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June 16, 2023
Updates in this email:
The Career and College Success Division (CCSD) posted the following competitive grant programs:
Concurrent Enrollment Introduction to Teaching Grant – Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025
State funds are available to eligible applicants to develop or expand Concurrent Enrollment “Introduction to Teaching” or “Introduction to Education” courses consistent with Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 124D.09, subdivision 10--to encourage secondary school students, especially American Indian students and students of color, to pursue teaching. Register to attend an informational webinar on June 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) STEM Grant – Fiscal Years 2024, 2025 and 2026
State funds are available to charter schools and school districts to raise K–12 academic achievement through increased student participation in Pre-AP, AP, and/or IB science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs, particularly for historically underserved student groups. Register to attend an informational webinar on June 22 at 1:00 p.m.
Applications for both grants are due July 21, with an anticipated grant start date of October 1. Visit the Competitive Grant Opportunities from the Minnesota Department of Education webpage for more information and application materials.
Reimagining Arts Education: Native Arts Summer Institute and 2023-24 Cohort
July 25–27, 8 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Cansayapi Wicoicage Oti, Lower Sioux Cultural Incubator and Morton, Minnesota
Registration Link
This summer institute and cohort will support educators designing and piloting meaningful and authentic standards-based learning experiences about Dakota and Ojibwe arts and cultural expression. Participants will dive deep into Dakota and Ojibwe arts and cultural expression and essential understandings about contemporary Native arts, learning with Iyekiyapiwin Darlene St. Clair, artists, makers, performers from Tribal Nations in Minnesota, MDE arts specialists and Indigenous education specialists. This institute and cohort focuses on supporting K-12 arts educators. Continued support during the following school year for curriculum development and piloting will consist of three professional development days. Costs will be covered for qualifying participants.
For a complete description of participant eligibility, institute and cohort details and financial supports visit the Culturally Responsive Arts Education webpage and download the Native Arts Summer Institute and 2023-24 Cohort Overview document.
Reimagining Arts and Ethnic Studies Summer Institute: Identity, Power, and Resistance in Education
August 1–3, 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: To be determined (Twin Cities Metro)
Registration Link
Participants will explore the intersection of the arts and ethnic studies and unpack the connection between identity, social activism and the arts. Participants will also investigate how the arts can empower students to reclaim, envision and create, centering their voices as counter-narratives against historical and contemporary injustices. This institute will focus on arts, social studies and ethnic studies educators working at the secondary level. This institute will focus on arts, social studies and ethnic studies educators working at the secondary level. Continued support during the following school year for curriculum development and piloting will consist of three professional development days. Costs will be covered for qualifying participants
For a complete description of participant eligibility, institute and cohort details and financial supports visit the Culturally Responsive Arts Education website and download the Reimagining Arts and Ethnic Studies Summer Institute: Identity, Power, and Resistance in Education information document.
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Center is offering Restorative Practices trainings in August. Registration is now available at Restorative Circle and Chats Trainings.
Spaces are still available for Circle: LGBTQ+ Affinity, Affirming Community that is being held virtually June 26, 27 and 28 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Register for Circle: LGBTQ+ Affinity, Affirming Community.
If you have any questions about the trainings, contact Nancy Riestenberg, 651-582-8433, Grace Yang, 651-582-8777, or Gregg Campbell, 651-582-8796.
Applications are now open for the Computer Science Education Working Group. To register, visit Computer Science Education Working Group - Adults Application Form. Applications will close on August 25.
MDE is seeking a diverse group of computer science teachers and representatives. Please spread the word that applications are open for the Computer Science Working Group. Teachers who participate will earn CEUs.
The Computer Science Working Group aims to develop a strategic plan for a statewide computer science education program. Applicants must agree to the assumptions and the timeline and be available for all meetings from October 2023 to March 2024. The final plan is due in March 2024. In addition to the five full group meetings, many small group meetings will be scheduled between group meetings to draft pieces of the plan.
For more information and before completing the online application, please read the Computer Science Working Group Assumptions document.
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the final timeline for restarting annual renewals in public health care programs. With Medicaid eligibility becoming a part of the direct certification, and tied to the compensatory revenue formula, schools could be affected by this change.
Due to the pandemic Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare renewals were paused but are now restarting. More than 1.5 million Minnesotans on Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare will need their program eligibility reviewed through a renewal process by May 2024.
Minnesota will restart the renewal processes for Medical Assistance in 2023 beginning with the July renewal cohort. Renewals for MinnesotaCare coverage will restart beginning in October 2023 for coverage effective Jan. 1, 2024. Click here to view the timeline.
Please visit DHS's Renew My Coverage communications toolkit for resources in multiple languages.
The following documentation has been posted to the Long-Term Facilities Maintenance webpage or school districts to use for the FY 2025 LTFM Ten-Year Plan submission:
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Guide
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Ten-Year Expenditures Application
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Ten-Year Revenue Projection
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Cooperative Allocation Worksheet
- FY 2025 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Revenue – Statement of Assurances
Under 2023 Minnesota Laws, to qualify for LTFM revenue (Minn. Stat. 123B.595, subd. 4 [2023]), a school district, intermediate district, or other cooperative units must have a ten-year facility plan adopted by the school board and approved by the commissioner. This does not include charter schools.
The plan must be updated annually and indicate whether the district will issue bonds to finance the plan or levy for the costs. School Districts issuing bonds must include a debt service schedule demonstrating that the debt service revenue required to pay principal and interest on the bonds each year will not exceed the projected LTFM revenue for that year.
For 23 Payable 24 - Levy (FY 2025), the district must submit the updated and approved LTFM documentation to the commissioner by July 31. Please submit to MDE.Facilities@state.mn.us.
For questions about allowed uses of LTFM revenue, process and timelines, LTFM ten-year expenditure projections and LTFM Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting (UFARS) coding, please contact Sarah C. Miller (Sarah.C.Miller@state.mn.us), 651-582-8370.
For questions about the LTFM ten-year revenue projections, Levy Limitation and Certification report adjustments, LTFM aid entitlement and levy calculations or LTFM required debt, please contact Lonn Moe (Lonn.Moe@state.mn.us), 651-582-8569.
Each year, information regarding schools and districts/charters is updated in the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) master database for organizations (MDE Organization Reference Glossary (MDE-ORG)). MDE-ORG validates sites for all major MDE reporting systems, including the Minnesota Automated Reporting Student System (MARSS), Staff Automated Reporting (STAR), Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards (UFARS), Assessments, etc. It is important that a point person is identified as the Site Verification Coordinator for your organization. This person has access to request and certify school configuration changes and update other essential contact and address information for all sites within the organization.
Please review your organization and school sites, including contacts and addresses, and make changes for the 2023–24 school year. To ensure data collections, payments, and reports are correct, organization and school site information and contacts for the 2023–24 school year must be reviewed and certified by August 31. Please read the Annual Verification of District and School Site Information for SFY 2023-24 memorandum found on the District and School Site Verification webpage. This memorandum outlines the timeline and steps to maintaining accurate organization and reporting site directory information which is critical in correctly processing records for your district including students, staff, payments, and federal programs.
If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Carey.
Join New Teacher Center (NTC) for a session designed to enhance your new teacher orientation and provide new teachers with tools that will guide them toward success.
The session will provide practical strategies for developing new teachers and their abilities organized around the ideas of Knowing Their community, Knowing Their Content and Knowing Their Support Systems.
During this time, you will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions, exchange ideas with fellow induction leaders and principals and leave with a toolkit of resources to enhance your new teacher orientation.
Register in advance for either the June 26 (2-3:30 p.m.) or August 10 (10-11:30 a.m.) Planning for New Teacher Orientation session.
For assistance with questions or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Chris Ramadan, 651-582-8810, at least two weeks prior to the first session.
All educators from K-12 and higher education are invited to attend the 2023 Minnesota Summit on Learning and Technology, an offering of the Minnesota Learning Commons (MnLC) in coordination with Sourcewell, Thursday, August 2, at St. Cloud State University. Registration is $50 and includes access to all Summit activities, food, and refreshments.
This year’s theme of “The Whole Learner” will introduce topics in lifelong learning and the technologies that accompany them. The Summit will feature presentations and interactive experiences on artificial intelligence, extended reality, eSports, micro credentials, emerging instructional practices, digital inclusion, open educational resources, and more.
Call for proposals: The Minnesota Learning Commons invites proposals that showcase the intersection of technology, learning, and instruction. Proposals are due Thursday, June 27. Submit a proposal.
Register for the 2023 Minnesota Summit on Learning and Technology. Reserve your spot today and stay tuned to the MnLC website for more event, news and information.
The School Nurse Association of Minnesota is having a two-day orientation program for nurses who are new to the school nurse role. This program is for RN/Licensed School Nurses with 5 years or less experience in School Nursing. Presentations cover required and essential components of school health services in Minnesota and the National Association of School Nurses Framework for 21stCentury School Nursing Practice. Further details and registration information is in the Framework for School Nurse Practice: School Nurses in the first 5 years brochure.
Governor Tim Walz signed legislation that establishes Juneteenth as a state holiday. Juneteenth recognizes the historical pronouncement of the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865, when the Emancipation Proclamation was said to have been first publicly read in Texas by Union soldiers.
As is the case with other holidays defined in Minnesota Session Laws 2023 Chapter 5, no public business can be conducted on this day. This means schools cannot hold classes or programs, school board meetings, athletic practices and competitions, and other school-associated events.
MDE is pleased to share a variety of professional learning opportunities supporting teacher development and evaluation (TDE) and Q Comp.
- Peer Coaching and Observation Training Series
- Student Learning Goals: Designing and Improving Systems for Student Success
- Professional Learning Community Leadership
- Teacher Leader Networking Series
- Professional Learning Community Book Study
- TDE/Q Comp Networking Sessions
These sessions are designed to serve teacher leaders, school leaders and any educators serving on local TDE/Q Comp oversight or leadership teams. To learn more about each session and to register, please view the Teacher Development and Evaluation (TDE), Q Comp, and Mentoring 2023-24 Professional Learning Opportunities announcement.
To stay connected to similar announcements for TDE/Q Comp, be sure you are subscribed to the TDE/Q Comp newsletter.
If you have questions, contact Tamara Valme (tamara.valme@state.mn.us), 651-582-8413.
As we move through this exciting and celebratory time of the year recognizing the many accomplishments of our students, their families and communities, it is imperative you be aware that the Legislature has adopted a long-overdue statute (HF 748) regarding graduation ceremony attire for American Indian students. This is effective immediately. The language reads, “A school must not prohibit an American Indian student from wearing American Indian regalia, Tribal regalia, or objects of cultural significance at a graduation ceremony”. If you have any questions regarding this legislation, please reach out to the Office of American Indian Education at mde.indian-education@state.mn.us.
The 2023 Read Well by Third Grade (RWBTG) online submission platform is now open. This data is required of all Minnesota districts and charter schools that enroll students in grades K–2 and is due to MDE annually by July 1. Please see the RWBTG Launch Memo for further information.
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