Jan. 22, 2019

Understanding Each Child, Our Future: Excellent Educators and Instructional Practices

Each Child, Our Future is Ohio’s five-year strategic plan to ensure each student enjoys a bright future thanks to an excellent preK-12 education experience. This is the seventh in a series that walks EdConnection readers through the plan. This week we take a closer look at strategies 1-3, which focus on ensuring excellent educators and instructional practices.

Getting ready for kindergarten: Online information, resources and tools available Kindergarten is an exciting time in the lives of young children and their families. This critical year introduces children to the world of formal schooling and can have a lasting impression that sets the stage for future school and learning experiences.

Chartered nonpublic schools planning to administer KRA must register by March 31 Chartered nonpublic schools can administer the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) to enrolled kindergarten students. The law requires such schools to notify Ohio’s superintendent of public instruction, no later than March 31, 2019, of their intent to administer the KRA for the 2019-2020 school year.

Confirm roster verification participation by Feb. 8 Superintendents at traditional districts, joint vocational and career-technical districts, educational service centers and community schools will receive an email this week requesting that they confirm their participation in value-added roster verification by Feb. 8.

Start Talking! Our thoughts, and the ways we react to situations, can dictate our moods. Try to avoid roadblocks to positive thinking with these cognitive tips!

Superintendents, principals, treasurers, other administrators

FY19 career-technical education concentrator data appeal window now open

SuccessBound 2.0 gathering addresses regional workforce needs

TORCH recognition for teachers: Nine days to nomination deadline

Nominations open for School Resource Officer of the Year

Teachers, curriculum directors, counselors, other professionals

Middle and high school teachers: Applications open for computer science professional development

Midwest MTSS/RTI conference offers professional development

Registration open for the 2019 Ohio Summer Food Service Program Summit, Feb. 12

#ExtraCreditBlog: Being Dedicated to Meeting the Needs of the Whole Child

Deadlines and dates

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

• 1/24-3/8 | Register to attend free adolescent literacy regional meetings
• 1/25 | Federal Quota Registration of Blind Students packets due
• 1/26 | Register to attend free Ohio Assessment Literacy Conference
• 1/31 | Nominations close for new TORCH recognition for educators
• 2/4-2/8 | Regional one-day equity labs to assist with FY19 planning
• 2/12 | #FutureReadyOH free training at the Ohio Educational Technology Conference
• 2/19 | Public comment period closes for the transportation of children with disabilities rule
• 2/28-4/11 | Register to attend Regional Early Childhood Health Conferences
• 3/1 | Nomination deadline for PAEMST
• 3/1-4/12 | Register to attend 2019 Ohio Department of Health Regional School Nurse Conferences  
• 3/13-15 | Register to attend 2019 OCTA Spring Conference  
• 3/15 | Deadline to complete the Student Growth Measures setup  
• 4/5 | Application deadline for Teaching in Taiwan      

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