From: Marino, Jay
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:34 AM
To: Administrators
Subject: updates and reminders for 1-14-02
Updates
and Reminders for 1-14-02 from the Office of Instruction and School
Improvement...
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Electronic School Improvement Plan (SIP) Template Now Online!
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It's
finally here... an electronic SIP template and dashboard that incorporate
Baldrige criteria! At last Friday's
Leadership meeting, the new SIP template was briefly reviewed. To view the components of the new SIP format
that will be used and other links and resources to school improvement, visit
our site at --> http://curriculum.risd41.org/admin/school_improvement/school_improvement.htm . More
information, demonstrations and discussions are being scheduled for future
meetings. Please take some time to
review the documents and send your feedback (as these documents are only in
"DRAFT" format). You comments
are necessary to create an effective and user friendly SIP process.
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January 28th 1/2 Day In-Service Planning- Evaluation Forms Due
February 4th
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As you
are planning for the January 28th 1/2 day in-service, make sure to review your
school's (and other schools in the District) evaluation feedback summary
--> http://curriculum.risd41.org/documents/11-9-01eval.htm to help improve the effectiveness of the
scheduled activities. We will again be
collecting professional development evaluation information from your staff and
a report will be made to the Board of Education. Please use the same form as last time which can be downloaded at http://curriculum.risd41.org/documents/pd/evaluation.doc
. All evaluation forms are due to our
office by Monday, February 4th. Please
submit summary data only (ex: the building average ratings for each category
and all plus/delta comments). Contact
me if further clarification is needed.
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Professional Development Applications Due By March 15th
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As we
seek to effectively utilize PD funds, it is necessary that all future
professional development applications are received in our office by March 15th,
2002. After March 15th, any funds not applied
for by schools will be redistributed as necessary. All advanced PD planning is
greatly appreciated. PD applications
can be downloaded at http://curriculum.risd41.org/admin/professional_development.htm Thanks for helping us manage our limited PD funds
efficiently.
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Forms, Budget Codes and Other Paperwork
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As of
late, there have been many forms and documents sent to our office that have
been incomplete for the following reasons:
1.) No signature, 2.)
Insufficient funds in the code requested, 3.) No funding code present, 4.)
inaccurate/missing data. Because of the
amount of time it takes to track down these errors, our office will be sending
incomplete paperwork or forms back to the originator for corrections. Be sure
to carefully review any paperwork before sending it to our office. Thanks for your help in following the
expected procedures.
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ITBS Testing Results Coming Soon!
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I
received word that ITBS scores will be reported to us in a few weeks. I'll keep you posted.
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Academic Intervention Committee Meeting Scheduled For 1-22-02 at
9:30 am
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For an
agenda and updates to committee progress, visit our site at http://curriculum.risd41.org/admin/intersession/intersession_planning_comm.htm
There will be an "all
principal" meeting soon to review the process for accessing academic
intervention funds. Stay tuned for more
information.
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Science Curriculum Alignment Committee Meeting Scheduled for
January 30th.
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Committee
members will be hearing presentations from multiple science vendors as we
continue to evaluate materials. Visit
our site for further details of the meeting or to track the committee's
progress --> http://curriculum.risd41.org/committee/science/science.htm
.
View
past "Updates and Reminders" at... http://curriculum.risd41.org/admin/updates/updates_and_reminders.htm
Jay