Monthly Communication

Welcome to the monthly Continuous Improvement and State & Federal Programs communication. The purpose is to contextualize Continuous Improvement into our daily work, to efficiently complete all State and Federal Program tasks, and to promote moving these tasks past simple compliance.

This communication is sent to administrators in Congressional District 2, but is applicable statewide. If this was forwarded to you, you are welcome to subscribe.

• Important Dates
• 31a and Count Day
• MICIP Collaboration Series
• ESSER III Presentation
• AER Roundup
• 98b Progress Reports

• February Board Meeting - Progress report on goals and benchmark assessment scores (98b)
• February 2 - MASFPS Professional Learning Institute Session 4
• February 15 - AER Posting Deadline
• February 15 - MICIP Collaboration Series Session 2
• February 15 - Final timeline for those that had an ESSER III application extension

February means count day. There are a few important reasons to think about 31a at each count period (October, February, and End of Year):

• Your 31a funding is directly tied to your economically disadvantaged count. The biggest way you can directly impact this is with your F/R priced meals counts. Many districts have moved to community eligibility or are otherwise giving free meals during COVID. Make sure you are still getting as many students identified as possible to maximize your funding. The Household Information Form is a streamlined way to accomplish this.
• Students must be marked "At Risk" (3060 in MSDS) for two count periods in order to be considered for accountability purposes. Don't wait for the end of the year to mark all your students - they would only make it in for one count.
• I suggest collecting service data from all your 31a funded staff at each count period as well. You'll need this to complete the APFR in July. Don't wait 'till July to try to collect all the data - you will have a hard time connecting with everyone!

Some bonus 31a resources:

• 31a Legislative Summary - There were some changes to 31a this year. This gives a high level overview of those changes.
• Identification and Service Categories - Identification categories are the same this year, but there have been some changes to services.

Session 1 for the statewide MICIP Collaboration Series kicked off on February 1st. Here is everything you need to know:

• Series Dashboard (Links to all resources, presentations, videos)
• Video from Session 1
• Registration Link

Registration is free, you can participate synchronously by joining the zoom or asynchronously by watching the videos and using the resources. You can only get SCECHs by participating synchronously. Here are the remaining dates with the Zoom link. Feel free to add the zoom links to your calendar.

• February 15 - Strategies and Activities. Optional Session: Using the MiStrategyBank. Session 2 Zoom Link
• March 1 - Monitoring and Adjusting. Optional Session: District share out of their MICIP process. Session 3 Zoom Link
• March 15 - Mini-sessions based on participant request. Facilitated work time. Session 4 Zoom Link

Here is a timely presentation on ESSER III From Kevin Walters, MDE. The original presentation was on January 20th to MASFPS members.

If you work with State and Federal Programs and are not already a member, you should consider joining MASFPS to get timely presentations and information like the one shared above.

Re-Post from January Issue: The AER is due to be posted to district and school transparency links no later than February 15, 2022. Here are some resources:

• MISCHOOLDATA AER Page - Everything you need is here. You must be logged in to access the Cover Page Templates.
• MDE Memo and AER FAQ - See the FAQ starting on Page 3.
• Everything you ever wanted to know about the AER - A very helpful resource from the Statewide MISCHOOLDATA PD Network!

Re-Post from January Issue: Districts are required to provide a progress report on building goals to the board (at February board meeting) and to upload those progress reports to the district transparency webpage. A few notes about this:

• Districts do not have to submit the progress reports to MDE.
• Here is an optional progress report template that meets all the requirements of the law. While districts can choose to use a different progress report format, this one was created in collaboration with MDE and MAISA/GELN.
• Full details on 98b/104a (Graphic | Info)

2021-2022 MASFPS Directors’ Workshop Series (Formerly Known as Boot Camp)

• 11 full and half day virtual sessions to support new and veteran educators directing and/or implementing State and Federal Programs.
  
• Registration Link

2021-2022 MASFPS Professional Learning Institute (Replacing the Fall and Winter Institutes)

• 6 half day virtual sessions & one face to face full day session, to support new and veteran educators directing and/or implementing State and Federal Programs.
  
• Registration Link

Muskegon Area ISD (Anyone can join, no registration)

• March 23 at 9:00 (Zoom)
• May 6 - Save the date for MDE Spring Workshop

Ottawa Area ISD (Registration Link - Free, in-person only)

• February 23 at 11:30 (note updated date)

Email: dhundt@muskegonisd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/muskegonisd.org/processes/home
Phone: 231-767-7265