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In This Issue - January 22, 2016

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LAST CALL TO REGISTER FOR FORUM ON ENGAGING MUSLIM STUDENTS & FAMILIES!

Registration is closing for next week’s workshop on creating positive engagement with Muslim students and their families. Presenters will explain the basic beliefs of Islam and discuss the impact of our current societal climate on Muslim students. The objectives of this workshop are in keeping with the message of the USDE’s recent guidance letter calling upon school leaders to ensure that they are maintaining safe, respectful and nondiscriminatory learning environments for all of their students. We hope you will join us for this important forum.
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DON'T MISS MUST-SEE MOVIE "SALAM NEIGHBOR"

CAS invites high school students, administrators and faculty to meet Chris Temple, award-winning documentary filmmaker. Chris and Zach Ingrasci are pioneering a new style of documentary filmmaking, using immersive storytelling to raise awareness around pressing global issues. Their newest movie, Salam Neighbor, will be presented February 10, 2016, at Goodwin College Auditorium. It captures Chris and Zach’s experiences living among Syrian refugees. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. This unique opportunity will inspire thought and dialogue on overwhelming, complex and pressing issues from a perspective different from the day-to-day news coverage.
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OPEN INVITATION TO CALAS MEMBERSHIP MEETING

On February 4th, the CT Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (CALAS) will hold its second full membership meeting at the CAS office in Cheshire. The newly formed CALAS is dedicated to developing and advancing Hispanic/Latino school leaders and improving the educational opportunities of Latino students in Connecticut. All educators are encouraged to attend and should register in advance.
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UPCOMING SAT WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON SOCIAL STUDIES

Due to its popularity, CAS is offering another SAT Social Studies workshop to be presented by Alan Bernstein, senior director for the College Board. Alan is returning to CAS on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, to discuss how College Board assessments can inform Social Studies curriculum and instruction.
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ELEMENTARY ARTS BANQUET REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT WEEK

The deadline to register for the 17th Annual Elementary Arts Banquet is right around the corner. This festive event recognizes elementary students who have demonstrated outstanding artistic ability in performing or visual arts as well as citizenship and cooperative skills. Each elementary school is invited to select two students to be honored. This year’s entertainment is the Yale a cappella group Mixed Company!
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UCAPP ESTABLISHES TWO-YEAR RECRUITMENT CYCLE FOR STAMFORD COHORT

The University of Connecticut Administrator Preparation Program (UCAPP), which historically operated three traditional cohorts each year – two in the Hartford area and one at the UConn Stamford campus – will transition to a two-year recruitment cycle for its Stamford cohort beginning this year. Applications are due on March 1, 2016, and the new cohort will begin course work in July. The subsquent Stamford cohort will not form until spring/summer 2018.
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CAS OFFERS ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION WORKSHOP IN EARLY FEBRUARY

CAS is hosting a state-sponsored workshop on administrator evaluation and support on February 1 & 2, 2016, at the CAS office in Cheshire. This two-day, no-cost workshop will examine the four components of the administrator evaluation and support process. New administrators or observers of administrators who have yet to take this basic program are encouraged to attend.
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THERE'S STILL TIME TO RECOGNIZE YOUR VOLUNTEERS!

Every school in Connecticut is blessed with parents and other volunteers who contribute to its success. Here's an opportunity to honor those individuals! Join us on March 7th at the Aqua Turf for the 16th Annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet. This event provides principals with a forum for giving public recognition to those volunteers who have made their schools better places to work and learn. Register now!!
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NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR PARAEDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Connecticut State Department of Education and the School Paraprofessional Advisory Council have established the Anne Marie Murphy Paraeducator of the Year Program to recognize the important role of the paraeducator in supporting student achievement. The award is named in honor of Anne Marie Murphy, a paraeducator who was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. The program honors one paraeducator who has demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication in the performance of his/her duties, thereby earning that person the respect and admiration of other paraeducators, students, teachers, administrators, co-workers and parents. Superintendents and school directors are invited to nominate one paraeducator for this award.
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LEGAL MAILBAG

The Legal Mailbag column is written by Attorney Thomas Mooney of the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education. Readers are invited to submit short, law-related questions of practical concern to school administrators. One question and its answer will be published in this column each week. Questions may be edited; authors will not be identified; and answers cannot be considered formal legal advice. Please submit questions to: legalmailbag@casciac.org

Dear Legal Mailbag:
I need some clarification. As a new assistant principal, I am responsible for coordinating meetings with non-tenure teachers to give them the good news or the bad news about their tenure prospects. I took this really good school law course, and I understand that teachers receive tenure after they work for a district for forty consecutive school months. I also know that there are specific rules about leaves and layoffs and such.
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