Sept. 4, 2018

Ohio Launches Strategic Plan for Education: Each Child, Our Future

The State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Paolo DeMaria joined key partners to unveil Each Child, Our Future, Ohio’s five-year strategic plan for education last week during a day-long school bus tour. Co-designed over the last year by parents, educators, employers, philanthropic leaders, policymakers and students, the plan seeks to lift aspirations, guide development of state-level policies and promote quality education practices across the state.

September is Attendance Awareness Month With the new school year underway across Ohio, it’s more important than ever that our students be in class every day ready to learn.

Register now for the CyberOhio Capture the Flag Challenge! High school students are invited to break, hack, decrypt or do whatever it takes to capture the flag in this free cybersecurity competition.

Florence Nightingale Day celebrates women in the field of data science The American Statistical Association and the Caucus for Women in Statistics are hosting Florence Nightingale Day on Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Female students in grades 8-12 are invited to this inaugural event.

Start Talking! When LGBT students feel welcome and secure at school, they are much more likely to achieve and maintain good mental and physical health.

Superintendents, principals, treasurers, other administrators

Data appeal window open for retention data

Gifted Operating Standards effective July 27, 2018

Change to business advisory council plan submission requirements for districts supported by ESCs

Reminder from NCCER about new sponsor selection

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15

Register now for Ohio Innovation Lab Network State Symposium, Sept. 21

SROs and School Administrators: Strategies for an Effective Work Relationship, Sept. 18

OAASFEP Title I – Federal Programs Fall Conference Oct. 22-23

Teachers, curriculum directors, counselors, other professionals

#ExtraCreditBlog—GUEST BLOG: Bringing Life to the Classroom from Across the World—Jarrod Weiss, Broadcast Educational Media Commission

Registration now open for Child Nutrition Training & Vendor Show, Nov. 28

Deadlines and dates

Approaching deadlines or important dates mentioned in previous editions of EdConnection.

• 9/5 | Registration closes for orientation for nurses new to Ohio schools
• 9/6-9/28 | Register for gifted education regional meetings
• 9/6-10/5 | Register for OLAC regional facilitator trainings
• 9/14 | Deadline to submit district selection of ACT or SAT
• 9/17 | Registration closes for Adapted Physical Education Workshop
• 9/18 | Reauthorized Carl D. Perkins Act workshop
• 9/21 | Submission deadline for Cyber Security Program Intent Form/Career-Technical Education Cybersecurity (N4) Pathway
• 9/30 | Middle School Validation certificate submission due for Oct. 1 eligibility
• 9/30 | Submission deadline for Career-Technical Education Middle Grades Waiver form
• 10/10 | Complete setup for electronic Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems (eTPES)
• 10/10-12 | Ohio Career-Technical Administrators Association Fall Conference
• 10/12 | Submissions to round four of Purple Star School selection closes
• 10/28-31 | National Dropout Prevention Network Conference
• 11/14-16 | Registration open for OCALICON 2018
• 11/15-16 | Ohio School Improvement Institute
• 11/20 | Submission deadline for 2018-2019 Green Ribbon Schools application     

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