To Do:
As I explained at our meeting on this week, please send these two items to me by next Wednesday:
- Your plan for how your school team will address the 9-11 grades students earning incompletes for the spring term. You could use the TEMPLATE from ODE or design your own.
2. The number of seniors who have not yet met graduation requirements and the plan to get them completed by August 30.
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If you haven’t already, please send your leave sheet to me by Monday morning. Please include all of June.
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There are numerous opportunities for teachers to develop curriculum and design instruction this summer. Please encourage them to engage! Here are a few:
LEAD: Leading for Equity and Anti-Racist Dialog: Kinsey shared this opportunity with this week in the hopes that some of your teacher leaders may be interested in participating. She plans to reach out to corresponding principals about the candidates we look at selecting, to be sure you agree that the staff member can take on this leadership work and so you’re aware if someone in your building is participating. When we get to the stage of piloting some of these resources in classrooms, the team will first meet together, to make sure you’re aware of what activities or topics will be addressed in the classroom, what to expect, how to support, etc. Administrators are encouraged to participate in the cohort/work itself, especially if you have a teacher in the cohort.
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Canvas Training and Module Development: Thank you for sending out the three letters to teachers about Canvas this week. The first letter explained the move to Canvas as our LMS for grades 6-12. The second letter outlined the option for teachers to get paid design modules on Canvas over the summer. And the third letter explained the training component for Canvas . Training will open up for teachers on June 17. This training, which is self-paced, online, and about 7 1/2 hours, is required and will satisfy one of the PD days prior to the week the teachers return in August. Please encourage your teachers to sign up for the Canvas training AND to design a module. Since they are putting courses on Canvas anyway, why not get paid? Here is the most up-to-date 2020-21 work calendar for certified staff.
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This online course with Harvard School of Education on Culturally Responsive Literature Instruction looks fabulous! We will cover the cost of teachers wanting to participate. Here is the link: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/program/culturally-responsive-literature-instruction
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Information:
Lora sent this letter to staff after we received the guidance from ODE regarding our fall opening. She plans to send communication several times during the summer. Here is the complete document Ready Schools Safe Learners and the simplified RSSL version that Jim created! Thanks, Jim!
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Here is a follow up from Jon L. regarding Level Review Assessors process email he sent earlier in the week. The only difference this year is that principals will need to do the recommendation form in Applitrack. The recommendations are confidential.
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Here are some recommended reads from Christie Boen! Check out this list!