From laura.allran at state.or.us Tue Sep 7 11:39:47 2010 From: laura.allran at state.or.us (ALLRAN Laura) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:39:47 -0700 Subject: [SE-Dir] OSL&P: 2010-11 NASDSE Professional Development Series Message-ID: TO: All District and ESD Special Education Directors The message below is being forwarded to you on behalf of: Nancy Latini, PhD Assistant Superintendent Student Learning & Partnerships ______________________________________________ September 7, 2010 RE: 2010-11 NASDSE Professional Development Series The 2010-2011 NASDSE Professional Development Series schedule is now available. This year, the NASDSE (National Association of State Directors of Special Education) Professional Development Series has been improved to add versatility to the way staff access and utilize these conferences to meet professional development needs. The series will feature a new, fully accessible, state-of-the-art web delivery system that includes a searchable knowledge base of information, conference chapters for easy navigation, and accurate transcription of all conference content. Due to changes in this available technology, we have discontinued the satellite downlink portion of the series. Because the conference is a subscription service, the access information is no longer available directly on the ODE website. This information must remain within the state and should not be posted on public websites. We will continue to disseminate the login code via this listserv to special education directors. This login will provide access to the online conference viewing page where all related PowerPoint presentations and resources will be available for download by individual viewers. We will release that information to you via this listserv as soon as it is available, usually 3-4 days prior to the broadcast. The Department will continue to provide DVD copies of the broadcasts for rebroadcast and/or dissemination by ESDs and schools. Should you require further assistance or information, please contact Stella Brown at 503.947.5643, or by email at stella.brown at state.or.us. 2010-11 NASDSE Professional Development Series Schedule: Using Technology to Support Teaching and Learning Available Online Beginning Wednesday, December 8, 2010 after 10 a.m. PT Special Education Teacher Evaluation: Issues and Answers Available Online Beginning Wednesday, January 12, 2011 after 10 a.m. PT Common Core Standards: What They Mean for States and Schools Available Online Beginning Wednesday, March 16, 2011 after 10 a.m. PT Virtual Special Education: Issues and Answers Available Online Beginning Wednesday, May 4, 2011 after 10 a.m. PT If you have any difficulty opening the attached document, please contact Laura Allran at laura.allran at state.or.us or 503-947-5674. 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Scholarship recipients will enroll in the Oregon cohort of the Speech Language Pathology Masters degree program through Nova Southeastern University (NSEU). During the 2007 Regular Legislative Session, House Bill 3141, Section 19 (12), was passed by the 74th Oregon Legislative Assembly. Each biennium, the Department of education may expend up to $150,000 from the State School Fund for the administration of a program to increase the number of speech-language pathologists and speech-language pathology assistants under sections 21 to 25 of this 2007 Act. Through HB 3141 funding, fifty-nine (59) Oregon educators have already been awarded scholarships for further education in Speech Language Pathology, a field identified with a severe shortage of professionals. These fifty-nine speech language pathologists and speech language pathology assistants are currently working in Oregon school districts and, at the same time, are in professional development programs which will result in appropriate professional certification. Districts/ESDs from across the state are involved with the SLP and SLPA cohort programs, and many of the districts are located in the rural sections of the state. Even before the cohort members have completed their programs, the members are sharing their newly-honed skills in Oregon schools. We are anxious to begin an additional Oregon cohort, and invite your district or ESD to apply. The application deadline is October 1, 2010. The SLP program begins in February 2011. Send any questions to Catherine Heaton at catherine.heaton at state.or.us or call her at 503-947-5714. If you have any difficulty opening the attached document, please contact Laura Allran at laura.allran at state.or.us or 503-947-5674. 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Name: Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Cohort III 2010.doc Type: application/msword Size: 84480 bytes Desc: Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Cohort III 2010.doc URL: From laura.allran at state.or.us Mon Sep 13 09:42:02 2010 From: laura.allran at state.or.us (ALLRAN Laura) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:42:02 -0700 Subject: [SE-Dir] OSL&P: ARRA Section 1512 Reporting Due 9/30/10 Message-ID: TO: All District and ESD Special Education Directors The message below is being forwarded to you on behalf of: Nancy Latini, PhD Assistant Superintendent Student Learning & Partnerships ______________________________________________ September 13, 2010 RE: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Section 1512 Reporting Due - District Deadline of 9/30/10 ARRA REPORTING DUE DATE: If you are responsible for reporting or for making sure proper reporting occurs, please read the message below from Sue MacGlashan. I wanted you to be aware of this ARRA reporting date in case you are not getting this message in any other format. Thanks for your attention to this reporting request. - Nancy Latini From: Sue MacGlashan, Assistant Superintendent - Office of Finance and Administration (ODE) By now, all of you are probably well aware of the reporting requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. This law has provided a significant increase in federal support for education at a critical time for states but also requires extensive reporting by entities receiving ARRA funding. Data on the use of ARRA funds by recipients (i.e., the state) and sub-recipients (i.e., local educational agencies and other entities receiving funds through the state) are due to the federal government no later than the 10th day after the end of each calendar quarter. We are approaching the due date for the current quarter's reporting to the federal government - October 10, 2010. No waivers can be granted for Section 1512 reporting; it is mandatory. For the state to meet the federal deadline, ODE's sub-recipients will have to submit their data to ODE by September 30, 2010. ODE's data collection tool titled "Recovery Act Reporting Collection" opened on Thursday, September 2. As with previous rounds of reporting, ODE's reporting system will collect required information for each grant ODE has made to its sub-recipients and the state will report these data to the federal government on your behalf. Your reporting needs to include cumulative data on your ARRA activities from February 17, 2009, through September 30, 2010 - with the exception of the job data. You should report your job data for the July 1-September 30 quarter only (i.e., not cumulatively). To assist you with reporting, there is a button entitled "Pre-Populate with Previous Quarter's Data and Save" that - when selected - will pre-populate the collection and save with the previous quarter's data on job impact, infrastructure and vendors. If there are no changes from your previous submission, your data have been saved and you can exit the collection. Or the pre-populate feature can be used as your starting point if you need to make changes; i.e., you can pre-populate and then simply update only those fields needing revisions, such as "Jobs Impact Methodology." When you are finished with your edits, hit the "Save" button when ready to submit and this will overwrite any previous data entries. The date and time stamp will be updated each time the "Save" button is pushed. Updates Made Last Quarter to ODE's Collection Tool: 1. When discussing our reporting with the federal government, they inquired which methodology was used to calculate jobs data. To be able to answer this question, we needed to enhance the data collection tool and you must now select the methodology you used to calculate jobs created and retained. The new feature is very simple. The tool has a drop-down menu with two options - "General" or "Definite Term" - and you simply need to select the methodology you are using. Section 3 of ODE's FAQ document addresses job reporting and questions 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 specifically address the general and definite term methodology. 2. As noted in an earlier communication, there was to be a change to how vendor data are reported; consequently, ODE added a "Payment Date" field to the data collection tool. This will assist us in our review of the discreet individual vendor payments reported. The completion of this field is required when reporting new vendor payments. You are not required to complete this field for those vendor payments that were pre-populated using the "Pre-Populate with Previous Quarter's Data and Save" button. For your reference, here is a link to the ODE's FAQ document on Section 1512 reporting. http://stimulus.k12partners.org/content/frequently-asked-questions-about-reporting-under-american-recovery-and-reinvestment-act-200-1 Also for your reference, listed below are the ODE contacts for each ARRA grant. For more information, please contact (to search the staff directory, click http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/staff/staff.aspx). Grant Title Grant Manager ODE Contact IDEA Part B, Section 611 Steve Smith Steve Smith IDEA Part B, Section 619 Nancy Johnson-Dorn Nancy Johnson-Dorn IDEA Part C Nancy Johnson-Dorn Nancy Johnson-Dorn SFSF Michael Wiltfong Michael Wiltfong CNP Heidi Dupuis Heidi Dupuis Title IA Janet Bubl Janet Bubl Title IID Technology Carla Wade Carla Wade Homeless Dona Bolt Dona Bolt School Improvement Tryna Luton Tryna Luton As always, thank you for your assistance in helping the State of Oregon comply with the reporting requirements of ARRA. Without you, we would not be successful! If you have any difficulty opening the links, please contact Laura Allran at laura.allran at state.or.us or 503-947-5674. Messages to and from this e-mail address may be made available to the public under Oregon law. ===========End of Message============ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: