Announcement
Concurrent Enrollment Advisory Board Meeting
Attn: District Officials, School Counselors, Teachers, Principals
The Concurrent Enrollment Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, April 15 from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The public meeting will be held in the conference center at the Community College System Lowry Campus, 1061 Akron Way, Bldg. 697 in Denver.
During this meeting, the Board will provide a final opportunity for public comment regarding the preferred forms and agreements pertaining to the Concurrent Enrollment Programs Act.
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For More Information, Contact:
Vanessa Roman
Phone: 303-866-6678
Email: roman_v@cde.state.co.us
Fingerprint Applicant Disruption
Attn: Superintendents, Principals, Educators
This week the FBI notified CDE that the Central Bureau of Investigation will suspend processing all noncriminal justice fingerprints from Wednesday, April 28 through Monday, May 3. The reason for the disruption is so CBI can process 484,000 fingerprint submissions for the U.S. Census Bureau over that three-day period.
Normal applicant fingerprint submissions will resume on Tuesday, May 4.
For More Information, Contact:
Luis M. Torres
CBI
Phone: 303-239-4229
Email: Luis.Torres@cdps.state.co.us
Submit a Nomination for the Annual Celebration of Philanthropy in Colorado
Attn: Principals, Teachers, Students, Student Clubs
National Philanthropy Day is a special day set aside to recognize and pay tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy – and those people active in the philanthropic community – have made to our lives, our communities and our world. Celebrations are held annually in many states across the nation. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges comprised of community leaders from the nonprofit and for-profit sectors and past award recipients.
Colorado's celebration will be held Friday, Nov. 12 at the Denver Marriott City Center. The luncheon will honor individuals, organizations, foundations, businesses and corporations for exceptional and impactful philanthropic and volunteer contributions in Colorado. The 2010 event will bring an estimated 1,000 people together to recognize the accomplishments of award recipients.
For more information on the nomination process, visit http://www.npdcolorado.org/nomination.htm
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For More Information, Contact:
Mark Skinner
Governor's Commission on Community Service
Phone: 303-866-2565
Email: mark.skinner@state.co.us
Conference
Notification of CHPS Training: New Solutions for Green Schools in Colorado
Attn: Superintendents, Business Managers, Facility Directors
Colorado Collaborative for High Performing Schools (CO-CHPS) creates a benchmark for the design and construction of Colorado high performance school buildings that are efficient, comfortable, environmentally responsible and healthy spaces.
For the past year, a Colorado-based advisory committee, representing a broad range of school design and construction stakeholders, developed CO-CHPS. The committee, in partnership with the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office, created a CHPS Criteria to the unique codes and regulations, climates, opportunities and local priorities of the state.
Join CHPS for an in-depth training session in Colorado this April: New Solutions for Green Schools in Colorado. School and district facility planners, design professionals, energy consultants, and other interested industry professionals in Colorado will benefit from these in-person seminars to promote green, healthy Colorado schools.
Facilitated by CHPS staff and local partners, the training will provide an in-depth review of the CO-CHPS program and resources. Participants will learn about CHPS’ program offerings, the CO-CHPS prerequisites and credits and hear from practitioners on how to implement high performance schools in Colorado. The training will include a credit-by-credit review of CO-CHPS, as well as case studies from local school district energy managers and presentations from the Governor’s Energy Office and from CDE's BEST program.
Space is limited, so sign up early!
• Monday, April 26 in Grand Junction
• Wednesday, April 28 in Colorado Springs
• Thursday, April 29 in Denver
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For More Information, Contact:
Miranda Leonard
Education and Events Coordinator
Phone: 415-970-6605
Email: mleonard@chps.net
Event
Transition Leadership Summer Institute
Attn: Special Education Directors, Transition Team Leaders
CDE Exceptional Student Leadership Unit, in conjunction with the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) and the University of Northern Colorado Bresnahan-Halstead Foundation, is pleased to announce the 4th annual Transition Leadership Institute scheduled for Wednesday, June 23 through Friday, June 25 at the Double Tree World Arena Hotel in Colorado Springs.
Intended Audience: Identified transition teams from each Administrative Unit and State Operated Program. Teams will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to improve transition planning and services for youth with disabilities.
Please click on the link below for further information and registration forms. The deadline for individual registrations and hotel reservations is Friday, May 14. Directors and current transition team leaders will receive details and registration materials via e-mail.
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For More Information, Contact:
Wendy Ulibarri
ESLU
Phone: 303-866-6799
Email: ulibarri_w@cde.state.co.us
Reminder
Statewide Financial Assistance Priority Assessment
Attn: Superintendents, Business Managers, Facility Directors
CDE's Division of Public School Capital Construction Assistance conducted a Financial Assistance Priority Assessment of public school facilities in Colorado in 2009–2010 to address the considerations set forth in section 22-43.7-107 C.R.S.
The assessment of approximately 8,419 facilities in 178 school districts included main buildings, leased buildings, temporary classroom facilities, mini-buildings, school sites, athletic fields, athletic facilities and other support buildings. The assessment data will be used as a tool to evaluate grant applications.
To keep the assessment up-to-date the division needs help from school staff. When facilities get renovations, additions, demolition, new buildings, replacement of equipment, etc., comments should be logged in the assessment database. This will track the changes made and allow the division to update the database with the revised information. The assessment database will always have the most recent report to review.
Comments can be entered at anytime but the database will be archived yearly to run reports which will be posted on the SchoolView Web page. Therefore comments entered after the cycle ends and the data base is archived won’t reflect on the SchoolView reports until the following cycle.
For detailed instructions, usernames, pass codes and help with the database, contact Dustin Guerin at guerin_d@cde.state.co.us. Thanks you for your assistance!
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For More Information, Contact:
Dustin Guerin
Capital Construction
Phone: 303-866-6263
Email: guerin_d@cde.state.co.us
Update
Release of the TELL Colorado Final Report for 2008-09
Attn: Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, District Personnel
The final report for the TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) Colorado survey will be released on Thursday, April 15. The report will provide a state level analysis of data from the TELL survey. At this same time, the password protections will be removed from the Web site. This will make all district and school level information available to the public.
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For More Information, Contact:
Lisa Medler
Phone: 303-866-6993
Email: medler_l@cde.state.co.us
Updated Call-in Information for Senate Bill 09-163 Webinar
Attn: All
The department will host a webinar on Thursday, April 8, from 9 to 10 a.m. to provide an update on the implementation of Senate Bill 09-163 and the development of the performance evaluation framework for schools.
To participate in the upcoming webinar, please follow these steps:
-When you are ready to join the webinar, visit http://connect.cboces.org/sb163/
-When prompted, enter the phone number from which you would like to join the call
-Wait for the online system to call the phone number you have entered
NOTE: The phone audio bridge will not work if you are at a location that requires an extension to reach you. If this is the case, please call 866-498-5411 to join the audio portion of the meeting.
For More Information, Contact:
Kady Dodds
Office of Performance and Policy
Phone: 303-866-6274
Email: dodds_k@cde.state.co.us
Colorado Department of Education
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80203-1799
Phone: 303-866-6822 or 303-866-2334
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