Region+Updates


 * Regional SDE Updates and Information **

**Winter 2018 Meeting Discussion Items - Quick Links (More Info Below) ** > For over 20 years, Alabama’s colleges and universities that prepare teachers have been required to provide assistance if a new teacher assigned in-field needed support. This guarantee is applicable only to individuals who have completed a Class B (undergraduate) or Alternative Class A (master’s degree level) program approved by the Alabama State Board of Education. Here is a list of Alabama’s educator preparation institutions, along with the name and email address of the person who should be contacted if a new educator assigned in-field experiences difficulties during the first two years of employment: >
 * Link to Request ALSDE Support: [|goo.gl/LGvlPO]
 * Student Advisory/Workforce Development Resources and Data
 * School Poverty Reporting - See Memo [|FY18-2052]
 * FAFSA School and District Data, Resources, and 12th Grade Economics Lesson Plan - see below.
 * ACHE / USDE "Confidentiality and User" Agreement - see below.
 * AAA Principal Meetings (United Way of Central Alabama): March 14th, April 18th, May 16th, June 18th
 * Teaching Universities Supporting Teachers in the Field
 * UA Rural Medicine Scholars - https://cchs.ua.edu/ruralprograms/
 * Rural Minority Health Scholars (12th Graders), Due March 1
 * Rural Health Scholars (11th Graders), Due March 15
 * National Board
 * National Board Support for New Candidates and Grant Awardees
 * Request [|ATLAS Group Access] for School or PLC
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mentoring Support
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">AAMU RIC Huntsville Area Monthly Saturday Sessions - Contact Dr. Tammy Alexander
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">JSU Little River Canyon Center in Ft. Payne (Begins in August) [[file:NB 2017-2018 courses.docx]]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|A-F Online Report Card] Dashboard (January 2018)


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assessments **
 * Alabama Assessments Decision Chart (September 2017) [[file:Alabama Assessments Decision_Chart_for_2017-2018.pdf]]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Civic Exam **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">12th Civics Exam - Administered by LEA beginning 2018-2019 school year.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Civics Practice Tests, Resources, and Test]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Draft of Sample Questions [[file:Civics Test.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click [|here] to save a copy of a Civics test I put together in your Google drive. Test is scored automatically and feeds into a spreadsheet for school or district.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">FAFSA **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Schools can sign up for this school year’s Cash for College campaign now! Please urge your school contacts to visit [] to sign up.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Alabama Possible [|Statewide FAFSA Completion Rates by High School](includes comparison data from previous year)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> [|ACHE FAFSA Completion Data] (by Year, District, School, Completion Maps, Resources, etc. )
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|FAFSA Senior Economics Lesson Plan]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">ACHE / USDE "Confidentiality and User" Agreement [[file:FY18-4002.pdf]]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Data Resources **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Data-Friendly Resource for School Teams
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|PARCA Data and Charts] (ASPIRE, ACT, and Going-Going Rates) - Scroll to bottom of page.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Student Advisory/Workforce Development Resources and Data


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dual Enrollment **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|University of Alabama Early College] (UAEC) - Completely online with discount rate for tuition Per Robin Nelson (Email 7/1/17): Please continue to include course crosswalks and credits awarded in the articulation agreements with your institutions of higher education. Keep the agreements on file at your local high schools and central office.
 * [|UAEC Course List]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|SDE Dual Enrollment Crosswalks] for Math, Science, History, and English (July 2017)


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ESSA **
 * Federal Programs - ESSA Update (May 2017) [[file:Federal Programs Coordinators May 16 Template.pdf]]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Essentials Pathway Math Sequence Options]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This document provides a listing of different Essentials Pathway math course options available beginning in the 2017-2018 school year, including course code numbers.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"Failing School" Information (Summit Dates, Documentation, Resources, etc.)


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Grant Opportunities **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Blue Cross Blue Shield Caring Foundation Grants for Schools and Districts] (Health, Wellness, and Education)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Grants]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">High School Diploma Options **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">High School Diploma Options for adults who dropped out or earned completion certificates (NEW)[[file:FY16-4018.pdf]]- Contact your region's [|Adult Education Coordinator] for more information.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">FAQs and Requirements (11/2016) [[file:UPDATED-FAQs for HSO - updated 11-2016.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">High School Diplomas for World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War Veterans [[file:FY17-2046.pdf]]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pay Raise by Graduate Degree **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ALSDE Memo (October 2016) - Regarding those who completed degrees BEFORE 2017-2018[[file:FY17-2004.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ALSDE Memo (Feb. 2017) - Regarding those who complete degrees 2017-2018 and after [[file:FY17-2033.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Pay Raise Act]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**REACH** [|Student Advisory Curriculum] (NEW), Grades 5-12
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">If you do not have login credentials for this ALSDE Sharepoint site, contact your school system's person responsible for Ed Directory and ask him/her to assign you as a "REACH Lead Adviser." Principals, counselors, assistant principals, system-level curriculum coordinators, career coaches, and counseling coordinators should already have login credentials per Ed Directory.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ALSDE Art and World Language Textbook Recommendations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Textbooks **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Art [[file:Ballot - Bid Tabulation - Arts Education.xlsx]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">World Language [[file:Ballot - Bid Tabulation - World Languages.xlsx]]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Virtual Field Trips, K-12 **
 * ALEX <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[| K-12 Virtual Field Trip Calendar]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">SDE Newsletters **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">October 2017 [[file:TELEGRAM-OCT-2017.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">November 2017 [[file:TELEGRAM-NOV-2017.pdf]]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2017-2018 Curriculum and Instruction Meetings
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Events /PD **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|2017-2018 C&I PPTS]
 * [|February 2018 C&I Webinar] PPT[[file:CI Webinar.CombinedPPT with notes.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2016-2017 [|Curriculum and Instruction Meetings] PPTS