001ready take the pre-webinar survey it'll only take one minute today's presentation is brought to you by our uh hm program specialist my name is Dr Anne Le and I am joined by good afternoon I'm John Dobbins I'm also an HM program specialist here at TA and we're glad to have you yes so we are so excited for our 2526 purple star uh award application win window um some technical support and engagement we do have a few housekeeping items these are very familiar for those who have attended any of our previous uh hmar webinars including our mckin vento and foster care we do have our Zoom Q&A feature um available for you to submit questions during your presentation we do ask that questions are submitted through the Q&A this uh allows us to um be able
002to respond to the questions during our pause to process um our chat feature is also turned on um that will allow you to be able to provide input and receive Live Links during the presentation if you do happen to put a question in the chat um it may get lost because there is a lot of chat uh conversations going on and so it will um it they will keep getting scrolled up so please use the Q&A to submit questions and we will we'll try to get to the questions as as many as possible we are recording today's presentation um the uh presentation recording and a copy of the PDF will be provided uh shortly after this webinar now I do want to um make this caveat that we do not have a a PowerPoint available
003to send to you right now however if we get to the very end of this uh meeting um as you completing your end of webinar uh survey we will be able to provide you with a link to a copy of the presentation deck um for today um the reason why is because we do have a lot of content to cover and uh we will try to put some links while the webinar is going on however um as you're clicking on the link to view it you may miss something that we are um discussing or talking about so we do ask that um you wait until the very end to obtain a copy of that PDF um and it will have live links in there for you to review um as you are working on your
004application right okay so objectives and agendas today um we are first going to provide an introduction um to the purple Star campus designation Authority and this is to help um first time applicants to know um where this was uh formed from we have some purple star reminders and then we're going to go ahead and cover all four of those requirement uh components for purple star and that is the Campus based military liaison the easily accessible website the student Le transition program and the military student and family support initiatives these are all four required components for purple star designation and lastly we're going to go over some tools and resources on helping to support uh you on applying and also for you to learn more about purple star all right so for the introductions do we
005have any questions right now John uh we had some comment that the QR code took them to the post uh conference survey uh I am posting the link in the chat uh for you to take the pre-conference survey okay so sorry about that thank you John all right so for introductions we're going to go over the authority The Authority for purple Star campus designation program is rooted in Texas Education Code uh chapter 25.06 which provides the definition of military connected students and directs the agency to take actions to ease the transition of military connected students in school districts and open enrollment Charter Schools across the state in statute um Texas Education Code 33909 specifically created purplle Star campus designation program um and then it was effective in the school year 2020 to 2021 and is
006awarded annually so the purple Star campus designation um again created by the 86th legislature in 2019 19 to recognize campuses for demonstrating support and commitment to meeting the unique needs of military connected students and their families um the Texas Education agency's Commissioners rule 19 Tac uh 61163 was effective April 9 2020 and officially created the program um since then tea has awarded five years of purple Star campus designation these are awarded annually um each fall the designation lasts 2 years and campuses must reapply for the designation so when you apply this year for the 2526 purple star designation if you are awarded you will uh retain that award for two school school years 2526 and 2627 therefore if awarded in this round you will not have to reapply until spring of 2027 for those who
007were awarded um in the last round 2425 they will not need to apply this spring but they will apply next spring so all to say if you are renewing from a 2324 designation this will be the year that you have to um reapply for that designation so once if your application is approved to earn the purple Star campus designation award your campus will receive a letter from the commissioner of ta recognizing the campus as a purple Star campus and then also the campus will receive a high resolution virtual logo that can be displayed on the campus's website or even used to print a banner uh on the campus I've seen um many districts use this logo to incorporate a a a web-based banner that they've added to their web page as well and then additionally
008your campus will be acknowledged as a purple Star campus in the searchable Texas schools.gov campus profile and if you're not familiar with Texas schools.gov this is a site where parents uh will go to and you can sort by which campus is a purple star designation and sometimes military connected um families will look specifically for which district U has purple star designation so that's why it's uh it's highlighted here that um you will be added to the Texas schools.gov so it's additional recog and then um here this what you see here is just from our last 2425 uh school year purple Star campus designation the agency released a TAA or also called the two administrator address to announce the most recent designes principals um also received uh campus letters congratulating their campus on receiving that designation
009the letter on the right side that you see um is for a sample of a superintendent who received a customized letter IND indicating all the campuses within their District who receiv received that designation now if you weren't uh aware for the 2425 purple star awardees we awarded 542 campuses um for uh the designation this is a 202% increase from the 23 to 24 designation and 72% of those Awards WS are first time earners meaning that was their first time applying for purple star and they received the award now we're happy to highlight that after the 2425 um Awards uh were announced we had an outstanding number of features across the state of uh communities sharing the purple star announcement and so what you see here are several of the screenshots that uh was released out
010into news outlets um journals uh and internet feeds so we have some from um here we have Dr William long Elementary uh RGV schools um there were discussions from San Antonio and then we also had some um here and as you can see they have they all vary so it was very exciting to see all these uh recognition and just promotion um the dedication and such uh enthusiasm as they were awarded here's a few more we got Colleen uh San Angelo we've got kisd uh CCISD we have cois Co sorry if I mispronounced John will always correct me um and so yes we we love seeing these uh news features out and we're looking forward forward to um seeing the the the features once 2526 awards are announced so let me take a a minute
011or two and ask uh Mr Dobbins do we have any questions uh we do have a question about will this be recorded so they can view it later yes um we are currently uh recording right now John we're recording right yes we are recording and and um as soon as the uh webinar is over uh we will process the um recording and um it should be up by tomorrow Friday the latest on our purple Star campus web page so if you're not familiar with that web page yet you will be we will be dropping the link when we go over that information um Jennifer Bunch we have a a statement here we are already a purple Star campus if you are a purple Star campus for 2425 and you're here just to listen that's perfectly
012fine um if you are renewing um we do have some updates to the application and so we welcome um multiple uh win winners of our purple star here uh we love seeing the program grow and as you will see you will see our process grow as well to meet the needs of our military connected students um we have a question about the campus website uh does it have to be a campus website or can it be part of the district website and we will be covering that momentarily that's what I was going to say great question that's going to be in our next portion of our webinar okay I'm gonna go ahead and uh let Mr Dobbins go um over the next portion and we will address uh some questions um as we go so
013uh we are doing program requirements at this time and then thank you an yeah yes so there are four main purple Star campus designation criteria the campus is required to have a campus-based military liazon a website for military families a campus transition program and at least one military initiative we will review each of these criteria in more in depth in the following sections these criterias are also aligned with the purple star rise module 1.4 the first purple Star campus uh design uh campus designation criteria is the campus must designate a campus-based liazon employed by the local Education Agency to serve as a campus military liaison they should be highly trained staff whose duties include but are not limited duee serving as a point of contact maintaining familiarity identifies military connected students advocates for service and
014support coordinates campus-based programs this Leon also needs to oh I'm so sorry it's okay attend training they need to complete documentations and connect with with stakeholders and provide a web page for military families and I do want to say a lot of questions have come up I want to start the purple Star campus uh designation process what should I do first the first thing we recommend is to identify and have your campus military leaz on uh really help take charge of the program uh they they will be key to the program's success addition campus oh go ahead uh John we have a question it says can this person be one of the school counselors yes it can and we did have a question can they be a communities and school counselor and and we we
015have agreed that that would be a good person to be the Campus based military leeis on so they can be a community school counselor they can be one of your school counselors they can be an assistant princi principal they can be a pair professional they can be teacher we do recommend uh that it's someone who is either military connected themselves it can be someone who's prior service they can be someone who has a child in the military maybe they were a military child themselves uh or just someone who has a passion uh to work with military connected students so that's that's really key as someone who's passionate or has knowledge of working with military connected students the second criteria the the purple Star campus designation is to maintain the campus internet website um it needs
016to be easily accessible web page that includes resources for military connected students and their families including information regarding relocation to enrollment at oh I'm sorry I'm taking your slide in I'm gonna go ahead and finish it uh registration that uh transferring records records to the camp they do academic planning course sequences and uh advanced classes available at the campus uh the the website should have counseling and other support services available for military connected students enrolling at the campus and contact information for the campus military leaz on and their roles and responsibilities um just a reminder guys we're seeing questions in the chat um please go ahead and put it in the Q&A so we can um answer those so they don't get lost in the chat um thank you John for going over the easily
017accessible web page and there was a question about does a campus need to have a web page um or can they link it to the district um and the answer to that is the requirement is to have a um military uh a web page for military families uh ideally we would want campuses to have um a designated uh web page for military families however um if the district uh has a district maintained military web page the requirement for the campus is that they must link that uh District maintained web page on their campus and it has to be very clear that that's the military web page um for families we had a couple questions about the liazon if I can handle them real quick Ian sure uh can the military leoon be a teacher certainly
018it can be a teacher uh can they be a volunteer no they need to be an employee that this needs to be an employee uh and then how much training does this person have to take uh is there website yes we do have resources for you uh for the training and they just have to have a training a year um we have Jennifer Bunch asking if you apply 44 of 202 wait so we would apply for 44 of um yes Jennifer I'm assuming that you are a 2425 purple Star campus design so you would not need to reapply until spring of 2026 and another individual ass that they they it's not required that they have military experience no yeah um and then Jessica wood says does a district Supply or individual campus these are purple
019Star campus designations so individual campuses would apply and not as a district because we do not award an entire District um the um the campus designation so it depends on the campus that applies to receive that award okay so going into some of the examples that we have for a military web page if you see yours highlighted like this is HUD ISD if you see yours highlighted give us a thumbs up or um a heart emoji so we really like um this uh milit the web page for military families from this uh District here we got some hearts okay so as you can see there are a variety of ways to have a web page for military families you just have to make sure that all the web page requirements are there um we sometimes
020see some components of uh the web page missing and so we do have a resource for you on our purple star Resource page we would uh really uh recommend going down that checklist to make sure everything that's required is there in order for you to meet the requirements for applying so this uh District here is in esc13 we love how this district has each individual campus in this uh burnt orange um uh uh block here so each of the campuses are web page is noted here so on the District web page families can go to each individual campus's military web page for specific support and then on those Campus U web page it links back to this District as well so this is a really good example of um the homepage of a web page
021for military families another um web page that we found was um really neat here was Northside ISD and Northside North Side ISD it's very easily laid out it's uh easy to locate it is easily accessible so you can really find the information because we have to remember that if a parent or a new uh family is moving into your district will they be able to navigate your web page will they be able to find the services and support that they're looking for it has to be accessible in order for it to be helpful for them and then the last web page example that we would like to highlight here is Northeast ISD what we really like is that if you click on their schools tab from the main page it takes you to a list
022of um all of their schools in alphabetical order and as you can see from this screenshot their schools have earned their purple Star campus designations they're noted with the purple Star campus logo under the recognition area so not all the campuses within Northeast ISD has received this award but for those who have you can see that U recognition there this makes it easy for military P parents and families who want their um children to attend a purple star school because they know the campus has committed to meeting the unique needs of their military families all right I'm going to hand it back over to Mr Dobbins to go over the third criteria thank you an the third purple Star campus designation criteria is the campus must maintain a transition program led by students where appropriate
023that assists military connected students and transitioning into the campus a staff member should be assigned as a sponsor to the student Le transition program campuses should train students on expectations of the campus transition program as a campus you can decide the parameters of the transition program but some best practice ideas can include activities like campus tours walk in the students schedule with them to help them understand how to get from class to class locate and practice opening lockers if your campus still has them or assigning a lunch buddy again there are many activities that can be included in the transition program many of our military installations will offer transition assistant programs through their children and youth programs however there are great program models like MC student to student transition program and anchor for life that
024can support you and train your students in staff on the on your transition program The key thing to remember here is that military families routinely state that transitioning from one school to another is the most difficult part of the relocation process your trans your campus transition program is your opportunity to to ease the most difficult part of the relocation process for the military families okay so this the last purple star criteria is going to be offering at least one of the following military initiatives so there are three um that you can pursue and you can uh Implement during the year however in terms of applying and meeting the criteria you must you only need to do one of these so a district or a campus resolution showing support for military connected students and families um
025the campus can um participate in the month of military child which is uh coming up in April or the national veterans and Med military families month in November um and lastly a partnership with a school liaison or School liaison officer at the local military installation to encourage and provide opportunities for active duty military members to volunteer in the local schools speak at a a school assembly or host a school field trip so as an example to the first military initiative the resolution um we do have um this example here from a superintendent a resolution to support uh military children and families and this is from Clint Independent School District we also have one from Northside Independent uh School District here for the month of military child a resolution is a formal statement or Declaration made
026by the campus or District leadership to recognize and support military connected students and families the resolution serves as a commitment to provide resources and assistance to military families ensuring they feel supported and included within the School Community the second military initiative option is the participation in the month of military child or month of or the military F family's appreciation month of November we have a couple examples from last year's purple up day thank you Brisco middle school and North Side ISD and Roberto Bob Bobby Barrera Elementary stem school for these images um getting staff students families and installations involved in the celebration so these images are also um uh evidence that you can use for your application um during the um application window so there will be a portion in the application where you will
027need to submit uh evidence pictures are perfectly fine um if you do things like this please make sure to document them your social media and campus websites are a great way to Archive the evidence of conducting these events purple up day is usually mid April um every year this year tea is going to celebrate alongside um our uh military coalition's determined day is April 11th however leas can choose um whatever day that they would like um within their District to um celebrate um purple up and um be sure to take pictures post them tweet Tik Tok Snapchat include in newsletters however you communicate with your communities um that way whenever you are trying to submit your evidence you can do a screenshot and we can see the time stamp to um ensure that you know
028the the implementations that you're doing to apply for the applic and during the application is during the 24 to 25 school year and then last uh initiative is that partnership um so the partnership with a nearby installation here we have sample Partnerships thanks to uh Roberto Bobby barer Elementary stem school again we have active military volunteers supporting chess club um Lin Air Force Base supporting safety awareness event and then also um participating in their Special Olympics event uh at the end of the year all right we have some questions yes can I yep give you some an uh we had a couple questions on how do they know if and when they got the purple star uh campus designation and and someone had earlier said that the um the site is not updated uh that
029was one of our questions how often is the site updated oh the Texas schools okay so yes we we had a question about Texas schools.gov now due to various reasons the last time Texas schools.gov was updated was in 2022 as it stated on the web page um ta attempted to do an update 24 25 awarde but we did ran into some issues out of our control but uh for the 2526 when we make that um award uh decision and notification um it is our plan to be able to have that updated as those barriers have been resolved so um we will be updating that for this next round and you can also go to our web page we do have a list of all the recipients uh for every year that we've given out the
030designation so that that is available on our web page um I had a question from the Texas online preparatory school they were wan to know they recognized as three different campuses does each campus need their own web page yes that took me a while I'm trying to okay so is is Texas Preparatory School like a charter school yes okay so if you do not have yes since you are a charter school each each campus said no it's not a charter school okay uh wrong information okay so there are two ways each campus can have a web page for military families or a dist the district can maintain a military um web page however the campus will need to link to the District web page um and clearly state that on the um campus's web page
031so if the campus each campus does not decide to have their own web page the campus must somehow um inform milit um inform the families that there is a district maintained web page does that make sense and it has to be easily accessible through your web page yes and we have a a few questions and comments uh about the activities I see Middle School meets with uh families once a month uh that's a great activity to do um make sure you take pictures post them on social media uh but and would that count as one of the three criterias meeting with a meeting with military families once someone yes so let's go back to so let's go back to the three resolution participation and partnership technically meeting with military families is not part of a
032resolution it's not part of the participation of a celebration month in a partnership with our military liaison now it could be it could be evidence of um a form of professional development that you might have offered um as long as you explain how those uh meetings are um how the meetings are being U presented what is the impact of it I mean that could be something that you're offering but it does not uh fall under under one of the three military initiatives we have a couple questions when can they start the application process yes so we will get to that in a bit the application window will start April 4th um and we will we have um a lot of information regarding that so I'm going to refrain from answering that until we get through
033that I do have a qu I do see some questions I'm sorry I'm moving um to this um Dr Vivien Hernandez can the same liaison be utilized districtwide for all campuses um for example one for elementary one for middle and one for high school school um they must be an employee of the district um as long as we're gonna put a pin on that John yes John can you drop that down so that we can U get back to we'll get you that answer uh Dr Alma Garcia asked Can a district apply for all campuses in the district I would say this is going to be very hard if a district applies for all the campuses because um the evidence that's required to be submitted has to be campus specific uh unless the person who's
034applying on behalf of the district has um specific knowledge and understanding of everything that's going on um at each of those campuses and can produce evidence uh specific for those campuses then I would say it would be very hard it's not one of those things where you can just um put the same responses for each of the campus Because all the responses in the application and the evidence must be very campus specific yes they're Campus based uh and the designation is by campus not by District um there's and then we just a quick reminder a lot of people are putting questions in the chat if you could put them in the Q&A at the very end if we have time we're going to try to fill as many of those questions as we can yes
035um I'm going to I'm going to grab two more and then we're going to move on and then we do have a designated Q&A time at the end so just stick around at the end and we can answer some of these questions um is the sponsor in military Lea on the same I'm assuming the sponsor will be the campus transition program sponsor for the student Le um program activities yes the sponsor for those student Le program activities um for the campus transition can be the military leaon but it does not have to be yes they can be they don't have to be um how do you show proof of participation again um sign-in sheets um uh registration uh you can show uh screenshots pictures um social media posts that you've uh done for those uh
036military initiative so if you're celebrating month of military child uh proof of participation we would be you know those images that you take um celebrations of Flyers that you've U submitted or you've um uh promoted the event um things like that okay I'm going to go ahead and put a pin in any of the questions that we haven't addressed yet so we can go over some pertinent information regarding tools and resources so the next portion here is going to be how to apply so how to apply the 25 to 26 application is going to be posted to the purple Star campus designation web page in early April um we're going to post it in early April however when you click on the link at that time um it will not be open until the window
037opens which is going to be April 4th so the link may be posted on April 1st 2nd or 3D and you're going to click on that link and it's going to say this this survey is not opened yet because um it is set to um be available for um uh obtaining submission on April 4th um so um the link will be there you just won't be able to unsubmit anything yet however we do want to encourage you to pre-plan and uh map out your responses and gather your evidence so that you are um submitting when you are ready I we really would not recommend you opening it and halfway apply and then finishing it later and we tell you why in a minute um the time to begin preparing for your application is now because
038you should be hosting events and activities putting structures in place you should have already um had a campus-based military liaison designated at the beginning of the school year these things have should have already um begun so again before you begin your purple Star campus uh web page is going to have all the resources that you will need to be able to assist you through the application process there is a PDF copy of the application that is going to be provided after this webinar when you receive um a copy of this deck to help you plan out your responses remember to make sure to document your activity such as screenshots from social media posts um if you need to upload videos to YouTube or any web-based video hosting site please remember to set the appropriate public
039access if the reviewers once the application window closes and it goes into the review process if the link U is not accessible and the reviewers are unable to access it um then unfortunately we will not be able to score your application and we always recommend you creating a binder binder or an electronic portfolio that can be passed on in case there is a change in the Campus based uh liaison position which does happen a lot more frequently than we think so what is new for the 25 to 26 application so um for those who are firsttime appliers just know that we have um um we have made some updates to our program for those who are reapplying and have received the award in previous uh years uh please know that you will see an increase
040rigor for the purple Star campus designation process as they are aligned to our strengthened commitment to serving our military connected students and Families Our support services and implementation strategies continue to evolve and grow in order to best meet the unique needs of our students our families and our stakeholders so we have developed out new and Innovative resources in order to match our efforts to support the rise of purple Star campus designation across Texas and Beyond on so we've streamlined the process and we've included additional resources to help support you one of the um big ask from the last uh round was that there were campuses who had multiple buildings sharing the same campus name or or the district name so we've added a new additional information box in the very uh intro um when you
041are um submitting your campus name your campus number um there's an additional information box so if there's any additional information you would like for us to know about the application or the campus that is applying that is your place to put it there um we had questions in um the last round if um the campus had three buildings and only one building applied will the designation go through all three buildings and the answer would be no it is to the building who applied if if we receive your application and there's multiple buildings and we cannot discern which building applied that's going to cause a little bit of a barrier in and you may not be able to receive the award if we cannot determine who the application um was for so please make sure you
042are very cautious and um pay attention to um some of those questions to ensure that you are applying to the correct uh campus uh and the correct ESC um we've had a lot of um misidentification of regions and so it was hard for us to find the Campus located in the region that was um noted um what's also been developed is an Exemplar training it is an application Exemplar training um this walks you through each question of the application before you apply we highly recommend that you um see the recording um of this John and I walk you through each of those question questions we give you examples that we thought were exemplary from the last application round um so that you know um what it is that we're looking for and it gives you
043a start on how to provide those responses now do you have to provide the exact type of response that's there no absolutely not but we do want to be able to paint the picture of you know what what does an application need to include in order to say we've met this criteria so there is also a deck that you can and thank you for the hearts I see the hearts thank you we're very excited about having this Exemplar um we think it's going to be so beneficial there's the recording which is about an hour and 25 minutes you know it's it's a little long um but there's also a um PDF deck as well so you have that and it talks about what that question is what the expectation is how it's tied to the
044rubric for our purple star application rubbert and then samples of um the responses for that and what to expect what's also included is that um file upload so moving this year multiple years before there were multiple areas where you were doing file uploads to upload all your evidence um this has caused a lot of issues and so for the 2526 application there will only be one file upload question in the application and it's going to be at the very end that is the last question of um the application and the instructions are very clear um on what is needed in there so please pay attention to make sure you're double checking before you um submit there's also instructions U on how to convert it into a PDF file so make sure you are submitting as
045a PDF file um now we have also developed an Evidence template which is optional this in no way is saying you need to use it but in case you don't know where to start we have included an Evidence template in in the form of a PowerPoint deck and it includes a title page it includes all three of the evidence um a requirements um it'll let you know that hey you need to put an image or a screenshot or whatever evidence that you want to put here the next page will say please describe what your evidence is and it walks you through pay attention to the note section at the very bottom um where you where the slides are there's additional information there to help guide you and support you as you're filling that in and
046guys if you need to use 20 slides for an Evidence please use 20 slides there are no limits we've tested it out um there's aund and 100 megabyte limit and so we tested it out with one of our other uh decks where we had 170 slides with multiple images on each side when we converted into a PDF it was only 18.8 megabytes so all that to say is the more evidence the stronger your application is clearly detail what that evidence is so we know what we're looking at but if you choose not to use the evidence template please make sure that you follow um the criteria that is out there so that when you are compiling your evidence in uh a different manner that you have all the components that are um needed okay I'm
047gonna hand it over to Mr Dobbins to go over some of those resources thank you Ann yes we have a lot of resources we have a lot of good questions going on again uh this is an overview training uh I'm really excited about uh the questions because they're they're really in-depth questions some of the resources I'm about to go over will be able to answer quite a few of your questions uh so ta has a One-Stop shop for purple Star campus designation application support and overview implementation don't forget to visit our web page to view the application Exemplar resources recordings and PDFs after this meeting these resources will walk you through each application question and provide suggested responses aligned with the application rubric additionally we have purple star rise and 10 additional uh new purple
048Star campus designation tools ready for you I will highlight several of these tools on the next few slides the first tool I'm going to highlight is our frequently asked questions answers the common questions arising during the application period these cover topics such as military leas on requirements web page for military families the application process and uploading evidence we have the purple Star campus application rubric this is a good one I don't print much stuff but I would actually print this out uh to go through the process use this document to review the criteria for each designation category to ensure all requirements are met evaluate your campus activities and support for military connected students understand documentation uh Clarity needed for each criteria Ian and it will guide you as you complete your application this is a
049wonderful resource for you and just to to add on to that this is what the application reviewers will use when they are scoring your application so when you're filling out your responses um what we're looking for is satisfactory and exemplary um and so if you can um if your responses fit under the satisfactory and exemplary you're good to go and if you're an administrator on this website I didn't say that on my introduction earlier I'm a recovering School principal myself I loved it uh if you're an administrator this that I would print this out and meet with your leoon or whoever's going to be completing your application just to walk them through the process it's a great collaborative tool we do have the purple star application overview and checklist you'll use this document to understand
050the specific requirements for the purple Star campus designation ensure all steps are completed by following the detailed checklist provided gather and organize the required evidence to support your application access resources and training material to help successfully complete the application process our next resource we want to highlight is the purpl Star campus application guide use this document to gain an overview of the purple Star campus application process and key steps involved utilize key tips and reminders to ensure a successful application submission follow detailed guidance to prepare and submit your application finally understand action steps to follow after receiving the purplle Star campus designation so you got that designation what do you do now it's not just one year we continue uh to be a purple Star campus uh for two years also uh we do have
051our TA learn course purple star rise was released in 2025 is a brand new course this course was created to support Texas schools with the implementation of the purple Star campus designation purple star rise is a f module course that walks participants through all aspects of purple star of the purplle Star campus designation and the unique elements of supporting military connected students it includes 10 unique tools and resources to support Texas schools and implementation of purple star with implementation of purplle Star campus examination the course can be taken in one cting or broken up into individual sections I went through the course it about a 3our our course I did take about three hours but I did break it up into several sittings so you don't have to do it all at once uh it
052is a it is free and available to all Learners within and outside of the State of Texas we were in a meeting this morning we have a lot of other states that are actually accessing this course to learn how to implement purplestar campus designation more effectively in Nerge States participants who complete the course go ahead sorry again no no no go ahead I'm so sorry oh participants who complete this course will receive a certificate and three hours continued professional education credit and if you want to learn more about those criterias if you're not planning on applying for this year but you're attending this meeting just to know so you can apply next year go through the purple star rise course it spells out all the purple star criteria with you if you notice modules two
053uh to five those are the four um purple star uh criterias there so it will give you an idea of what it is that they're expecting you to do as a military liaison or for applying this purple star and all that to say Texas is leading in military connected student programs Texas is leading with purple star school stuff so other states are looking at us because they want to they want to grow the way that we have grown um Texas is the best yes so now important next steps we we hope that you have not you know it's it's a lot of information but we hope that you know it it's been it's been bearable um so now that you know the who what and how's let's talk about what's next and when here are
054the important next steps begin Planning by reviewing the available resources uh you have your application support you have your purple star rise you have your rubric you have you have your uh FAQs review the purple star application Exemplar uh resource you got the recording and you got the PDF um register for your purple star office hours we set one for the middle of April to help support the first month of the application window that's open and then one towards the end of May to help support any um last minute questions or guidance that you need so that you can submit um your application reach out to neighboring leas who receive the 2425 designation to support if you if you know them uh if you don't there's a list um on our purple star uh web
055page and you can go down the list to see some neighboring ESC some neighboring schools in your area uh reach out to them maybe they can help support you as well provide some clarification use the PDF of the application to plan out your responses and to ensure error-free submissions we highly recommend this um there's also a reminder that the evidence will be uploaded in the application as one PDF file so please plan accordingly um consider how your Lea will comply compile all the required evidence and consider the optional evidence template um and again as a reminder application window starts April 4th 2025 and will close June 6 2025 so now you're like okay that was a lot of information let me see the dates okay important dates for purple star application process so this is
056what we're looking at we have our purple star interest meeting today March 19th um in a in a couple weeks April 4th your application window opens April 16 is your first office hour um we'll be there to uh help support you and guide you uh office hour number two is May 21st and then June 6 is when uh the application closes June uh June 9 to August 1st that's our application review process so we're going to take that time to um compile and sort through all of the applications we're going to score it we're going to make the recommendations um and then we will announce the awards out September of 2025 now I'm going to go back because we didn't say this before and then we're going to go into a Q&A question uh session
057but please stay uh don't leave yet please stay we have our um post webinar survey um and then we will also give you the link to the PDF of this presentation so you have it now what I want to say is when you are applying if you are ready rock and roll and want to uh apply great but I would hold off on it to make sure double check um that you have everything um even though the application window opens um early April ail take the time to make sure you have met every single criteria the reason why we say this is because our review process this year is as we have mentioned increased rigor if we receive duplicate applications from you um we do delete duplicate uh applications and so um we try our
058best to take uh the most comprehensive one but it could be an error that we delete the wrong one if you submit an application but later realize that you need to make some edits please email us at military connected students uh inbox because there will be a unique link that we can send you so you can update your original application as long as the window is still open if you resubmit a new application there could be a a chance that the wrong one will be deleted um additionally uh we we want to say submit your application in one sitting if you're ready to submit please make sure that you complete all of the application process in one sitting don't open it and then go back later on um because it could time out we've Set
059uh weekly checks any um incomplete or fake submissions that we receive will be deleted out and when I say fake submissions we sometimes get submissions where people will put like AAA just to move on to the next one to see what those questions are that's what the PDF of the application um is produced for it's so that you have a a planning document there so you don't need to um submit you know the AAA to move on to the next screen to see what the questions are what is on that PDF is what what the application questions are okay so um we are going to go into our dedicated Q&A however I'm going to go ahead and put the screen on for the uh feedback survey John can you uh copy the link to our
060slide deck um so that um participants that are still here will receive the link to our presentation today so they can go ahead and review um what um we went over today so now I'm going to start with the Q&A as John is doing that I've also placed our email for the military connected student inbox if you have questions please email that inbox uh Anna and myself we check that daily so we'll get back with you uh Christina you do have the question about uh the um you said uh what would the answer be to the web aite question having been a charter school email us that question uh we we will get back with you on that that way we can look at your school individually okay so we are a brand new campus
061this year Leah Luna we are a brand new campus this year I am actually going to stop the recording right now so that we have that flexibility um