Announcement
First Annual Art Call Out
Attn: District Arts Coordinators and Instructors
The Colorado Department of Education is pleased to announce its First Annual Art Call-Out!
To encourage and showcase student creativity and imagination as a strategy for educational success, the halls of the Colorado Department of Education’s main building at 201 E. Colfax and the agency’s Web site will become “living museums” of student expression through the visual arts. Staff and visitors will be inspired by a rotating display of student accomplishments in the arts, and will understand the connection between creativity and student success.
The First Annual Art Call-Out window will be open to receive submissions from Tuesday, Sept. 1 until Monday, Oct. 19. The gallery can hold no more than 48 two-dimensional art pieces and 32 three-dimensional art pieces. This means space is limited!
For more information, please review the specifications, tasks and timelines packet found on the web link provided. You may also contact Karol Gates, Content Specialist at the contact information below.
We look forward to showcasing Colorado’s talented students!
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For More Information, Contact:
Karol Gates
Office of Teaching and Learning
Phone: 303-866-6188
Email: gates_k@cde.state.co.us
Informational Materials Related to H1N1
Attn: Superintendents, School Nurses
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is taking an active role in educating schools and districts on how to stay healthy. We need your help in spreading the word.
Printed materials are available online from the CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
CDPHE also has a variety of samples of informational posters, flyers, flu vaccination stickers and other materials available to you for disseminating H1N1 information to the public.
All these provide important messages and may be posted in offices, hospitals, restrooms, schools, cafeterias, child-care facilities, doctors’ offices, etc.
The information can be customized with your contact information.
For those of you who can download, print and disseminate these materials, CDPHE encourages you to do so.
However, printing costs can be an issue for some organizations, especially smaller local health departments and smaller school districts.
Therefore, CDPHE is providing an order form to request materials. It's possible all orders may not be filled, so please be realistic with requests. Please use the order form provided in the link below. Orders are due by Friday, Sept. 4.
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For More Information, Contact:
Lori Maldonado
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Phone: 303-692-2028
Email: LXMALDON@cdphe.state.co.us
Recovery Act Alert No. 11
Attn: Superintendents, Title I Directors, Special Education Directors
The Colorado Department of Education has released Recovery Act Alert No. 11, which provides on update on the review and approval of Title IA ARRA and IDEA ARRA applications. To access the Alert, click here:
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For More Information, Contact:
Nina Lopez
ARRA
Phone: 303-866-6245
Email: lopez_n@cde.state.co.us
21st Century Community Learning Centers Request for Proposal
Attn: School Districts, Public Schools, BOCES, Institutions of Higher Education, Public or Private Organizations, Non-profit agencies, For-profit corporations, City or County Government Agencies, Faith-based Organizations
The Office of Teaching and Learning has released the new 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Request for Proposal (RFP). This RFP is designed to distribute approximately $7 million dollars to qualified applicants pursuant to Title IV, Part B, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to establish or expand community learning centers that provide students with academic enrichment opportunities along with activities designed to complement the students’ regular academic program. Proposed programs must serve students that attend high poverty, low performing schools.
The 21st CCLC program is intended to ensure services provide focus on helping children in high-need schools succeed academically through the application of scientifically based practice and extended learning time by:
• Providing opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students (particularly students in high-poverty areas and those who attend low-performing schools) meet state and local student performance standards in core academic subjects such as reading and mathematics;
• Offering students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, art, music, and recreation programs, technology education programs, and character education programs, that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and
• Offering families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for literacy and related educational development.
Proposals are due on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. A variety of technical assistance will be offered to all potential applicants to encourage high quality proposals including Grant Writing Information Sessions in September. For more information regarding the eligible schools list, technical assistance and to access the RFP, please visit the Web site below.
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For More Information, Contact:
Lynn Bamberry
Competitive Grants and Awards
Phone: 303-866-6813
Email: bamberry_l@cde.state.co.us
Event
DAC Academy
Attn: Superintendents, District Assessment Coordinators (DACs)
This is a reminder that The Unit of Student Assessment is offering its first training for DACs on Thursday, August 27. It will be held at Congregation Emanuel, 15 Grape Street, Denver, 80220.
NEW DACs
It is mandatory that you attend from 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
VETERAN DACS
Your attendance is appreciated from 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Additional information about the Colorado Growth Model and the Education Accountability Act (Senate Bill 163) will be given during the afternoon session.
For More Information, Contact:
Andrina Aragon
Unit of Student Assessment
Phone: 303-866-6664
Email: aragon_a@cde.state.co.us
Federal Programs
AYP District Appeals
Attn: AYP Contacts, Title I Contacts, Superintendents
District-level Adequate Yearly Progress appeals are due to CDE by 5 p.m. Friday, August 28. Contact Donna Morganstern as soon as possible if you have any questions about submitting an appeal or need a copy of the appeals form. Also, remember that the AYP ADE will close Friday, September 12. All school-level updates should be made prior to that date.
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For More Information, Contact:
Donna Morganstern
Office of Federal Program Administration
Phone: 303-866-6209
Email: morganstern _d@cde.state.co.us
News
Nominations Welcomed to Honor Colorado Teacher of the Year
Attn: Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, BOCES Directors
Nominations for the 2010 Colorado Teacher of the Year are now being taken and will be accepted until Thursday, October 1, 2009.
The annual Colorado Teacher of the Year award has been given since 1963. It was created to recognize the contributions of the classroom teacher to the students he or she teaches and to the continued growth and well-being of the state. The selected Colorado Teacher of the Year is also considered for the National Teacher of the Year Award.
The 2010 Teacher of the Year application can be found at the link below. Nominees must fill out and submit their own applications by Thursday, October 1. An external selection committee will determine the finalists and make a final decision in November when the 2010 Teacher of the Year will be announced.
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For More Information, Contact:
Deborah Fallin
Phone: 303-837-1500
Email: dfallin@nea.org
To Do
Preliminary Survey Regarding Declining Enrollment Districts
Attn: School District Professionals, School District Board Members
The Colorado Department of Education would like to inform you of a study, funded by the legislature and conducted by Pacey Economics Group.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate how declining pupil enrollment in school districts statewide impacts students, especially those that remain in the declining enrollment districts.
The study will examine long term educational and economic impacts associated with current funding formulas and will recommend potential remedies to any negative impacts that declining enrollment may have on the students.
A key part of Pacey's work will be interviews with school district professionals and board members. Many of you can expect to be contacted in the near future to participate in these interviews (in-person, telephone and web-based), but Pacey would value your input now as they develop the survey instrument.
Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts regarding the key issues on the questionnaire at the link below. Please click on "Declining Enrollment Study" and return you completed questionaire to abutler@paceyecon.com. Surveys are due by Friday, Sept. 4.
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For More Information, Contact:
Vody Herrmann
Public School Finance
Phone: 303-866-6845
Email: herrmann_v@cde.state.co.us
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80203-1799
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