https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/chinn/?p=400
Hi Everyone,
Seven items of note for this week:
• easyCBM Fall Benchmark DEADLINE WEDNESDAY – All students should be tested and have their scores entered by this Wednesday, October 6th.
• PE Equipment and Gym Closets – With the absence of PE teacher to keep things organized, it’s important that we keep the equipment from each school separate and only use the other school’s equipment if arrangements have been made beforehand. We’ve had some issues of equipment getting mixed up.
• Non-4J Employee Internet Access – If you have parent volunteers or other non-4J employees in your classroom who need internet access, CIS provides us with monthly guest usernames and passwords. This month it is Username: ygweb Password: QvcbcvJv. If you ever need the monthly access code, please let me know.
• New School Board Policy – Policy JHFF – Reporting Requirements Regarding Sexual Conduct with Students was adopted by the Board of Directors on September 1, 2010. Please review the new attached policy.
• Microsoft Office 2004 Update – There is a security update that anyone using MS Office 2004 should run. This is the version we currently use in our building. The installer can be found at this link. If you’d like the extensive CIS explanation for the update, you can read this attachment.
• Additional easyCBM Percentiles – If you’d like to be a data geek like myself, attached (Reading Attachment, Math Attachment) are a supplement to the “Progress Monitoring Scoring Guidelines” document that is found on the Reports page in easyCBM. That document shows percentiles for the 10th, 20th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for all benchmark and progress monitoring tests available within easyCBM. This attached document can be utilized as an additional reference and shows percentiles by decile, (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, through 90%) for all benchmark and progress monitoring tests in easyCBM.
• Architects in Schools Program – Architects in Schools has for over 30 years matched professional architects with 3rd through 5th grade teachers for a 6 week FREE classroom residency. The program is based on a curriculum guide that teachers and their partner architect can use to compliment existing curriculum. The curriculum uses architectural concepts to teach math, science, social studies, language arts and other disciplines and includes ‘green’ building concepts. Participating teachers receive a free training that links the program to Oregon State Standards and can receive graduate credit through PSU. Attached is this year’s application for the program, which has a postmark deadline of Friday, October 29, 2010.
Have a fabulous (short) week, everyone!
Allan