Week of December 1
Calendar of Events for December
(No Site Council in December)
December 1 (M)
8:00-2:00, PD 5.5 hours with Rosa Molina (Library) 2 hours prep time.
10:30-11:00, Joel, Bryan,and Jennifer at IEP Meeting in Conference Room
3:45- 4:45, PLT Meeting- PLC Proposal and Debrief of Rosa Molina visit.
December 2 (T)
2:45-3:45, TLT Meeting (Conference Room)
December 3 (W)
2:45-3:45, PBIS Meeting (Piper’s Room)
4:00-5:00, North Eugene Principal Meeting at NEHS
December 4 (H)
1:00-2:00, Teatro Assembly -Pride Assembly Rescheduled for Thursday December 11.
3:00-5:00, Design Committee (Library)- Focus Groups attend.
5:30-6:00, 5th Grade Outdoor School Meeting
6:30-8:00, David Adee 4/5 Teatro Espectaculo in the Gym
December 5 (F)
5:30-6:00, 5th Grade Outdoor School Meeting
6:30-8:00, David Adee 4/5 Teatro Espectaculo in the Gym
December 8 (M)
10:00, Fire Drill and Lock Down Practice
2:00-5:00, Joel at Principal’s Meeting Parr Room- Ed Center
December 9 (T)
2:45-4:45, 2 Hour Staff Meeting with Edward Olivos and Audrey Lucero on Dual Language Instructional Delivery Practices
6:00-7:30, Parent Group Meeting- You are encouraged to attend! (Library)
December 10 (W)
7:30-9:30, Joel to Latino Breakfast at Ed Center (Parr Room)
9:30-11:00, Joel at Corridor for Skillful Teacher Co-observations. (Corridor)
2:45-3:45, PLT in the Conference Room
December 11 (H)
8:00-3:00, Being a Writer Meeting all day at the Ed Center (Joel and Jaime Jones attend)
Design Committee- Cancelled
6:30-7:30, River Road New Building Design Open House to Public in the Cafeteria
December 12 (F)
1:00-2:45, Joel at the Late Entry Policy Meeting at Corridor
December 15 (M)
8:00-3:00, Data Team Meeting
December 16 (T)
SST Meeting, 8:00-11:00
4:00-8:00, Joel to First Aid Training
December 17 (W)
2:45-3:45, IPBS Meeting
December 18 (H)
1:00-1:35, Pride Assembly Rescheduled from December 4
3:00-5:00, Design Committee Meeting
December 19 (F)
Last day of school before Winter Break!
A list of some items of note for the week:
Reading Assignment for December 9th– Please read Chapter 2 from Dual Language A-Z for the meeting with Edward Olivos and Audrey Lucero on December 9th. I also encourage you to skim Chapter 3 again since it is very closely related to our work with these consultants on that day.
December 1 PD Outline– Here is a rough schedule of our day together. (If there is a snow/weather day, this could be cancelled or delayed.)
Professional development and mapping will all occur in the library. Please bring all materials you need (Maravillas/HM) to the space in the morning including iPads and computers. The focus of this work is SLA and ELA curriculum mapping for vertical and horizontal articulation. The main outcome is to become more familiar with this process, align materials to the CCSS, to map curriculum for the last 3 months (possibly + future months), and to establish common objectives and themes for each grade level.
Coffee and snacks will be available.
We will begin promptly at 8:00. Please be on time.
8:00-8:30- Coffee and Introductions
8:30-9:00- Rosa and Kathy explain the use of the map.
9:00-10:15- Staff work on using materials to begin the process of looking back at previous months.
10:15-10:30- A break
10:30-12:00 More work on mapping
12:00-12:30- Lunch- (on your own)
12:30-2:00 – Work on mapping more.
2:00-4:00 PM Teacher protected planning time
4:00-5:00- PLT Meets to debrief the visit and discuss professional learning communities proposal. (compensated with CAP funds for extra duty beyond the work day.
Here are some helpful links for Monday. Also, see the email from Wednesday with the documents for curriculum mapping and depth of knowledge chart.
California Spanish Literacy CCSS Standards
•One iPad? No problem!- Here is a great way to use the iPad in the classroom for instruction that increases student collaboration in mathematics, or any subject.
•December Holidays – Here is a list of the major religious holidays of December 2014. If you are planning on describing or discussing winter holidays in your curriculum, please include a wide variety of cultures in your winter holidays unit.
December 1 is World AIDS Day, which was created to commemorate those who have died of AIDS, and to acknowledge the need for a continued commitment to all those affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
December 8 is Bodhi Day, a holiday observed by Buddhists to commemorate Gautama’s enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya, India.
December 10 is International Human Rights Day, established by the United Nations in 1948 to commemorate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
December 12 is Feast Day at Our Lady of Guadalupe. This day commemorates the appearance of the Virgin Mary near Mexico City in 1531.
December 16-24 is Las Posadas, a nine-day celebration in Mexico commemorating the trials Mary and Joseph endured during their journey to Bethlehem.
December 16 (sunset) – December 24 (sunset) is Hanukkah (Chanukah). Also known as the Festival of Lights, it is an eight-day Jewish holiday recognizing the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. It is observed by lighting candles on a Menorah—one for each day of the festival.
December 25 is Christmas, the day that Christians associate with Jesus’ birth.
December 26 – January 1 is Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday started by Maulana Karenga in 1966 to celebrate universal African-American heritage. It is observed by lighting candles to represent each of the holiday’s seven principles, libations, feasting, and gift giving.
• Furlough Days? – The School Board has not made a decision about the two furlough days, but the word on the street is that downtown expects there two be hazardous weather days between now and Spring Break. Those snow days will become the furlough days, but if we don’t have any hazardous weather days this year, one of the furlough dates is likely going to be the March 13th PD/Planning Day. Who knows, as of writing this, there’s a chance of snow and ice being predicted for Sunday night and Monday morning.
• Teatro Espectáculo Assembly this Thursday, Dec. 4 – This Thursday is the Music Assembly by David Adee. The students are extremely excited to share their musical talents with the whole school. Please review assembly expectations with your students.
• Design Focus Groups Meeting this Thursday, Dec. 4 – We will have enlarged plans for each area. An architect will be assigned to help facilitate the individual session. Staff members who have expertise and interest in a particular area will provide input. The following are the Focus Group Areas and a schedule for Thursday, December 4th. Many of you signed up already but some have not. We have plenty of representation in Pr-k and general classroom. If you cannot come to this meeting but have an area to look at, please send me an email with the ideal time for you. I might be able to arrange a “go to” online meeting with the architects at that time.
- General Classroom 3-3:45pm
- Pre K Classroom 3-3:45pm
- Admin Area 3-4pm
- Gym/Music 3-3:45pm
- Library/Media 3:45-4:30pm
- Cafeteria 3:45-4:30pm
- Community Room/Family Resource Room 3:45-4:30pm
• Preparing for Full Day Kindergarten in 15-16 – It was exciting to hear from the superintendent that we will be able to move forward on a full day kindergarten next year and that the board is gong to fund it. I asked HR to begin working hard on Spanish language elementary pool openings and they have created that now! In the next week, I will post a requisition for Dual Language Elementary Teacher. Please let me know if you have interest in remaining a kinder teacher or becoming the 3rd (maybe even 4th) kinder teacher.
• Rethinking Schools Articles on White Teachers in Spanish and English-
Dear White Teachers…. by Chrysanthius Lathan
Have a great school week! I believe in you and the kids do too.
Saludos cordiales,
Joel
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