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Denise Juneau

Seeking Nominations for 2013-2014 Student Advisory Board

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

On April 29 and 30, my Student Advisory Board gathered in Helena at the Holter Museum of Art and at the Fish Wildlife and Parks Wild Classroom at Spring Meadow Lake. The focus of the Spring meeting of the Student Advisory Board was how to create safe and respectful schools.

Hearing from students about what is going on in their schools and getting their ideas about what we can do to help improve the education system has proven vital to my work. At the Spring Summit, I spoke with students not only about how adults can help create positive learning environments, but also about what they can do as students to make each other feel safe and respected.

We also celebrated the graduating seniors who are serving on the Advisory Board and have now opened the nomination process for the 2013-2014 Student Advisory Board.

There are two steps to the nomination process. First, an adult must nominate a student. Nominators can nominate up to two students. Second, the nominee must fill out an application.

The nominator’s application and the student’s application must be submitted to OPI by Friday, May 17, 2013.

We are looking for a Student Advisory Board comprised of students who:

1. Are currently enrolled in a Montana public high school,
2. Represent a mix of high schools in both urban and rural locations,
3. Have overcome obstacles,
4. Represent an even mix of gender, and
5. Represent a mix of all high school grade levels.

To nominate a student to serve on the SAB, please click here. You can find more information about the Student Advisory Board, including reports from our semi-annual Summits, by going to the Graduation Matters Montana website.

If you have any questions, please contact Abby Coburn at 406-444-5643 or acoburn2@mt.gov.



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Denise Juneau, Superintendent

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Accreditation Status Preview

This month, schools will be mailed a document showing their accreditation status for the 2012-2013 school year if the accreditation process that takes effect July 1, 2013 had been applied to the current year's accreditation. This information can be used by each school to get an understanding of how the new process will affect the school's accreditation in the future.

Referred to as the blended model, the new accreditation process will include both assurance standards and performance standards. Assurance standards are those standards that have been used to determine accreditation in the past. Performance standards are an average of CRT scale scores from the previous spring for grades 3-8 and grade 10.

Documents at this link provide examples of the color-coded levels of assurance standards and student performance standards.

If you would like assistance reviewing your sample accreditation document or have questions regarding the new accreditation process, please contact Teri Wing at twing@mt.gov or 406-444-4436.