FLORIDA CONFERENCE EDUCATION

FLORIDA CONFERENCE OFFICE OF EDUCATION 2018-2019 SCHOOL CALENDAR

Rev 6/14/18

2018

First Semester

May 21

Learning A-Z Orders Due to COE (Conference Office of Education)

May 28

Memorial Day Holiday

May 31

Continuing Education Units - CEU (formerly PAC or NAC) Forms Due to COE

May 31

School Calendar Change Request Forms Due to COE

May 31

Accreditation Annual Progress Reports Due to COE ? ALL SCHOOLS

June 4-8

Responsive Classroom & Developmental Designs (Can be taken for 2 hrs. Academic Credit) (Orlando Area)

In-Class Sessions June 4-8; Project Completion for academic credit June 11-15.

June 4-15

Math Course (Can be taken for 3 hrs. Academic Credit) (Orlando Area)

July 1

Employment Year Begins

July 1

Locally-funded Teacher Applications DUE to COE (Required for ALL Locally-funded Teaching Employees)

July 4-5

Independence Day Holiday

July 20-22

Principal Boot Camp (Location TBD)

July 22-26

New Employee Orientation* (Conference Office)

*Also for Current teachers who missed their orientation or changed grade levels

July 22-24

Secondary Encounter Bible Curriculum Teacher Training for Grades 9-12 (Southern Union Office, Norcross, GA)

August ___

Registration ? Student-teacher interaction & 4-hour duration required if counting as a school day (Date TBD by local school)

August 1

Teachers Report for Duty

August 1

Employee and School Directory Information Reply Deadline (by Email to COE)

August 1

Remaining Continuing Education Unit Forms for non-academic credit Due to COE

August 6-9

NAD National Teachers' Convention, Chicago, IL

August 1-19

School Preparation Days

August 20

First Day of School

August 27-31 Lexia/Reading Plus Assessment, Running Records, Math Placement, Writing Sample

August 27-31 DIBELS Beginning-of-Year Administration

August 27-Sep 7 MAP Assessment Administration #1 - Beginning-of-Year Benchmark (schools pick one week or the other, not both)

August 29

Writing Practice Program (WPP) Orders Due to COE

September 3 Labor Day Holiday ? No School

September 10 New Teacher Mentor Meetings/Webinar #1

September 7 OPENING REPORT DEADLINE: All information MUST be updated in RenWeb & Dashboard - NO Errors

September 12 DIBELS Data Entry Cut-off

September 13-16 Southern Union Student Leadership Conference ? Academies only/Grades 9-12 (Nosoca Pines, SC)

September 17 Professional Development/Study Group Day #1 ? Half-day (Noon Dismissal)

Date TBD

2Serve Conference for Junior Academies (Location TBD)

October 1

New Teacher Mentor Meetings/Webinar #2

October 3

Special Needs Coordinators' Training (Conference Office)

October 4

Principals' Advisory #1 ? All Principals/Head Teachers ? (Conference Office)

October 15

Professional Development/Study Group Day #2 ? Half-day (Noon Dismissal)

October 16

Early Childhood Education Mtg. ? All pre-kindergarten teachers please plan to attend (Southeastern Conf.)

October 17

Florida Early Childhood Advisory (FLECA) (Conference Office)

October 19

Revised School Budgets Due

October 19

End of First Grading Period (44 Days)

October ___ Required Parent-Teacher Conferences (Date TBD Locally) ? Discuss MAP & other Assessment Scores with Parents

October 29

New Teacher Mentor Meetings/Webinar #3

October 31

Board of Education #1 (Conference Office)

November ___ Adventist Education Week (Date TBD at Your Local School)

November 5-8 Outdoor Education Week #1 (Camp Kulaqua)

November 22-23 Thanksgiving Vacation ? Noon Dismissal on the 21st

November 26 New Teacher Mentor Meetings/Webinar #4

December 3

Professional Development/Study Group Day #3 ? Half-day (Noon Dismissal)

December 21 Noon Dismissal/End of Second Grading Period (43 Days)

Dec. 21-Jan. 6 Christmas/New Year's Vacation (Conference Office Closed Dec. 24 - Jan. 1)

2019

Second Semester

January 7

Second Semester Begins

January ___ Required Parent-Teacher Conferences (Date TBD Locally) ? Discuss MAP & other Assessment Scores with Parents

January 14-18 DIBELS Mid-year Administration, Math Benchmark, and Interim Writing Sample

January 14

New Teacher Mentor Meetings/Webinar #5

January 14-18 MAP Assessment Administration #2 - Mid-year Benchmark

January 21

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday ? No School

January 16-19 Southern Union Prayer Conference ? Academies only/Grades 9-12 (Camp Kulaqua)

January 30

DIBELS Data Entry Cut-off

January 28-29 Jr. Academy Principals' In-service (Southern Union Office, Norcross, GA)

February 2-3 View FLA ? Grades 8-10 (Academy Days)

February 4-6 COE Administrative Assistants' Meetings (Southern Union Office, Norcross, GA)

Date TBD

2Serve Conference for Junior Academies (Location TBD)

February 12 Principals' Advisory #2 ? All Principals/Head Teachers (Conference Office)

February 18 President's Day Holiday ? No School / OR Hurricane Make-up Day, if necessary

February 19-22 Outdoor Education Week #2 (Camp Kulaqua)

February 24 School Treasurers Workshop

February 25 New Teacher Mentor Meetings/Webinar #6

February 25-27 WrAP Testing (Writing Assessment Program) ? Grades 3-8 / Final Writing Sample* (Make-up days Feb 28-Mar 1)

*PRINCIPALS: MAIL your Completed, Checked, and Corrected WrAP Tests to the Conference by MARCH 1.

March 4-8

Spring Break ? Noon Dismissal on the 1st

March 8

Proposed School Budgets Due

March 11

School Resumes

March 13

Board of Education #2 (Conference Office)

March 18

Professional Development/Study Group Day #4 ? Half-day (Noon Dismissal)

March 20

Florida Early Childhood Advisory (FLECA) (Florida Conf. Office)

March 21

Early Childhood Education Mtg. ? All pre-kindergarten teachers please plan to attend (Florida Conf. Office)

March 22

End of Third Grading Period (48 Days)

March ___

Required Parent-Teacher Conferences (Date TBD Locally) ? Discuss MAP & other Assessment Scores with Parents

March 22-24 STEM Festival (Forest Lake Education Center)

April 3

Special Needs Coordinators' Training (Conference Office)

April 4

Principals' Advisory #3 ? All Principals/Head Teachers (Conference Office)

April 8

New Teacher Mentor Meetings/Webinar #7

April 12-14

English Camp Meeting

April 15

Professional Development/Study Group Day #5 ? Half-day (Noon Dismissal)

April 19-21

Spanish Camp Meeting

April 24-27

Festival of the Arts, Grades 6-12 (Forest Lake Academy Campus)Proposed to change to April 3-6

April 29 - May 3 DIBELS End-of-Year Administration and Math Benchmark

April 29 - May 3 MAP Assessment Administration #3- End-of-Year Benchmark

May 1

Board of Education #3 (Conference Office)

May 6

Professional Development/Study Group Day #6 ? Half-day (Noon Dismissal)

May 15

DIBELS Data Entry Cut-off

May 24

Last Day of School ? Noon Dismissal / End of Fourth Grading Period (45 days)

May 24-25

FLA & GMAA Graduations ? Please do not schedule elementary graduations on this date.

May 27

Memorial Day Holiday

May 28-31

Post School Work Days

May 29

RENWEB ENTRY DEADLINE: ALL Grades, Attendance, & Documentation MUST be Entered by this Date

May 31

Accreditation Annual Progress Reports Due to COE ? ALL SCHOOLS

June 30

Employment Year Ends

Summary of School Days by Grading Periods 44 days - 1st Grading Period ? Aug 20 ? Oct 19 43 days - 2nd Grading Period ? Oct 22 ? Dec 21 48 days - 3rd Grading Period ? Jan 7 ? Mar 22 45 days - 4th Grading Period ? Mar 25 ? May 24

180 Days Total* (Submit Change Request Form to make any adjustments. Must meet 180 day requirement.)

Allowable Days (Attendance MUST be taken to count as school days.)

>Picnic/School Fair (one per semester)

2 days

>Ingathering Field Day

1 day

>Parent/Teacher Conferences

3 half-days

>Registration day may be counted as a school day if student contact

and duration requirements are followed. (SU code 1233)

>The only allowed half-days are as shown, unless by change request.

*Any local change in this calendar must be approved by the Conference Office of Education. Submit Request Form. Notes: - Please notify the Conference Office of Education in the event of an emergency closing. - Teacher In-services, Conventions, & Full-day Professional Development/Study Group Days are NOT counted as school days. - School day minimum is 6 hrs. (Pre-k/K: 4 hrs.). Friday dismissal may be one hour earlier than regular time, only if recess time is shortened.

- Use Monday holidays as hurricane make-up days, if necessary.

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