Teacher Facing Educational Resources
The district is curating additional grade level teacher resources in a site that can be found here. The hope is that you can take these assignments and easily import them into your platforms in a way that makes sense for your students.
Communication
- Thank you for your notes and family outreach. You really are amazing!
- All communication should be updated through week 4 by the end of the day today.
- This is our most important tracker.
- Grade 3 remember that you are switching to the main tab this week.
- Please remember to record your 1:1 sessions with students in the new column.
Technology Updates
- Chromebook pick-ups are ramping up as deliveries are closing down; as long as a student is red on the dashboard, we’ll deploy a Chromebook to them.
- Please do not send anyone unexpectedly to Chromebook pick-up locations (including teachers)
- Comcast Sign-up: Families do NOT need to provide a social security number
- As soon as they have hotspots, Central Office will communicate the next steps to schools.
- A reminder was sent to teachers last week about Zoom accounts and Central Office will keep updating the Zoom list so the school leaders can see who has not established a BPS Zoom account.
- The waiting room is enforced to prevent Zoom Bombing BUT teachers automatically skip the waiting room if they are signed up in the BPS account.
Engagement, Registration & Assignment, and Partnerships
- Round 1 assignments for grades K0, K1, 6, 7, and 9 for the 2020-2021 school year went out on 3/27 by email. Families can also call 617-635-9010 or email welcomeservices@bostonpublicschools.org.
- Registration and other services are taking place for the current school year and next school year is taking place by phone. This includes change of address requests. Families can pre-register at sis.mybps.org, schedule a registration appointment at https://booknow.appointment-plus.com/8517n4dg/ or call the BPS Welcome Center at 617-635-9010.
- We may see new students on your rosters. Please feel free to connect with them and engage them. By our next call, we will have guidance on accepting them in the school. Our usual process is not to accept students until they start attending school so that they are not counted as a withdrawal if they never attend.
- For families who register in the second registration round (started Feb), we do not yet know when we will release assignments.
- Families are asking about language testing, OEL is working on this. More information and hopefully answers will be available in the coming weeks.
- If you have individuals or partners seeking to volunteer during this time, please direct them to www.bostoncares.org/bostoncovid19volunteers.
- If you have individuals or partners seeking to donate funds to support our COVID efforts, direct them to the Boston Resiliency Fund https://www.boston.gov/departments/treasury/boston-resiliency-fund
Supports for Families:
- Families with needs such as groceries, etc, can email Margaret Farmer, mfarmer2@bostonpublicschools.org
- Families who need help with evictions and housing, Brian Marques, bmarques@bostonpublicschools.org
- All fundraising on behalf of BPS students, families and schools must be directed to the Boston Resiliency Fund. As a result individual schools and departments cannot fundraise separately. If you have families in need, please have them email mfarmer2@bostonpublicschools.org with Family Support Needed in the Subject line.
- The central office is working to create a form that can be shared with families.
- BPS Resources for Students and Families one-pager
Resource
Time for Kids is now free. This may help you with lesson planning and access to materials. Visit this link if you are interested
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