Sara Marchessault, Bureau of School Improvement

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• Presented By
• Sara Marchessault, Bureau of School Improvement
• Andrea Latham, FACTS.org
• Pete Tanzy, Office of Application Support

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Major Areas of Interest

• Established in s. 1003.428 (F.S.)
• Started with 2007-2008 9th graders
• MAI a group of related courses
• Standard diploma seeking students must
  successfully complete 4 MAI elective credits for
  graduation (although not necessarily the same
  area)
• Optional for students seeking special diploma

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Major Areas of Interest
Minimum State Graduation Requirements Standard
Diploma 4 credits designated as MAI elective
credits
Core
Electives
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Major Areas of Interest

• Students may change MAI each year
• Typically during course registration process
• Update education plans (ePEP)
• Students receive a diploma designation if 4 MAI
  credits were completed in the SAME area

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Major Areas of Interest

• Two sources of majors
• DOE-created
• Course Code Directory (single subject areas)
• Career Technical Programs/Bright Futures Gold
  Seal Vocational Scholarship
• Dual Enrollment
• District-created
• Related course combinations (integrated)

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Major Areas of Interest

• 2009-2010 School Year

Diploma Type Designations 65 (ESE) and 440 (ALL)
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MAI Process Overview
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MAI Process Overview
JUN

• All new courses and programs are added/ made
  available for selection
• Align DOE-created majors with new courses and
  programs
• Dual Enrollment, AICE, AP, CCD, GSV, IB, ESE
  courses
• Online data entry system is prepped for next phase

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MAI Process Overview
AUG SEP

• ASK Are the majors inclusive of every course or
  program you need for the upcoming school year?
• IF you have proposals, access the data entry
  system at www.fldoe.org/APlusPlus
• Select District Submission of High School Major
  Areas of Interest
• One login ID per school district

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Rules for Proposals

• MAIs must contain at least 4 related credits
  (unless CCD specifically states multiple credit
  is allowed)
• Proposals are for additions only
• Certain courses are not available (IB, AICE, some
  Social Studies, non-credit courses, transfer
  courses, etc.)
• DOE majors are not available to modify (CCD, GSV,
  AA, AICE, AP, IB, etc.)

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MAI Process Overview
OCT NOV

• Proposals are divided into subject areas and
  assigned to committees (internal external
  personnel)
• Recommendations are forwarded to Commissioner of
  Education for approval

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MAI Process Overview
DEC

• Notifications sent to school districts
• A Implementation web site updated
• Online data entry system is prepped for next phase

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MAI Process Overview

• ASK What majors will be offered for the next
  school year? What do our schools currently
  offer? Are there any course changes for current
  offerings or new majors that could be offered?
• Regardless if changes are needed, each district
  must log in to online data entry system.

JAN FEB
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MAI Process Overview
JAN FEB

• GO to the data entry system at www.fldoe.org/APlus
  Plus
• Complete contact information
• Modify school MAIs for next school year and
  notify DOE data entry is complete
• OR
• Notify DOE that no changes are needed/data entry
  is complete

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MAI Process Overview

• After submission concludes (March)
• Online data entry system is closed
• Career clusters assigned
• Data shared with FACTS.org (to update ePEP)
• A Implementation web site updated
• Additional changes handled on case-by-case basis

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Student MAI Reporting

• Districts are the system of record in certifying
  that students have met graduation requirements.
• Districts are required to record on each
  students transcript the declared major area(s)
  of interest and courses taken to satisfy the
  graduation requirement each term.

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Student MAI Reporting

• Options for capturing MAIs

District Solution
ePEP Course File
Reconciliation File
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ePEP Course File

• 2008-2009 8th graders must complete a career and
  education planning course prior to promotion
  (including the creation of an ePEP)
• ePEP is revisited annually in high school
• ePEP includes all planned coursework and major
  areas of interest

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ePEP Course File

• COMPLETE download of student ePEP
• Demographic indentifying information
• Graduation Plan
• Career Cluster
• Major Area of Interest
• Courses Selected
• Grades 7-12
• Available at NWRDC, monthly basis
• Can be used for more than MAIs

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Reconciliation File

• COMPARISON of ePEP Course File with student
  transcripts
• Attaches MAI code to a course (however, the MAI
  must have been included in the ePEP Course File
  or previously entered on a students transcript)
• If a course could count for more than one of the
  MAIs designated by the student, the
  Reconciliation file course record will have more
  than one MAI on it (up to a maximum of 20).

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Reconciliation File

• COMPARISON of ePEP Course File with student
  transcripts
• When matching courses with MAIs designated by the
  student, three types of matches are provided
• 1 course appeared on the students ePEP
• 2 elective course not on the ePEP, but still
  among the courses which could be used on one of
  the students designated MAIs
• 3 same as type 2, except that the course has a
  core subject area (EN, MA, SC, etc.) and might
  not be an elective district must investigate
  further

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Reconciliation File

• This year, only Grades 9 and 10 are considered in
  preparing Reconciliation Files.
• Available at NWRDC, three times a year
• You access these files using your school
  districts Bright Futures logon ID
• OBDXnn
• nn is the school district number.

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File Names

• ePEP Course File
• OB.DXnn.FACTS.EPEP.COURSES
• nn is the school district
• Reconciliation File
• OB.DXnn.FACTS.RECON.Dyyyymm
• nn is the school district yyyy is the
  calendar year mm is the calendar month
• values of mm will be 03, 06, and 11 with
  the datasets available after the end of March,
  June, and November

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Re-Cap File Differences
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ePEP Tracking

• Student Activity System displays a school roster
  and associated student activity
• Name, Last 5 digits of FSIN, Grade Level
• FACTS.org login ID password
• Date ePEP created, last view, last updated
• Total credits planned
• Total MAI credits planned
• Diploma type, graduation plan, career cluster,
  and MAI
• Date of last transcript received

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Transcript Reporting

• FASTER formats at www.fldoe.org/faster/
• Districts are the system of record in certifying
  that students have met graduation requirements.
• Districts are required to record on each
  students transcript the declared major area(s)
  of interest (MAIs) and courses taken (if any) to
  satisfy the graduation requirement each term.

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Reporting Status
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Reporting Status
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Follow Up Question and Answer Session

• Submit Questions to
• dbweias_at_fldoe.org
• Or call
• [phone]