1. DESE and Office of College and Career Readiness Update
MCCTA Spring Conference
February 12, 2015
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
February 2015

2. DESE Updates
Sharon Helwig,
Assistant Commissioner

3. Career Education Updates
Dennis Harden, Coordinator

4. Staff Updates
Chris Dzurick, Supervisor, BMIT and State FBLA/PBL Advisor
Monica Silvey, Administrative Assistant to Dennis Harden
Current Openings
Agriculture Education Area Supervisor
Skilled Technical Sciences Supervisor/SkillsUSA Director
½ Time Pathways to Prosperity Director (MidMissouri)
Since summer conference, we have a couple of new staff additions: Chris Dzurick and Monica Silvey. We currently have openings in Ag Ed, Skilled Technical Sciences/SkillsUSA and ½ time Pathways to Prosperity Director in Mid Missouri.

5. Perkins Updates Year 9 Extension FY2014 Performance Tiered Monitoring
State Plan Revisions
Negotiate levels of performance for Year 9
FY2014 Performance
Secondary – Academic Attainment/Mathematics
Postsecondary- Credential, Certificate or Degree
Tiered Monitoring
Since Congress has not reauthorized Perkins, we are in the process of preparing our spring submission to the US Department of Education. We will be submitting a few state plan revisions which are very minimal. Primarily wording corrections and deleting information which is no longer in place. We will also be negotiating our levels of performance for Year 9. For the two secondary academic attainment measures, we will continue to follow our NCLB waiver percentages. The levels of performance for the other core indicators of performance will be negotiated upward by only by 1 percent or so. They no longer negotiate quarter or ½ percentages. Like last year, we will issue an administrative memo once our levels of performance have been approved.
For FY2014, we met all core indicators of performance either by exceeding our negotiated level of performance or meeting it at 90% of the negotiated level of performance with the exception of Secondary – Academic Attainment/Mathematics and Postsecondary – Credential, Certificate or Degree. We are under a statewide improvement plan for math and everyone’s improvement plan was received. Unless you hear from me, your plan is approved. With regard to postsecondary – credential, certificate or degree, I fully anticipate being under a statewide improvement plan since we haven’t met this indicator since year 4 and we continue to decline. You are required to have a local improvement plan in place for any indicators you failed to meet but you are only required to submit those plans to the state if we are under a statewide improvement plan.
Finally, as a reminder, Cohort 1 is required to undergo the desk monitoring process in the tiered monitoring system. If you haven’t completed that process, you have until XXX to complete.

6. 50/50 Equipment/Educational Resources Grants
Continuation of 50/50 funds for equipment
Standardize application process among program sections
Provides for more accountability of funds
Requests due July 1, 2015
Final payments due February 1, 2016 so unspent funds can be reallocated
For the upcoming fiscal year which starts July 1, 2015, we will be implementing a new process for requesting 50/50 equipment funds. We have developed a simple application that needs to be completed for each program that is requesting 50/50 equipment funds. This application must be submitted along with the FV4. We had some sections that were requesting information and others that weren’t so we wanted to standardize the process among the sections. As with the Enhancement Grant, we feel it is extremely important that we have good accountability of our funds.
Requests will be due by July 1, We request that FV2s for final payment be made no later than February 1, 2016 so we can reallocate any unspent funds.

7. Common CTE Criteria and Quality Indicators
In revision for two years
Utilized model rubric designed by SREB for Quality CTE programs along with our current CTE Common Program Standards and Quality Indicators
Reviewed and approved by the CTE Advisory Group at their February 10, 2015 meeting
Will initially be available for use by CTE teachers and administrators as a tool to review and improve programs – Not A Requirement.
Future: May be used to determine program approval, funding, etc.
Another project that staff has been working on is a revision to what we referred to as our Common CTE Standards and Indicators. We now are referring to them as Common CTE Criteria and Quality Indicators. Overall, the criteria did not change but some of the quality indicators did. As part of this process, we developed a rubric that can be used by the individual classroom teacher to evaluate and improve their program. It is important to note that this was not developed as a tool for teacher evaluation. It is strictly a program improvement tool.
The rubric we developed was modeled after Quality CTE programs rubric designed by SREB. The CTE advisory group reviewed it at their November meeting and made some recommended changes. We received their final approval during yesterday’s meeting. The advisory group’s overall recommendation was to make the use of this document voluntary and not a requirement. However, we fully anticipate that this could be used to determine program approval, funding, etc. in the future. This document will be posted on our website. Please take some time to review it and offer any feedback.

8. College and Career Readiness Accountability
Administrative Memo QS
ACT Workkeys® (Standard 3*1-3: College and Career Readiness)
Expansion of Career and Technical Education (Standard 3*4: College and Career Readiness)
College and Career Placement (Standard 3*5-6: College and Career Readiness)

9. CTSO Data Collection Administrative Memo 15-003
Reported in June Core Data Cycle (June 2015)
Levels of Participation determined locally based on guidance provided in memo
Purpose is to provide the Department with a more concise look at student participation in CTSOs.

10. Approved Business Ed Courses
Administrative Memo CCR
Added the following courses as Business Education
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
IB Economics

11. NCI and NTI
Janice Rehak, Coordinator

12. Dates for NCI & NTI New Counselor Institute (NCI)
July 12-15, 2015 Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City
New Teacher Institute (NTI)
July 26-29, Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia

13. TSA and IRC
Janice Rehak, Coordinator

14. Enhancement Grant Update
Doug Sutton, Director

15. FY15 Enhancement Grant
March 31, 2015 is the remaining key date for FY15 Enhancement Grant administration
EGFV2s and report describing grantee’s accomplishments are due no later than that date

16. FY16 Enhancement Grant Key Changes
Moved from a statement of need and description of improvements to a program improvement plan
Transitioned to a web app-based application process
Cost threshold for reimbursement up to 75% increased from $200 to $1,000
Process changed for allowance and monitoring of expenditures designed to provide units for student use at or near a 1:1 basis

17. FY16 Enhancement Grant Volume and preliminary data
FY16 Enhancement Grant application deadline was Friday, February 6, 2015
Review and discussion:
Volume and preliminary data
What worked/what needs further adjustment?
What benefits and/or barriers are being recognized locally?

18. Pathways to Prosperity
Kristie Davis, Director

19. Pathways to Prosperity
Pathway for Teachers
Day In The Life-Video Challenge
Asset Mapping
Statewide Conference March 2-3
Summer Jobs Program

20. Pathways to Prosperity
Pathways for Teachers
117 administrators, counselors, core teachers, and CTE teachers in 9 school districts participating
Affton, Ferguson-Florissant, Hazelwood, Normandy School Collaborative, Camdenton, Centralia, Blue Springs South, Ruskin, and Platte County
Information Technology
Hospitality and Tourism
Health Science
Advanced Manufacturing
Bioscience/Biotechnology

21. Pathways to Prosperity
Day in The Life-Video Challenge
Macon- Working together with employers
Computer Programming On Shore
$2,500
Towards CTE programs
Must comply with Perkins Allowable and Unallowable cost expenditure guidelines

22. Pathways to Prosperity
Mid-Missouri and Kansas City Asset Mapping
Key Points:
Rural communities concerned with students leaving due to lack of local economic opportunity awareness
Employers see many students lacking the soft skills that are essential in the workplace
IT programing and networking are in high demand across all industry sectors
Many educational programs/initiatives but in many cases lack of coordination among comparable programs

23. Pathways to Prosperity
Pathways/Building Bridges Statewide Conference
March 2-3 Tan-Tar-A
Highlighting a variety of programs and resources across the state
Pathway districts, Innovation Campus, MERIC data, Educator Evaluation Tool, Project Based Learning, Business Panels, etc.

24. Pathways to Prosperity
Summer Jobs League
Announced by the Governor
2,000 summer jobs in St. Louis
1,500 summer jobs in Kansas City
Pathways collaborating with local Workforce Investment Boards and Summer Jobs League Committee

25. Pathways to Prosperity Missouri
Kristie Davis-State Director
Gail Stewart-St. Louis Regional Director
Ann Starlin-Horner-Kansas City Regional Director

26. Office of Data Quality

27. MOSIS Files This data is submitted via MOSIS
PS-Adult Course Assignment file
This data is used to verify courses/programs being taught for the reporting year.
Opens February 1
Closes March 31
Student Graduate Follow Up file
Due Date – February 15
The use is used in Perkins, EIF, APR and MSIP files
The PS-Adult Course Assignment file replaces the FV-1, VECS and FV-2 paper forms previously submitted. The data submitted in the PS-Adult Course Assignment file is used to determine the salary reimbursement for college and adult programs taught. This file opened February 1 and will close March 31. All data has to be submitted and certified by March 31.
Student Graduate Follow Up is due February 15. There has not been any changes to the system. The data is used for Perkins, EIF, APR and MSIP.
Perkins – the system matches your students, who have been reported as a concentrator who graduated or received a GED, in the June Student Core with the follow up information reported in the February Student Graduate Follow Up file.
For APR & MSIP – I can only suggest that you read the Understanding Your APR and MSIP information documents.

28. MOSIS – June Student Core
Due June 30
June Student Core
This data is used to verify Perkins information for the reporting year.
Student Course Completion
NEW – CTSO Student Participation
Perkins - the system extracts the data for the area career center and sending school CTE students which is submitted in the June Student Core, the EOC assessment information and the Student Graduate Follow Up. Using this information, the Perkins Accountability reports are populated.
Student Course Completion is submitted in June by the school where the student earned the credit. Area Career Center will report student course completion for all of their sending school students the same as they report a student assignment file for all of their sending school students.

29. Effectiveness Index Formula Data
Effectiveness Index Formula (EIF)
Combines 2013 June Student Core concentrators who graduated with the 2014 Graduate Follow Up with a status of –
Continuing Education (related and non-related)
Employed Related
Military (related and non-related)
EIF – the system matches your students, who have been reported as a concentrator who graduated or received a GED, in the June Student Core with the positive placement information reported in the February Student Graduate Follow Up file.

30. For More Information: Sharon Helwig – sharon.helwig@dese.mo.gov
Dennis Harden –
Janice Rehak –
Kristie Davis –
Doug Sutton –