This section of the EdUpdate includes important notifications from the Mississippi Department of Education to school and district superintendents and administrators. These announcements will remain posted for 90 days. View information about professional development opportunities and resources in other sections of the EdUpdate.
Release of FY21 21st CCLC Request for Proposals
21st_CCLC_FY21_RFP The Office of Federal Programs (OFP) is pleased to announce the release of the FY21 Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Request for Proposals. All proposals are due on June 9, 2020,…
Graduation Ceremony Guidance
Graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2020 must follow safety guidelines from the Mississippi State Department of Health and the CDC. Considerations include: Limiting spectator attendance For larger schools, grouping…
REACH MS Introduction to MTSS-PBIS Tier 1 Overview Webinar
Join us Monday May 18, 2020 as we provide an introduction to the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework at the Tier 1 level….
MDE COVID-19 Guidance to Districts as of May 7, 2020
REQUIRED ACTIONS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS DUE MAY 11: 2020 Bus Driver Summer Training Request Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 37-41-1, all public-school bus drivers are required to be re-certified every…
Student Engagement, Grant Funding, and Virtual Professional Development – Hanover Research
District planning for the upcoming year will present new challenges for superintendents and administrators. Parents and students are trying to make sure that schools will be safe before returning to…
Licensure Call Center Alert
To maintain the safety of MDE staff and to better serve education stakeholders, the Educator Licensure Call Center will reopen on an abbreviated schedule with a limited number of staff…
Brigance Screener III
Beginning August 2020, each local school district must administer the Comprehensive Early Learning Observational Assessment, Brigance Screener III to every public pre-kindergarten student. The Screener will be administered twice per…
MDE Early Childhood Specialized Training
This training is offered to teachers that need to acquire twelve hours of approved early childhood coursework to teach in pre-k classrooms. The completion of this training program will be…
Teacher Certification and Teacher Assistant Qualification Policy Update
On April 16, 2020, the Mississippi Board of Education passed a waiver for the following rule in the Early Learning Guidelines for Classrooms Serving Three-and Four-Year Old Children due to…
Mississippi Early Childhood Association Conference
The Early Childhood Education Conference that occurs in July has been cancelled. As an option for teachers and administrators of pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms the Office of Early Childhood is…