12-21-18 Field Memo

Commissioner’s Weekly Field Memo
Friday, December 21, 2018

Full memo

Notes from Commissioner Wagner

We wish each of you safe and happy holidays, and will send the next Field Memo on January 4.

1. RIDE releases School Report Cards
2. Update on education regulations
3. Staff updates at RIDE

From the R.I. Department of Education (RIDE)

4. Application for new Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs released

5. Request for summer and 2019-20 course providers in the Advanced Course Network

6. Registration open for state assessment data workshops in January
7. RIDE to pull student data for assessment registration in January

8. Update on approved Certification Regulations

9. Data collection

From other state and federal agencies

10. Federal Commission on School Safety releases comprehensive resource guide for keeping students, teachers safe at school
11. Reminder: CCRI hiring Program Director for Pathways to STEM Apprenticeship Initiative

From other organizations

12. WIDA to host annual conference in Rhode Island!
13. Reminder: Elementary and middle school students invited to 2019 Project Providence event
14. Learning opportunity from Smithsonian Libraries
15. The Henry Ford launches fifth year of Innovation Nation Teacher Awards
16. The Children + Youth Cabinet announces award of $300,000 federal grant