Announcement
Colorado Growth Model - Your Opinion Counts!
Attn: All
Have you taken a look at the Colorado Growth Model in the last few months? If so, we invite your feedback so we can learn more about how well the growth model display tools are serving the community.
Please take a short survey at the link below. The survey is anonymous and should take 10-15 minutes to complete. Your input is essential for us to steer the next phase of design of the Colorado Growth Model tool in the right direction to meet your needs.
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For More Information, Contact:
Bill Bonk
Research and Evaluation
Phone: (303) 866-6763
Email: bonk_w@cde.state.co.us
Technical Advisory Panel Meeting
Attn: Superintendents, Accountability Committee Members, Principals, SB-163 Committee
The Technical Advisory Panel for the Colorado Growth Model will hold a meeting to continue discussion on issues related to the development of the School Performance Framework, with particular attention to the measures of academic growth that this framework will include. The TAP meeting will be held on Friday, Oct. 23rd from 8 a.m. to noon in room 101 at CDE's main office on 201 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver.
For More Information, Contact:
Bill Bonk
Research and Evaluation
Phone: (303) 866-6763
Email: bonk_w@cde.state.co.us
Event
Metro Area Grants Workshop on Education and the Arts
Attn: Superintendents, District Administrators
U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet along with U.S. Representatives Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis will host a Metro Area Grants Workshop on Education and the Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 1– 4 p.m.
The workshop will feature information on competitive funding opportunities at the federal level including presentations by the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education.
The workshop will provide school districts, non-profits and educational organizations with a chance to learn more about the research and application process for grants and competitive funding opportunities, view presentations from different state and federal agencies on available grant programs, and understand how congressional offices can provide support in the process.
The meeting will be held at the Front Range Community College in the Rocky Mountain Room, 3645 West 112th Avenue in Westminster, CO 80031.
Please RSVP to grants@markudall.senate.gov or by calling Senator Udall’s Denver office at (303) 650-7820.
For More Information, Contact:
Zane Kessler
Phone: (303) 455-7600
Email: grants@markudall.senate.gov
Breakfast Discussion on How To Turnaround Low-Performing Schools
Attn: Principals and Superintendents
Please join us for a breakfast discussion about innovative ways to improve student achievement and turn around low-performing schools.
We all love success stories. You are invited to hear one! Thomas (Mike) Irvin will be in Denver at the Colorado Science Conference to share the remarkable successes his school continues to experience since he and his faculty took bold and innovative steps to save it. As principal of Oil City Magnet School in Louisiana, he incorporated environmental education to make critical changes to increase learning and motivation.
The breakfast will be held on Thursday, Nov. 19, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, in one of the new health classrooms. Seating is limited to the first 30 people who respond.
Please RSVP (303-202-4662 or scrocker@colostate.edu) by Thursday, Nov. 12.
Brought to you by:
Colorado State Forest Service’s Project Learning Tree program,
Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and Colorado Science Conference.
For More Information, Contact:
Barry Cartwright
Teaching and learning
Phone: 303-866-6187
Email: cartwright_b@cde.state.co.us
Financial Management of Child Nutrition Programs
Attn: Superintendents, Bookkeepers, Child Nutrition Directors
The Child Nutrition Unit is presenting 10 regional sessions of the Financial Management Course for Child Nutrition Program Administrators. This course was developed by the National Food Service Management Institute at the University of Mississippi, and the instructors are former and current Colorado Child Nutrition Directors.
Topics include: effective communication and ethical behavior, development of a financial management information system, financial reporting of revenue and expenditure transactions, setting meal standards for financial management and analysis, managing revenue and expenditures, controlling food and labor costs, financial planning and budget development, developing and analyzing a school nutrition program budget, and tools to analyze the financial status of school nutrition programs.
This is a one and a half day free training. All materials will be provided. For more information, including training locations, please see the link below. Please RSVP no later than one week before the training date by sending an e-mail to otey_j@cde.state.co.us.
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For More Information, Contact:
Jeanne Aiello
Nutrition and Transportation
Phone: 303-866-6659
Email: aiello_j@cde.state.co.us
Reminder
Reminder: CDE Webinar on ARRA Reporting
Attn: Superintendents
CDE will host a webinar on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 1 to 2 p.m. to provide information about quarterly reporting required under ARRA. Additional webinars will be held at the following times:
Thursday, Nov. 19, from 1 to 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 17 from 1 to 2 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 21, from 1 to 2 p.m.
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For More Information, Contact:
Nina Lopez
ARRA Director
Phone: 303-866-6245
Email: lopez@n@cde.state.co.us
Update
Assessment Revision Update: First Assessment Stakeholder Committee meeting Oct. 26
Attn: Colorado Educators, Administrators, Parents, District Assessment Coordinators
CDE will hold the first Assessment Stakeholder Committee meeting on Monday, Oct.26, at the Holiday Inn Select in Cherry Creek, 455 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. These meetings will follow the same pattern as the Standards Stakeholder Committee; they will be held in public; however, there will not be a public comment section. Questions or comments will be collected from public attendees at the conclusion of the meeting.
The Stakeholder advisory group has been assembled to help frame the issues of the current state assessment system (the Colorado Student Assessment Program or CSAP), identify suggested improvements and guide the work of subcommittee groups. Subcommittees will be created to address formative assessment, school readiness, postsecondary and workforce readiness, summative assessment and the assessments for special populations (English Language Learners and students on an Individualized Education Plan).
The agenda for the first meeting includes:
Welcoming Remarks from Commissioner Dwight Jones
Introductions
Charge
Operating Principles
Setting the context
1. How this work builds and extends on work of the standards revision project
2. Senate Bill 212
3. The National Picture (Race to the Top)
4. The International Picture
Communication and Engagement Process
Subcommittees
1. Purpose
2. Types
3. Organization
Identify the intended purpose of a redesigned system of assessment
Timeline of Work for the Assessment Stakeholder Committee
Topics for Next Meeting
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
Delivery of Final Colorado Standards Recommendations
Attn: Principals, Superintendents (please distribute)
Colorado subcommittee recommendations of revisions to the State Academic Standards are about to be delivered to the state board in the next few weeks.
The status report and a schedule of events follows:
UCLA/CRESST alignment review:
• CRESST returned its review of the subcommittee revisions in math, science, and reading/writing and communicating. Only minor edits were recommended
• CRESST submitted its review to social studies subcommittee members yesterday. Overall, very positive comments. Edits provided.
• CRESST will submit arts and health/PE and world language alignment reviews and are due Friday, Oct. 23
Delivery of Subcommittee recommendations:
• The subcommittee’s job is to create the revisions using benchmarked materials and their best professional background. Co-chairs are the leaders who bring consensus recommendations to CDE.
• Math, science, and reading/writing and communicating’s recommendation will be received by CDE on Wednesday
• Social studies will be received by CDE on Friday
• Arts, PE/health, and world languages will be received by CDE on Sunday, Nov. 1
Professional Copy Editing
• Schoolhouse Communications and WestEd will be giving the subcommittee’s recommendation a finished look
• This will not be a conceptual change, but will address clearer examples, spelling errors and format
• Friday, Nov. 6 will be their deadline for making this document look professional
State Board of Education Receives the Recommendations
• CDE gives the state board recommendations on Wednesday, Nov. 11
• The date for public comment is still pending
• The state board of education will adopt revised standards on Thursday, Dec. 10
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For More Information, Contact:
Angela Norlander
Office of Standards and Assessments
Phone: 303-866-6931
Email: norlander_a@cde.state.co.us
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