NCDPI Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Updates
Training Opportunity
Board members from charter schools that are opening in 2018 are required to attend 5 face-to-face Planning Year Sessions from September to January. The school leader and some of the board members are also required to attend the New Charter School Leaders Institute in June.
As a customer service, the Office of Charter Schools continues to open up these sessions to all charter schools. If you have a new school leader and/or a new board member interested in attending any of the sessions, he or she must register to attend. Please note the schedule below:
Registration is now closed for the November session. For questions, please contact Dr. Kebbler Williams at kebbler.williams@dpi.nc.gov.
SS200 Full-Time Personnel Report for FY 2017-18
To be completed by all LEAs, Charter, Regional and UNC Laboratory Schools.
The SS200 Online Report is due by November 17, 2017 and the SS200 online application is available by accessing the Financial and Business Services website under What’s New: www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/ or https://schools.nc.gov/ss200.
The SS200 Full-Time Personnel Report is an online system that collects race/ethnicity, gender and fund source of full-time personnel employed through October 1 of the current school year (2017 – 2018).
You may reference your Human Resource Management (HRMS) SS200 Full-Time Personnel Report or the SS200 report provided by LINQ to assist in completing this report. The information will be completed online and the individual submitting the report will need an active North Carolina Identity Management identification (NCID) login.
If you (or your staff) need an NCID, you must contact your LEA NCID administrator to set up an account for you. A directory of the LEA NCID administrators is available at: www.ncid.its.state.nc.us/LEAListing.asp. DPI cannot assign an NCID or reset NCID passwords.
If you are not responsible for submitting the SS200 report, please share this information with other staff in your LEA or charter school who may be involved with data collection and reporting for the SS200.
If you have additional questions about the SS200, please contact Angela Harrison at 919.807.3734 or angela.harrison@dpi.nc.gov.
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Charter Schools Transportation Grant
Opportunity
2.5 million dollars was provided to
the NC Department of Public Instruction to establish a Charter School
Transportation Grant Program for the 2017-18 school year.
The purpose of the Charter School
Transportation Grant pilot program is to reimburse a charter school that has a
student enrollment of at least fifty percent (50%) of its students residing in
households with an income level not in excess of the amount required for a
student to qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program.
The Letter of Intent was the first
step in the established process and was due September 1, 2017. Attached is the
Letter of Intent for any school who did not complete initially and the Grant
Application which is due December 31, 2017.
Contact ocs@dpi.nc.gov with questions or concerns.
Attachments:
2017-18 Transportation Grant Letter of Intent
Charter Schools Transportation Grant Application
NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
Recipients - 2017 Educator of Excellence Award
Please see the attached
announcement of the 2017 Educator of Excellence Award recipients that will be
honored at the 67th Conference on Exceptional Children.
Attachment: Memo-Recipients+Educator+of+Excellence+2017.pdf
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Annual
Registration of Legally Blind Students
Please see the attached information regarding
changes and timelines for the annual registration of students who qualify as
legally blind.
If you have any questions, please contact Amy
Campbell at 919 807-3988 or ncaph@dpi.nc.gov.
Attachment: Memo-Legally+Blind+Registration+2018.pdf
PBS Pre-K Teacher Summits - Dec. 9, 2017
UNC-TV, PBS, and the NC Department of Public Instruction Digital Teaching & Learning Team invites Pre-K teachers to join us for a day devoted to learning and sharing technology integration strategies and networking with colleagues.
Pre-K teachers will learn about Sesame Street’s new site and its hundreds of activities and tips on topics like early learning, health and wellness, and coping with tough topics. As you connect with other providers, you’ll explore the many multimedia resources available on the platform. You’ll learn how to leverage these resources to directly benefit members of your community… all with the help of the furry, friendly Muppets.
Date: December 9, 2017
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Winston-Salem State University
601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Winston-Salem, NC
This is a FREE event open to educators in North Carolina. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Participants may earn Digital Learning Competency CEUs. Space it limited!
Click on the following links for more information:
Pre-K Invitation | Agenda | Registration
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English as a Second Language (ESL)/Title III November Updates
Submission of LIEP Chart has been extended until November
24th, 2017
Please be reminded that if your Charter School has
identified at least 1
English Learner, you are required to design a Language Instructional
Educational Program (LIEP) Chart and submit it by email*.
Use the LIEP
Guidance to help you fill out the template.
LIEP Chart: See template
Share
the link with Xatli.Stox@dpi.nc.gov by
Friday, November 24, 2017. Use "LIEP 2017-2018 for (LEA/Charter
Name)" in the name of the document and in the email subject line.
*If your school receives Title III Funds, this chart was
submitted through CCIP in August 18, 2017. Your CCIP administrator would be
notified, if the LIEP is not uploaded.
Information Session: Implications of the Supreme Court’s Endrew Case for Special and General Education
Please join the Hill Center with special guest Dr. Ann Turnbull for a free information session on:
Implications of the Supreme Court’s Endrew Case for Special and General Education
Tuesday, November 28
8:30 – 10:00a.m. (formal program from 9-9:45a.m.)
Link to full details: http://conta.cc/2gZFAtB
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Other News
Biogen
Foundation Spark Video Contest
The Biogen
Foundation is inviting middle and high school students in Massachusetts and North
Carolina to create 30-second to 3-minute videos on the topic of genetic
mutations. Please make sure the video is accurate and creative. Work with a
teacher at your school to submit your video soon, because the first 200
eligible videos submitted will win $500 for your school (up to two submissions
per school)! Grand Prize winners will receive $10,000 for their schools and
three GoPro video cameras for the students who created and starred in the
winning videos!
Submissions
are open until December 8th. ALL NC schools are eligible to
enter. Teachers MUST be the ones to submit the videos; students and parents are
not allowed to submit videos. See spark.biogenfoundation.com for more
information about the contest and to submit your video today!
Questions? Contact the
Biogen Foundation here
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