Transparency
Budget & Meetings
BOARD MEETINGS
ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND SUBSEQUENT REVISIONS
Financial Reports & Contracts
PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES
CURRENT OPERATING EXPENDITURES
Collective Bargaining Agreements, Health Care Benefits, Audit Reports & Check Register
- Current Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Employee Benefits by Contract
EMPLOYER SPONSORED HEALTH CARE PLANS
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECK REGISTER
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MEDICAL BENEFIT PLAN BIDS
Policies, Compensation & Evaluations
DISTRICT PROCUREMENT & EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION INFORMATION
- School Year 2021–22 Wages over 100,000
- School Year 2022–23 Wages over 100,000
- School Year 2024–25 Wages over 100,000
DISTRICT PAID ASSOCIATION DUES
DISTRICT PAID LOBBYING COSTS
The District did not spend any money on lobbying or lobbying services.
DISTRICT DEFICIT ELIMINATION PLAN
The district has not incurred a deficit.
DISTRICT CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
DISTRICT PAID OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL INFORMATION
The District did not spend any money on out-of-state travel for administrators.
BEST FINANCIAL PRACTICE INCENTIVE PAYMENT REQUIREMENT E (DASHBOARD).
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EVALUATIONS
1. Research Base
- Learning Sciences white paper
- Marzano Center — Leadership evaluation research (legacy)
- Northwest Ed iObservation / Growth Plans
2. Identity and Qualifications of Tool Author
3. Reliability, Validity and Efficacy
- Marzano Evaluation Model — Research Base & Validation Studies
- Marzano Center — Leadership evaluation research (legacy)
4. Framework, Rubric, Performance Level Descriptors and Summative Indicators
5. Evaluation Process
- Evaluators will conduct formal, informal and/or walkthrough observation(s) during the school year, including (for instructional staff) reviewing the lesson plan(s), identifying the state curriculum standard(s) used and conducting an assessment of pupil engagement within the lesson(s) as appropriate.
- Evidence will be collected using the iObservation system.
- Evaluation conferences will be conducted using the iObservation system, other web-supported applications and/or in person.
- Performance ratings and performance improvement plans will be developed in accordance with the Marzano Teacher, instructional Support, School Leader and/or District Leader Evaluation Models, as appropriate and/or the iObservation system and Board of Education Policies pertaining to the evaluation of employees.
6. Evaluator/Observer Training Plan selections
- Northwest Ed iObservation / Growth Plans
- Domain I Framework, Protocols, Inter-Rater Reliability Scoring and Feedback
- iObservation
- Domains II, III, IV Creating Units of Instruction
- Supervision and Feedback
- Deliberate Practice
- Observing for College and Career Readiness Standards
- Leadership Academy
- Board of Education Training
7. Approvals
Regional Technology and Security Enhancement Millage
- Annual Accountability Report
COVID-19 Information & Virtual Learning
COVID-19 Related Reporting Requirements
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 4/11/2024
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 3/15/2022
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 2/27/2022
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 2/15/2022
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 1/11/2022
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 12/14/2021
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 11/19/2021
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 10/8/2021
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 9/3/2021
- BCCS Return to Learn Plan — Updated — 9/14/2020
- BCCS Return to School — COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan
- Benzie Extended COVID-19 Learning Training Report
- Betsie Valley Elementary Benzie Return to Learn Plan — 2/27/2022
- Betsie Valley Elementary Benzie Return to Learn Plan — 2/15/2022
- Betsie Valley Elementary Benzie Return to Learn Plan — 1/11/2022
- Betsie Valley Elementary Benzie Return to Learn Plan — 12/14/2021
Public Act 149 of 2020, as amended (MCL388.1698a), requires school districts, including public school academies (but not cyber schools), to deliver instruction during the 2020-2021 school year pursuant to an extended COVID-19 learning (ECOL) plan approved by the applicable intermediate school district or authorizing body. No less than 30 days after the ECOL plan is approved, and each month thereafter, the Board must hold a public meeting to discuss components of the ECOL plan.
- Reconfirmation Meeting — September 2020 (October 12, 2020 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — October 2020 (November 9, 2020 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — November 2020 (December 14, 2020 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — December 2020 (January 11, 2021 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — January 2021 (February 8, 2021 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — February 2021 (March 8, 2021 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — March 2021 (April 12, 2021 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — April 2021 (May 10, 2021 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — May 2021 (June 7, 2021 BoE)
- Reconfirmation Meeting — June 2021 (June 29, 2021 BoE)
- COVID-19 Benchmark Data — First Submission (Feb 2021)
- COVID-19 Benchmark Data — Second Submission (May 2021)
- Sec. 98b Goal Progress Report 2022–23
Student and Parent Resources
- Benzie Central — Northern Michigan Virtual
- Benzie County Central Schools — Extended COVID-19 Learning Training Report
- Google for Education — Guardian’s Guides to Google Tools
Virtual Learning Hub — CANVAS — Elementary (K–5)
- Student Virtual Information Hub
- Logging on to GenNet
- Accelerate Dashboard
- How to Download and Submit a Worksheet
- Submitting Work Video
- How to Scan Assignments with Your Phone
