Happy New Year! Here's hoping for a productive year for all.
1. Special Request from The Vermont DOE: Good afternoon, principals . As part of Vermont's ESEA Waiver Request, we need to include baseline data about Principle 2: State-Developed Differentiated Recognition, Accountability and Support. Specifically we are looking for information about formative assessment techniques and progress monitoring tools that are currently being used in Vermont schools. The survey -http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P9X9H2Z - is being conducted to provide baseline information to inform our submission of the ESEA waiver. I am asking for your support to ensure that the individuals most familiar with formative and progress monitoring assessments complete the survey, describing the current status of this work. Please ask them to take a few minutes to complete the survey by Friday, January 13, 2012. As you know, we need to move quickly to complete the waiver, bring it to the SBE and meet the February submission deadline. If you have questions, please contact Karin Edwards karin.edwards@state.vt.us Thank you for your ongoing support. Rae Ann Knopf, Deputy Commissioner, Education Transformation and Innovation, 802-828-5101
2. Academy Planning Session: This Friday, January 6 from 9:00-11, I am hosting an academy planning session here at 2 Prospect Street. Anyone interested is welcome to join us. We will be sharing what we have planned to date and soliciting your ideas for promising Vermont practitioners who could be strand leaders at the academy. Can't make the meeting, but have an idea for a strand? E-mail to kpage@vpaonline.org
3. I-Pad Apps For Administrators workshop is coming up on Tuesday, January 10 from 4:00-7:30 here at VPA. We still have openings! See the flyer: Apps for Administrators Registration Form
5. Survey and Funding Opportunity for Expanded Learning Programs Principals and school leaders are invited to participate in a survey project about expanded learning opportunities in Vermont (e.g., afterschool programs, before school programs, summer programs, tutoring, etc.). By completing this 17 question survey, schools will be eligible to win $1,000 towards expanded learning programs and opportunities for students in their school. In order to be entered in the raffle, the survey must be completed by the school principal or other member of the school leadership team and received by 5:00 pm on January 20, 2012. To complete the survey please go to the following link:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/expanded_learning_survey For questions, please contact Holly Morehouse, Director of the Vermont Center for Afterschool Excellence, at hollymorehouse@vermontafterschool.org 6. Still hoping to sign up for a new i-Pad workshop? We have a few slots open for February 15 and several open for March 13. See flyers here: Feb. 15 i-Pad WorkshopMarch 13 i-Pad Workshop
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Act 58 requires that ALL COACHES, grades K-12 must have CONCUSSION TRAINING. See Bob Johnson's Powerpoint here. If you have questions, send them to Bob at mailto:bjohnson@vpaonline.org
VPA members who join our NING, or online community, can ask communicate regularly with other principals, share information or blog about issues. If you are interested in joining the VPA NING, send an e-mail to mailto:kpage@vpaonline.org and we'll invite you to join our on-line community.
