Thank You
As you can see I am not a pretty crier. Thank you for my slideshow and video trailer. I was so moved by the thought and care that went into these. It was so wonderful to see the kids' faces and hear their voices. This was one of the most beautiful gifts I have ever received. I am so blessed to have landed here with you! I am happy that we have another year as partners on this crazy journey.
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Educator Appreciation Week
I try to tell you frequently how much I appreciate you and all that you do for our students. I do not like to save my appreciation for a certain time. Life is to short; a lesson that I have learned over the past months. All that said, this coming week is Teacher Appreciation Week. You do wonderful work every day and the work that you are doing now is heroic. The whole fabric of our profession has shifted. I posted this on my Facebook page but I wanted to share it with all of you because I think it truly captures what you made happen overnight.
I struggled with how to tangibly show my appreciation to each of you. What token would demonstrate how much I admire and appreciate all of you and your resiliency and dedication to students. Should I buy a small token that you would appreciate but eventually just gather dust? As I was pondering what to order I realized that my choice had to be deeply meaningful, reflect my admiration for each of you and your work and demonstrate that I recognize and understand what you value and is important to you. I hope that you like what I finally settled on. Last evening a $300 donation was made to the Boston Resiliency Fund in honor of the dedicated educators of Lee Academy Pilot School. I thought that this was the most fitting way to recognize each of you. You are dedicated to our community, you go the extra mile for our students and families and you never give up. I thought donating to assist the community that you serve so valiantly would be the best way to honor your dedication and work for that community. Thank you for all that you do and know that you are appreciated every day of the year. Not just for one week.
Opening the Building
I intend to open the building on May 5th from 10:00-1:00 so that you can get any materials needed for the remainder of the year. We are no longer allowed to do our one-off trips into the building so please plan to get everything you need on Tuesday.
The "Rules of Engagement" for entering the building are:
- Staff members must sign up on the time slots available on the spreadsheet linked below
- Only1 staff member will be allowed to enter into 1 classroom during a single 30-minute appointment
- No more than 8 teachers can be in the building at a time.
- Staff members need to bring their own PPE. Including hand sanitizer/
- Mask or mouth/nose covering is required.
- Staff will enter and exit through the main door
- Only 1 staff member will be allowed in the upstairs and downstairs copy area.
- A schedule will be posted based on your requests
- I will be the administrator present
New Guidance Released Today
The district released updated remote learning guidance today. Please read the document and become somewhat familiar with it. We will be doing a phased rollout at Lee Academy so that it makes sense for our students and families.
Attendance
Here is how we are going to do attendance.
- Teachers will take attendance daily for students. This should be done later in the afternoon in the reverse of what we would do in the school building. I would suggest recording attendance no earlier than 3:30.
- Mark the student PRESENT if: Student has engaged in some or all remote learning opportunities, as directed by the teacher. Note: engagement during remote learning includes synchronous engagement, asynchronous engagement, submission of assignments, and responding to teacher feedback.
- If the student completed work between 3:30 and the resumption of learning the next day. Mark them present for the following day.
- Mark the student ABSENT if: Student is absent from learning activities on this day.
- For example, Jacob logs into reflex math at 10PM on Tuesday but was not present for any other activities and did not do any other work on Tuesday. Jacob is marked absent on Tuesday but would be marked present on Wednesday.
- Our attendance cycle is now a 24-hour cycle.
- Attendance needs to be posted for the week by 11:00 am on Friday.
- Here is where it gets really tricky. Any work or attendance completed after 11:00 am on Friday will count towards a present designation for Monday.
- For example, if K.C completes 3 assignments over the weekend. He gets marked present on Monday.
- Here is the final code you will ONLY use this code when you do attendance on Friday.
- Mark the student NO CONTACT if: You been unable to make any contact with the student during this week.
- Students with consecutive "No Contact" codes will be flagged for the SST and, if necessary, a safety/wellness check, so it is important to only use this code when you are unable to make contact with the student/family.
I know that it is confusing. Please reach out if you have any questions.
LAPS Expectations for Remote Learning Week of 5/4-5/8
- Teachers will roll out their new schedules to families. Activities will be scheduled at consistent times for the remainder of the closure. Each teacher has the freedom to complete the schedule using their 8 blocks in the way that they think will be best for their students.
- Teachers will complete or have a plan to soon complete their 5 hours of technology professional learning
- Teachers will shift instruction to focus on priority standards.
- We will try out this attendance thing
- Co-Educators will attend weekly grade-level check-ins with the teachers and me
Coming Attractions Week of 5/11 to 5/15
- Revised LAPS Learn from Home Expectations
- Student Success Plans and SST
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