Back to School Podcasts
Preparing You for the New School Year

Jim Ballard discusses topics to help you get ready for the 2008-09 school year.
Listen in to "Getting Ready for 08-09":
• Your First Faculty Meeting
• Laws You Need to Know
• Changes in MEAP and MME
• Procedures for Student Accounting (Graduation/Dropout Process)
Your First Faculty Meeting
Jim visits with Dave Barry, President of MASSP and talks about Getting Ready for 08-09: Your First Faculty Meeting. Listen In Here
Laws That You Need to Know
Changes in MEAP and MME for 2008-09
Procedures for Student Accounting (Graduation/Dropout Process)
Jim visits with John Petitto, Director of HR, Avondale Schools and talks about the Graduation Dropout Process (GAD). Listen In.
Procedures for Student Accounting (Graduation Dropout Process) Support Documents
The 2006-2007 graduation rates will be calculated by tracking individual students who first enrolled in ninth grade in fall 2003, and graduated four years later with a regular diploma. Continuing students who were not reported as diploma recipients were recorded for accountability purposes as “off-track.”
Jim and Diane Talk to Sally Vaughn Chief Academic Officer for Education Services at MDE.
Jim and Diane Talk to Sally Vaughn Chief Academic Officer for Education Services at MDE.Listen In