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April 4, 2022
This email provides a preview of what's available in the online monthly CDE Update for superintendents. CDE will continue to release special editions of the CDE Update as needed. Past editions of the CDE Update are available on our website.

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Toolkit available to communicate with K-3 teachers about required teacher training
A communications toolkit is available for districts to use to encourage teachers to complete the READ Act training and submit documentation through the Colorado Online Licensing System. The toolkit features sample webpage copy for district websites, sample letters for superintendents and principals to send to teachers, posters for teacher workrooms with reminders of the upcoming August 2022 deadlines, and instructions on how to check educators’ training status in the COOL system.  

The August 2022 deadlines are quickly approaching, and each Local Education Provider in Colorado is responsible for ensuring their K-3 teachers complete this required training, and for providing evidence to CDE that their educators have finished the training.

CDE has worked to create a way for evidence to be more easily submitted to the department using the COOL system. This minimizes the burden of data submissions on districts. If LEPs do not submit evidence to CDE that their educators have completed the training, READ Act funds for the 2022-23 school year could be delayed or withheld. The deadline for teacher training data submission is Wednesday, Aug. 31.

For any questions about the requirements or help submitting evidence, email ReadAct@cde.state.co.us

Accountability, Performance & Support

  • The State Board of Education is expected to notice rules on accountability at its April meeting. Public input will be accepted through May, and the state board is expected to vote in June.
  • Thank you to the 45,000 educators and staff who participated in the TLCC survey. Results will be available this spring for schools and districts that met the participation criteria.
  • The State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education, in collaboration with CDE, is collecting promising partnership practices from across the state to publish in the seventh annual Promising Partnership Practices -- Colorado book. 

Assessments  

  • The spring 2022 CMAS, PSAT, SAT and CoAlt testing schedule is available.
  • The PSAT/SAT student biographical data window is tentatively scheduled to open on Monday, May 16, and close on Tuesday, May 24. The CMAS SBD window is tentatively scheduled to open on Thursday, May 19, and close on Wednesday, June 1.

Educator Talent

  • At its March meeting, the State Board of Education approved several new programs that offer a principal endorsement, increasing the total number of approved programs to 18. 
  • Colorado Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2-6. The 2022 Teacher Appreciation toolkit will be released via The Scoop by the end of April.

ESSA

  • Applications for ESSA funds are due Thursday, June 30. The paper application is available on CDE's website and can be a helpful planning tool. 
  • A resource has been created to support new directors, coordinators or other personnel responsible for implementation of ESSA programs at the local level.

Organizational Effectiveness 

  • The Report Card March collection is due Saturday, April 9.
  • The Alternative Education Campus Application/Renewal Collection is due Friday, April 29. The Planned Measures Collection for the 2022 AEC School Performance Frameworks is also due Friday, April 29. 
  • The four-day school week application for 2021-22 is open. These applications must be submitted by Wednesday, May 11.  Districts may also request school code changes for the 2022-23 school year by Thursday, June 30.

Postsecondary Readiness 

  • The 2022-23 Concurrent Enrollment Expansion & Innovation Grant program application is available. The grant awards up to $50,000 per approved applicant to be used through June 30, 2023. 
  • The Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation Program allows for qualified high school students in an educator pathway to receive funding for up to two years of college tuition. Interested districts should submit an Intent to Participate by Monday, April 11. 
  • The Colorado Youth Career Fair will take place Monday, April 18 - Thursday, April 21, from 4-7 p.m. All sessions will offer a virtual option via Zoom, and some sessions will also be held in person.

Teaching and Learning

 
Standards and Instructional Support
  • The social studies standards revision committee will present public feedback received on the recommended revisions at the April State Board of Education meeting.    
Preschool through 3rd Grade Office
  • The window for the 2021-22 READ budget submissions and data collection opened on Friday, April 1. The deadline to submit budget information is Thursday, June 30, and the deadline for the data collection information is Friday, July 1.
     
  • The deadline is approaching for K-3 teachers to submit evidence to the COOL system that they completed their evidence-based training in teaching reading. Teachers must complete the training by Aug. 1 and submit their documentation by Aug. 15.
Visit the COVID-19 Resources for Schools webpage for additional resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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