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Maryland Association Of Boards Of Education | 2018 Conference MSDE is unwavering in its pursuit of equity and excellence for Maryland students. It is this goal that propels us to support and enhance ongoing initiatives, as well as pursuing new innovations… ESTABLISHING A STRONG FOUNDATION Impact At A Glance 4,272 four-year-olds are being served in preschool expansion grant classrooms.
52% (4,492) of licensed Child Care programs are participating in Maryland EXCELS Quality Rating and Improvement System.
9,761 children ages birth through age four with developmental delays or disabilities received early intervention services.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 3 ESTABLISHING A STRONG FOUNDATION Did You Know?
Judy Centers served over 15,000 children ages birth to five years old.
Maryland EXCELS (Excellence Counts in Early Learning Age Care) certified its 300th early childhood program in Level 5, the highest level of quality.
Over 250 educators attended the MSDE/Ready At Five School Readiness Symposium, Supporting the Whole Child: Social and Emotional Learning.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES Impact At A Glance 30 workshops/trainings on Evidence– Based Decision Making.
22,000+ Educator certifications issued during the 2017–2018 school year.
40+ school system support site visits related to grant implementation, professional learning and school system needs/requests.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES Teacher Outreach & Digital Recruitment Program Attract and retain high quality teachers to Maryland.
Create a resource library for local school systems to use as a one stop shop for downloadable teacher recruitment materials.
Advertise the Teaching Fellows for Maryland Scholarship Program on behalf of MHEC.
Institute a major branding campaign with the purpose of attracting students to the profession and high-quality teachers to Maryland.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES Advanced Placement & Strengthening Struggling Schools 1,600 more students of color and low income signed up to take Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate classes.
Gifted & Talented identification procedures and programs through Javits Gifted & Talented grant $1.6 million.
Striving Readers Literacy Grant $45 million.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 7 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES Office of Research
Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, a Maryland Connections Summit 2018 keynote speaker, discussing the idea of educators as critical consumers of evidence.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 8 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES Graduation Task Force
Make recommendations on:
• Credit and program requirements for graduation (number of credits, subject areas, other requirements)
• Assessment requirements for graduation
• Options for awarding high school diploma
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 9 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES Maryland Report Card
The Maryland Report Card website is being revamped to make it more useful and user friendly.
We want to provide local superintendents, principals, teacher, parents, community members and all stakeholders with a clear, user friendly explanation of Maryland’s new Accountability Report Card.
A series of 1 and 2-page print products on ESSA priorities will be published.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 10 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MCAP
Unit times are aligned Efficiency improved WHAT IS DIFFERENT Assessments will be shorter Computer adaptive
MD College and Career Ready Standards in Reading, English and Math WHAT STAYS THE SAME Content based on nationally recognized items All MD State Assessments will be part of MCAP
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 11 012 ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education
Commission Work Groups
High Quality College and More Resources Early Childhood Teachers and Career Readiness for At-Risk Education Leaders Pathways Students
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 13 EMPOWERING THE WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW Impact At A Glance 12,458 (23.2%) of the Class of 2017 completed a Career Technology Education program of study.
103,538 (40.5%) of all high school students enrolled in Career Technology Education programs.
7 PTECH programs are being offered in 5 local systems that blend high school, college, and work experience.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 14 EMPOWERING THE WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW P-TECH
Maryland’s P-TECH Sites Total Projected Enrollment for 2018/2019 SY: 584 students
School System/ School Industry Lead Career Pathway Projected Enrollment 2018/2019 Community College Paul Laurence Dunbar Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kaiser Permanente and Nursing, Respiratory Care, Physical Therapy 50 freshmen, 45 sophomores High University of Maryland, Baltimore Assistant 42 juniors Carver Vocational Cyber Security Assurance and Computer 50 freshmen, 47 sophomores Baltimore City/ Baltimore IBM City Community College Technical Information System 32 juniors
New Era Academy Port of Baltimore and United States Coast Guard Supply Chain Management 25 freshmen, 1st cohort in fall 2018
Allegany County/Allegany Allegany Career and Western Maryland Health Systems Information Technology, Cyber Security 25 freshmen, 23 sophomores College Technology Center
Medstar Health Health Information Systems 30 freshmen, 32 sophomores Prince George’s Frederick Douglass High County/Prince George’s Community College School Marriott Hotels Hospitality Services Management 30 freshmen, 29 sophomores
Baltimore County/ Whiting-Turner Contracting, KCI Technologies, Black Community College of Dundalk High School Engineering Technology 60 students, 1st cohort in fall 2018 and Decker, and Alban CAT Baltimore County
Montgomery County/ Daly Computers, Inc. and the Information Technology Clarksburg High School Network and Information Technology 64 students, 1st cohort in fall 2018 Montgomery College Foundation
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 15 EMPOWERING THE WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW CTE
Stefany Zelaya, Project Lead The Way Biomedical Science Program
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 16 EMPOWERING THE WORKFORCE OF TOMORROW Apprenticeship Maryland
Links Maryland students with prospective employers.
Frederick County and Washington County serving as pilot programs.
The numbers are up!
YOUTH PARTICIPATING YEAR APPRENTICESHIP BUSINESSES
2016-17 11 14 2017-18 27 44
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 17 IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS Impact At A Glance 43.2 million school breakfast meals served during the 2017 – 2018 school year, with funding and support through MSDE Food and Nutrition services. 2,300+ individuals have been trained in Mental Health First Aid and over 250 have been trained as instructors.
112,000 students participated in interscholastic sports with coordination of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association and MSDE.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 18 IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS Did You Know?
A student mental health public awareness campaign and a new collection of web resources, can be accessed by schools throughout the State.
Resource Guide of Maryland School Mental Health and Wellness Programs is available on MSDE website.
Dedicated webpage for suicide prevention resources is available.
Dedicated webpage for human trafficking resources, which identifies warning signs is available.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 19 IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS Heroin and Opioid Awareness & Prevention Toolkit
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 20 SHAPING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Impact At A Glance
Maryland Safe to Learn Act of 2018
Independent unit within MSDE
State Superintendent chairperson
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 21 SHAPING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Subcabinet
Dr. Karen Salmon State Superintendent of Schools (Chair)
Col. William Pallozzi Secretary of State Police
Brian Frosh Governing Board: Subcabinet Members Attorney General Robert Neall Secretary of Health
Carol Beatty Secretary of Disabilities
Robert Gorrell Executive Director of the IAC
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 22 SHAPING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Subcabinet Advisory Board
Member of the Senate Del. Eric Ebersole *Representative Sharon A. Hoover, Ph.D. Maryland Association of Student *Appoint after the primary Member of the House of Delegates Center for School Mental Health Councils
Dr. George Arlotto Karin Bailey (Board Chair, St. Mary’s County Megan Berger, Esq. James T. Bell Anne Arundel County Public BOE) Disability Rights Maryland Parent of a Public School Student Schools Local Superintendent MABE
Advisory Board Dr. Kellie Anderson Mr. Nicholas Shockney Capt. Patrick D. Herring, Thomas E. Alban Anne Arundel County Public Carroll County Public Schools USN Representative of a Non-Public Members Schools School Psychologist Special Education Administrator Parent of a Child with Disabilities School Rachel Faulkner Pamela Gaddy Dr. Chanta’ M. Booker *Representative Maryland Assembly on School Baltimore County Public Schools New Era Academy Representative of School Bus Based Health Care Classroom Teacher School Principal Drivers
Secretary Lourdes Padilla Andrew Tress David Engel Laurel Moody, MS Representative of Dept. of Human Representative of Dept. of Juvenile Director, MCAC MIEMSS Services Services
Jon Carrier – AACPS Sheriff Scott Adams Chief Tim Altomare School Resource Officer Cecil County Sheriff Anne Arundel County
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 23 SHAPING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Funding
Center for School Safety - Minimum of $2 million in annual funding (FY19 = $3 million)
Safety Evaluations / Assessments - $2.5 million
Safe Schools Fund - $10,600,000 for FY19 Enhance School Safety Capital Improvements - $20 million
Nonpublic School Safety Capital Improvements - $3.5 million
At-risk of hate crimes - $1 million
SRO’s ($10 million in FY2020) (# of schools in district / # of schools in the State)
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 24 SHAPING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Governing Board Accomplishments
Key accomplishments to date:
Added staff – 13 positions to be added overall.
Developed SRO and Security Training Curriculum which was approved by the MD Police Training and Standards Commission.
Created the Model Policy for local assessment teams.
Gathered data from all 24 local school systems regarding what high schools have SRO’s or adequate coverage.
Identified Health Coordinator and School Safety Coordinator for each school system.
Approved distribution allocation for the 24 local school systems based on enrollment with a $200,000 base.
Approved Hate Crimes Grant Program for Schools and Child Care Centers and notice of funding availability.
Facilitated implementation of a Statewide crisis tip line that will be operated by MEMA.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 25 SHAPING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC)
The Interagency Commission is an independent commission that functions within the Maryland State Department of Education. It will develop and approve policies, procedures, and regulations on State school construction allocations to local jurisdictions in an independent and merit-based manner.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 26 SHAPING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IAC Accomplishments
Key accomplishments to date:
Adoption of Sufficiency Standards, which will be utilized as the basis for a school facilities assessment to identify the condition of every school facility in the State of Maryland.
Released the application for round one of funding to local school systems for $10 million of the funding allocated in the School Safety Grant Program.
Distributed a survey to local school systems to ascertain the level of facility needs in different areas of the State.
Identified members for the Workgroup on Educational Specifications and Assessment of School Facilities.
MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 27 BECAUSE OPPORTUNITY BELONGS TO EVERYONE