Timeline

=Important Dates and Timeline=

- Establish cohorts within the member districts - - - - - - - Year 1 Cohort Meetings – 6 (excluding December) - - - - - - - Year 2 Cohort Meetings – 9 - Establish teaching style inventory - Establish TAKS data collection points - Establish walk-through protocols - Establish on-line community and define guidelines - Schedule face-to-face meetings - Identify district level curriculum and technology experts to guide teacher cohorts - Review PD timeline for training for Technology Coordinators, Curriculum Coordinators, principals and teachers. Coordinators will also need Level 2 training.
 * __November 2009__**

- 1st Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in January) - December 1st: SETDA Survey of each district submitted to Kathy Hickok. All project managers need to complete this survey for their district. The questions for the Collaborative start on page 12 (question #62) to page 16 (question #90). (See Resources page for file.) - Before Winter Break: Kathy Hickok will compile all the results for the Collaborative and submit answers on-line. - 1st Interim Progress and ER Reports Due on January 10 - 1st Cohort Meeting - SETDA Survey Due
 * __December, 2009:__**
 * __January 2010__**

- 2nd Cohort Meeting
 * __February 2010__**

__**March 2010**__ - 2nd Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in April) - 3rd Cohort Meeting

- 2nd Interim Progress and ER Reports Due on April 10 - 4th Cohort Meeting
 * __April 2010__**

- 5th Cohort Meeting
 * __May 2010__**

- 3rd Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in July) - June 28 (See July 5th below)
 * __June 2010__**

- 6th Cohort Meeting

- July 5th: The third quarter ARRA Reporting deadline will be July 5th, 2010, in conjunction with your Expenditure Reporting in TEA’s ER system. Please remember, as of February, there is new guidance changing the methodology for calculating job creation estimates related to ARRA funding. The new guidance requires jobs created to be calculated as full-time equivalents (FTE) on a **//quarterly//**, rather than cumulatively, basis and specifies that recipients shall report jobs **//funded//** by ARRA dollars, rather than attempting to determine what jobs were created or retained due to the availability of ARRA funding. For more information, please go to [] - Please be sure to check TEA’s ARRA Stimulus webpage frequently for updates and instructions []. - 3rd Quarter Interim Progress Reports Due on July 10 Please remember, progress reports for the T3 Collaborative Grant will be required quarterly, **per member district or charter school**. This quarter’s Progress Report deadline is July 10th, 2010. Fiscal Agents, please ensure that all member districts and charter schools submit their progress reports by this deadline. The template for this quarter’s progress report is attached here [|T3ProgressReportQ3.docx]. - 3rd Quarter Evaluation Reports Due on July 10 (Evaluators) Evaluators, please remember that the third quarter evaluation reports are due on July 10th, 2010. They can be found at [|www.T3grant.wetpaint.com] Please submit completed evaluation reports to __T3@tea.state.tx.us__
 * __July 2010__**

- Integration of new technology in new schools - August 9th TEA opened Expenditure Reporting system to allow corrections
 * __August 2010__**

__**September 2010**__ - September 3 Corrections to Expenditure Report must be submitted by 5 pm - 4th Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in October) - 7th Cohort Meeting - State Evaluation Report: One report per fiscal agent/collaborative will required with the deadline of September 30, 2011. This information will be completed by the program manager working with the external evaluator. The completed data will be compiled into a report by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and sent directly to the United States Department of Education (USDOE).

__**October 2010**__ - 4th Interim Progress and ER Reports Due on October 10 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is now required to conduct a State Evaluation Report, covering Title II, Part D activities funded with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. **One report per fiscal agent/collaborative is required with the deadline of November 1, 2010. This information will be completed by the program manager working with the external evaluator.** - Evaluation Update Meeting - 8th Cohort Meeting

__**November 2010**__ - On-line Community Update - Review PD - 9th Cohort Meeting

- 5th Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in January) - 10th Cohort Meeting
 * __December 2010__**

- 5th Interim Progress and ER Reports Due on January 10 - 11th Cohort Meeting
 * __January 2011__**

__**February 2011**__ - 6th Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in March) - 12th Cohort Meeting

__**March 2011**__ - 6th Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in April) - 13th Cohort Meeting

__**April 2011**__ - 6th Interim Progress and ER Reports Due on April 10 - 14th Cohort Meeting

__**May 2011**__ - 15th Cohort Meeting - 4 different surveys that need to be completed by May 31st: Students, Parents, Teachers, Administrators

__**June 2011**__ - 7th Interim Progress Report Meeting (Report Due in June) - Submit to Ali all PD of participants conducted through May

- 7th Interim Progress and ER Reports Due on July 10 - July 1 is the last day to amend the grant
 * __July 2011__**

__**August 2011**__ -

__**September 2011**__ - 8th Interim Progress Report Meeting for Final Evaluation (Report Due in October) - T3 Grant Federal Evaluation Template due Sept. 30 - Ending date of project is September 30, 2011 - All services and materials must be received/completed by September 30 - Items received near the end of the grant may be disallowed

- 8th Interim Progress and ER Reports Due on October 10 - October 30, 2011 is the due date of final expenditure report and final evaluation report to TEA
 * __October 2011__**