We are entering that CNA time of year when most of us are getting ready to administer surveys to all stakeholders. When you create your surveys, don’t forget to include questions about Title IV. Remember it is mandatory to do a Title IV survey every 3 years. Why not make it a part of your … Read more
How are your LEA plans looking? There are some districts who had their plans returned due to a kink in the system. Most of these districts were those who had transferred funds from Title II and/or Title IV to Title I. It appears MDE had to return the reallocated amounts back to the original allocation … Read more
Happy New Year! As we enter the last half of the 2019-2020 school year, may your days be richly blessed! May you and your loved ones stay healthy and safe. May your LEA plans, schoolwide plans, and school improvement plans be approved quickly! May your monitoring visits be stress-free with no findings. But most importantly, … Read more
This is one of the best conferences for federal programs out there. It was previously titled the National Title I Conference. If you can make it, I would recommend going. https://www.eseanetwork.org/CONFERENCE
I hope you are enjoying this beautiful sunny day! I want to let you know that the FY20 monitoring instrument and accompanying documents are now uploaded in MCAPS. For those of you who are NOT being monitored, this instrument is supposed to be good for three years. If you were working under the old instrument, … Read more
One of Melissa Garrison’s schools had a great idea for the Annual Title I Meetings. They will hold the meeting and video it. They will then post the video on Facebook. Parents can then view at the time best for them. They can write their name as a sign-in and/or click the like button to … Read more
Does your District use Title I Crate? My principals in Forrest County do not like the word “rejection” on the evidence that doesn’t meet the criteria? I’ve found that one can change the word on the rejection notices. What word do you think would be not quite as offensive as “rejection”? I’ve thought about – … Read more
MDE Monitoring Update: As noted earlier, MDE revised the monitoring instrument to clarify some indicators and remove redundant indicators. This has resulted in indicator labels changing. If your district uses Title I Crate, you may want to check the new instrument before uploading anything. To my knowledge, Title I Crate has not been provided the … Read more
PROCUREMENT UPDATE At the monitoring training, Dr. Judy Nelson clarified the coding of software. If the software is purchased as a subscription and is online, then it should be coded as a service. This would be in the 300s, but could be a 400 object code. This will impact when quotes must be obtained. If … Read more
I hope everyone is having a beautiful weekend! Isn’t this cool weather great? Be on the lookout for the updated FY20 monitoring instrument in MCAPS. Several of us attended a training session this past week. We received some helpful hints. I will pass some of these along as we go through the year. And I’m … Read more
Your FY19 revision deadline is October 17. Want a few Title revision hints? Many of us received reduced FY19 reallocated funds. A revision can be frustrating, since changes to the fiscal plan can result in changes to the PPA page, which then necessitates touching every school. My suggestion is to make as many changes as … Read more