3/7/2014
Last month, the department asked that resident educator program coordinators share the news about deadline extensions for RESA Tasks 2, 3, 4 and 5 to midnight Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, June 1, 2014. The complete news item on this topic includes explains that the department made change in deadlines because of the extreme weather and related school closures. To ensure that all candidates are able to complete the work, the department and Teachscape strongly recommend that candidates follow the original submission schedule. Look inside for tips for staying on track and a suggested timeline.
3/7/2014
Memorandum 2013-1 notified districts that an agreed upon IEP can no longer serve as prior written notice (PWN) to families.
3/6/2014
The Center for Instructional Supports and Accessible Materials (CISAM) has just released a new online training opportunity, CISAM AIM Training Series (CATS), that provides information for the implementation of accessible instructional materials (AIM). The series is broken into 5 modules for easy access to specific AIM-related information.
3/6/2014
The K-3 Literacy Measure will appear on Ohio’s A-F Report Card in 2014. This grade answers the question—are more students learning to read in Kindergarten through third grade? The 2014 report card will report some results. The 2015 report card will display one grade for Kindergarten through Grade 3.
3/5/2014
In this Know! Alert we are warning teachers and school administrators about youth getting high on cough syrup. While young people abusing cough medicine is nothing new, is seems to have grown again in popularity, with one in 10 teens partaking nationwide.