ACTION ITEMS
On Thursday, December 13, at noon, the Minnesota Report Card will be taken offline while we make updates and improvements to the site. The report card will be back online at 8 a.m., Friday, December 14.
If you have any questions about the Minnesota Report Card, contact us.
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We are pleased to provide districts with a streamlined reporting process for the World’s Best Workforce (WBWF) summary, the Achievement and Integration (A&I) progress report, as well as requirements for districts serving schools prioritized for support in the state’s North Star system. We hope this will help districts build connections between the work and simplify reporting with one combined report.
All districts and charters should use the 2017-18 Combined WBWF Summary and A&I Progress Report template. The completed report should be submitted between October 15, 2018, and December 15, 2018. A review rubric has also been developed. MDE will use this rubric to review the WBWF portion of the summaries and provide feedback to districts.
We created the FY17-18 Combined WBWF and A&I Reporting Excel file to clarify which sections of the summary report each district/charter must complete. Please find your district/charter in the file and ensure you complete the applicable sections.
Please also keep in mind that the Minnesota Report Card will be taken offline on Thursday, Dec. 13, at noon, until Friday, Dec. 14, at 8 a.m., while we make updates and improvements to the site.
Contact mde.worldsbestworkforce@state.mn.us if there are questions about the WBWF portion of the summary, and contact mde.integration@state.mn.us if there are questions regarding the A&I section.
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The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has been working with five partner districts to help implement the All Kids Count Act. The legislation requires reporting of graduation and assessment results by detailed ethnicity and race for students. MDE is utilizing the Ed-Fi data standards in order to meet the requirements of legislation and ultimately help to make reporting easier and more aligned across many reporting data bases. All districts and charters must be reporting student data through Ed-Fi no later than 2021-22.
In order to meet the requirements of the legislation and to ensure a smooth transition to Ed-Fi, all districts and charters are encouraged to sign up to be on-boarded to Ed-Fi in the 2019-20 school year. To sign up, you first need to contact MDE at mde.cas@state.mn.us and we will contact your Student Information System (SIS) vendor. MDE has been working with all SIS vendors in Minnesota, and each will be certified in Ed-Fi this winter. If you utilize an SIS vendor’s parent portal to collect student demographic information your vendor has incorporated the detailed ethnic information. If you collect student demographic information using paper, you will also need to include a new racial/ethnic demographic collection form in your 2019-20 enrollment packet.
The 2019-20 data collection form (along with a corresponding FAQ and parent letter) are available on the Students and Families > Programs and Initiatives > Counting All Students webpage. You can find out more about what this will mean for you and your district on the Districts, Schools and Educators > Business and Finance > Counting All Students webpage.
Please contact mde.cas@state.mn.us with any questions related to Ed-Fi or All Kids Count implementation.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
The next call scheduled for Wednesday, December 12, 9:30-10:30 a.m. is canceled.
Conference Call Schedule: January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17 and May 15. All calls are from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
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High school students see the benefits of attending schools that emphasize social and emotional learning (SEL), but more work can be done to help students develop SEL skills, according to a report recently released by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
The report, “Respected Perspectives of Youth on High School & Social and Emotional Learning,” came out of the results of a nationally representative survey of 1,300 high school students and recent graduates. Results indicate that about 75 percent of current high school students say attending a school with a strong focus on SEL would help them: improve student/teacher and peer relationships, reduce bullying, learn academic material and real-world skills, prepare them for college and jobs/careers and to give back to their communities. The Social and Emotional Learning Implementation Guidance and resources developed by Minnesota Department of Education's School Safety Technical Assistance Center can help schools put in place proven strategies to develop students’ social and emotional skills, which improve students’ capacity to learn and boost student academic achievement. For technical assistance involving SEL, contact the center, 651-582-8364.
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