Math Instructional Leadership Opportunity
Hi all!
Nicole Rigleman from Portland State University shared this course information/flyer with me. Since PSU will be online for fall and they are uncertain about winter and spring, her plan is to offer the MIL courses online all year in a combination of synchronous and asynchronous format. This is wonderful for us, since the Mathematics Instructional Leader program has been primarily available only in person in the valley making it difficult for us to participate. You would be able to use district tuition reimbursement dollars.
Best regards,
Kerry
Kerry Morton
Learning Kits
Math
Based on a consensus of feedback it now sounds like you would rather go with Bridges kits rather than make our own EDM kits. I have the request in, however I cannot make any promises at this time. I will let you know as soon as I hear back.
Bridges Kindergarten Student Kit (5-pack)
· Bridges Grade 1 Student Kit (5-pack)
· Bridges Grade 2 Student Kit (5-pack)
· Bridges Grade 3 Student Kit (5-pack)
· Bridges Grade 4 Student Kit (5-pack)
· Bridges Grade 5 Student Kit (5-pack)
Literacy
Startup Week Plan
These startup weeks are taking a little more shape (this is still subject to change);
- Tuesday 9/1 (Day #185) – WebEx Hybrid in Building
- 8:00-12:00 – Standards of Practice – Ideally we will do this with your teams in different rooms, participating as whole group Webex first, then breaking out for smaller group work with your teams.
- 1:00-3:00 – Team follow up – this time is intended for more follow up with the SOP from the morning, however you can guide this work on your own.
- Wednesday 9/2 (Day #186) – Grade Level Placement Revisit via WebEX
- 8:00-9:00 K to 1st
- 9:30-10:30 1st to 2nd
- 11:00-12:00 3rd to 4th
- 1:00-2:00 Kindergarten
- Thursday 9/3 (Day #187) – Grade Level Team Meetings in Gym
- 8:00-9:00 4th/5th Grade
- 9:30-10:30 2nd/3rd Grade
- 11:00-12:00 1st Grade
- 12:30-1:30 Kindergarten
- Wednesday 9/9 (Day #191) – District Training Day
- Thursday 9/10 (Day #192) – Teacher Work Day
- Friday 9/11(Day #193) – Teacher Work Day
BLPO Enrollment
Over 342 respondents and we still have about 92% of our families choosing to stick with CDL and only a handful choosing BLPO and even fewer choosing other options. Kudos to Danielle, Barb and Shawna for calling people today to get these numbers squared away!
A lot of questions keep circling around switching back and forth between BLPO and CDL and unfortunately the answer has been a moving target – here is the latest stance and rationale: Switching Back and Forth This stance has changed a few times in the past couple weeks, but this is where it is landing for now.
CDL Standards of Practice (SOP) & Schedules
Start with the most important Standard of Practice is the second one which is “Take Care of Yourself”. Start with this standard and revisit it often. Do not let these be overwhelming, you are already doing more of this than you already know.
The following doc is a good overview of K-5 CDL schedule.
Here you will find some more details specific to to your grade span. Student Sample Schedules and Teacher Sample Schedules are also provided. These are also linked within the Instructional Logistics SOP
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday August 24-26 from 3-4 pm
SOP Info WebEX
The link below will take you to a WebEX put on by Skip and Julie today at 3:00 and tomorrow at 3:00. This is a great overview of the SOP. Try to make the time to watch one of these. https://bls.webex.com/meet/skip.offenhauser
Distribution of Materials…
Safety Procedures for Materials Distribution
Staffing Update
Please join me in welcoming our newest team member, Michelle Watt! Many of you already know Michelle as she has two daughters, Maybel and Caralyne here at Highland. Michelle has been teaching Kindergarten at Silver Rail for the past year, she taught Pine Ridge and she was also the part-owner/lead teacher for Desert Blossom Preschool.
Unfortunately I have to share that Susan McClean will not be returning this fall. As many of you already know she has two parents with whom she interacts with often who are at risk, so she has decided that it’s best for their health not to work.
Schedule for Decisions on Returning to School Steps (comprehensive distance learning, balanced/hybrid, “all in”)
Although we must always leave room for flexibility and changes due to the rapidly changing nature of our understanding of this virus and its impact on schools, below is the chart we’ve created for district decisions:
| Dates of 6-week terms | Dates to Monitor Metrics | Announcement Dates |
| Sept 14-Oct 23 | Friday, Oct 9 | Monday, Oct 12 |
| Oct 26-Dec 11(Thanksgiving break Nov 23-27) | Friday, Nov 20 | Monday, Nov 23 |
| Dec 14-Feb 5 | Friday, Jan 22 | Monday, Jan 25 |
| Feb 8-March 19 (spring break March 22-26) | Friday, March 5 | Monday, March 8 |
| March 29-May 7 | Friday, April 23 | Monday, April 26 |
| May 10-June 17 |