2023-2024 RCN Application and Contract Forms
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If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact your START RCN Representative or Jana Benjamin - (616) 331-6482.
Use the RCN Pacing Guide as a schedule to help guide you through the RCN Contract year. It includes important activities, data collection, and reporting by month.
2023-2024 Application, Data, and Reports
Due Date |
Reports |
Forms |
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June 30, 2023 |
2023-2024 RCN Application |
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October 27, 2023 |
2023-2024 RCN Contract Activities Worksheet |
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November 3, 2023 |
Baseline Data |
*Focus Student Permission Form: retain in your student’s file |
February 2, 2024 |
2023-2024 Mid-Year Progress Report |
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March 1, 2024 |
Peer to Peer Program Data |
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May 20, 2024 |
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June 28, 2024 |
2023-2024 End of Year Progress Report Narrative and Data |
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July 15, 2024 |
2023-2024 End of Year Fiscal Report |
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Watch the videos below for more information on the 2023-2024 RCN Contract Application and RCN Application Priority Planning Document.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
- View the RCN Contract Spending Guidelines for allowable and non-allowable expenses.
- Financial Expenditure Report (Example Financial Expenditure Report)
- Your Financial Expenditure Report must be a finance report from your Business/Finance office for actual expenditures to date and;
- You will also need to submit an invoice requesting reimbursement for expenditures to date charged to your RCN contract.
DATA COLLECTION
PEER TO PEER (P2P) DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM
To find the P2P Data Collection System:
- Go to Google Drive
- Open your RCN Folder
- Open the "START Contract Information" folder
- Open the "P2P Data Collection System" folder
The P2P Data Collection System folder contains all of the tools you need to disseminate the form(s) and access the resulting data. To begin, review the P2P Data Collection Systems - RCN Instructions PDF in your P2P Data Collection System Folder. In this document, you will also find instructions for how to proceed if your RCN has already begun using the P2P Data Log from years past.
To accompany the written instructions in your P2P Data Collection System Folder, we have also created a video tutorial on how to use the system. Additionally, a Word Document outlining all of the items in the form is available for review prior to data entry.
The Peer to Peer Data Collection is due March 1, 2024. Please contact the START office if you have any questions about this form or about collecting your Peer to Peer data.
COACHING CAPACITY TOOL
To find the Coaching Capacity Tool:
- Go to Google Drive
- Open your RCN Folder
- Open the "START Contract Information" folder
- Open the "Coaching Capacity Tool" folder
- (For multi-county RCNs only) Open your ISD-specific subfolder
Single-County RCN: The “Coaching Capacity Tool Guide” in your "Coaching Capacity Tool" folder will walk you through the steps of the Coaching Capacity Tool process which involves completing one ISD-Level Google form and a District-Level form for each district in the ISD. Results from both of these forms can be viewed in the Coaching Capacity Tool Output document.
Multi-County RCN: The “Coaching Capacity Tool Guide” in your ISD-specific subfolder of the "Coaching Capacity Tool" folder will walk you through the steps of the Coaching Capacity Tool process which involves completing one ISD-Level Google form and a District-Level form for each district in the ISD. Results from both of these forms can be viewed in the Coaching Capacity Tool Output document.
To accompany the guide in your Coaching Capacity Tool folder, we have also created a video tutorial on how to use the system. Additionally, a Google Doc outlining all of the items in the ISD-Level and District-Level forms is available for review prior to data entry.
The Coaching Capacity Tool is due May 20, 2024. Please contact the START office if you have any questions about collecting your Coaching Capacity Building data.