Presented By: Sara Marchessault, Bureau of School Improvement Andrea Latham, FACTS.org Pete Tanzy, Office of Applicatio

1. Major Areas of Interest Presented By: Sara Marchessault, Bureau of School Improvement Andrea Latham, FACTS.org Pete Tanzy, Office of Application Support

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. Major Areas of Interest 2009-2010 School Year Diploma Type Designations: 65 (ESE) and 440 (ALL)

8. JUN AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAI Process Overview

9. DOE Updates Online Data Entry System 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

10. MAI Process Overview Districts Propose New Majors or Changes to Existing Majors 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

13. 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.)

14. 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 DOE Review & Approvals

15. MAI Process Overview • Notifications sent to school districts • A++ Implementation web site updated • Online data entry system is prepped for next phase DEC New State List Available

16. 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 Districts Submit School Offerings

17. MAI Process Overview • GO to the data entry system at www.fldoe.org/APlusPlus • 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 JAN FEB Districts Submit School Offerings

21. 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

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

26. Student MAI Reporting • Options for capturing MAIs: District Solution ePEP Course File Reconciliation File

27. 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

30. 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

31. 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 student’s 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).

32. 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 student’s ePEP 2 – elective course not on the ePEP, but still among the courses which could be used on one of the student’s 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

33. 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 district’s Bright Futures logon ID OBDXnn “nn” is the school district number.

34. 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

35. Re-Cap File Differences

36. 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

39. 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 student’s transcript the declared major area(s) of interest (MAIs) and courses taken (if any) to satisfy the graduation requirement each term.

40. Reporting Status

41. Reporting Status

42. Follow Up Question and Answer Session Submit Questions to dbweias@fldoe.org Or call (850) 245-0400