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On August 9, the
2017 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year finalists met with the judging panel for a full day of interviews at the State Capitol.
Pictured below (L-R): Rebecka Binion; Kristen Dover; Adam Mewhorter; Robin Haworth;
Charmin Holland; Tiffany Massie; Mike Doudican; Brittany Hix; Jon Hazell; Mona
Schmitz; Kay Morris and Lisa Pitts).
 The Oklahoma Teacher of the Year winner will be revealed August 30, at 10 a.m. at Oklahoma State Fair Park (Centennial Building).
Deadline: September 16
 The
annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) is held in Washington, D.C. Two
student leaders from each state spend a week in Washington experiencing their
national government in action. Delegates hear major policy addresses by
senators, cabinet members, officials for the Departments of State and Defense, and directors of federal agencies, as well as participate in a meeting with a
justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The
Oklahoma State Department of Education coordinates and implements the USSYP on
a yearly basis. Two Oklahoma high school students will win a one-week,
all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C., and a $10,000 college scholarship.
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The FY17 Oklahoma Cost Accounting System (OCAS) manual has a
new look. The new manual features color-coded tabs for easy navigation through
the manual.
Download
the new OCAS manual here.
For more information, visit the Financial Accounting webpage
on the SDE site.
New treasurers and encumbrance clerks must complete 12 hours of
training within the first nine months of employment. As a result of House Bill
2315, new treasurers and encumbrance clerks may count previously completed
training toward satisfying this requirement if the training was completed
within three years prior to their current positions.
The required training outlined in OAS 210:25-5-10 & 11 states
that any course of instruction or workshops offered for purposes of meeting the
requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of Title 70 shall be approved for
credit by OSDE’s Office of Financial Services. Subsections (a) and (b) outline
training based on the following: school finance law, accounting, duties, ethics
and responsibilities of the school district treasurer or encumbrance clerk.
Treasurers and encumbrance clerks must also complete 12 hours of additional
training every three years from the date of initial employment within a school
district.
If you have questions, please contact the Financial Accounting Office
at financial.accounting@sde.ok.gov
or (405) 521-2517.
Attend the upcoming Autism Safety Oklahoma Seminar to hear
how to keep autistic children safe in their homes and communities. The
seminar will focus on how to prevent wandering and what to do when a child with
autism goes missing.
 The main areas of discussion will include:
- Characteristics of autism and how they affect safety
- How to create a safety plan
- How to create a supportive community
Date: August 27, 2016
Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Moore Public Schools (building TBD)
The seminar is free and open to everyone.
Email oktherapyseminars@gmail.com to register.
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Please take the time to fully review the data-related sections below. The information SDE receives through these reports may affect your programs and allocation amounts.
Deadline: August 31
All
Oklahoma school districts must submit their district site RSA plans to meet
school year 2016-2017 requirements. These requirements include reading goals,
required assessments and reporting.
Please
complete and submit your plan as soon as possible. Plans should be submitted on
Single Sign-On.
For more information, contact
Dionne Jordan-Mock at dionne.jordan-mock@sde.ok.gov
or (405) 521-4096.
Deadline: September 1
The deadline for school districts to submit their final revenue and expenditures for FY16 is September 1. You can submit your reports through the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System (OCAS) on Single Sign-On.
If you have questions, contact Nancy Hughes at nancy.hughes@sde.ok.gov or (405) 521-2517.
Deadline: September 15
The
deadline for submitting Alternative Education Implementation Plans to the
Alternative Education Office is September 15. The Alternative
Education Implementation Plan can be accessed through Single Sign-On.
Your district will not have
access to the 2016-2017 Alternative Education Implementation Plan until SDE
receives the alternative education detailed expenditure report. Authorization
to pay forms and proposed budgets may be submitted by fax to (405) 522-0496, by
mail to 2500 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK, 73105 or electronically via
email to jennifer.wilkinson@sde.ok.gov.
These forms can be found as a link on the welcome tab of the Alternative
Education Implementation Plan in Single Sign-On.
Reminder: LEA districts are
unable to complete their plans until sending schools have completed theirs, so
please be timely.
For
more information, contact the Alternative Education Office at (405) 522-0276.
The Oklahoma
State Department of Education (OSDE) is conducting a series of regional Wave
trainings in September. The training will focus on upcoming Fall/Winter 2016
Data Certification Projects and best practices for successfully completing
them.
Additionally, a
webinar will be available after these trainings for those who cannot attend in
person.
Registration
information is available here.
Tentative training topics:
- October 1 Consolidated Report: updates to the report and impact on the Accreditation, Gifted Talented and LEP/Immigrant Survey Reports
- Fourth-Quarter Dropout Report
- First-Quarter Statistical Report (FQSR) Pilot
- Comprehensive Exit Report
- Historical Adjusted Graduation Cohort Report
- Assessment Pre-Code
- Direct Certification
- What to expect in FY17: updates and improvements
If you are new to state reporting, watch the Wave 101 training videos prior to attending the Wave training. These
videos cover the basics of the Wave Wizards referred to during the training. Watch the videos here.
As school gets under way, please review the detailed
district missing object report link, which can be found on the communication
page in the Wave.
This link will provide an Excel spreadsheet detailing the error types in your
district. In order to correct the errors found in this report, utilize the appropriate
validation wizard where an error explanation can be found. This is a great way
to ensure data accuracy prior to the opening of reporting windows. If you have questions,
please contact the SDE help desk at (405) 521-3301 or sdeservicedesk@sde.ok.gov.
Please
check your Missing Object Report (found using a link under the System Support
Communication header). If it shows that you have zero students under Students
Enrolled, then it is likely that SDE is still receiving 2016 data for your
district.
Non-Wengage
districts:
Please contact your district admin to roll over your school years. All of your
data should be synced at that time (it may take up to 24 hours once the
rollover is made for the data to be received and processed by the Wave).
Wengage
districts:
In your i-SI application, roll over your SIF School Year by navigating
to Setup Information > LEA Setup > LEA > Settings. Verify the
‘SIF School Year To Report’ is set to 2017.
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