 303-866-6885
Email: wirth_m@cde.state.co.us
CDE State Conference on Visual Impairment
Attn: Special Education Directors; Program Coordinators
The annual CDE Conference on Blindness / Visual Impairment will be held on Thursday, Oct. 29 through Saturday, Oct. 31 in Denver.
The topic is Math Counts: Instruction for Students who are Blind/Visually Impaired.
Dr. Derrick Smith will be the featured speaker. The training will detail mathematic tools, instructional strategies and materials to supplement the general education mathematics curriculum for students who are blind/visually impaired.
For More Information, Contact:
Tanni Anthony
Exceptional Student Leadership Unit
Phone: 303-866-6681
Email: anthony_t@cde.state.co.us
Federal Programs
C-FIRS Tracker Monitoring System
Attn: Federal Program Contacts and Application Coordinators
The first round of desk monitoring indicators (Year 1b-October Instrument) are due to CDE by tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 15. Evidence must be uploaded in the new C-FIRS Tracker system and the instrument submitted by this date.
The tracker system web address is https://tracker.cde.state.co.us.
Consolidated application coordinators are registered as administrators of this system. They are authorized to identify additional users of the system within each district. For more information and to access the Tracker User Guide, go to the Website at the link below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Trish Boland
Office of Federal Program Administration
Phone: 303-866-6998
Email: boland_t@cde.state.co.us
NCLB Highly Qualified Webinars
Attn: HR Directors, Title IIA Contacts, HQOS Respondents
CDE will host training webinars on the NCLB Highly Qualified rules and the Highly Qualified Online System. These trainings will be a repeat of the information presented in the HR/Licensing/HQ trainings. If you could not attend those trainings, please join us for a webinar.
The webinar of the basics of the NCLB Highly Qualified rules will be Tuesday, Oct. 27 from 9 - 10:30 a.m.
The webinar of the walkthrough of the Highly Qualified Online System will be Thursday, Oct. 29 from 9 - 10:30 a.m.
Additional trainings will be scheduled as need arises. To register, contact Tina Tamayo at tamayo_t@cde.state.co.us
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For More Information, Contact:
Cheryl Miller
Office of Federal Program Adminstration
Phone: 303-866-6214
Email: miller_c@cde.state.co.us
FYI
Requirements for Principal Evaluation Systems
Attn: Superintendents
It has come to our attention that there is a provision of Colorado education law of which some districts are unaware.
In 2006, the General Assembly passed H.B. 06-1001, concerning principals in public schools. This bill amended provisions of the Licensed Personnel Evaluations Act (§§ 22-9-101, et. seq., C.R.S.), to include the following requirements for school districts and boards of cooperative services:
* Each principal’s evaluation must include input from the teachers employed in the principal’s school and may include input from the students enrolled in the school and their parents.
* Each school district must specify the manner in which input from teachers and from students and parents, if any, is collected but shall ensure that the information collected remains anonymous and confidential. (§ 22-9-106 (3.2) (b), C.R.S.)
In keeping with CDE's mission of service and support, we want to ensure that you are aware of this statutory change.
For More Information, Contact:
Jhon Penn
Performance and Support Director
Phone: 303-866-6632
Email: penn_j@cde.state.co.us
To Do
CDPHE H1N1 Survey
Attn: Superintendents
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is surveying Colorado school district officials to ensure the department is doing all it can to support schools during the current 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak.
Please click on the link below to complete the short, online survey. For questions or concerns about this survey, please contact Erich Kirshner at 303-376-6136 or erich@kirshnercommunications.com.
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For More Information, Contact:
Kathleen Patrick RN
Prevention Initiatives
Phone: 303-866-6779
Email: patrick_k@cde.state.co.us
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