Save the Date: CSO Fall Convening

The CSO will be holding a Fall Convening on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 10:00-11:30 AM. During this meeting, the CSO will share compliance and operational updates, as well as introduce future engagement and collective learning opportunities. Please register by clicking the link here. We will share more information and agenda in the coming weeks.

Calendar of Collections

The Calendar of collections for SY 2022-23 can be accessed here. There are over 20 upcoming items required for August submission via the Calendar of Collections, therefore please ensure to review requirement details and deadlines.

Please note: regarding the PDE Annual Report submission: PDE has identified an issue with the Special Education training section of the Annual Report that may impact schools completing their submission by the August 1st due date. If schools are experiencing any issues, please complete a Service Request Form linked here to request an extension. PDE’s FRCPP team will then follow-up with you regarding next steps and share updates about any submission extensions granted. The CSO will be able to see any granted extensions when we pull Annual Reports for the ACE review.

2022-23 ACE Office Hours for Organizational Compliance

The CSO has conducted preliminary reviews for all policy documents submitted by the Priority Deadline of July 1, 2022. Schools will receive a Preliminary Findings Report, via Epicenter, on August 5, 2022. We encourage schools to review the preliminary report and submit revised materials by the Final Deadline (see Calendar of Collections).

To support schools to understand compliance requirements, the CSO has set up Office Hours for Organizational Compliance and Viability categories. To meet with a CSO member, please use the following Calendly links:

• Office Hours | Special Education and English Learners
• Office Hours | Enrollment
• Office Hours | Student Discipline
• Office Hours | Student Health
• Office Hours | Board Governance

SY 2022-23 User Verification Sheets

Charter school leaders and operations contacts should continue to verify SY 2022-23 school-specific users for SDP systems including Infinite Campus, Compass, and Payments to ensure no delays or disruptions  related to student data or District operations services. 

Questions about the user verification process, including requests for links to school-specific and network-specific user information, can be directed to [email protected].

Updating Staff in School Information Sheets

All schools are encouraged to review their individual school sheet that shares key staff contact information. School sheets support the CSO by ensuring critical information is shared with appropriate personnel in a timely manner. If you are in need of the link to your school sheet, please reach out to [email protected].

Data Packet Updates

The District Performance Office will be sharing data packets with the Charter Schools Office the second week of August. The current timeline is as follows:

• August 15, 2022: Data Packet shared via Epicenter
• September 9, 2022: Data Packet completed and uploaded back to Epicenter

The CSO will review all submissions as they come in and communicate if there are any revisions needed. In addition, you may schedule time to meet with the Data & Reporting team to ask any questions between August 16 - August 26, 2022, by selecting a meeting time through this link.

Early Childhood Education MOUs

Section 1119 of ESSA requires any LEA receiving Title I funds to develop agreements with Head Start for Kindergarten transition. Schools that have MOUs with the District’s Office of Early Childhood for the 3-year period of July 2019 through June 2022 that require updated MOUs should reach out to the CSO via [email protected] to obtain an updated MOU for the 2022-2025 period.

SDP School Safety Campaign

The District’s Office of School Safety is seeking 12 students to participate in the School Safety Campaign for SY22-23. The purpose of the campaign is to create a culture of school safety through various forms of communications that will be shared with their peers and school principals. This includes paper publications, newsletters, multimedia, and more. Any students attending a school where SDP safety officers are deployed are eligible to participate, and participating students will receive $30 gift cards. More information can be accessed here, and students can sign up for the program by completing the form linked here.

SY 2022-23 Teacher Induction

The District’s Office of Teaching and Learning will be launching teacher induction cohorts in the summer and fall of 2022. The Teacher Induction Program is a year-long professional development opportunity for beginning teachers, and is open to all teachers in years 0-6 of their tenure who currently hold a Level I teaching certificate and need to convert it to a Level II certificate. More information can be accessed via the flyer here and the Office of Teaching and Learning’s website here. The deadline for teachers to sign up for the fall cohort is September 22, 2022.