THIS WEEK COMING UP – WOW!
There are MANY RHS staff out at different points of this week! We have 3-4 staff members EVERY day of the week out for various different things, so HEADS UP!! And that’s just what we know so far!!
FIELDWORK OVERVIEW SPREADSHEET
RECYCLING REMINDER
Just a reminder that we are asking ALL CREW TEACHERS to set up a systems/routine in your Crew for emptying the paper and can recycling from your classroom to the nearest Waste station…. maybe every day? or every other day? Let me know if there are any issues with this or training needed etc??!! I have added this to both RMS and RHS announcements!
TO DO: 23-24 PD PRIORITIES AND SUMMER RETREAT SURVEY
Team here is the survey I referenced in SIW a week ago! You can take 7 or 27 minutes on this… either is fine with me! We will look at the results together during SIW soon, and the ICCL team will also review and analyze. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! Please complete by Tuesday May 16th.
INTERESTED IN ICCL FOR NEXT YEAR? COME CHAT OR APPLY NOW!
We are looking for interested staff leaders! If you are interested in having a voice and influence in our professional development and school improvement efforts at Realms MS or HS, we could use you!!
We have a total of 4 spots across the MS and HS… ideally 2 ICCL members representing each level. Currently we have Eric and Delaney representing the MS and Allie as our HS rep. Allie and Eric are in their 2nd year of a 2 year rotation. Delaney has her 2nd year coming up next year. So… we have 3 openings for next year. Of course Allie and Eric are welcome to apply again, but we also want others to know that these spots are open should you be interested!!!
To apply and/or read more about the position responsibilities, pay etc, go to UKG and navigate to “My Career” under the 3 pancakes on the upper left! You can find the ICCL posting there and all the details!!
We would love to get this dialed in BEFORE the end of the school year!
TO DO: HELP NEEDED… PROM, PASSAGES, DANCE AND GRADUATIONS!
We have some evening special events coming up for which we need some staff support!!
- HS Prom
- MS Passages
- MS Dance (still tentative and dependent on staffing)
- MS & HS Graduations
With respect to Prom, Passages and possible MS Dance…. we are looking for folks who are willing to sign up to help out. There are shifts available and we’d love you to use the button below to let us know if you are willing to help out!
GRADUATIONS: With respect to MS and HS graduations… we don’t have a huge amount of set up to do, so we are not recruiting anyone at the moment for that. Attending graduation is not required (as per the contract) however it is highly encouraged! If you are NOT planning on being at graduation (HS staff at HS graduation and MS staff at MS graduation), please let Roger know! PS… do we have a grad robes for all our HS folks including any new folks??
END OF YEAR SELF EVAL AND EVAL MEETINGS FOR CERTIFIED STAFF!
Team for all of you whose contract status is either Prob 1, 2 or 3 OR who are Contract 1 status and on your ON EVALUATION year, Zach and I would like to schedule your end of year meeting! At that meeting we’d love to review your TalentEd self reflection and complete your TalentEd annual eval. For Contract 1 teachers NOT on the EVAL YEAR, you do not need an end of year meeting OR a Self Evaluation!
If you are a YES on the list below, then we need to schedule a meeting before the end of the year. Prior to that meeting you will need to complete your self reflection form in TalentEd. In order to schedule, please find a 30 minute slot that works for you and send Zach or Roger (see below) an Outlook calendar request and we will get it coordinated! We encourage at least some of you to get an early start, otherwise Zach and I will be buried in the last week or two! I will be assigning your self reflection process in TalentEd this weekend. You may begin scheduling your meetings with us for as soon as Monday May 22nd!
CLASSIFIED STAFF – STAY TUNED, WE WILL BE GETTING YOU SOME END OF YEAR EVAL INFORMATION VERY SHORTLY!!
REMAINING COMMUNITY MEETINGS
High School Community Meetings:
- Friday, May 19th: Senior Celebration (Jen Leads)
- Friday, May 26th: Tyler’s Crew Leads Community Meeting on the Theme of Joy
- June 6th – Senior Final Words/Videos for Freshmen
Middle School Community Meetings:
- Friday April 21st – Ursa
- Friday May 12th – Pegasus (this switched to Ian!)
- Friday June 9th – Cygnus (flips to Pegasus)
- Ongoing Community Meeting Slide Deck and Crew Run Community Meeting “Breakdown“
SAFETY REMINDERS AND HOUSEKEEPING!
As weather gets better, remember that if you open a door to outside, you are in charge of close supervision. No unattended open doors!!
The Humm side of our building is off limits to students. Their driveway is ACTIVE and dangerous. They have asked us NOT to have students walking “their side” of the building. Thanks!
Caring for our common spaces – a reminder to please RESET and keep clean/organized the common work areas outside your rooms. This means – clean up papers, put tables and chairs back to their original configurations… if you let students use these spaces, please remind them to reset them!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/PLANNING & SIW’S:
INTENT OF SECTION: Using our collaborative time together as a faculty in a way that feels organized, effective, focused and responsive to both our school design plan and to staff input is our SECRET WEAPON! The way we get better as a team and as a school is through learning together, pushing each other and supporting each other professionally!
Here is the tentative plan for the next and FINAL 3 building directed SIW’s! Feedback welcome and know that we MIGHT do some switching around as needed. We have some challenges with our large travel study staff team and finding time for them to plan.
| 17 | Building Led | Crew Goal Culmination Session & SLGG Entry |
| 24 | Building Led | Mission-Vision Survey Review of Results and Possibly EL Implementation Review |
| 31 | Building Led | Input for 2023-24: Master Schedule; Budget; Grading Systems |
From the District: Request for Digital Tools for All Classes
Teachers Only: Please see this message from Dean Richards…
It is the time of year for us to begin to make requests for next year. This year the requests will come in 2 phases.
- Phase 1 – You will request digital collaboration, engagement, and productivity tools not specific to classes.
- Phase 2 – You will request all other tools (textbooks, supplemental content, digital tools, etc) that are specific to the course or subject area you are teaching
All teachers should complete both phases. Every request will be evaluated using established criteria.
Phase 1 – March 20-May 19
- Please request tools that you will use for instruction in all classes
- Request tools that you would like to use in the 23-24 school year for collaboration, engagement and productivity, such as:
- PearDeck
- Gimkit
- Padlet
- Digital curriculum, hard bound text, or digital text need to be linked to your classes and will be requested in Phase 2.
- Because teachers will have access to the following collaboration, engagement and productivity tools, there is no need to request these tools:
- Canvas
- Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc)
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc)
- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
- Canva Edu
- If a request for a specific collaboration, engagement and productivity tool is denied, you will receive an email with the reason and an opportunity to make a different request
- Link to Google Form
Phase 2 – Late April-May 19
In late April you will receive an email from ‘BLP Instructional Technology’ in which you will be asked to request curriculum (physical and di
WHAT WOULD MOTIVATE TEENS TO WORK HARDER IN SCHOOL?
In case you missed it last time!!