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System Leaders
Monthly Call
January 7, 2022
 Agenda
I. Operations V. School System Relations

II. Assessments, Accountability, and VI. Teaching and Learning

Analytics
VII. Questions
III. Career and College Readiness

IV. Equity, Inclusion, and Opportunities

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Operations
 Super App and Achieve! Updates
Super App
• The School System Planning Guide contains current information to begin
formulating plans for the 2022-2023 school year.

Achieve!
• Additional ESSER II/III Formula, Rnd 1 ESSER II/III Incentive, IDEA ARP and
Homeless ARP funding has been loaded in the Achieve! application.

• Budgeting additional funds

• Application in Approved Status: Amendment needed
• Application Returned for Change: Create budget with edits

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 Key Dates
Application Action Timeline
Super App Super App released November 1
Super App Super App DUE February 4
Achieve! Achieve! Incentive questions application round 2 March BESE
approved
Super App Super App competitive allocations approved April BESE
LDOE approves CIR/UIR-Academics strategies

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 Operations Monthly Calls
Monthly Call Title Zoom Link

Federal Support and Grantee Relations Monthly Call January 20 at 10 a.m.

Nutrition Support Monthly Call February 1 at 1 p.m.
System Leaders Monthly Call February 4 at 9 a.m.

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Assessments, Accountability,
and Analytics
 EdLink 360 State Reporting Deadlines
Data Collection Data Snapshot Date

October 1 Staff & CLASS Collection 1/14/2022 *Extended*

Spring LEAP 2025 Assessments 2/18/2022
Feb 1 MFP 2/25/2022

• Student Transcript System (STS) will open Jan. 14th for the 2021-22 school year

• For questions or additional support, please contact EdLink360@la.gov.

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 Assessments, Accountability,
and Analytics Monthly Calls
Monthly Call Title Zoom Link

Assessment and Accountability Monthly Call January 18 at 3:45 p.m.

Data Coordinator Monthly Call February 3 at 1 p.m.

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Career and College
Readiness
 Financial Aid Planning
● Submitting a FAFSA or having a waiver on file is a graduation requirement.
● TOP 5 School Systems
○ Sabine 64%
○ Livingston 50%
○ Orleans 50%
○ Catahoula 48%
○ Madison 48%
● FAFSA completions are up 10% from last year.
● Please contact ldefinancialaid@la.gov with questions.

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 Spring 2022 Counselor Institutes
Registration opens January 10 for the Spring 2022 Counselor Institutes.

8-11 a.m. 1-4 p.m.

February 8 Ouachita Parish Bossier Parish
February 9 Rapides Parish Lafayette Parish
February 10 TBD Livingston Parish

Please contact leslie.gilliland@la.gov with questions.

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 Career and College Readiness Monthly Calls
Career and College Readiness Monthly Call January 20 at 3 p.m.
Career and College Readiness Office Hours February 3 at 3 p.m.

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Equity, Inclusion, and
Opportunities
 Student Well-Being Leadership Teams
● Superintendents please identify your Student Well-Being Leadership contact
using the following Contact Request Form.

● Submit by COB Friday, January 14, 2022.

● Remember to share the Ochsner Telehealth services FAQs throughout schools.

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 Equity, Inclusion, and Opportunities Monthly Calls
Monthly Call Title Zoom Link

Charter Authorizer Monthly Call January 12th at 11 a.m.

BESE-Authorized Charter Schools Monthly Call January 12th at 3 p.m.
Student Well-Being January 19 at 9:30 a.m.
Nonpublic Schools Monthly Call January 19th at 2 p.m.
*link to be posted on School Systems Support Calendar

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School System Relations
 Teacher and Principal of the Year
Coordinators Online Portal
Candidates Online Portal
Office Hours January 5 at 4 p.m.
Office Hours January 10 at 4 p.m.

• All application materials are in the resource library on the awards page.

• Please contact excellenteducators@la.gov with questions.

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 Louisiana Exemplary Educator Recognition Program
• Created to acknowledge and spotlight exceptional educators who
exemplify Louisiana’s education profession.

• Informational Zooms:

January 13, 2022 1 p.m.

January 14, 2022 10:30 a.m.

• Please contact ExemplaryEducator@la.gov with questions.

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 School System Relations Monthly Calls
Candidates Office Hours January 12 at 11 a.m.
Exemplary Educator Recognition Program Informational
January 13 at 1 p.m.
Zoom
Exemplary Educator Recognition Program Informational
January 14 at 10:30 a.m.
Zoom

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Teaching and Learning
 Teacher Leader Summit: Making a Comeback!

● Save the Date: May 31 - June 2

● Early Bird registration opens January 10

● Presenter applications and Education Expo applications are open until February 4

● Contact LDOEevents@la.gov with any questions

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 Vacancy Survey
• This survey is to identify staffing vacancies across schools within school systems.

• HR directors should use this link to complete the survey.

• The final deadline to submit is January 21, 2022.

• If you have any questions, please contact victoria.dunn@la.gov.

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 Alternate Assessment Participation

• 2020-2021 alternate assessment participation package will be released via FTP

on January 11.

• Review the data, and if alternate assessment participation exceeds 1%, leaders
must complete certain actions outlined in the package by January 31.

• Deadline for updating IEPs for LEAP Connect participation is January 14.

• Please contact assessment@la.gov with any questions.

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 Teaching and Learning Monthly Calls
Leading Inclusive Special Education Programs:
Leveraging Data to Align Budgets and Spending to January 18 at 1 p.m.
Priorities
Summer Learning 2022! Updated Guidance
January 20 at 2 p.m.
Webinar
Teaching and Learning Monthly Call January 26 at 1 p.m.

Note: Beginning January 2022, the Office of Teaching and Learning will host
ONE monthly call to include the following: academic content, assessment
content, educator development, diverse learners, and literacy.

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Questions?

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 Thank you for joining today’s call.
Schedules, access links, and information on webinars can be found in the LDOE Weekly
Newsletter and The School System Support Calendar.
Helpful Links Support Toolboxes

● Louisiana Believes Homepage ● Teacher

● School Improvement Library ● System
● Principal
● Counselor

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