Week of March 30
This Venn Diagram reminds me of our staff!
What is happening this week and next?
March 30 (M)
2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
2:45-3:45, Site Council Meeting (Conference Room)
March 31 (T)
STAMP Testing practice in 3rd and 5th Grade.
1:00-2:30, Senderos Consultation Meeting with Zulma Cifuentes (Conference Room)
2:45-4:45, Staff Meeting
2 hour meeting focused on 2 items:
1st hour: Senderos discussion and decision.
2nd hour: Math Practices Review and planning PD for Spring and next year.
Also: Updates on curriculum analysis from a culturally relevant lens and staffing.
April 1 (W)
April Fool’s Day
9:00-9:35- 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Assembly for Spelling Bee in the Gym
4:00-5:00, Joel to North Region Principals’ Meeting (NEHS)
April 2 (H)
3:30-5:00, Joel to North Region Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
April 3 (F)
IIPM Data Meeting- Artist in Residence to provide activities for students during your hour. Subs wil escort them to the learning spaces.
April 6 (M)
Regular Day
April 7 (T)
2:45-3:45, PLT Meeting
3:45-5:15, Full day Kinder Meeting for all K teachers and principals
April 8 (W)
1:45-2:45, Collaborative Planning Time- Math Focus- Please complete the PLC form.
No other meetings.
April 9 (H)
2:45-3:30- TLT Meeting
4:00-7:00, Joel to Job EXPO (Ed Center)
April 10 (F)
Regular Day
Coming up:
April 15 (W) Guanajuato Teacher Student Exchange Visit to El Camino del Rio- This exchange will bring Mexican students and teachers into every classroom for one day. They want to see how our program is designed and how we teach and support students. It will be a day of learning and cultural exchange.
April 17 (F) Peace Jam Marimba Performance for Rigoberta Menchu Tum at University of Oregon
Some items for the week:
• Formal Teacher Observations – I’ll be back at it with the formal observations and informal observations this week. Some teachers still need a second formal observation. I will contact you if that is necessary.
• Staffing Updates –
SPED- We received 0.5 FTE for Sped teacher staffing for next year. We received 4.5 hours of Sped EA hours.
Grade Level placements changes:
I have placed Marcy Hellman in Kindergarten for next year.
I have placed Jaime Jones in 2nd grade for next year.
I have placed Sarah Knudsen in 5th grade at 0.5 for next year.
We will have vacancies at the EXPO for 1st grade 1.0 and 0.5 FTE in 5th grade.
• Wednesday Meetings such as PBIS switched to Thursday for the rest of the year.
To reduce the amount of time teachers are spending in meetings on Wednesdays, I have moved all of the scheduled PBIS, TLT, and IPBS meetings to Thursdays. This also makes it easier for Jennifer to make it to all our meetings. This will guarantee a full hour of preparation time for all teachers regardless of their responsibilities on other teams. 2:45-3:45 should be free for all teachers to work together or on their own. PLC Math Collaboration will continue from 1:45-2:45.
• Prep Time Update for 2015-2016 – Details on this will be worked on over the coming months, but downtown let principals know that the current plan for meeting the 90 minute weekly prep requirement for next year is most likely going to be done through additional PE and Music classes, which will equate to a third prep section for each teacher. This is different from what was shared with principals earlier, but the reason for this is 4Js attempt to make headway with the upcoming PE requirement for 2017, which is for 150 minutes of PE a week. More to come on this one since we’ll need to know 4Js plan in order to finalize a building master schedule.
• Title 1 Newsletter – Here is the latest district level Title 1 Newsletter that went out to all Title 1 Coordinators and principals. This month’s issue is again mostly coordinator specific information and tasks, but there is a nice infographic titled “7 Things to Remember About Feedback” and an excellent 4 minute video from Jay Smooth titled “Moving the Race Conversation Forward.”
• PDUs from Journeys Training – Linked here is a PDU Certificate for teachers who attended the Journeys trainings on March 13th. And FYI, you don’t actually need to have a paper copy of this form. You just need to keep track of your training name and it’s PDU hours on your Log of Professional Development Activities form, which can be found on the 4J HR Forms webpage.
• Job EXPO Information – FAQs – Since Camino del Río is growing and adding licensed teaching positions next year , I thought people might be interested to know the details on this year’s Job EXPO which may fill these vacancies.
• Job EXPO Openings & Process – Vacancies included on building staffing plans will generate openings for Round 1 of the EXPO. HR will post all increments of FTE at the EXPO (per agreement with EEA). Any new vacancies created by hires from the Round 1 of the EXPO will go to a 2nd and then 3rd Round. EXPO dates will be Thursday, April 9, Tuesday, April 14 and Tuesday, April 21, all from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
• Temp Employees – Recently EEA and HR met to discuss allowing Temporary Employees access to the first round of the EXPO. The two groups agreed that Temporary Employees could participate in all three rounds with the understanding that Contract employees are guaranteed an interview (temps are not guaranteed an interview) and Contract employees have priority over temporaries in most situations (i.e. displaced teachers with job rights).
And feel free to let your colleagues around 4J know about our openings if you think they’d be interested and a good match for our school!
• NAACP Family and Youth Conference! April 11th – Please take note that the 8th annual NAACP Family and Youth Conference will be held Saturday, April 11th at the Downtown LCC meeting and learning center from 10-to 4pm. This free event is meant to assist parents and youth navigate the education and community resources available for student success. There will be two parent workshops and two youth workshops, free lunch and a guided tour of local African American historic sites, including the first African American Church in Eugene.
• District Admin Update – HR announced that Dr. J. Andrew Dey, Ed. D. has accepted the position of Principal at South Eugene High School beginning July 1, 2015. For the past five years Andy has served as Director of K-12 Curriculum and Professional Development at the The International School Nido de Aguilas in Santiago, Chile, but has roots here in Eugene. He taught science at Roosevelt Middle School (3 years) before becoming an assistant principal at Thurston High School (3 years). Andy then served as principal at Agnes Stewart Middle School (2 years).
• Convergences of Practices between CCSS/NGSS in support of Language Development (Venn Diagram) – Here is a a venn diagram that’s worth checking out which compares the high leverage practices that support Math/ELA/NGSS and language development.
•Are you going to share anything about Cesar Chavez Birthday this week? Here is a little to help you out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgMkX4eE3bs
That is it for the week!
All the best, Joel
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