Description

NOTE: An additional offering of this workshop is being hosted in Fargo on August 12th.  If that location is more preferred, you may register for that event using this link.

This year’s workshop will have a specific focus on these two topics:

Choice Ready Grants

We realize that August is not an ideal time to hold the Choice Ready Workshops, which is why they have been held in October in past years.

As we all know, the ESSER deadline is September 30, 2024. We have identified a plan to use ESSER funding to provide ND high school students with limited services for an additional year; however, this means we need to have the workshops in August and have applications due by Sept 6, 2024.  We will highlight this process at the workshops.

Four-Year Rolling Plan

The required four-year rolling plan is a pinnacle element in our Choice Ready Framework. Members of the Statewide ESSA Committee have been working with Golden Path Solutions to capture this plan within Compass. Patrick Mineer will present on this topic at the workshops.

The workshops will share the following information:

• Choice Ready results from 2023-2024
• Alignment between Choice Ready framework and new state scholarship
• Accessing the Choice Ready Report
• Address the Alternate Choice Ready Framework
• Workforce Ready updates

CHOICE READY WORKSHOP AGENDA

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.          Registration

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.        Welcome/Introductions & General Session

• Overview and Updates – Laurie Matzke
• Choice Ready Results 2023-2024 – Stan Schauer
• Completing the Choice Ready Report – Ross Roemmich & Amanda Wilson
• State Scholarship & Choice Ready – Jim Upgren  

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.      Break 

10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.      General Session

• Four-Year Rolling Plan & Compass – Patrick Mineer
• Funding Plan for Choice Ready in the 2024-2025 School Year
• Application Plan & Process - Laurie Matzke
• Additional State Funding - Davonne Eldredge
• IDEA Funding - Maggie Williams
• CTE Funding - Wayde Sick
• Federal Title Funding - Amanda Peterson & Robin Lang

These workshops are geared towards multiple personnel who play a critical role in supporting student success, including:

• High School Principals
• Counselors
• Special Education Staff
• CTE Staff
• Choice Ready Coordinators

NOTE: This event will be delivered face-to-face and there is no fee to attend.

This event is being offered through sponsorship and collaboration between the N.D. Department of Public Instruction, the N.D. Department of Career and Technical Education, EduTech, and the N.D. Regional Education Association.