http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/chinn/?p=10165
Hello Holt Staff,
I don’t usually send out mid-week announcements, but information is coming fast and furious and I don’t think it can wait.
Ten items of note:
• Second Step Activation Codes – For Thursday’s afternoon SEL PD, teachers will need to have set up an account on the Second Step Website using your 4J email. Next, you will then need to use the activation code in the front of your grade level’s Second Step Binder. I’m not sure where those binders are located here at Holt, but I’m guessing someone at each grade level is in possession of it. Also, if any grade levels want to have a PDF version of their Second Step teacher guides, let me know and I can get a scanned version of it so that 3-4 teachers don’t have to share the one binder.
• Classified Laptop Requests – If there are EA needing to borrow a laptop during distance learning, please send an email to James at 4jdesktop@4j.lane.edu.
• Classified Help w/iPad Distribution, 9/9 & 9/10 – The Tech Department changed their mind and is now requesting buildings staff student iPad distribution. Holt is scheduled to distribute devices next week on Wednesday, September 9th and Thursday, September 10th, 9:00-6:00, so that’s two shifts of 4.5 hours. If there are any staff who are able to flex their hours either of these days to help distribute devices, please sign up on the linked iPad Distribution Sign-Up Google Sheet. We minimally need three people each of the time, but five would be even better. We’ll do it the same as last time out of the front of the building, though there is a new tracking system for checking out the devices, using something like the library barcode reader. Tech Department asked for names by 9:00 Thursday morning, so please add you name as soon as you can if you can help.
• Class Lists and EOA Transfers – Principals just tonight received the list of which families are selecting EOA. I did not link it on my blog since there was quite a bit of other student info on there, but I sorted the spreadsheet so EAO students were at top and sorted by grade level. Grade level teams should use this to final class lists by the end of the week. I’d like to give specialists and EAs, who see students in different settings or may have knowledge from prior years about any student combinations we might want to take into consideration before emailing parents of classroom placement on Thursday, 9/10 at 1:00.
• Schedule A/B, C/D, E/F – Interventionists met yesterday to do the math on which grade level caseloads best match up, along with running this by leadership team members for input, and here’s what we came up with:
A/B = Kindergarten and 3rd Grade
C/D = 1st grade and 4th grade
E/F = 2nd grade and 5th gradeFor quick links to the various schedules, see here:
CDL V2- Elementary Schedule Ideas_THIS ONE (the very detailed teaching schedule)
Family Version of the Sample Student Day
• Office Hours Clarification – I got some clarification on the “District Office Hours” listed at the bottom of CDL V2- Elementary Schedule Ideas. I learned that teacher schedules on Wednesdays are one hour shorter, so the expectation is that teachers will communicate with families a scheduled either an early morning or evening 1-hour office hours option for families between either 7:00-8:00AM or 5:00-8:00PM.
• Staffing Updates – Kelly Kirk is our new school psychologist for this school year. This is her 15th year as a school psychologist, most of that time was spent in Roseburg in elementary schools (which are her favorite assignment). Please welcome Kelly to Team Holt!
• Seesaw Don’t Make Classes – Don’t start making any classes in Seesaw because these will be populated by the tech department once final class lists have been entered into Synergy.
• 321 Insight Modules – You should all have received an invitation to 321 Insight, but know that you DO NOT have to complete any modules at this time. These will be done later in the year.
• Allan Open Office Hours, Friday @1:00 – Since some folks are teleworking and since we’re all stuck in meetings most of this week, I thought I’d set a time where I’m available by Zoom or in the school garden if anyone is wanting to connect with me on anything. A Zoom link is posted on the Holt Staff Zimbra Calendar and also in my email (this is the new reoccurring link I’ll start using for all future meetings).
Two more days until a well deserved 3-day weekend!
Allan
