November 14th – 16th

Radisson Fort McDowell
Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, AZ

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Common Core Standards, new assessments, Move on When Reading, teacher and principal evaluation systems, ESEA Flexibility, new graduation requirements – the changes that Arizona educators need to absorb and implement no longer are looming over the horizon – they are here! This year’s MEGA Conference theme – No Small Change – reflects the importance of providing a framework to manage these significant changes to our education landscape.

MEGA Conference Website

This ALEAT webinar focused on updating the LEA Continuous Improvement Plan for SY 2012-2013, and setting up New users and Retiring users.

Please join us for the ALEAT Rollover Webinar on Thursday, May 17th

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/716978398

This webinar will focus on steps an LEA will need to conduct in preparation for the rollover of ALEAT from FY2012 to FY2013.

Title: ALEAT Rollover

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012

Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 AM (Phoenix, AZ)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements:

For PC users:

• Windows® 7, Vista, 2003 server or XP
• Internet Explorer® 7.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Chrome 5.0 or newer (JavaScript enabled. Java 1.6 or higher highly recommended.)
• Internet connection with cable modem, DSL or better recommended
• Dual core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with at least 2 GB of RAM recommended

For Mac users:

• Mac OS® X 10.7 (Lion®), Mac OS® X 10.6 (Snow Leopard®) or Mac OS® X 10.5 (Leopard®)
• Safari 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Chrome 5.0 or newer (JavaScript enabled. Java 1.6 or higher highly recommended.)
• Internet connection with cable modem, DSL or better recommended
• Intel processor with 1 GB of RAM or more recommended

For iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch attendees:

• iPad® 1 or newer, iPhone® 3GS or newer, iPod® touch (3rd generation) or newer
• iOS® 4.2 or newer
• Internet connection (WiFi recommended for VoIP)
• Free GoToMeeting App from the App Store

For Android attendees:

• Android 2.2 or higher
• 1 Ghz CPU or higher recommended
• WiFi or 3G connection (WiFi recommended)
• Free GoToMeeting App from the Google Play Store

Note: Attendees on devices that use CDMA and do not allow simultaneous data and voice sharing must be connected to the Internet from a WiFi network to dial in using the same device they use to join the meeting. Otherwise, they will be disconnected from GoToMeeting. Attendees on devices that use GSM can simultaneously share data and voice seamlessly.

• For the best audio experience, a headset recommended.

To use a microphone and speakers (VoIP):

• A fast broadband connection with 384 kbps or more recommended
• Microphone and speakers with a USB headset recommended

For more information about mobile devices availability and troubleshooting, click here.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/306767718

Maricopa County Federal Programs Directors invite ADE staff to provide information on federal programs, discuss issues of interest, solicit feedback on department initiatives in a forum for peer-to-peer sharing.

Title: Maricopa County Federal Programs Directors May Meeting

Date: Monday, May 14, 2012

Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM (Phoenix, AZ)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Please join us for the ALEAT Rollover Webinar on Thursday, May 17th

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/716978398

This webinar will focus on steps an LEA will need to conduct in preparation for the rollover of ALEAT from FY2012 to FY2013.

Title: ALEAT Rollover

Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012

Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 AM (Phoenix, AZ)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements:

For PC users:

• Windows® 7, Vista, 2003 server or XP
• Internet Explorer® 7.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Chrome 5.0 or newer (JavaScript enabled. Java 1.6 or higher highly recommended.)
• Internet connection with cable modem, DSL or better recommended
• Dual core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with at least 2 GB of RAM recommended

For Mac users:

• Mac OS® X 10.7 (Lion®), Mac OS® X 10.6 (Snow Leopard®) or Mac OS® X 10.5 (Leopard®)
• Safari 3.0 or newer, Firefox® 3.0 or newer or Chrome 5.0 or newer (JavaScript enabled. Java 1.6 or higher highly recommended.)
• Internet connection with cable modem, DSL or better recommended
• Intel processor with 1 GB of RAM or more recommended

For iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch attendees:

• iPad® 1 or newer, iPhone® 3GS or newer, iPod® touch (3rd generation) or newer
• iOS® 4.2 or newer
• Internet connection (WiFi recommended for VoIP)
• Free GoToMeeting App from the App Store

For Android attendees:

• Android 2.2 or higher
• 1 Ghz CPU or higher recommended
• WiFi or 3G connection (WiFi recommended)
• Free GoToMeeting App from the Google Play Store

Note: Attendees on devices that use CDMA and do not allow simultaneous data and voice sharing must be connected to the Internet from a WiFi network to dial in using the same device they use to join the meeting. Otherwise, they will be disconnected from GoToMeeting. Attendees on devices that use GSM can simultaneously share data and voice seamlessly.

• For the best audio experience, a headset recommended.

To use a microphone and speakers (VoIP):

• A fast broadband connection with 384 kbps or more recommended
• Microphone and speakers with a USB headset recommended

For more information about mobile devices availability and troubleshooting, click here.

Approved Providers for SY 2011-2012

• 2 Excel Learning
• A 2 Z Educational Consultants, Inc.
• TBC Services, LLC dba A Road 2 Learning, LLC
• A World of Learning, LLC
• ABC Phonetic Reading School®, Inc.
• Academia Freedom, LLC +
• Ace It! Tutoring, Powered by Sylvan Learning *
• Achievement Learning, LLC
• Adelante Educational Services
• Aguila Elementary District *
• Ahead of The Class, LLC
• Alhambra Elementary District *
• All Access: K-12 Tutoring Group
• Back 2 Basics Tutorial-AZ, LLC
• C.B. Learning Corporation dba Scottsdale Sylvan Learning Centers *+
• Camp Fire of Greater AZ
• Catapult Learning, LLC (opted out) +
• Cesar Chavez Foundation
• Club Z! Tutoring, Inc.
• Discovering Dreams Tutoring Company fka: Rising Star *+
• Elite Community Services
• Expect Success Tutoring, LLC +
• Global Partnership Schools
• Globutronic Educational Group, LLC +
• Keep Hope Alive Projects
• L.E.A.P.S. Learning Services *+
• Learn It Online, LLC dba LION *+
• Learn It Systems, LLC dba Learn It Systems
• Martin Porres Educational Services
• Mathnasium of Chandler +
• Mobile Minds, Inc. *
• On Track Tutoring & Family Support Services
• Orion’s Mind LLC *
• Our Place Tutoring, Inc. *
• Professor K’s Tutoring
• Progressive Learning
• Results Mentoring
• Rising Star Educational Services, PLLC +
• Rocket Learning + (opted out)
• Roosevelt Elementary District *
• Stars Learning Center
• Stilwell’s Learning Center
• Sunnyside Unified District *
• Sure Prep Learning
• K & L Educational Services US Inc, dba Sylvan Learning *
• Syndactics, Inc.
• The Learning Ladder
• The Principal’s Office, LLC
• Creative Blessings LLC, dba The Way Out
• Tucson Unified School District
• Winner’s Edge *

* First Year SES Provider
+ Appealed Approvals

Application Eligible to Appeal (Did Not Appeal):

• OPOK I, Inc. dba A+ Grades-Up
• A+ Tutoring & Test Prep, LLC
• After School Programs, Inc.
• AZ Groves, LLC dba Mathnasium of Ahwatukee Foothills

Application Not Approved, Not Eligible for Appeal:

• Academic Team
• B&B Evaluation Services, dba Achieve Success Tutoring
• Coyote Institute, Inc.
• Daekyo America, Inc.
• Digital Network Group dba Kinetic Potential Scholars (KPS)
• Educate Online Learning, LLC dba Educate Online
• Education Consultants, LLC dba Learning Lab
• Fashola Mitchell Education Solutions, Inc.
• Good Neighbor Support Services
• Group Excellence, Ltd.
• Hudi Ahmed
• Imagine Learning, Inc.
• SPC Consulting LLC dba SPC Educational Solutions
• Syntelesty Educational Services dba 1-2-3 Academic Tutoring Service
• The Teaching and Learning Center TLC
• Tortuga Tutoring Company
• Tutoring-360
• Wild About Learning, LLC

What does ESEA Flexibility mean for parents, students, teachers, and Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Providers?

Excerpt from http://www.ed.gov/esea/flexibility
What ESEA Flexibility Means for Students, Teachers, and Parents: Answering the Public’s Questions, p.3

• … the flexibility will end the one-size-fits-all interventions in schools. Under NCLB, all schools that did not meet a States’ arbitrary proficiency goals were prescribed the same interventions, including mandatory school choice or tutoring. The flexibility will ask States to identify their lowest-performing schools and create aggressive turnaround plans that best address the individual needs of those schools, as well as identify and intervene in their schools with the largest achievement gaps.

 
This means that if Arizona’s waiver is approved, districts and charters (LEAs) will no longer be required to offer SES. Most LEAs offer some type of tutoring and some will be interested in having this service provided by outside vendors. LEAs will be responsible for procuring tutoring companies, just as they already do for all other purchased professional services.

ADE will continue to maintain an Approved Provider list. Current Arizona Approved SES Providers will be offered the opportunity to apply for an extension of their existing SES Provider Application later this spring. At this time, Arizona will not be soliciting new or additional SES Provider Applications.

Please view the presentation on Arizona’s ESEA Flexibility Waiver at http://www.azed.gov/eseawaiver/files/2012/02/esea-flexibility-waiver-arizona-overview-updated-2-9.pdf.

Comments and questions from all stakeholders, including parents, about the ESEA Flexibility Waiver should be emailed to eseawaiver@azed.gov.

Thank you for your interest in this process.

Truly,

Joan Curtis, M.Ed.
Title I Specialist and Choice/SES Coordinator
Highly Effective Schools – Title I
(602) 542-5139
Email: Joan.Curtis@azed.gov

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