Finance
They are due the 15th of every month, with the final due 45 days after the contract ends.
Reimbursements/Invoices
When is the last day each month to enter data?
The 15th of the following month.
What are the K-5 literacy assessment tools?
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) and MAZE
Where in SAMIS are assessment scores entered?
PM input
During the school year, group literacy should be offered for at least____ minutes and at least___ times a week.
30 minutes
2 times per week
This cannot be charged at a rate higher than 7.65%
FICA/MICA
When should you close an episode?
Only when a participant leaves the program permanently.
What are the three reading zones?
Frustrational, Instructional and Mastery
For the school year pre-test, youth should be assessed within the first _______of attendance.
30 days
This activity may be integrated into other activities.
Social emotional learning
What is the attestation of payment to subcontractors?
Form D
What is a common data entry error that might affect your service utilization?
1. Entering weekend dates
2. Entering full day data on a day that is not in the contract.
How many total hours a week of literacy should frustrational readers receive during the school year?
2.5 hours (Group literacy 2x30 min, DLI 3x30 min)
Why is it important to collect midyear assessment data?
This allows the provider to determine student improvement midway through the program and provides the opportunity to offer alternative supports.
This program activity must be administered by a certified teacher.
Differentiated Literacy Instruction (DLI)
It contains all of the fiscal TCT rules & protocols related to Trust funded programs
Budget Guidelines
What is the service utilization formula comparing?
Average slots used / contracted number of slots
What are the two ways to add the DLI activity to a student who scores in the frustrational reading zone?
1. Use CDG action participants to add an activity
2. Modify student demographics to add a secondary activity
If a child in grades 3-5 is unable to complete the Child Trends Student Survey due to a disability, the _____ is administered.
Child Trends K-2 Teacher Survey
What is the minimum number of school year days required in an after school program?
180
TCT will not reimburse any direct program expenses if my program does not have this.
DCF license
When should participants be copied over?
Participants should only be copied between programs at the beginning of a new funding cycle or if a new program is added. It is not necessary to copy and create new participants when a new year starts, if it is in the same program.
A student who scored in the frustrational reading zone at pre-test, scores in the instructional or mastery zone at the mid-test. What should happen next?
Children will benefit from continuing DLI regardless of improved scores at mid-testing
What are the implications if data is entered after the final due date?
Any data entered after the 15th of the month following the month in which services were delivered will not be captured in program metrics. All testing points should occur within the dates outlined in your contract per contract year.
The maximum child to staff ratio is?
15:1