Procedures for Completing the School and Staff Administration Data Collection

General Information

The School and Staff Administration Data Collection (School ID) includes reporting the following information for the 2005-2006 school year:

School division address and phone information

Name of division superintendent or agency administrator

Superintendents designee

School year calendar

Paired schools

Triennial School Census

Institution (school) address, phone number, administration type, operation status, low and high grades, class schedule type, SOL test offered, year-round and school-annex information

Name of school principal

Focus areas (program categories)

School division staff information

School division contact information

This information is the Department of Education's official means of identifying schools for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) reporting, accreditation, assessment, Title I programs, mailings, contacts for Web-based data submissions, and the Virginia Educational Directory.

Information for the division superintendent should be updated to include the current e-mail address so that the executive staff has the capability of communicating electronically with division superintendents when information needs to be shared quickly.

School division staff information is listed in the Department of Education's Virginia Educational Directory Web pages. These Web pages are updated nightly and contain current school and staff administration information. Division contact information is used to designate a contact person for various Department of Education data collections and instructional programs.

The Request to Open/Close a School form must be submitted by August 1, 2005, for (1) new schools that will be opening, (2) schools that will be closing, and (3) changes in the organization of a school, center, or program that will affect the administration type. The form and instructions can be downloaded from the Departments website at:

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Publications/ADMN/datacoll/coll.htm

Updates to the school division, school, and staff data can be made through a Web-based form beginning July 1, 2005. The school and staff administration contact person should ensure that the Request to Open/Close a School form, as well as all other updates, have been completed by August 1, 2005. After all data for the school division are complete, a verification form provided in the Web-based form must be signed by the superintendent and sent to the Department of Education by August 15, 2005. After this date, no further changes will be accepted to open or close a school, update low or high grades, or to identify Title I schools.

Definitions and detailed instructions for updating the information can be downloaded from the Departments website at:

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Publications/ADMN/datacoll/coll.htm.

Two training sessions will be held to review the School and Staff Administration Data Collection process. The training locations and dates are:

Location

Date and Time

Northside Middle School Auditorium

6810 Northside High School Road

Roanoke, VA

Monday, June 27, 2005

10 a.m. 12 p.m.

Virginia Department of Education

James Monroe Building, 1^st Floor

Rooms C, D, E

101 N. 14^th Street

Richmond, VA

Thursday, June 30, 2005

10 a.m. 12 p.m.

Questions or comments relating to the School and Staff Administration Data Collection should be directed to Data Administration at DataAdm@doe.virginia.gov or (804) 225-2099.

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