Diario Camino del Río

Week of November 10

Weekly Calendar of Events

November 10 (M) – Teacher Compensation Day-  This is a regular work day for classified staff if you have not traded time during conferences.

November 11 (T) No School- National Holiday -Veteran’s Day

November 12 (W) 

Classified PBIS Meeting- All classified attend including Craig!

3:00-4:00, PLT Meeting- Leadership Plan Initial Draft Presentation

November 13 (H)

1:00 PM, Rescheduled Fire Drill and Lock Down Drill

3:00-5:00, Design Committee (Library)

November 14 (F)

1:00-2:30, Immersion Elementary Principal Meeting on Late Entry Policy (Conference Room)

2:45-4:00, Kinder ELL Support Planning Meeting (Conference Room)

November 17 (M) –

8:30-11:30, Joel doing walk through observations through out the building.

(Focus: Objectives and Student Awareness of Objectives)

2:30-5:00 Joel at Principal’s Meeting

November 18 (T)

2:45-4:45,

Staff Meeting-

Anne doing general medical information awareness and nursing supports.

PBIS Climate Update

Dual Language A-Z Book Discussion

November 19 (W) 

10:00-3:30, Joel at Skillful Teacher and Principal Network Meeting (Ed Center and Lane ESD)

November 20 (H)

8:30-11:30, OIEB Tour and Visit of our School

4:30-6:30, Joel to Equity Committee (Ed Center)

November 21 (F)

Regular Day

November 24 (M)

Fluoride Rinse Day

2:45-3:45, Site Council Meeting

November 25 (T)

Staff Meeting- PD with Reid Sheppard and Maddy

1. 8 Mathematical Practices  Professional Development (Continued) 2:45-3:45

2.  Parent Involvement and Early Learning Vision 3:45-4:05

3.  New Building Design Update for Teachers and Time for Input, 4:05-4:45.

November 26 (W)

2:45-3:45, PLT Meeting- Shorter Meeting due to the holiday.

November 27 (H)

Thanksgiving Holiday- No School

November 28 (F)

No School

 Here are several items of note for the week:

• Action required of Teachers:

First assignment for Dual Language Instruction from A to Z, due November 18th.

Read Chapter 1, pages 1-42.

Do a review of the checklist  in the last part of the chapter. Make your own self assessment of our program based on the checklist and be ready to converse with a partner about it.

Write a short reflection on “how we are doing” according to the standards laid out by Hamayan, Gennessee and Cloud. ( 1 page or 1/2 page) Be prepared to share it with a partner at the November 18th staff meeting.

• Action required of Teachers

Math Survey:

To guide our work with Reid Sheppard and Maddy Ahearn in math professional development this year Karen helped us by creating a survey.  In SST, it was decided that this was a task that needs to be completed before we move into doing more in depth PD.  Please complete the survey by our staff meeting on November 18th.

• Oregon Association for Bilingual Education Summer Conference

Dates: June 12-13, 2015

Location: North Clackamas School District, Milwaukie, Oregon

http://www.oabe.org/conference/info.html

• Being A Writer Teacher Leader Reps – The Developmental Studies Center Reps will be here in December to meet with Being a Writer (BAW) Teacher Leaders (a K-2 rep and a 3-5 rep) and principals, meeting by region, in December. The North Region meeting will be Thursday, December 11th, 8:00-3:00. Please see the attached document for details, but let me know by the end of the week if you are interested/ willing to be a K-2 or 3-5 BAW Teacher Leader.

• TAG Testing and Teacher Referrals – The school district has officially decided to no longer conduct 2nd grade blanket TAG testing. This means that all TAG referrals will now come from either parents, teacher or the student (or Smarter Balanced if they score at the 95%), so be sure to let me know if you have any students who you think should be tested for TAG.

• “Dream: An American Story”

A Powerful New Film on Immigration Justice, Dreamers and the Dream Act
Today! Followed by a Discussion with Internationally Award Winning Director
Aldo Bello and Immigration Justice Scholars, Dreamers and the Latina and Latino
Community Members. Premieres Tuesday, November 11 at 4 PM at the Knight Library Browsing Room, University of Oregon
For More Information Contact Professor Daniel Miller at  drmiller@uoregon.edu

•  2 Science Leaders Needed for Camino del Rio:

The state has adopted the new science standards known as Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Our district is fortunate to have science supported by the passage of a bond measure that will allow us to purchase 21st century science materials and curriculum for all students K-12. While the bond will support new elementary curriculum materials, our district will also be supporting professional development for teachers to gain comfort and confidence in teaching to NGSS.

The curriculum adoption process will begin during the 2014-15 school year, and likely will continue into the 2015-16 school year. Elementary teachers will have the opportunity to pilot new materials and give input into the material selection process. However, it is important that teachers who may want to pilot also participate in early PD regarding NGSS. These teacher leaders will give voice to the elementary needs, both for curriculum materials, but also for continued support in implementation of a new science inquiry process. These science leaders will also be the link between professional development at the district level and supporting their building level colleagues with information and on-site professional development.

Please let me know if you have interest in this work. Kim Finch will need two teachers who are willing to act as science teacher leaders for this year, and into next fall. We need to share our building representative by Monday, November 17th. Let me know if you have interest in one of these two spots by the end of this week.

 

•  The Young Child’s Brain and Multilingualism:

Below is a link on how the child’s brain reacts to learning language. It is a short but inspirational video close to the heart of the work we do. Enjoy and explore the other areas that this series shares about dual language education. It is an excellent well produced series put out by KPCC in Pasadena, CA.

 Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Joel