Tentative 2021-2022 Title I, Part A Census Poverty and Hold Harmless Rates Available

An explanation of tentative census poverty data and tentative hold harmless rates can be found on the Kentucky Department of Education Title I Part A Documents and Resources webpage. These numbers, used in part to allocate Title I, Part A funds, can now be used to produce an estimate of your 2021-2022 school year Title I, Part A allocation.

Carefully review the information included in the document and bear in mind that all data provided in the attachment is tentative and is provided for planning purposes only. It does not represent your district’s final Title I, Part A allocation for next school year.

For more information, contact your Title I, Part A consultant.

CDC Releases New ‘What Do I Do?’ Poster Series for COVID

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released updates to its COVID-19 toolkit for schools. As part of this update, there is a series of “What Do I Do?” posters for parents, teachers and school nurses when a child shows signs of COVID-19 in school. View the posters:

• Parent poster
• Teacher poster
• School nurse poster

Register Now for the 5th Annual Leadership EdCamp

The Principal Partnership Project (P3) at the Kentucky Department of Education, in collaboration with the Central Kentucky Education Cooperative, is sponsoring the 5th annual Leadership EdCamp: For Principals, By Principals that will be held virtually from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET Jan. 13. Professional learning strands will include effective remote teaching, feedback and coaching, digital leadership and more.

All current or aspiring school or district leaders are invited to attend. Registration is free and Effective Instructional Leadership Act credit will be offered.

• Use this Google Form to attend any of the sessions.
• Submit a proposal to lead a session via Google Forms.
• Share this printable flyer.

More information may be found on the EdCamp webpage. For specific questions about the event, email KDE’s Paul Prater.

Computer Science Training: Opportunity to Obtain ACS Permission

The Approval for Computer Science (ACS) is a portable teacher permission that allows teachers with an existing high school certification to teach all computer science courses. 

Teachers will complete a professional learning program provided by Advance Kentucky. The program is a year-long commitment, consisting of a five-day, in-person summer workshop, plus follow-up workshops during the academic year, hosted in person or virtually.

All high school certified teachers can qualify for the ACS permission. The teacher would need to be scheduled to teach a minimum of one computer science course during the fall semester following the summer professional learning program.

For more information, read the ACS FAQ. Grant applications for the program are available through Advance Kentucky.

Comprehensive District and School Improvement Plans: Phase Three (Plotting the Course) – DEADLINE Jan. 1

During Phase Three of the comprehensive improvement planning process, schools and districts are required to complete and submit the following diagnostics in eProve:

• Professional Development Plan for Schools
• Professional Development Plan for Districts
• Comprehensive School Improvement Plan
• Comprehensive District Improvement Plan
• Executive Summary for Schools
• Executive Summary for Districts
• Closing the Achievement Gap Diagnostic
• The Superintendent Gap Assurance

The purpose of the diagnostics is to encourage thoughtful reflection of a school’s and district's current state to move to the desired state. Schools and districts also must address critical needs specified in the Needs Assessment and align strategies and activities to those needs. The deadline for submitting the diagnostics is Jan. 1.

The required CSIP/CDIP goals for 2020-2021 include the following:

• Proficiency
• Separate Academic Indicator
• Achievement Gap
• Growth (elementary and middle only)
• Transition Readiness (high school only)
• Graduation Rate (high school only)

The offline goal-building templates will assist in the development of goals, objectives, strategies and activities. Once completed to satisfaction, the document should be uploaded into the eProve platform with the appropriate Comprehensive School/District Improvement Plan Diagnostic.

District diagnostics should be completed at the systems level in eProve, while schools complete diagnostics at the school level. For additional information regarding creating new diagnostics, consult the eProve user manual.

The COVID-19 2020-2021 Improvement Planning guidance document provides information and options for developing goals for the 2020-2021 school year in the absence of K-PREP data. District superintendents and school principals are encouraged to review this guidance as well as the Improvement Planning 2020 Webinar as they engage in the planning process.

Visit the Comprehensive Improvement Planning webpage for additional guidance on improvement plans. Email Natasha Stein or Ruth Swanson with eProve questions and assistance.

Those receiving this at KSB and KSD, please make sure all employees receive it. Also, ATC principals are asked to forward it to their staffs.

Please send your questions, comments and suggestions on Monday Message to Jennifer Ginn by 10 a.m. Friday to be published in the upcoming week.