Week of June 3, 2019
Dear Camino del Río Staff,
Never, in the history of our nation, have the 6Cs been so important. Thank you, teachers, for modeling & emphasizing the value and importance of these skills: Character–Citizenship–Communication–Critical Thinking–Collaboration–Creativity
Think about how you can incorporate them each day you work with young people.
Here are some important events and notes for the week:
• Friday Early Release PD – This Friday’s Early Release will focus on an article on Restorative Practices. The double prep was last week. All year, staff have said that they want to understand it better. This Friday we will cover a few basics to help everyone get on the same page with language and practical tips to support your classroom circles.
• Staff Meeting this Tuesday- In the staff meeting, we will make a few decisions. 1. The PLC focus for 2019-2020. I will also ask for an interest in leadership roles for 2019- 20 to pass on to Karen Ramirez. In addition, I will announce the location of all the classrooms for next year. The remainder of the meeting will be focused on accomplishments fo 2018-2019. See you in Room A210.
• 2019-2020 Staffing Updates – We will be conducting interviews for two bilingual EA positions this Thursday. The Bilingual EAs will have two distinct roles, ELL EA and Kindergarten EA. June 5th from 12-4. We have a good pool to work from and Jennifer, Erin Skoubo, and I screened these candidates last Friday. Karen Ramirez will also be in on the interviews.
• End of Cycle Goals Reflection – ALL licensed staff, even teachers not on the observation cycle this year, need to complete in TalentEd is the End of Cycle Goals Reflection. You do not need to write a lot but it does need to be conclusive about your goals. A few sentences reflecting on how you did towards your goals is fine, but please complete these as soon as possible. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Try to live in the Learning Zone or the Growth Zone. Looking forward to changing in the coming year is living in the Growth Zone. It is ok to lean forward into this work even if you feel tired from the year you have just about completed.
• Subbing for me this week –Tom Maloney will be covering for me on Friday while I take a personal day to go on a field trip with my son. We will be going to Seal Rock to do science with his class. It is an opportunity I did not want to miss. Tom will help run the Friday meeting on Restorative Justice and also help with discipline supports.
• NEHS Senior Stroll Wednesday at 12:20-12:40 – North Eugene High School staff are continuing their new fun tradition of letting their graduating seniors visit their old elementary and middle schools, but they are changing their format so they are talking all students to all feeder school, so they’ll be at ECDR for a shorter amount of time than in the past. Grads will walk down the halls, but if you want to make sure you see former ECDR students be sure to be in the front lobby between 12:20 and 12:40.
• Report Card Updates (print x2 but not stuff) – At last week’s Elementary Principals’ Meeting and also in an email to licensed staff were revised guidelines on how report card printing and stuffing will happen. The short version is teachers print two copies of the report card and deliver those to the office. From there, office staff will take it. This also applies to SPED reports under four pages and ELL reports. Principals were also told that Title 1, Music, PE and any other reports are to go home in envelopes on June 14th or 17th. Please let me know if you have any questions.
• Licensed Staff Check-out – Check-out Link for Licensed Staff, This is the checkout link. So far, I have three teachers signed up. We need more than that. If you cannot make any of the times, please propose a new one! Remember, June 19th will not be a normal check out time. There will be self check out on the Google Survey here: Self Check Out to take care of all of the tasks that need to happen before June 19th at 4:00 PM. This includes all the tasks you have finished before you leave for the summer. It also includes information forms in case Karen Ramirez, or I need to contact you.
Here is the schedule of events for the rest of the school year:
June 3 (M)
Office check-in
2:15, Fire Drill
June 4 (Tu)
8:00-12:30, Joel at All Admin Meeting and Elementary Meeting
3:15-4:00, Staff Meeting- Celebrating success and planning for 2019-20. A210
PLC preferences survey.
4-6, Parent Group Planning Meeting for 2019-20, Library
June 5 (W)
12:00-4:00, EA Interviews in the Conference Room
PLT canceled.
June 6 (Th)
3:15-4:00, Final GOTG
June 7 (F)
Regular AM assembly.
Easy CBM Benchmarking ends
Restorative Justice PD
June 10 (M)
All Grade Level Data Team Meeting 1 hour per grade. Subs have been arranged by Jaime Jones.
June 11 (Tu)
8:30-12:30, Field Day and School Wide BBQ- look for details from Dene.
June 12 (W)
3:15-5:15, PLT Rescheduled ESSA Goals Writing Meeting
June 13 (Th)
Last Day for Title 1 and SPED
June 14 (F)
No AM assembly.
12:15-1:00, Racism Free Zone Dedication before Choice Time
Joel and Fiends to Hop Valley for Goodbye celebration.
June 17 (M)
Check out times available with Joel
Regular Day
June 18 (Tu)
Last Day for Students, Early ReleaseLast Day for 192 & 196 Day Classified Employees
Check out times available.
Pick up brown bag lunches early.
10:00-11:30,Promotion 5th-grade Breakfast
11:30-11:45, The School-wide Clap out
Last Day of School
11:45 Dismissal
June 19 (W)
Last Day for Licensed Staff
Teacher Grading and Work Day
That’s all for the week. Get out there and do your very best for kids. They deserve it!
Saludos cordiales,
Joel Lavin
