Announcement
Webcast To Address Bullying Prevention and Resources
Attn: School Safety Advocates
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration will host a 60-minute webinar on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at noon (MST) on bullying. The webinar will provide background and tools to effectively train school staff on best practices in bullying prevention and intervention. It will also highlight how to use the Stop Bullying Now! campaign resources.
You can learn more about the Stop Bullying Now! campaign at http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/
To register for the webcast, go to the link below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Janelle Krueger
Office of Federal Programs Administration
Phone: 303-866-6660
Email: Krueger_J@cde.state.co.us
Assessment Revision Web site and Survey
Attn: Colorado Educators, Administrators, Parents, District Assessment Coordinators
CDE has begun work to develop a new system of state assessments that will be implemented during the 2011-2012 school year. A Web site regarding the assessment revision process has been set up and several informative documents have been posted.
Posted documents include a timeline for the revision work, a FAQ and upcoming dates for the public tour. In addition, a survey has been provided in order to get public feedback on both the current assessment system, and what potential changes should be considered.
CDE strongly encourages the public to view this Web site and complete the survey, at the link below.
For questions or comments about the assessment revision work, e-mail: Assessment_Review@cde.state.co.us
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For More Information, Contact:
Andrina Aragon
Office of Standards and Assessments
Phone: 303-550-3876
Email: aragon_a@cde.state.co.us
High School Poetry Out Loud Competition
Attn: High School Administrators, Literacy and Theatre Teachers
High School Students can win a $20,000 scholarship in National Poetry Out Loud competition. Poetry Out Loud is a program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition.
Schools are invited to participate in classroom and school-wide contests, advancing to a state competition on March 9, 2010. The state champion will advance to the National Finals on April 26-27, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Find out more at the link below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Sheila Sears Arts Education Manager for the Colorado Council on the Arts
Phone: 303-892-3852
Email: sheila.sears@state.co.us
Colorado Safe Schools Regional Training - Denver
Attn: School Safety Advocates
The Colorado School Safety Resource Center (CSSRC) and the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence will host their Denver-metro prevention and school safety regional training Feb. 25-26, 2010.
It will be held at the Adams 12 Five Stars School District Conference Center, 1500 E. 128th Ave, Thornton, CO 80241. Registration opens for teams on Monday, Dec. 7 and for individuals on Monday, Jan. 4. See the conference flyer and registration information at the link below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Janelle Krueger, CDE, on behalf of: Anastasiya V. Schomaker, M.A.
Colorado School Safety Resource Center Colorado Department of Public Safety
Phone: 303-239-4435
Email: Anastasiya.Schomaker@cdps.state.co.us
Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee
Attn: All
The Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee (CSEAC) is looking for new members. Please help spread the word that CSEAC is looking for dedicated people from around Colorado to advise the CDE assistant commissioner and state director of the Exceptional Student Leadership Unit on the issues of special education.
CSEAC is a state level committee mandated by federal and state law. Members are interested in the quality of education received by children/youth with disabilities. The committee includes parents of and individuals with disabilities, educational service providers, administrators and representatives from a variety of related agencies. Participation is statewide and representative of diverse disabilities.
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For More Information, Contact:
Katherine Keck
Exceptional Student Leadership
Phone: 303-866-6943
Email: keck_k@cde.state.co.us
Round Two Of CAP4K Town Hall Meetings Begin in Pueblo Next Week To Discuss School Readiness and Assessments for Grades P-6
Attn: Superintendents, Principals, Assessment Directors, Teachers, Counselors, Building staff, Parents
The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 4 in Pueblo to begin conversations devoted to school readiness and assessments for preschool through grade six.
The meeting will be held at the Pueblo Convention Center, 320 Main St., from 5 to 7 p.m. All educators, students, parents, business and community members and interested citizens are invited to the meetings.
Earlier this year, CDE and the department of higher education conducted a 13-city regional tour that specifically focused on postsecondary and workforce readiness and the skills and competencies Colorado students need to succeed after high school. The second round of the tour will focus on the next phase the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K) implementation, redesigning Colorado’s state assessment system.
The tour will be split into two parts, one devoted to school readiness and assessments for preschool through sixth grade and one devoted to postsecondary and workforce readiness and assessments for secondary grades.
Town hall meetings on school readiness and assessments for P-6 grades will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on the following dates/locations:
• Tuesday, Jan. 26 in Colorado Springs
• Thursday, Jan. 28 in Ft. Morgan
• Thursday, Feb. 4 in Limon
• Tuesday, Feb. 23 in Cortez
• Wednesday, March 17 in Steamboat Springs
• Wednesday, March 24 in Glenwood Springs
Town hall meetings on postsecondary and workforce readiness and assessments for secondary grades will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on the following dates/locations:
• Tuesday, Dec. 15 in Boulder
• Wednesday, Jan. 20 in Denver
• Tuesday, Feb. 16 in Grand Junction
• Wednesday, Feb. 17 in Gunnison
• Wednesday, Feb. 24 in Alamosa
• Wednesday, March 31 in Greeley
• Thursday, March 4 in Pueblo
Note: The schedule is still being finalized and specific dates/locations may be subject to change. Updated schedules will be posted as available.
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For More Information, Contact:
Samantha Long
Office of Learning and Results
Phone: 303-866-3801
Email: long_s@cde.state.co.us
Conference
Math on the Planes Workshop
Attn: Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals, Special Education, Math Coordinators
CDE in collaboration with the Colorado Council for Learning Disabilities and the Colorado Metro Math Intervention Team are co-sponsoring this year’s Math on the Planes workshop series. The Math on the Planes conference is expanding from a weekend conference to a series of events to support Response to Intervention in Mathematics.
Saturday, Nov. 14: We've Got Data...Now What?
What do we need to know about a student's understanding of math in order to provide appropriate instruction?
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27, 2010: What Do We Mean by Explicit and Systematic Instruction?
How can we implement evidence-based instructional strategies to improve our effectiveness for students who struggle in math?
July 26-30, 2010: Math Boot Camp. . . How Can We Increase Our Capacity?
When school starts this fall, how will our team provide comprehensive and effective-math instruction for ALL students in our schools?
Questions? Contact Kyle Hughes at kyle.hughes@yahoo.com or 720-200-4030.
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For More Information, Contact:
Melissa Colsman
Phone: 303-866-6737
Email: colsman_m@cde.state.co.us
Event
Results Matter Reports Training and Data Discussion
Attn: Colorado Preschool Program and Results Matter coordinators and administrators
Results Matter invites you to participate in a reports training and data discussion using your own district’s data from the first Results Matter checkpoint. Join us for a morning of running, analyzing and discussing Results Matter assessment tool reports for the first checkpoint.
Metro Area:
Monday, Nov. 9
9:30 a.m. to noon
Smoky Hill Library, Room B
5430 S. Biscay Circle
Colorado Springs:
Tuesday, Nov. 10
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sand Creek Branch Library, Sand Creek Meeting Room
1821 S Academy Blvd
Please RSVP to Michelle Boyer with your title and district, which Results Matter assessment tool you use, and which session you would like to attend.
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For More Information, Contact:
Michelle Boyer
Public School Finance (Colorado Preschool Program)
Phone: 303-866-6803
Email: boyer_m@cde.state.co.us
Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting - Nov. 19
Attn: Special Education Directors, Educators, the Public
The Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee (CSEAC) will meet on Nov. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Wheat Ridge. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
CSEAC is a state level committee mandated by federal and state law. Members are interested in the quality of education received by children and youth with disabilities. The committee includes parents of and individuals with disabilities, educational service providers, administrators and representatives from a variety of related agencies. Participation is statewide and representative of diverse disabilities.
Click Here for Additional Information
For More Information, Contact:
Katherine Keck
Exceptional Student Leadership
Phone: 303-866-6943
Email: keck_k@cde.state.co.us
Upcoming Webinars: Serving Online Students with Special Education Needs
Attn: Online Program Coordinators, Special Education Specialists
The Unit of Online Learning invites you to participate in our next webinar on special education issues.
Topic: Serving Online Students with Special Education needs
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 18
Time: 1-2 p.m.
Where: Online through Adobe Connect; details for accessing the webinar will be sent to all registered participants prior to the date.
Our guest presenter, Tamara Durbin, from the Northeast BOCES, will provide information about the SPED services offered through the BOCES, and how they have partnered with one of the online programs to provide those services to the students.
Registration: Please send an e-mail to Della Shorman by Friday, Nov. 13
For More Information, Contact:
Della Shorman
Unit of Online Learning
Phone: 303-866-3295
Email: shorman_d@cde.state.co.us
Federal Programs
Colorado Tracker System Update
Attn: Superintendents, Business Managers, Federal Program Directors
Thank you to the districts who have submitted their October Monitoring Instrument on the new C-FIRS Tracker System. We appreciate your participation! For those districts that have not yet submitted, please do so as soon as possible. Go to the Web site below to logon to the system.
https://tracker.cde.state.co.us/Tracker/Security/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/Tracker/Default.aspx
Please Note: In order to successfully submit the monitoring instrument to CDE, you must designate a District Submitter. Some districts have entered information into the October Monitoring Instrument but have not yet designated a District Submitter; therefore, these submissions are not complete. Please verify whether you have designated a District Submitter to ensure that your submission is complete.
To designate a District Submitter, please follow these directions from the Tracker home page: (1) Click on the green Monitoring tab;
(2) Look at the District Submitters column (Cycle 1-October). Either a name or “Not Assigned” will appear.
(3) Click “Not Assigned” and then Edit District Submitters; and
(4) Assign a Submitter. A submit button will appear.
After submitting the October Instrument, you will receive an e-mail acknowledgement. More information on the Tracker system, including the User’s Guide, is available at the link below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Jennifer Morgan
Office of Federal Program Administration
Phone: 303-866-6108
Email: morgan_j@cde.state.co.us
National Survey Underway to Evaluate the “Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities” Program
Attn: Federal Program Directors
One hundred and ten randomly selected schools and the 46 Colorado districts where they are located received a survey in Sept. from Westat, a research contractor of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
The purpose of the survey and study is to assess the quality of prevention activities funded through the Title IV grant program. Three surveys included in the study are to be completed by school personnel, district personnel and staff who have implemented prevention programs. The information collected will be reported to Congress regarding the Government Performance Results Act measures for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grants Program.
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For More Information, Contact:
Janelle Krueger
Office of Federal Program Administration
Phone: 303-866-6660
Email: Krueger_J@cde.state.co.us
Additional C-FIRS Tracker Training
Attn: Federal Program Administrators
The Office of Federal Program Administration is hosting an important webinar on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 9 a.m. and again at 2 p.m.
The webinar will cover aspects of the C-FIRS Tracker system that were problematic for districts in the October collection. The webinar will also review the indicators to be collected in the January Instrument. Please email Clara Algiene (algiene_c@cde.state.co.us) to register for this. Identify if you will be participating in the 9 a.m. or the 2 p.m. session.
For More Information, Contact:
Trish Boland
Office of Federal Program Administration
Phone: 303-866-6998
Email: boland_t@cde.state.co.us
Important Due Date
Domestic Violence Expert for Your School - Grant Funded
Attn: Principals, Social Workers, Counselors, Nurses
Schools that would benefit from a part-time Domestic Violence Specialist (at no cost) are invited to apply to the END Violence program. Applications are due by Monday, Nov. 16.
END Violence is an innovative program designed to enhance the capacity of schools to successfully identify and respond to the needs of children who witness violence in the home.
Only 25 schools along the Front Range will be selected for participation in the project. Priority will be given to K-12 schools with a high rate of free and reduced lunch. The assistance will begin in Jan. 2010 and end in mid-2011. The Center on Domestic Violence and School of Education and Counseling at the University of Colorado Denver are administering the program, which is funded by a grant from the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Two optional information sessions will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 and Thursday, Nov. 5 at the University of Colorado Denver. To RSVP for a session or receive an application to participate in END Violence, contact Sam Cole.
For More Information, Contact:
Sam Cole
Phone: 303-315-2470
Email: sam.cole@ucdenver.edu
To Do
School Library Annual Survey
Attn: School Librarians and Media Specialists
The 2009-2010 Colorado School Library Survey is now open. The data
gathered in the annual school library survey provides library
professionals with important information for planning, evaluation, and
budgeting, and has been used in studies such as "How School Librarians
Help Kids Achieve Standards" (see http://www.LRS.org/impact.php for more
on this).
The survey is available at the link below. The
survey deadline is Sunday, Nov. 1. Login and password information was
sent to each school last week. If you did not receive a letter and need
your school's login information, contact Zeth Lietzau.
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For More Information, Contact:
Zeth Lietzau
Library Research Service, Colorado State Library
Phone: 303-866-6927
Email: Lietzau_z@cde.state.co.us
Update
Oct. 30 “Race To The Top” Conversation in Salida Cancelled
Attn: Superintendents, Principals, Staff, Community Members
The “Race to the Top” community meeting in Salida on Friday, Oct. 30 has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict.
The meeting in Colorado Springs on Friday, Oct. 30 with Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones will proceed as planned. That meeting will be held at Pikes Peak Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), 4825 Lorna Place at 11:30 a.m.
To R.S.V.P. for the Colorado Springs meeting, please contact Brenda Schaffer at 719-622-2089.
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For More Information, Contact:
Nina Lopez
Phone: 303-866-6245
Email: lopez_n@cde.state.co.us
Colorado Department of Education
201 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, Colorado
80203-1799
Phone: 303-866-6822 or 303-866-2334
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