Office of Federal and State Accountability– State Side

1. Office of Federal and State Accountability– State Side Darlene Prevatt, Team Leader dprevatt@ed.sc.gov 803-734-3477

2. Contents • Accreditation • Regulations • Innovative Proposals • Diploma Program • District Strategic and School Renewal Planning • Cultural Exchange and Academic Study • Required Credentials for Professional Staff • Activity Coding System • Home Schooling • Junior Scholars • Uniform Grading Policy, Dual Enrollment, and Graduation Requirements • High School Courses and Requirements • Waiver Requests • Flexibility • Proficiency • Monitoring • Act 155 • Summer School/Programs

3. Activity Coding System • The Activity Coding System includes the standardized codes for courses, instructional activities, and non-instructional activities used in the student information systems in South Carolina public schools. • Courses must be Titled in PowerSchool the same as those in the Activity Coding Manual. • For instance, 314100CW is the code for Mathematics for the Technologies 1, not Algebra 1A

4. Activity Coding System • Another example is Art 1 Ceramics a using 3501 and calling the course Ceramics. The course is Art 1. If the Art Teacher is teaching Ceramics, the appropriate number is 4561 Art: Ceramics. • Courses cannot be repeated for students. PE 2 cannot be taken over and over by athletes for example. There are 4 PE classes along with Health and Wellness and Human Growth and Development. If more are needed, then a syllabus and curriculum would need to be presented to the local board for approval each year. A LBA number can be assigned if approved by the board. • Dual enrollment course code numbers must be requested from our office. The form can be found at: http://ed.sc.gov/agency/programs-services/124/documents/RequestforAddition.pdf

5. Monitoring 235 Schools Desk Audit School/District Visits

6. Monitoring • Most Common Errors • PE in the elementary school- 60 minutes by a certified PE teacher and 90 minutes of physical activity weekly (The Students Health and Fitness Act of 2005 (S.C. Code Ann. §§ 59-10-10 through 59-10-380) requires that students be provided 90 minutes of regular physical activity at school. The physical activity code (1445) was added in Table 1 to assist the SCDE and the school districts with uniform data collection regarding this requirement. • Health Education Requirements-75 minutes per week for 36 weeks; or three 50 minute classes per week for 18 weeks; or 5 hours per week for 9 weeks (elementary) • Middle level certified teachers teaching high school courses not properly certified

7. Monitoring • Special Education Teachers-HQ • All certified personnel should be in PCS-Professional Certified Staff Portal • District Office Personnel (District Administrators, Consultants, Curriculum Specialists, Instructional Specialist, Coordinators, etc.)-all should have master’s degrees and certification in the area of primary responsibility • Administrative Assistants at the high school level will be required to have master’s degrees with certification as Secondary Principals, Secondary Supervisors, or Secondary Principal Tier I or II

8. Monitoring • Changing job descriptions during a monitoring visit or desk audit • Instructional day for secondary students is 6 hours a day excluding lunch (360 minutes) • A teacher must not be assigned classes requiring more than four preparations per day. • A teacher must not be permitted to teach more than 1,500 minutes per week. • Problems with a 7 period week

9. Example of a Seven Period Day 5 X 52 = 260 X 5 = 1300 52 X 7 = 364 Least amount of minutes to equal 6 hour day 6 X 52 = 312 X 5 = 1560 51 X 7 = 357 Not 360 minutes in the day