4-26-19 Field Memo
Commissioner’s Weekly Field Memo
Friday, April 26, 2019
Full memo
Notes from Commissioner Wagner
- Parents invited to learn more about ProvParents organization
- “How to Make Rhode Island Schools Better”
Thank you for the opportunity to serve,
Ken
From the R.I. Department of Education (RIDE)
Professional Learning
- RIDE launches Educator Course Network
Principals
- Student Advisory Council nominations due today
Leadership
- Last Call! NISL Application for 2019-20 due May 1, 2019
Certification
- Request for public feedback on recommendations for CTE Teacher certification degree requirements
PrepareRI
- PrepareRI 2019-20 Ambassador Applications launched!
Computer Science
- Girls Go CyberStart winners
- Computer Science for Rhode Island (CS4RI) Professional Development
Educator Voice
- “Early Literacy, Foundational Phonics, and Deaf Students”
Special Education
- Data collection schedule for reporting students receiving Coordinated Early Intervening Services
Educator Evaluation
- Former system, Educator Performance and Support System (EPSS), to close down May 25, 2019
Curriculum
- Save the Date: Information session about high quality curriculum adoption
English Learners
- Incomplete or RIDE Not Approved EL Performance Reports may delay FY20 CRP approval
Health
- Annual School Health Report forms posted on eRIDE
Nutrition
- Support Summer Meals!
Education Funding
- RIDE updates calculations of education aid to reflect March data, posts local aid payment rates for FY 2020
- 2020 Consolidated Resource Plan (CRP) application open, due dates set
RIDE Employment
- Sr. Database Administrator position posted
Legal
- Commissioner Wagner provides guidance about field trip funding
- Commissioner’s Decisions posted
From other state and federal agencies
- Massachusetts search for next Commissioner of Early Education and Care
From other organizations
- RILINK awarded LSTA grant for Project Read: Feed Your Mind and Your Heart
- Students and families invited to view special screening of “The Fence Between Us” on May 2
- Student film debut at Moses Brown School on May 2
- Free 2019 Teachers’ Financial Literacy Summer Institute, apply by May 10
- Students invited to submit to Write Rhode Island: City Stories!
- Perspectives and Promising Practices in Personalized Learning on June 8
- Generation Teach looking to hire coaches for the summer!
- Summer Institute opportunity on multisensory instruction from July 8-19
- Writing on Location: Rhode Island, July 22-26
- Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence