Quote to consider:
“Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don’t have to do anything else. We don’t have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen”. ~Margaret J. Wheatley
To Dos:
SUPPLY LIST: Schools are continuing to provide supplies for students. Please review this link to see our current supply list. Please send any adjustments to Wendy by 5.6. After that date we will begin purchasing student supplies for next year.
POSITIVE COMMUNICATION: Staff please continue to email, call, write notes home sharing the positive experiences you are seeing in your class with our students. Consider challenging yourself to connect weekly for the next 8 weeks with a few families each week and see if we are able to find the joy, share the joy and admire these moments with our families.
FEEDBACK: Please find the link below to give us your feedback on how the April 27, 2022 PD on Education for All went HERE.
WEEKLY ELL & AVID TIP: The ELL tip of the week is found here and AVID tip of the week is found here. Being intentional about embedding these strategies in your practice should continue to be a priority.
Bits and Bobs:
BIAS INCIDENTS: From Kinsey Martin: “Curious about next steps with our bias incident work? This timeline shows where we’ve been in recent years (a celebration of our collective efforts, considering the pandemic happening in the ‘background’), and where we’re headed next: short-term actions for this spring, as well as longer-term/ongoing work.
Schools’ LEAD teachers (if they have one) will be trying out a lesson on Bias in their class. Ask them about it and pop in if you get a chance. These will not be taught schoolwide this year (except in the case of HDMS who is piloting it school wide).”
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: The two staff members from HDMS that have been nominated this year are Stacy Miholich and Heather Campbell! Congrats! There will be an awards ceremony in May to celebrate and recognize these amazing beings!
PD RESOURCE LIBRARY: This teaching strategies hyperdoc is a resource library that we’ve begun building together during our recent PDs. This will be a document and resource we’ll be referring back to regularly the rest of this year and next school year.
SECONDARY BLOG: We have all had that experience where we hear another language and wonder what is being said. For some of us it is during travel, others while we are in our home and come across a TV show with actors speaking other than English. We have a number of students who have this experience every day as they move toward becoming biliterate and Bicultural. World Language TOSA Julie Montoya shares a look through the eyes of our native and non-native English speakers and how our worlds open up when we engage with other languages. Going Global: World-Readiness Across The Board
Reminders:
ON-DEMAND SPANISH INTERPRETER: Continue to use Linguist Link for translations as well as pre-scheduled and on-demand interpreting services. If using the on-demand services, follow these directions; complete the form, scan it to your email, and submit it to the updated district point person [email protected] and [email protected].
6-10 STUDENT LIST: We are seeing an uptick in Covid cases and/or folks who have been around people who have tested positive. Here is the link showing students on the 6-10 day list who are required to wear masks. Please see Kevin with any questions.
PRODUCTIVE RESPONSE TO STUDENTS’ NEEDS (BEHAVIORAL): As a school we use this student support flowchart to determine next steps for responding to behavioral concerns. As always, students may be sent immediately to the admin office for any serious violation or for disrupting the learning of others (when in-class redirection hasn’t been effective). If a teacher would like a Student Support Teammember to follow up, they need to enter a referral form (or email the admin team, cc counselor and case manager, if applicable). Otherwise students sent to the office will complete a reflection form and spend the rest of the period in a timeout.
High Desert Highlights:
Thank you Kerri, Stacy, Gina and Karina! 💜
