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As we celebrate the feast of Pentecost this weekend, let us be reminded of the great gift of the Holy Spirit that God has bestowed on us to continue the work of Jesus with our school families and with all whom we serve.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Oh God, Who taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that, by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord, Amen
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We will continue sending the updates this summer.
May 29
June 12 & 26
July 10 & 24
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Dates at a Glance (articles below or *in previous edition*):
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Bishop Ricken's Video for Graduates
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Bishop Ricken made a video for our graduates. Please share!
Download capabilities have been turned on for the video. In addition, closed captioning with both English and Spanish subtitles is available.
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SITA - Summer Instructional Technology Academy, is on -- Virtually - August 4-6.
The East Wisconsin Instructional Technology Consortium (EWITC) has announced that the SITA 2020 schedule is now open for registration! This year’s conference will be done virtually with pre recorded sessions ahead of time and live Q&A the day of. Highlights include sessions on Creating your own Virtual Reality, Google Applications, Technology within content areas, and so much more.
Attendance is FREE for Diocesan schools staff!
Don’t delay,
REGISTER HERE
today! This year will feature Ann Anzalone on August 5 with sessions on how ones brain responds to technology and trauma.
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Leading with Hope; A Reflective Guide for Catholic Schools in a New Reality
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from the Andrew M. Greely Center for Catholic Education, Loyola University.
A resource guide to reopening and re-imagining schools from a faith perspective.
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This is the list of schools that have indicated they will be using SimpleK12 next year. If you would like to be included in this product, please let us know by June 2 as the contract will be drawn up based on those numbers. The cost will be between $76-$78 per user. Email Jane Schueller at
jschueller@gbdioc.org
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St. Thomas Aquinas Academy 21
Holy Rosary - Kewaunee 7
St. John Bosco 17
All Saints - Denmark 6
St. Mary School - Algoma 5
Sacred Heart School 15
St. John Nepomucene 20
Holy Spirit Catholic School 25
Divine Savior School 10
St. Mary School - Greenville 14
Most Precious Blood 5
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For the financial audit schedule click here
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One of the common issues some of the schools had last year was having signed employment agreements on hand before the first payroll for employees (both teachers and summer seasonal programs). Given the difficulty meeting face to face, one of our schools asked if employees could sign the agreements by typing their name and e-mailing it back to the school.
This is not acceptable to DPI
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Staff must physically sign the document in one of three ways:
- In-Person on or before the first day of employment.
- Signing the agreement, scanning, and e-mailing it back to the school on or before the first day of employment.
- Using a third party signature verification company, such as DocuSign and having it done on or before the first day of employment.
A typed signature will result in a finding in the audit.
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Paycheck Protection Program-Choice/SNSP Reserve Balance Impacts
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The Department of Public Instruction has waived the 2019-20 requirement to include the forgiven portion of the Paycheck Protection Program loan that was used for educational programming purposes as offsetting government assistance revenue in the Choice Programs and SNSP Reserve Balance Schedules. The department does not have waiver authority for the 2020-21 school year, so the department will begin policy discussions as soon as we are able on amending the applicable administrative rules for the 2020-21 school year.
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WRISA Accreditation Updates
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The following Schools must submit their completed Action Plans by
June 1st
in the WCSA-WRISA Portal.
- Lourdes Academy, Oshkosh
- St. Anthony School, Oconto Falls
- St. Mary School, Luxemburg
- St. Nicholas School, Freedom
The WRISA Board will be reviewing the
full visiting team report
before
June 11,
and the full Board will meet at the end of June to determine the official Accreditation Status.
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Accreditation Basics Webinar
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You are invited to attend an Accreditation Basics Webinar
When: Jun 15, 2020 09:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Accreditation Webinar: Self-Study
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You are invited to attend an Accreditation Self-Study Webinar.
When: Jun 16, 2020 09:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Accreditation Webinar: Team Visit/Action Plan
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You are invited to attend an Accreditation Team Visit/Action Plan Webinar.
When: Jun 16, 2020 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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May 29
- Last day to complete verifications in OAS.
June 1
- Schools new to the PSCP in the 2020-21 school year may begin to establish their Choice Administrators as District Security Administrators. This allows them to manage access to the DPI secure reporting applications through the Application Security management tool.
- Deadline for continuing schools that selected the surety bond option in a previous school year to provide a surety bond equal to 25% of the schools expected 2020-21 PSCP payments if the school has not yet been notified by the DPI that it is no longer required to provide the surety bond. (Deadline extended, Previously May 1.)
- WPCP schools will be given a one-time option to increase the number of 2020-21 seats in a grade and will enter this information in the Final WPCP Seats Report in OAS. (Schools will have between June 1 and June 4 to complete this report.)
- Deadline for schools offering summer school in the summer of 2020 to submit the list of academic summer school classes and laboratory periods in the Summer School Course List Report in OAS. (Deadline extended to June 1 OR 5 days before the first day classes are offered, whichever is later.)
June 1-4
- Schools able to change the number of seats for each grade if needed.
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The Diocese of Green Bay will not be participating in Lifest August 13-16, 2020. Given the uncertainty and a need to protect our volunteers, we will skip this year but plan on being back in 2021. Please feel free to contact Lori Paul with any questions about the event.
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Graduation Ceremony Pressure
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This
CDC video
in less than 3 minutes gives a vivid explanation of why mass gatherings, like graduations, are still a matter of concern.
Sharing this with faculty and families may help them understand why graduation services are not being encouraged by state health experts, and still may not be sanctioned by local health officials, despite the Supreme Court's order lifting Safer at Home.
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Elementary and Secondary Schools Education Relief funding (ESSER)
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It sounds like we may be ahead of the game thanks to WCRIS in keeping us informed about this Federal funding. That being said, many of you have reached out to your LEA and they don’t know anything about it. After a meeting with WCRIS, it sounds like DPI is still getting their “ducks in a row” so have not done much with information to the LEAs. The recommendation is to let your LEA know that when the state releases the funds, you want to take part in the program. As far as the GEER Fund, which is a discretionary fund for the Governor to use as he wishes, only if that money goes to your LEA will you get an equitable share.
Michelle Doyle Education Consulting Services
offered some webinars regarding the ESSER funding. She shared the recording, slide deck and a consultation checklist. Here is her email,
Over the next few weeks, I will continue to provide new resources on the CARES Act and the ongoing services your students should continue to receive under existing ESSA and IDEA programs. I hope you will find them helpful.
Good luck to you during CARES consultation. Stay safe and healthy!
All the best,
Michelle Doyle
Michelle Doyle Educational Consulting, LLC
michelle.doyle.ESSA@gmail.com
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Considerations for Reopening Schools
- While there are many unknowns for reopening schools, the DASA Executive team have started to think about some considerations. We have created a document that will be flexible as the situation evolves over the coming months.
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Thursday Tech Chats
- Sponsored by EWITC and SITA In anticipation of SITA and in an effort to support teachers now, we are hosting Thursday Tech Chats on Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm (link will be posted on Thursday). Click the Thursday Tech Chats for more information about the topic each Thursday.
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Google My Business is a FREE service that is foundational for improving the chances that your school be found on the internet. In this training video, they will walk you through why this is important and how to register your site (10 minute process) on Google My Business.
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We have heard from our schools on how the need for more simplification of the enrollment process as well as the ability to do more forms and schedules through Powerschool. We have been working with Powerschool on implementing their new E-Collect system with the goal to roll it out to our schools over the summer. More information will be coming as we schedule the trainings.
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There have been many requests to change the grade scale or add different coding, etc. In mid stream it is not conducive to make a lot of specific changes. What is in PowerSchool is “Special Codes” that could effectively communicate what you need to parents and students at this time. If you have further questions, please encourage your teachers to contact you or Jane Schueller for conversations regarding the grading process at this time. All help tickets regarding grades are referred to both Becky Krahn and Jane Schueller.
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Just a reminder that if you participated in the SNSP Program for 2019-2020 and the cost for your student exceeded the $12,500 reimbursement cost, you can submit an actual cost statement for the student to receive an increase of up to 150% of the cost for the student for the 2020-2021 school year. Please note that only 90% of the additional 150% would be paid for the student.
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In February, Human Resources put together a webinar to explain the changes in benefits. Click on the link to view:
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Addressing Significant Tuition Balances
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There was a request for help in dealing with parents who may have a significant balance of tuition. Here is a sample from Lori Paul that you can use.
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Discover how to run live-stream virtual school tours during the COVID-19 crisis
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This webinar ran in early April of 2020 to over 250 Schools in the USA. It was a huge success and will provide you a step-by-step plan on how you can keep your school tours going. We cover streaming services, best practices, the signup process and tools you can use today.
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Frontline is doing its best to help schools during this crisis with some specific product enhancements. We are also offering free access to COVID-19 tracking & reporting functionality within Frontline Student Health Management through July 31, 2020.
We believe this will be of great value as it enables schools to track suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases, report trends, and send alerts to key officials. The solution will be of key importance as schools return to normal operations and need to closely monitor the health of their students and staff. There are more details here -
COVID-19 Support Resources Page.
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The Office of Catholic Schools has provided a resource page on our Google Site for the sharing of Coronavirus Resources:
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Haven't Had Enough Yet?
There's More!
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NCEA webinars cover trending and need-to-know topics relevant to your career in Catholic education. All participants will receive the recorded webinar and presentation files for reference and inclusion among other professional learning resources.
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And more . . .
Click on icon below to read the latest issue of
Catholic School Matters
Newsletter from NCEA and Dr. Tim Uhl.
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