AND....NYSED has posted information for the School Comprehensive Education Plan (SCEP) development.  See the link for information at:  School Comprehensive Education Plan (SCEP) 

The School Comprehensive Education Plan (SCEP) is the tool developed by the Department to support schools in planning and organizing their improvement efforts in the upcoming year.  Any school that is supported through the Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) support model, the Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI) support model, or the Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) support model will be required to work with stakeholders to develop an SCEP for the upcoming school year.  The Department has organized the work teams will do into six different team activities prior to writing the SCEP:

• Envision: Exploring Your Vision, Values, and Aspirations

• Analyze: Internal and External Data

• Analyze: Survey Data

• Analyze: Tenet 1 Systems and Structures

• Listen: Student Interviews

• Putting It All Together: SCEP Planning Document

• 2023-24 SCEP Template

DUE:  July 15, 2023

Data Requests:

• The Data Team is processing Infinite Campus issues/questions and Data Requests as well as Classlink through Let’s Talk. This allows the Data Team to efficiently monitor requests and ensure timelines are met. 

Schoolzilla:

Schoolzilla will be deleting accounts with apps.schenectady.k12.ny.us and schenectady.k12.ny.us. You will now login using schenectadyschools.org.

Elementary Placement Cards:

We will be working with buildings to provide virtual placement cards for the year 23-24.

Training:

We will be providing training on how to link Attendance Codes to Behaviors. 

Dates: Wednesday, April 26th from  2:30-3:30 

            Google Link:meet.google.com/xjz-ktvy-mic

            Thursday, April 27, 2023 from 2:30 to 3:30 

            Google Link: meet.google.com/aac-udqq-zvz

If you would like training or a refresher on topics regarding Infinite Campus please reach out to the Data Team through Let’s Talk-Infinite Campus.

We are very excited to share that in the very near future, the Transportation Dept will be resuming the use of Tripfinder for field trip requests! Transportation's staff will be scheduling an on-site visit at all schools to train on-site staff on how the software works. Tripfinder will allow the field trip process to be paperless, give the schools real-time access to their trips and monitor them from start to finish. It will also create a documented history for each school's trips, so they will be able to research previous trips for historical data. 

We will also be offering additional support and training for Viewfinder during the visit. 

After the Tripfinder training is complete, we will review the Viewfinder component of the software and answer any questions the staff may have. 

UPK 3 and 4 year old applications are available 4/6/23.  We are doing online registration for grades Kindergarten - 12 right now and hope to open it up for all UPK by May.  

Registration for Kindergarten and all of September enrollments has begun; we are trying to do more online registration with our kindergarteners at this time. 

Please remember when filling out the change of address form to send them by email individually per family.  Also remember to include all family members living in the same household that the address change pertains to.  

For Administrators: It is that time of year where we are auditing evaluations to ensure all have been processed. Please reach out with any questions or issues.

Contact Natasha Bangaroo at bangarooh@schenectadyschools.org with questions.

Home School/Instruction continues to be supported for 2022-2023! If you have interested families looking for information, please inquire to see that they have reviewed their intent with the Principal or Counselors.  Please provide them with the following: 

Questions regarding home instruction should be directed to Connie Miller at 518-464-3982 and/or homeschooling@neric.org.

Documents may be submitted via email to homeschooling@neric.org or hard copies mailed to the address below:

Attn:  Connie Miller

Capital Region BOCES

900 Watervliet Shaker Road

Albany, NY 12205

Annual assessment requirements:

Per NYSED Regulations 100.10 Home Instruction - Homeschooled families are required by NYSED to submit an assessment for each year.  This states:

h.  Annual assessment. At the time of filing the fourth quarterly report as specified in the IHIP, the parent shall also file an annual assessment in accordance with this subdivision. The annual assessment shall include the results of a commercially published norm referenced achievement test which meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subdivision, or an alternative form of evaluation which meets the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subdivision.

1. Commercially published norm-referenced achievement tests.

i.  The test shall be selected by the parent from one of the following: the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the California Achievement Test, the Stanford Achievement Test, the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, the Metropolitan Achievement Test, a State Education Department test, or another test approved by the State Education Department.

ii.  The test shall be administered in accordance with one of the following options, to be selected by the parents:
a.  at the public school, by its professional staff;...

In this instance, if a family requests for their child to be tested at school, the public school coordinates a space for the student to come in on the days of testing administration for the student(s) to test.

A few families have reached out already to request this - it is our duty to provide this option.

Please contact Tracy Angelini, if you have any questions.

Grants are picking up and we are working smart to review all new opportunities...

REMINDER - ALL schools have designated dollars within the Consolidated Application for Title Funding that is open and available.  Each building Principal has received an email from OPA about this funding availability - in supplies and might be a best source for Participatory Budget (for CSI Schools) items for 22-23.

Preparation for 23-24 Consolidated Application for Title Funding has begun - Principals, please look for emails to coordinate stakeholder meetings that provide information on what Title Funding is and how the district utilizes the funding.  Yay!!

Please contact Tracy Angelini at angelinit@schenectadyschools.org, if you have any questions.

REMINDER -  Participatory Budget process and ordering should be complete!   

Timeline for 2021-2022 Participatory Budgeting

1.       By January 31, 2023, all PB teams will be identified and the process has begun.

2.       By March 30, 2023, PB teams will have completed their work.  The project(s) have been selected by the students and parents via

 voting and the results shared with the Assistant Director of Grants.

3.       By April 4, 2023, all requisitions for the winning projects are entered and the PO’s are in the process for approval.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Tracy Angelini.