COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
P.O.
BOX 2120
RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 189
November 7, 2003
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne DeMary Superintendent of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Title I Fall Workshop: A No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 Technical Assistance Opportunity |
The Department of
Education will sponsor a NCLB technical assistance opportunity for Title I
coordinators and Title I bookkeepers.
In addition, a pre-workshop segment has been designed especially for
school divisions with schools in Title I School Improvement. The Title I Fall
Workshop will be held at the Richmond Sheraton West on Tuesday, November 25,
2003, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The
pre-workshop session for school divisions with schools in Title I School
Improvement will be held Monday, November 24, 2003, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,
and will feature a panel discussion with public school choice and supplemental
educational services practitioners from the school divisions and personnel from
the Department of Education.
The Title I Fall
Workshop is another in a series of technical assistance forums designed to
assist school divisions with key provisions of the NCLB legislation. The workshop is intended to:
clarify,
through presentations on major Title I topics, fiscal and program compliance
issues for division-level administrators of the Title I legislation;
prepare school
division administrators to respond to Title I implementation questions from
parents, the public, the Virginia Department of Education, and the United
States Department of Education; and
provide a
continuing opportunity to respond to questions from the field regarding Title I
of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Among the workshop
topics will be Financial Accounting and Procedures; Parental Involvement and
Notifications; Public School Choice; Supplemental Educational Services; and
Highly Qualified Teachers and Paraprofessionals.
The registration
information can be found in Attachment A. Title I coordinators should be
notified quickly of this opportunity, because the workshop registration
deadline is November 14, 2003. The
Office of Continuing and Professional Education at Virginia Tech will conduct
the workshop registration. Materials,
lunch, and breaks will be provided. Registration forms should be returned by
fax to Terri Sadler at Virginia Tech at (540) 231-3306. Confirmation will be forwarded to each
registrant. For registration information, Mrs. Sadler may also be reached by
phone at (540) 231-5182 or by e-mail at tsadler@vt.edu.
For
those in need of lodging, a block of overnight rooms at the state government
rate has been reserved. Lodging costs
are the responsibility of the participant or school division. Please contact the hotel directly at (804)
285-2000 to make reservations, and refer to the Title I
Workshop to ensure the government rate of $77 for
single or double rooms. Lodging
reservations must be made by November 17, 2003.
Questions regarding
the content of the workshop should be directed to Shady Clark, Jr., Title I specialist, at (804) 225-2901 or mailto:sclark@mail.vak12ed.edu; or
Brenda A. Spencer, Title I specialist, at (804) 371-6201 or by e-mail at mailto:bspencer@mail.vak12ed.edu.
Directions to the Richmond Sheraton West are contained in Attachment B.
JLD/SC/BAS/hmt
Attachments
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2003/inf189a.doc
/administrators/superintendents_memos/2003/inf189b.pdf