THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Information and Reporting Services

Room 863 EBA

Albany, NY   12234

 

 

SAMPLE MEMORANDUM for CHARTER SCHOOLS

 

 

TO:                 All Teaching Staff

 

FROM:           ________________________________________, BEDS Coordinator

 

SUBJECT:     Forms Completion, Basic Educational Data System – 2007-08

 

 

            On ___________, October ________________, 2007 Information Day for the 2007-08 Basic Educational Data System will be held in this school district.

 

            Each teaching professional must complete a BEDS Personnel Data Form in its entirety.  Necessary forms and detailed item instructions will be provided to you at these sessions.  You will be notified of the exact time and place of the session you should attend.  Among the items of information which all teaching personnel will be asked to enter on the form are the following:

 

(1)            Social Security Number

 

            (2)       Years of experience (counting the current year as a full year)           

                                    a.         in this district (in this school, in the case of charter schools)

b.               total years of educational experience (including nonpublic)

 

(3)            Current annual salary (not including extra pay for extra service)

 

(4)            Professional Development – see Teacher manual and the NCLB Fall 2007 Supplement

 

(5)            The predominant grade level of each class you teach (i.e., if 75 percent or more of the students in a class are in one grade)

 

(6)            The registration in each of your classes

 

(7)            Highly Qualified Status to Teach Core Courses – see Teacher Manual and the NCLB Fall 2007 Supplement

 

            Additionally, there are some items which do not require advance notification (i.e., name, date of birth, etc.).

 

            Please bring a sharpened number 2 pencil (with eraser) to the session.