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Enjoy free professional development during EngageOK On the Road this July!
Download event programs and read session descriptions here.
Listed below
is the EngageOK On the Road schedule:
July 10: Yukon
High School
July 11: Union High School (Tulsa)
July 12: Enid High School
July 13: Weatherford High School
July 18: Durant High School
July 19: Ada High School
July 20: Cache 5th & 6th Grade Center
Please be sure to register
for the date and location you’d like to attend. Registration
is available here.
If you have questions,
contact Martha Eaves, Director of Events, at martha.eaves@sde.ok.gov.
In
an effort to increase the ability of districts to appropriately serve students
with disabilities who receive services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA), the Oklahoma State Department of Education Special Education
Services division (OSDE-SES) is implementing a new program called Project 616:
Subject Area Certification Examination Reimbursement.
Read the official memo here for more details.
View an example board policy.
Deadline: September 1
If your district is changing a grade span configuration,
opening a new site or closing a site, you must submit the request on letterhead
and send it to the Office of Accreditation by September 1. Please include the local board meeting minutes from when
the changes were approved with your request.
If you have questions, contact the Office of Accreditation
at (405) 521-3335.
Deadline: October 1
School districts may request a statutory waiver or
deregulation for school year 2017-2018 before October 1.
Download
the application and instructions here.
If you have questions, contact the Office of Accreditation
at (405) 521-3335.
The 2016-17 TLE Regional Advisory Groups have been such a huge
success that OSDE is looking forward to continuing the conversation and is
beginning the recruitment process for the next round of participants.
Five advisory groups representing various regions of Oklahoma will
meet three times a year to discuss current issues regarding evaluation,
improving the system and moving toward a performance-driven model.
The projected date for the first meeting is October 2017. If you
are interested in becoming an advisory group representative, contact Joyce
Cheatham at joyce.cheatham@sde.ok.gov.
EDUTAS (Educational Technical Assistance Services), with capacity-building support from the South Central Comprehensive Center (SC3), has
developed a series of professional learning opportunities for district leaders.
 This training is open to assistant principals or new
principals free of charge and will include multiple face-to-face
trainings, virtual sessions, one-on-one coaching and a collaborative online
network. The leaders will be grouped into small cohorts for personalized
coaching, mentoring and support throughout the pilot project during the 2017-18
school year.
Participants will be recruited from Stillwater region districts and schools to enhance the principal
pipeline and accelerate student success.
This free training (valued at approximately $2,000 per
participant) is designed to prepare assistant principals and new head
principals for the challenges of leading their own buildings. The goal is
to produce strong school leaders, which will lead to stronger teachers and
enhanced student learning.
If you are interested in this training or have additional questions,
contact Robin Anderson at robin.anderson@sde.ok.gov
or (405) 522-8298.
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If
you have a first-year high school counselor in your school or district,
encourage him or her to attend this annual workshop hosted by OSDE, CareerTech
and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
Due
to limited seating, this workshop is only
for first-year high school counselors. The information presented will be basic,
but will offer tips on how to keep the first year of counseling less stressful.
A variety of valuable resources will also be given to participants.
Date:
August 30
Time: 8:15 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location:
Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Rockwell Campus, Oklahoma City, Room D1750B
Register
here.
There
is no cost for attending this workshop; however, your counselor will be
responsible for his or her own lunch and travel.
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.
The Wave will be taken down for maintenance July 10-14 in
order to roll over to the new school year. During the maintenance period, the
Wave portal will still be available; however, the data displayed will not be
updated from your local student information system (SIS).
The Alternative Education End-of-Year Program Report is due before
your program closes for the summer. This year, only aggregated information is
required. You will not have to detail the information for each individual
student.
Instructions and tips for filling out the form:
Gather your data before you sit down to complete the online form.
There is no way to save a partially filled out form.
- Open this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MY7TLCPalted1617.
- Print the page.
- Collect your answers to the
questions on the form using your student data.
- Open the online form again
and enter your data. Please remember that the LEA of a cooperative fills
out the data for the whole program. Sending schools do not fill out the
online form.
- After you have answered all
required questions, click the Submit Button and your
completed document will be sent to us.
Please note that this assessment is only required for districts
with alternative education programs.
If you have any questions, contact Jennifer Wilkinson at jennifer.wilkinson@sde.ok.gov or (405) 522-0276.
Deadline: June 30
The
Districtwide Students Needs Assessment is now live on Single Sign-On.
All districts
must complete the assessment by June 30.
The data collected by the
assessment includes information regarding attendance, promotion and suspension
for all students in grades 6-12 by gender.
If you have questions,
contact Jennifer Wilkinson, Director of Alternative Education, at jennifer.wilkinson@sde.ok.gov or (405) 522-0276.
The
closeout process is now open for the Office of Federal Programs FY 2017 claims
through the GMS system. The attached document explains the closeout
process. The due date for all closeouts will be August 31. Any unclaimed funds will roll over to the new fiscal year once the closeout
procedure has been approved.
If
you have questions, contact the Office of Federal Programs at (405) 521-2846.
Deadline: July 1
The deadline for submitting Alternative Education Expenditure Reports to the Office of Alternative Education is July 1.
Reports may be faxed to (405) 522-0496, emailed to jennifer.wilkinson@sde.ok.gov or mailed to 2500 N. Lincoln Blvd., Attn: Alternative Education, Oklahoma City, OK 73105.
Your district will not have access to the 2017-18 Alternative Education Implementation Plan until OSDE receives this report.
Any school district that fails to submit an expenditure report to
the State Department of Education by August 1 of each school year as required
by 70 O.S. § 1210.568(E) shall have state aid for alternative education
programs withheld until all reporting requirements have been met.
If you have questions, contact Jennifer Wilkinson, Director of Alternative Education, at (405) 522-0276.
Deadline: August 4
The FY 17 Title I and
Title VI Report can now be accessed through Single Sign-On.
The Title I data
submitted on this report is to be cumulative data for the entire school year of
2016-2017. The data for Title I should NOT be the same as the
data reported on the district’s 2016-2017 Annual Accreditation
Application that was due in October 2016.
The Annual Statistical Report due 10
days following the end of the year for State Aid purposes may include data that
could be used for reporting Title I schoolwide data. Information included in
this report will also document the use and impact of Title VI Part B, Subpart
1, REAP Flex and Subpart 2, Rural Low-Income Schools Programs.
If you need assistance,
contact Dr. Gloria Bayouth, Executive Director of Federal Programs, at
gloria.bayouth@sde.ok.gov or (405) 522-3249. Please include the email address
of the person compiling the data for this report when contacting the Office of
Federal Programs.
Deadline: August 31
Your RSA Annual District Reading Plan is due August 31. The report can be accessed on Single Sign-On.
If you need guidance regarding the RSA Annual District Reading Plan, view this video tutorial.
If you have questions,
contact Dionne Jordan-Mock at dionne.jordan-mock@sde.ok.gov
or (405) 521-4096.
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