July | August | September October | November | December January | February | March | April May Other Calendars Administrators Distance Learning Compressed Video Calendar Teachers Test Dates		July July 7 Deadline to register for Summer Workshop: Teaching the Gifted in the Secondary Content Classroom July 7 Registration forms due for 'Arkansas Has It All' teacher professional development workshop July 7 Special Ed Programs: Collaboration, Improved Accountability & Outcomes workshop July 7-18 Child Nutrition Directors Certification Training July 8-9 2008-2009 Beginning Administrator Mentor Induction Training (two-day attendance) July 10 Using the State Capitol to Teach workshop - Northwest Arkansas Co-op July 11 Using the State Capitol to Teach workshop - Annual Social Studies Conference July 14 Deadline for applications for August 2008 allocation cycle of Qualified Zone Academy Bonds July 14-18 Fourth-Year Transition to College Mathematics School Training workshop July 15 Using the State Capitol to Teach workshop - DeQueen/Mena Co-op July 16 SMART Leadership Symposium July 17 Public hearing for Proposed Rules Governing Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools and School Districts July 17 Using the State Capitol to Teach workshop - Arch Ford Co-op July 18 Deadline for school districts to verify their information for the 2008-2009 Arkansas Education Directory July 18 Special Ed Programs: Autism - Visual Strategies & Computer-Assisted Instruction professional development July 20-22 9th Annual Alternative Learning Education Conference July 21 Special Ed Programs: Autism - Visual Strategies & Computer-Assisted Instruction professional development July 22 Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation commission meeting July 22 Using the State Capitol to Teach workshop - South Central Co-op July 23-25 Special Show 2008 July 24 Using the State Capitol to Teach workshop - Classroom Teacher's Association July 25 Registration opens for Beginning Administrator Induction Training July 28-August 7 East Asian History Seminar July 28 Voluntary Universal ACT Assessment program participation reply forms due July 30 'Arkansas Has It All' teacher professional development workshop July 30 Special Ed Programs: Autism - Visual Strategies & Computer-Assisted Instruction professional development July 31 Special meeting of the State Board of Education to consider the annexation of the Decatur School District to a contiguous district.   August August 4 Special Ed Programs: Autism - Visual Strategies & Computer-Assisted Instruction professional development August 4 Using the State Capitol to Teach workshop - Crowley's Ridge Co-op August 5 Training - Closing the Achievement Gap and PixWriter: Simple, Effective Response to Interventions for Literacy and Written Language August 5-6 Child Nutrition Unit CN Directors’ Conference August 6 Summer Workshop: Teaching the Gifted in the Secondary Content Classroom - English and Social Studies August 7 2nd Annual Statewide Distance Learning Facilitator Training August 7 Child Nutrition Unit New Directors’ Orientation August 7 Summer Workshop: Teaching the Gifted in the Secondary Content Classroom - Math and Science August 7 Oral Health/Land of Smiles Curriculum Training August 11 - September 19 Window for Kindergarten Screener (QUALLS) August 12 Videoconference training for the administration of the MAT8 and for the Quall Early Learning Inventory (QELI) August 20 Alternative Learning Environment (ALE) Report form due August 22 Voluntary Universal ACT Assessment program implementation broadcast training for district administrators   September September 3 Web-based professional development — Special Ed Programs: Computer-Assisted Instruction & Reading...- AR Alternate Assessment September 5 Registration closes for Beginning Administrator Induction Training September 10 Web-based professional development — Special Ed Programs: Computer-Assisted Instruction & Reading...- AR Alternate Assessment September 10 Special Ed Programs: Preparing for APA - Creative Curriculum - Beginners September 12 Deadline for payment requests for Extended School Year services to be filed on the Special Education Web site September 15-26 Window for Metropolitan Achievement Test 8th Edition (MAT8) September 16-17 Beginning Administrator Induction Training (two-day training for late hires) September 17 Special Ed Programs: Preparing for APA - Creative Curriculum - Beginners September 18 Special Ed Programs: Preparing for APA - Creative Curriculum - Beginners September 19 Math and Science Partnership Grant Application Workshop September 19 Planning grant deadline for the 2008-09 Public Charter School applicant cycle September 24 Web-based professional development — Special Ed Programs: Computer-Assisted Instruction & Reading...- AR Alternate Assessment   October October 1 Special Ed Programs: Preparing for APA - Creative Curriculum - Beginners October 8 Web-based professional development — Special Ed Programs: Computer-Assisted Instruction & Reading...- AR Alternate Assessment October 10 Intent to Submit form due for Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant Proposals October 15 2008-2009 Application for Program Approval for Gifted/Talented Education due   November November 11-12 Beginning Administrator Fall Follow-up November 14 Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant Proposals due   December December 1 Application deadline for 2009 Organization of American Historians Tachau Teacher of the Year Award   January January 14 American Diploma Project Mid-Year Algebra II Exam January 20-21 Mid-Year End of Course Algebra I Exam January 22-23 Mid-Year End of Course Geometry Exam January 27-28 Mid-Year End of Course Biology Exam January 28-31 National Alternative Education Association annual conference   February February 16-18 TICAL (Technology Conference)   March March 10-11 Grade 11 Literacy Exam March 20 Alternate Portfolios Due March 30 - May 8 Window for English Language Development Assessment for Limited English Proficient students K-12   April April 6-17 Window for Grades K-2 and 9 Norm-Referenced Testing April 13-17 Augmented Benchmark Exams for Grades 3-8 April 21-22 End of Course Geometry Exam April 22 Voluntary Universal ACT Assessment program school day test for grade 11 students April 23-24 End of Course Algebra I Exam April 28-29 End of Course Biology Exam April 29-20 Beginning Administrator Spring Follow-up   May May 6 Algebra II Exam May 6 Voluntary Universal ACT Assessment program make-up test for grade 11 students
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