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The Christian life is a journey toward home. It's a daily struggle to choose love over selfishness. Each day as a teacher/principal you face hundreds of small encounters where you are invited to grow, to love, to serve.
It may not always feel that way, but each moment of your vocation has a deep spiritual significance. ~Jonathan Doyle ~ Going Deeper Daily Motivation 11/1/18
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Next editions of the Office of Catholic Schools Newsletter:
November 20
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Look for topics in previous editions:
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Archive of Superintendent’s emails:
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Nov. 9 New Administrator workshop ( virtual 9:00-12:30)
Nov. 10 Powerschool user group (Virtual 8:30-10:30)
Nov 18 New Teachers/Methods B Faith Integration 3:30-4:30 (Virtual)
Nov 26 Thanksgiving Day (HOLIDAY)
Nov 29 Advent Begins
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Parish Life Line Zoom Meetings |
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Calling all Principals !!
Did you know that every Wednesday from 9:30 - 10:30 you can join with members of the parishes to be part of the conversation regarding many topics your school may be currently facing? Join as you are able and invite anyone else who might like to be a part of the conversation. All are welcome! For additional information, questions, or recordings of previous sessions, please email disciplesontheway@gbdioc.org.
Upcoming sessions:
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Nov. 11: Jane Angha (Christmas Hospitality)
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Nov. 18: Christmas Joy in the Parish
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Dec 2: Ellen Mommaerts (Mental Health Outreach; esp. in regards to youth mental health)
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Dec. 9: Bishop Ricken
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Dec. 16: Fr. Dan Felton (50th Parish Life Line
How to participate:
You also have the option of going to www.zoom.us/join and using the following login information: Meeting ID - 953 114 988, Password - 916480
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2020 Catholic School Fall Conference |
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We will be holding a virtual Fall Conference for all our school principals, presidents, and school board members. The conference will be offered 2 times - Monday, November 30 from 1 - 4 or Wednesday, December 2 from 9 - 12. We ask that each school register for one time. Registration and more information can be found at https://sites.google.com/ed-gbd.org/fall-22020-catholic-schools/home
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Beginning Tuesday, November 10, the Office of Catholic Schools is inviting teachers to join fellow educators in open conversation to support one another, share ideas and have a place to just “hang out “ with each other. We know schedules are tight, we are offering two different times for convenience.
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This writing and drawing contest is for kids in grades K-8. Best entries will be published in the Christmas edition of the Compass and win prizes and possibly national recognition for the author/artists.
Deadline: Deadline December 1
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Nominate someone who is a practicing Catholic who lives his/her faith in the workplace. These prestigious awards, for people whose work life considers the common good, will be announced in March.
Deadline: December 31, 2020
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Good News from Camp Tek, Too! |
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Registration for summer camp at Camp Tek opens on Friday, December 4th. The following sessions are being offered.
• Session 1: June 20 - June 25
• Session 2: June 27 - July 2
• Session 3: July 4 - July 9
• Session 4: July 11 - July 16
• Session 5: July 18 - July 23
• Session 6: July 25 - July 30
• Session 7: August 1 - August 6
Slots will fill quickly; register promptly!
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Please pass this link for MAP Resources to your teachers. There is a lot of information available to them for using the data to drive instruction and do goal setting with students.
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On Friday, October 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued NEW guidance on the provision of equitable services under the CARES Act. You may have been following along as we went from ED guidance, to an ED Interim Final Rule (IFR), to court cases challenging the IFR, to the rescinding of the IFR, and now to new guidance. The following are the key take-aways from the new CARES guidance:
• Confirmation that funding for ESSER and GEER is determined based on the Title I count.
• LEA can use 2019-20 or 2020-21 Title I count.
• Services are provided to students based on the location of the private school.
• The LEA must offer services to all private schools located in the LEA.
• All 12 purposes listed in CARES-ESSER are options for services to private school students.
• Consultation is required as outlined in Section 1117.
• The ombudsman for ESSA plays the same role for CARES.
• The PPA is determined based on all private school students attending private schools located in the LEA unless, after consultation, the LEA decides to focus on a subset of private school students—giving greater weight to particular student characteristics.
• With agreement between private school officials and the LEA, the LEA may pool ESSER funds.
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By the end of November - PSCP
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CESA 6 and Froedtert Hospital Offering |
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CESA 6 has worked with Froedtert Hospital to provide low-cost, fast result COVID testing for all teachers and their families. There is no obligation and it is up to you to determine if participation would meet a need for your school. Rapid Testing Sites provides information on how the program works and locations of testing sites. The school is responsible for:
- Identifying a site point of contact. That person receives a 15-minute training via Zoom on how to approve and order the test through the LifePoint app. Test results are received within 24 hours, but usually are available the same day (that night).
- Covering the cost of $100 for each test, billed directly to the school.
Apart from that effort, the Department of Health Services has created contact tracing resources for schools including sample scripts and a training PowerPoint. These new resources are posted on DPI’s COVID-19 Information for School Health Services webpage under Professional Practice Resources – School Nurse.
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On-Line Enrollment Options |
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As our schools begin enrolling students for the 2021-2022 school year, there are two options you may want to consider for registration purposes. PowerSchool has an additional component called E-Collect that is available to all our schools. It is not a specific registration product so there are some things you would need to do for functionality in enrolling new students. Training has been provided on how to use E-Collect.
FACTS is an enrollment and tuition management program. If your school chooses FACTS, the IT Department will be working to help your data interface with PowerSchool (for student information updates). This will allow you to have an easily customizable enrollment portal and still have data flow between the two systems. Please note that FACTS and E-Collect are the only products we will be supporting with PowerSchool. Any other enrollment platform will not be supported. For more information, please contact Lori Paul.
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Please review your WECAN postings for both certified and support staff and close all vacancies that you have filled or those that you are no longer seeking candidates for.
Also, WECAN is renewed for the calendar year in December. Invoices will be sent out in January. Please contact Lisa Gruber if you have any questions about WECAN and/or your account. Thank you!
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Office of Catholic Schools Weekly COVID-19 Data Report |
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Here is the link to the report.
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WEDSS is the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System and is a secure, web-based system designed to facilitate reporting, investigation, and surveillance of communicable diseases in Wisconsin. It is designed for public health staff, infection control practitioners, clinical laboratories, clinics, and other disease reporters.
Recently, Outagamie County Health Department provided all our schools in that area with access to the system so that they could track the status of staff and students. If you are interested in getting access, you must contact your local county health department and they will submit the request on your behalf. It is completely the discretion of the local county health department to approve your access - but it is definitely worth asking for!
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A warning from Church Mutual: |
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“Due to the onset of COVID-19 and subsequent guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), organizations are using more chemical cleaners and disinfectants than ever before. Unfortunately, this has given rise to more accidents including severe chemical burns.”
“Making mistakes with cleaners and disinfectants can have serious consequences. As an example, the product used to disinfect playground equipment at one of our insured’s daycares was not diluted pursuant with the label instructions prior to application. As a result, several children sustained chemical burns. One child had significant injuries requiring multiple surgeries and treatment in the ICU burn unit.
Click here to learn how you can help reduce your organization’s risk of such accidents.”
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2020 Grant Applications Now Available |
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Each year the Catholic Foundation awards grants from the Advancing the Mission Endowments in Evangelization, Leadership Development, Lifelong Catechesis and the Monica Meyer Respect Life Endowment. The Foundation also has grants available through Lumen Christi and Catholic Foundation area of interest funds.
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Check out this week's podcast, "Leadership in the Midst of Change and Adversity with Dr. Howard Fuller." This week, NCEA's Dr. Kevin Baxter interviews Dr. Howard Fuller, a longtime author, speaker, and civil rights advocate. In anticipation of Dr. Fuller's appearance at CLS 2020, this episode dives into the issues that are facing Catholic school leaders today, including distance learning, racism and a polarizing political climate. Dr. Fuller focuses his perspective on doing what's best for our students and making sure they feel loved and valued in the midst of change.
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A new study conducted by the University of Notre Dame, ACE and NCEA seeks to better understand parent perceptions and experiences with home-based learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how they made decisions about the educational choices for their children in the 2020-2021 academic year. Please let your parents with at least one child in a PreK-12 Catholic school know about the survey. If they would like to participate in the study, a link to the survey is available online. No identifying information will be collected.
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If you’re interested in being a part of the first cohort of the New Leaders Academy, please register today! The New Leaders Academy is intended for early-career Catholic school leaders and is built around the four domains of the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Elementary and Secondary Catholic Schools (NSBECS). Watch a short video to learn more about this exciting professional development opportunity!
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Check out the new Diocese of Green Bay Vocations website.
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We will be having a Virtual All School Mass on Wednesday, February 3rd as part of Catholic Schools Week. Details to follow but we wanted to make sure everyone kept the morning of February 3rd free so we can worship together!
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Virtual Instruction Attendance Policy |
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Audits will now require that your school have a statement regarding how you will track attendance for those students learning virtually. Here is verbiage you can add to your current attendance policy:
Virtual or blended course offerings may use nontraditional data, such as course progress, engagement, synchronous instructional time, system activity, student logs, etc. to create an equivalency that can meet the rules of traditional reporting. Teachers will continue to take daily attendance when students are in session based on their cohort assignment for each course using our Powerschool student information system.
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NCEA Newlsetter Link
Click on icon below to read the latest issue of Catholic School Matters Newsletter from NCEA and Dr. Tim Uhl.
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