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  • 1.  DLCS course-code reporting...

    Posted 02-24-2024 05:46 PM
    Edited by David Petty 02-24-2024 05:58 PM
    This is the time of year when... robins migrate north, there are two months between vacations, and you should be checking and correcting your DLCS district course codes! Here are some instructions for accomplishing that.
    1. Identify what you are teaching. Use the Education Personnel Information Management System (https://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/data/) course description to determine what you are teaching. Then, note the course code for that course (see https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YqicjdaEotCMNNj2SZ0mB2r32xWBs_OWSXIK1Du3z48 for a spreadsheet version).
    2. Identify the 'course-code manager' in your school/district. This is the person within your school/district who enters the course codes for teachers' course(s). You may want to start with the Directory Administrators for your district. See information on What is Directory Administration? (https://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/data/diradmin/) and the list of Directory Administrators by district (https://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/data/diradmin/list.aspx).
    3. Notify the principal/assistant principal in your school as well as the course-code manager of the course code that you would like identified for your class, along with the course description.


    Thanks to the folks at DESE for compiling the data and helping me with the links!
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    David Petty
    Cambridge MA
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  • 2.  RE: DLCS course-code reporting...

    Posted 02-26-2024 05:45 AM

    Thanks for sharing this David! Looking into it now. So many districts do not code their CS courses correctly. 



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    Audra Kaplan
    DL & CS MS Teacher
    CSTA Greater Boston Co-President
    Former CSTA Board K8 Representative
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