The Technical Advisory Panel for Longitudinal Student Growth will meet at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 19. The public meeting will be held by Zoom.
The meeting agenda will focus on growth participation calculations, ELP on-track growth, and other accountability-related topics.
Visit the TAP webpage for additional information.
CDE is offering new learning cohorts for school and district leaders for the 2022-23 school year to support learning and collaboration in targeted areas of school improvement. Learning cohorts will convene for three to six sessions to learn together, share and observe practices of other schools, and discuss strategies for implementation. The cohorts will meet via Zoom and/or in-person sessions depending on the cohort. Learning cohorts are free to participants. Districts may be required to cover costs of travel if applicable.
CDE will host the following cohorts for the 2202-23 school year:
View the Learning Cohort webpage to apply, and access additional information on each cohort.
This summer, teachers, and leaders are invited to attend Teaching and Learning CoLabs, a new kind of no-cost event that brings together stakeholders from districts, higher education, professional teaching, and other organizations and CDE. The dates and host sites for this summer's CoLabs are:
Schools are encouraged to attend a CoLab in teams, with teachers representing multiple grades and/or content areas. Focus content areas for 2022 include English language arts, health, and physical education, mathematics, science, and computer science. Leadership-focused sessions will be provided for principals and other school leaders.
For more information and to register, see the Teaching and Learning CoLabs website.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program provides students access to fresh fruits and vegetables, which help kids develop lifelong healthy eating habits while experiencing new flavors. Qualified elementary schools may apply to operate FFVP in the Colorado Nutrition Portal. The application window opens on Thursday, May 19, and applications are due by Thursday, June 30.
Elementary schools qualify based on the following criteria:
The fall Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer collection closed on May 6. The fall collection captures student-level data from August 2022 through December 2022. The spring P-EBT collection opens Monday, May 9, and closes Friday, June 17. Information about the spring P-EBT collection will be provided in upcoming CDE Town Hall training sessions.
CDE Town Halls are held every Thursday at 9 a.m. Visit the Data Pipeline Town Hall webpage to access training links and view the upcoming agendas.
For questions, email [email protected].
If you need support for the fall collection, sign up for office hours.
Congratulations to the Colorado state finalists for the 2021-22 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching:
These teachers' applications will be reviewed by a national selection committee convened by the National Science Foundation. PAEMST awardees receive a certificate signed by the President of the United States, a $10,000 award from NSF, and an all-expenses-paid trip for an award ceremony and professional learning and networking opportunities in Washington, D.C.
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching are the highest honors bestowed by the U.S. government for K-12 science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science teachers. The Awards were established by Congress in 1983 and the President may recognize up to 108 exemplary teachers each year.
