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You are invited to participate in the Superintendents' Conference Call hosted by State Superintendent John White on Thursday, January 9, at 10:30 am.  You may begin dialing into the call 15 minutes in advance.  Please follow the instructions below:

 

To join the Superintendents' January 9, 2014 Meeting:

 

1. Click here to log in.       
2. Select: Participant Application
3. When prompted, enter the Meeting Access Code: 9725937#
4. Dial into the Phone Bridge: (866) 814-8483 (Use this phone bridge only)
5. When prompted, please give the Meeting ID # 1630355
6. You will need to identify yourself in order to be placed into the meeting.

 

Please note that this call is for superintendents and charter leaders only. Click here for a list of upcoming conference call dates. 

District Planning Calls

 

In response to feedback from educators, the Department is intensifying its support of districts. As districts launch the 2014-15 planning process, the Department is committed to providing districts with resources and ongoing support throughout the process.  The Department will be hosting a set of District Planning calls that will address topics related to curriculum, assessment, technology readiness, and fiscal planning. These calls will be held intermittently over the course of the next several months with more frequent calls early in 2014 and fewer calls as the school year comes to a close. While, superintendents should choose who from their districts participates in these calls, the Department recommends that the district test coordinator, the district technology coordinator and the chief academic officer attend these calls.  In addition, districts can choose to include other staff such as budget managers and federal programs staff.  A scope and sequence of what will be covered on these calls will be available on the first call.

 

• Dates: January 15, January 29, February 19, March 12, April 2, May 7, June 11 
• Time:  All calls will be held from 1 pm - 2 pm
• Login information 
• Click here to join by computer
• If you will be participating in both the webinar and audio portions of this event please use your computer's audio for listening versus dialing in by phone. If you do not have speakers or need to join by telephone only, please do so by calling 877-336-1829. Enter this Access Code when you are prompted: 9725937#

 

Field Test Info Sessions

 

The Department will be holding three information sessions around the state to prepare for the spring field test. These sessions are targeted towards the District Test Coordinators and the District Technology Coordinators.  Given space, we're asking that districts limit attendance to 2 people. The sessions will be recorded and posted for those who miss them.  

 

To register for the event, click here. To see an agenda for the day, click here.

 

Date	Location	Address
January 21, 2014	Cox Communication	2121 Airline Dr, Metairie, LA 70001
January 22, 2014	Claiborne Building	1201 N. Third St., Baton Rouge, LA 70802
January 24, 2014	Bossier Instructional Ctr.	2719 Airline Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111

 

Information about accessing materials for this session will be available next week.

 

 

School and District Accountability Webinar

 

Upcoming Task Force and Commission Meetings 

  

Meeting:	When/Where:
Accountability Commission	January 9, 2013 1:00pm North Dakota Room (1-155) Claiborne Building

 

Kindergarten Developing Skills Checklist (DSC) Data Reconciliation

 

Please forward to district kindergarten coordinators/kindergarten contacts for DSC assessment and SIS coordinators. For those who have not completed the kindergarten DSC data reconciliation, please work with your SIS coordinator to download the file from the FTP site and complete the data corrections by January 14, 2014.  Instructions can be found here.      

 

If you have any questions or need additional information about data reconciliation, please contact Susan.Yuan@la.gov. If you have questions about FTP, please contact Sherry.Randall@la.gov. 

 

Dropout Correction and LEADS Data Submission Deadline

 

Friday, January 10th is the final day that dropouts can be corrected. Dropouts directly impact accountability scores, so be sure to review the GED completer file and run all dropout reports, which will identify needed changes. Please email Sherry.Randall@la.gov if you have any questions.

 

The LEADs collection links class/course (CUR), student (SIS and SPC), and instructor (PEP) data.  It is critical for this data to be submitted timely and accurately as it impacts CVR, delivery of student data, Vocational-Education Counts, highly qualified reports, and class size reports. All data must be submitted by Friday, January 10th, so we can provide comparison reports that will assist in ensuring accurate data prior to the system being closed on January 17th.  Please email Yanzi.Liu@la.gov for all PEP questions and Sherry.Randall@la.gov for all CUR and SIS questions.

 

LEADS Portal, INSIGHT Portal and eGMS Scheduled Maintenance 

 

To facilitate proper maintenance of applications and corresponding databases, all applications available from the LEADS Portal and INSIGHT Portal, as well as eGMS, will be down on Wednesday, January 8th, from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm, for normal monthly production server maintenance.

 

National Tournament of Academic Excellence

 

The State of Florida is hosting an academic tournament for students across the United States, the National Tournament of Academic Excellence (NTAE). The tournament will be held at the Convention Center of Walt Disney World's Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on June 14 - 16, 2014.

 

The NTAE showcases the excellence of the U.S. educational system and rewards individual scholastic achievement of student participants. To participate in this event, please complete the attached contact form and return to Lisa W. Rawls, Academic Competitions Coordinator. If you require addition information, please see the attached memo from Pam Stewart or please feel free to contact Lisa by phone at 863-968-5168 or email at lisa.rawls@polk-fl.net.  More information can also be found here. 

John White
State Superintendent of Education
(toll-free) 877.453.2721 
Twitter @LouisianaSupe

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