The Henton Headlines: July 29, 2021

THE HENTON HEADLINES
July 29, 2021
Here’s the scoop for the week

Do we have to do contact tracing in 2021-2022?

If you are like me, when I read the latest MDE/MDH guidance, I was left wondering. MDE clarified the answer:  conducting contact tracing is strongly recommended, yet is a district decision. 

 

MASA member receives national award!

At their Summer Leadership Conference, the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) awarded Southwest West Central Service Cooperative Executive Director Cliff Carmody with the 2021 Peter C. Young Award in recognition of his service to educational service agencies. Congratulations Cliff!

Excellent additional resources on racial equity and Critical Race Theory, CRT:

See links below links to racial equity and Critical Race Theory information shared by the University of Minnesota's College of Education and Human Development:

Partnership for the Future of Learning

FrameWorks Institute 

FrameWorks Racial Equity in Education 

*Also recommended to take the time to read this one-page document, if nothing else, the last paragraph on CRT written by the outgoing Executive Director of the Council of Great City Schools-so very well said.

Leadership Matters:

“Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it.” - Thornton Wilder

Detailed information may be found at
https://www.mnasa.org/whats-new.html and the MASA Calendar.

July 1	MASA Membership Due
	Renew online: https://events.resultsathand.com/masa_masemembership/1346
August 1	MASA Committee Sign-Up Deadline
	Sign up for a committee online here: https://forms.gle/SZG9BB8auN2pvwrX6
August 4	2021 Back to School Conference: Reconnecting - Held Virtually 8-10 am
	Register: www.mnasa.org/2021-back-to-school-conference-reconnecting
August 6	MDE: Test Results Summary provides embargoed summary results
August 10	Muharram (Al Hijrah New Year)
August 18	First Session of the Great Start Cohort for New Superintendents and Administrators
	Register online: https://events.resultsathand.com/greatstart/1386
August 26	MDE: Individual Student Reports (ISRs)
August 30	Media receives access to embargoed accountability downloadable data file including state, all districts, and all school-level data
September 1	DUE: MDE SY22 ESEA Title applications (FIN401, FIN406, FIN414, FIN417, and FIN433)
September 14	Workshop: School Tax Elections: Planning for Success in the New Normal
	Register online: https://events.resultsathand.com/maseapp/1397/
September 15	DUE: MDE GEER I and ESSER I Summer 2020 Funding (FIN151, FIN152, FIN153)
	Applications were due by May 1, 2021 (this deadline has passed)
	Funds for expenditures from January 1-June 30, 2021 must be drawn by September 15, 2021
	Funds can be spent through September 30, 2022 and must be drawn by December 12, 2022
September 17-18	MN Aspiring Superintendents Academy
September 25-26	MASA Board of Director's Meeting | DECC, Duluth
September 26	Great Start Cohort Session #2 | DECC, Duluth
September 26	Dale G. Jensen Golf Tournament - Details Coming Soon!
September 26-28	MASA Fall Conference - DECC, Duluth - Save the Dates!