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October 21, 2015

Kelly Ingram, Director Debbie Hamilton, Education Specialist

Richard Blair: State and Federal Update: Assessment and Accountability LaShonda Evans: Counselor’s Corner Danette Thornton: Federal Programs

Debbie Hamilton: Program Update

Agenda

New Statewide Evaluation System Welcome/Introductions/ Agenda Review pp Accountability and Assessment Updates and Supports Activity Why Do I Lead? A Guide to Hiring the Best Teachers An Introduction to Behavior-Based Interviewing

State and Federal Updates: Assessment and Accountability

Richard Blair Senior Education Specialist

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Assessment Update

• ETS and Pearson share testing responsibilities
• Test Operations Management System (TOMS) “functional”
• December EOC precode data file upload (if done) must be

completed by October 16

• ETS has loaded previous “failers” to TOMS
• All EOC tests will be paper in December

Priority and Focus Schools

• Priority – 5% of Title I schools (all students)
• Focus – 10% of Title I schools (all groups)
• 3 Year List – 2015-16 is year 3
• Requirements for exit have not been announced
• New list created based on 2015-16 test data

Federal Accountability Update

PBMAS Update

• Confidential reports in TEASE Accountability Application on
• Aug. 6
• Districts should be working on plans addressing any area

with a 2 or higher performance level

• Staging information released 10/5
• Interventions based on staging not released until later this

month

• Trainings – Oct. 21, Oct. 27 (FULL)

State Accountability Update

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Commissioner’s Decisions

• Released Tuesday, Oct. 6
• Will not remain at Phase I
• Will not move to Phase II
• Phase-in model no more
• Standard progression model
• Regular, incremental increases
• Avoids lager, “jumps” in standards

Commissioner’s Decisions

Counselor’s Corner: Updates

LaShonda Evans Education Specialist

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House Bill 2398 FAFSA 2016 The Counselors’ Corner Newsletter Upcoming Conferences & Trainings

• Failure to attend school is decriminalized
• Encourages school attendance by

creating simple civil judicial procedures through which children are held accountable for excessive school absences

• Justice and municipal courts, which

currently handle most cases regarding failure to attend, will continue to handle these cases, acting in a special capacity as truancy courts

• Judges retain same remedial options to

deal with conduct as exists under current law

• Crime of parent contributing to

non-attendance remains, fees limited based on number of

• ffenses
• New $50 court cost for truancy

cases to be retained by the county

• Strengthens guidelines for truancy

prevention and intervention measures

• Expunction of past truancy

conviction record

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 FAFSA News and Enhancements - Upcoming Changes on the 2017–18 FAFSA

• Starting with the 2017–18 FAFSA, the application will be available earlier and will

request older income information.

• The 2017–18 FAFSA will be available for applicants to fill out beginning on Oct.

1, 2016. This is three months earlier than the traditional FAFSA launch date of January 1. The October launch date will continue in subsequent years.

• The 2017–18 FAFSA will request information from applicants' 2015 tax returns.

For instance, the 2016–17 FAFSA will require 2015 tax information, which many applicants will not have available in time for school or state deadlines that fall early in 2016.

• Information for students is available at StudentAid.gov/fafsa-changes.

 FAFSA News and Enhancements - Draft 2016–17 FAFSA Available for Comment

• Federal Student Aid has released the draft 2016–17 FAFSA, Student Aid

Report (SAR), and SAR Acknowledgement for public comment.

• Changes for 2016–17 include the following:

 On the paper FAFSA, the pages have been reordered so that the instructions appear in a single area of the document.  The student's list of schools will continue to be shared with the student's state agency but not with the colleges.  FAFSA and IRS Outreach

• The office of Federal Student Aid has partnered with the IRS to inform

citizens of services available, including free help with tax filing through the VITA program.

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Gender I nfinity Annual Conference – “Caring For Transgender & Gender Diverse Youth”; October 23, 2015 at the Council on Recovery, 303 Jackson Hill St., Houston, TX; http://www.genderinfinity.com National Dropout Prevention Network Conference; October 25-28, 2015 at the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, TX http://dropoutprevention.org/conferences/2015-national-dropout-prevention- network-conference/ National Career Pathways Network Annual Conference; October 28-30, 2015 at the Sheraton Dallas, Dallas, TX; http://www.ncpn.info/2015-ncpn-conf.php 2016 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Scholarship Counselor Brunch ‘n Learn Session November 3, 2015 at the NRG Center, Houston TX (2nd floor) – 9:30 AM; https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HK7FZ7B (Please RSVP here) Texas Counseling Association’s 59th Annual Professional Growth Conference; November 4 – 7, 2015 at the Omni Hotel & American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, TX; http://www.txca.org/tca/PGC.asp Houston Daycare Conference – “Preventing Child Abuse One Child At A Time”; December 5, 2015 at Collaborative For Children, 1111 North Loop West, Houston, TX; http://www.preventchildabusetexas.org/houston_day_care_12-5-15.html 2015 Statewide Parental I nvolvement Conference; December 10 – 12, 2015 at the Arlington Convention Center, Arlington, TX

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Federal Programs: Updates

Danette Thornton Education Specialist

Placemat Activity: Why Do I Lead?

Connections to Book Gift

In your table groups: Using a marker, draw a circle on your piece of chart paper and then draw a smaller circle within it.

Next, divide the circle by the number

• f people at your

table. With each person taking one of the sections, answer the following question: Why do I lead? Finally, once you have finished with your own answers, work as a group to compile a master list which you will then list in the center circle.

Make a difference

• n a greater level

Not a follower Your master list

• n

which you’ve collaborated

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New Statewide E valuation System: Program Update

Debbie Hamilton Education Specialist

A Guide to Hiring the Best Teachers: An Introduction to Behavior-Based Interviewing

Final Thoughts

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Debbie Hamilton Education Specialist Region 4 Education Service Center 7145 W. Tidwell Dr. Houston, TX 77092 debra.hamilton@esc4.net 713.744.6591

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