Week of April 24, 2017
Today, Sunday, April 23rd marks 24 years since César Chávez passed away. His legacy and the values he stood for are more important than ever in 2017. There are the additional threats farm workers face on a daily basis. It is our duty to inspire their children and live up to this great leaders aspirations for their families. http://ufw.org/
Hello Shining Stars,
This week, we are once again doing something considered best practice but not usually accomplished in 4J schools. We are meeting with parents a second time in the year to tell them about their child’s student growth. This is not unheard of but it is very important to help our students progress and to further foment teacher parent relationships in order to create more success in their lives. I am so happy that you have committed to doing this work. It is a testament to your commitment and dedication to student success.
Here are some items of note for the week:
• Staffing and Job Expo Updates – We had two positions up for expo last week and no one applied internally. However, there were interviews last week for these positions with external applicants. The three candidates all had strong Spanish skills. We are currently in process of reviewing references for candidates. Hopefully, I will have some announcements about this within a week. HR makes the offers to candidates so that piece can take a couple days.
• 2017-2018 Supply Lists – Please check in with MariCarmen about our school supply list. We created the form back in late March and got some input. However, it would be great to hear from each team in order to finalize that.
• Student Body Funds Spending Deadline – Student body accounts (teacher funds, grant funds, etc.) need to be spent down to as close to a zero balance as possible by June 1st. If anyone has questions on their balance, please check in with MariCarmen.
• School Credit Card Use Deadline – Use of the school credit card for orders will be cut off May 19th, so that everything will clear before the summer. This especially affects Title 1.
• Reminders from Last Week – Several reminders from last week’s announcements:
• 2017-2018 EEF Grant Applications Due next Monday – EEF grant applications are due to me before next month’s Site Council Meeting. You don’t actually have to have a final draft of your grant. Just give me a title and enough of a description for Site Council to rank order the grant submissions. We can submit up to five grants in any amount up to $5,000 each. Grants focused on Arts, Literacy, and STEM receive a higher priority. Linked here is the application form and linked here is the EEF Grant Guidelines.
• Earth Day Poster Contest Ends this Week – The NuNaturals and Market of Choice Earth Day poster contest deadline is the end of this week. Winners will receive a “tree kit” for every student in their classroom and a gift certificate from the National Geographic Society for their teacher to use for learning materials for their class. See the linked flyer for details.
• Staff Appreciation – The PTO is putting in place some very nice plans for all staff on Teacher Appreciation Week coming up May 1-5.
• District Admin Updates – KC Clark, current SSD administrator assigned to high school and post-graduate programs, will be the administrator of the Fox Hollow Campus, which is a new SPED focused facility that opened this school year which houses three programs—Comprehensive Services, Home Instruction, and Instructional Programs. The Lane ESD provided the on-site administrator this year, but starting next fall, the Fox Hollow administrator will be provided by 4J, and KC has been selected for the position. KC Clark and I go way back to the days when I worked in the Extended School Year Program 2001-2009. I am very happy for her in this new role.
• Anti-bullying resources – The Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Usable Knowledge has launched One and All with strategies to protect students, help them reject bullying, and build communities in which everyone thrives. Resources so far include: Widening the definition of bullying; a conversation about how to honestly confront racial trauma and facilitate conversations about racially tinged events in the news; and one ELL teacher’s first-hand experience as an ELL student.
Teaching and Learning with Emerging Bilinguals
Here is a link from The Teaching Channel on ELL Co-Teaching:
The Far Reaching Benefits of Co-Teaching for ELLs by Jamie Ponce, Co-teaching has recently become a hot new buzzword in education; something at which veteran teachers might normally roll their eyes as they wait for the pendulum of best practices to swing back the other way. read more
Calendar of Events:
April 24 (M)
SBAC Testing
Volunteer Appreciation Week
4:00-5:30, Joel to All Admin Meeting (Ed Center)
April 25 (Tu)
Regular Day
April 26 (W)
Administrative Professionals’ Day
7:30-8:30, Joel meeting with Gustavo Balderas
9:00-11:15, Joel in Construction Meeting
12:00- Meeting with Head Start of Lane County to plan Early Learning Dual Language Curriculum.
School In-session- There is school on this conference day until 1:40.
There will be planning time for all teachers on this day. No PLC time, just prep for conferences.
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM Parent Conferences
April 27 (Th)
No School- Parent Conferences from 8:00 AM-8:00 PM
April 28 (F)
No School- Compensation Day for Teachers
Regular Work Day for Classified Staff
May 1 (M)
Tom Maloney Guest Principal
SBAC Testing All Week- Make Ups and Science
– Library Closes at old El Camino building. No library use after this date. Packing up books first. Then, used for moving storage. No more staff meetings here (Room 18 instead). Boxes will be stored here after library packing is complete.
CFEE Taking It Up Conference at the Ed Center: Margarita, Lupe, Peggy Lima, Joel, Jennifer out.
May 2 (Tu)
Tom Maloney Guest Principal
CFEE Taking It Up Conference at the Ed Center: Margarita, Lupe, Peggy Lima, Joel, Jennifer out.
Staff meeting Rescheduled to May 9.
May 3 (W)
9:00-11:15, Joel in Construction Meeting
1:45-2:45, Wednesday PLC Time- Technology Focus- Primary Intermediate- Math Assessment
Also, prepping for the Safety Drill, Review and answer questions. Joel in Library to review plans.
May 4 (Th)
Safety Drill Lesson in All Classrooms: Lesson done at 12:00 PM
Regular Day
May 5 (F)
Safety Drill across the school: Drill to happen at 12:00 PM
Regular Day- Not a PD day as was previously scheduled.
May 6 (Sa) SATURDAY- Fiesta Community Party 12:00-3:00
May 8 (M)
9:00 AM, Fire Drill
Regular Day
May 9 (Tu)
Staff Meeting changed from May 2.
2:45-3:45, Staff Meeting (Room 18)-
- Planning Academy Day dates and PD Focus for 2017-2018
- Erin’s Law Review and Support
- AIM4S3 Expectations from Principal/ Discussion & DreamBox explanation of new features.
May 10 (W)
9:00-11:15, Joel in Construction Meeting
1:45-2:45, Wednesday PLC Time- Technology Focus- Primary Intermediate- Math Assessment
May 11 (Th)
2:45-3:45, Mod Squad Meeting
May 12 (F)
Regular Day
May 15 (M)
Regular Day
May 16 (Tu)
3:00-5:00, Two Hour Staff Meeting on LearnZillion & a session on Dreambox and how to use some new features. Maddie Ahead, Jamie Massie, and Reid Sheppard in support.
May 17 (W)
9:00-11:00, Joel at construction meeting.
1:45-2:45- PLC Time Focus- Planning for math instruction. New Compendium for the end of year??
May 18 (Th)
3:00-4:00, Equity Meeting
May 19 (F)
2:00- 2:30 PM (Cafeteria )Earth Assembly
May 22 (M)
4:00-5:00, Joel at All Admin Meeting
May 23 (Tu)
2:45-3:45, PLT Meeting
5:00-6:00, Site Council
6:00-7:00 Parent Group Meeting
May 24 (W)
9:00-11:15, Joel in Construction Meeting
1:45-2:45, Wednesday PLC Time- Technology Focus- Primary Intermediate- Math Assessment
May 25 (Th)
5:30-7:00, River Road Farewell Event in the cafeteria and parts of the school.
May 26 (F)
Academy Day- No School
Short staff meeting in the AM focused on moving questions and the new building. PBIS and routines in the new building will be a topic.
Most of the day is allocated for packing boxes and doing moving preparation.
June 22 (Th)
The Last Day of School (Dismissal 11:40)
June 23(F)
Last work day for teachers. All employees must be out of the building before 12:00 AM-(Midnight).
June 24 (Sa)
Salvage and Asbestos Abatement begins in the old building. No teachers or classified staff may be present.
That is all for the week.
Have a great week, everyone! 41 days of school left in the old building!
Joel
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