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<div style="padding-left: 216pt; text-indent: 36pt; "><b>SIF Data Collection Made Easy!</b></div>
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<div><font size="3"> Be prepared for the SIF Data collection! Data submission for the <u>state</u> funded SIF grant that focuses on improving student achievement will be Oct. 29-Nov. 30. </font></div>
<div><font size="3"><i> </i>Some districts will have carry-over for 2009-10; ODE requires districts to <b>report only on 2008-09 actual expenditures</b> at this time.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3"><b> Here’s how to get started: </b></font></div>
<div style="text-indent: 36pt; "><font size="3">TIP # 1: <b>CELEBRATE</b>…ODE has made this collection easier than last year’s! </font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="3">TIP # 2: <b>FORWARD</b> this e-mail to your district’s SIF program grant manager.</font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="3">TIP # 3: <b>USE </b>the<b> </b>SIF Data Collection<b> </b><font size="4"><b>Instructions</b></font><font size="4" color="#1F497D"><b> </b></font><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><b>(click link below)</b></font><b>
</b><a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/opportunities/grants/nclb/title_i/a_basicprograms/schoolimprovement/sif-07-09-data-submission-instructions.pdf"><font color="#0000FF"><u><b>http://www.ode.state.or.us/opportunities/grants/nclb/title_i/a_basicprograms/schoolimprovement/sif-07-09-data-submission-instructions.pdf</b></u></font></a><b>.</b>
The SIF Data Collection <i>cannot be completed successfully </i>without using the instructions. Print the instructions; use the scale of 1-10 and the multiple choice answers (<i>provided only in the instructions)</i> to draft your answers. As only a small
number of characters are possible for the narrative answers, ODE has provided for your convenience very brief narrative answers to use as models.</font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="3">TIP # 4: <b>SEE</b> your submitted answers from last year’s data collection <i>when</i> you enter the collection; this information is not available prior to October 29. </font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="3">TIP # 5: <b>DON’T WAIT </b>to see the Web Form when the collection opens—it has <i>no</i> instructions; the data collection cannot be completed <i>successfully </i>without consulting the instructions.</font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="3">TIP # 6: <b>DRAFT </b>your answers in Word using the instructions; copy and paste them into the data collection when it opens. </font></div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; "><font size="3">TIP # 7: <b>COMPLETE</b> your data entry prior to Thanksgiving Week (the holiday, furlough day, floating furlough days) so ODE may assist you, if needed. </font></div>
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<div style="text-indent: 36pt; "><font size="3">If you have questions regarding the instructions, please e-mail Julie Anderson at <a href="mailto:julie.anderson@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>julie.anderson@state.or.us</u></font></a> or Mike Wiltfong
at <a href="mailto:Michael.wiltfong@state.or"><font color="#0000FF"><u>Michael.wiltfong@state.or</u></font></a>. If you’d like us to call, please e-mail your phone number. Thank you.</font></div>
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