| Date:
April 16, 2007
To: Bay Area Educators, Curriculum Leaders and Education Technology Leaders, CTAP Region IV Contacts
From: Bonnie Marks, Executive Director
Subject: BARC Meeting May 22,
2007, 12:30 p.m.
CTAP Region IV:
Serving the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo and
Solano
Alameda County Office of Education
313 West
Winton Avenue
Hayward, CA 94544-1198
http://www.ctap4.org
(510) 670-4168
We are pleased to invite you to the next Bay
Area Regional CTAP (BARC) meeting. The
meeting will focus on data analysis – with
presentations by CTAP staff as well as special
guest speaker, Bob Beuthel, of the state Electronic
Learning Assessment Resources (ELAR) project. If
you want to learn about assessment tools and
see how technology can assist your district
to do benchmark analysis, this meeting will
provide you with ideas and resources. You’ll
get some hands-on experience with a free Excel
template developed jointly by CTAP and RSDSS.
In addition to technology leaders, we extend
this invitation to curriculum and assessment
leaders, and we encourage regular BARC attendees
to bring guests who are interested in this
topic.
We'll be videoconferencing this meeting to
a second site, the Marin County Office of Education
so that those of you in the northern part of
the region can participate without having to
travel as far.
The meeting will be held on:
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
12:00 Registration and Refreshments
12:30 - 3:30 p.m. (BARC meeting)
at the
Alameda County Office of Education
313 W. Winton Ave., Hayward, CA
with Videoconference
Remote Location at the Marin County Office
of Education
1111 Las Gallinas Ave., San Rafael
Other BARC Agenda items include:
- State
Educational Technology Survey
- Funding
and Grants update
- Plans
for future meetings, activities, and events
- And,
as always, Sharing and Collaborating
Please
see the attached flyer, and use the registration
form provided to let us know you plan to
attend or register online at http://www.ctap4.org/registration/ . |
 Meeting
Minutes for the
BARC Meeting held May 22, 2007
at Alameda County Office of
Education
with video conference to Marin County Office of Education
Welcome and Introductions – Bonnie
Marks
State EdTech Update
California School
Technology Survey Update - 100% of the
schools
in Region IV have completed the Ed Tech Survey.
New Staff at CDE
- John Vardanega (K-12
Voucher) --John has filled the position
vacated by Gary Quiring
CTAP
Region IV Update <http://www.ctap4.org>
Newsletter
The new newsletter is out! Check it
for your favorite articles or download it from
our website. http://www.ctap4.org/about_us/newsletter.htm
Upcoming
Events and Web Resources –
- Check our website and calendar for several
upcoming trainings.
- Intel Thinking Tools will be held in
Santa Clara
- Google Summer Institutes have one spot
available in Marin and one spot in Pleasanton.
- Data Summer Workshop is full.
- Designing and implementing a local accountability
system is the last
Grant updates –
- EETT Formula: Changes
have occurred in the tech plan approval
process. Factors such as AB 307, E-rate,
and the submission timeline have affected
the process. The criteria has changed to
accomodate this factors. Also, the deadlines
for submissions have been moved up to accomodate
e-rate regulations. CTAP will be hosting
3 informational meetings. We will hold
these meetings at the following locations:
- Marin
County Office of Education on Thursday,
May 24, 2007 at 1pm
- Alameda County Office of Education
on Friday, May 25, 2007 @
- Solano COE
on Friday, May 25, 2007 @ 10am
- EETT Competitive: Something
is going to happen sometime soon with the
competitive grant. CDE hopes to get the
RFA out in mid-June with the application
due in mid-July. The pool of money will
be smaller than in past years.
- K-12 Voucher: 28 districts
and 13 charter schools in Region IV have
applied for voucher funds. We are in the
first year of the two-year window. Districts
will have six years to spend their voucher
money. CTAP will offer help to districts
needing support in the application process.
- Microsoft
Settlement: Letters went out 2
months ago. This is a different program
than the K-12 Voucher Program. This is
the result of a case brought by California
government entitites. Athough the amount
is less than the K-12 Voucher Program,
all districts are eligible for their part
of the $70 million in this settlement.
Technology Funding
Alert!:
Hot off the press the newest funding alert was released March 15, 2007. Download it at <http://www.ctap4.org/grants/funding_alert.htm>
Upcoming Events
CUE<http://www.cue.org>
- State CUE Board election results are
in! Micheline LeBlanc from CTAP
has been elected.
- EB-CUE: Gerald
McMullin received a Gold Disk. Hurray Gerald! Stephen Politzer
was elected to the EB-CUE board.
Featured Presentation :
Helping your Schools Excel at Using Data
An Excel
Template to Simplify Analysis of Benchmark
Assessment
Jason Sutter, Melodee Munckton, Janice Morrison
as
An Excel Template
to Simplify Analysis of Benchmark Assessment
Jason Sutter, Melodee Munckton,
Janice Morrison
Resource Spotlight:
Electronic Learning Assessment Resources
(ELAR project)
ELAR has replaced the original EDAS guide.
The categories for ELAR are Data Warehouses,
Data Management and Reporting Systems,
Curriculum Management Systems, Instruction
and Practice Systems, and Assessment of
Diagnostics. ELAR is a good place for districts
to begin their search for a district data
solution.
For more information, please contact Bob
Beuthel at bbeuthel@earthlink.net.
Next BARC Meeting
October 23 , 2007
Alameda County Office of Education |
