February 26, 2021

Monday and Thursday

• Please remember that Monday and Thursday are de facto first days of school this year and as such we will need an all-hands-on-deck approach to making sure everything runs smoothly.
• While there are sure to be challenges, please remember to have fun and take 30 seconds to soak in the fact that we are finally back in the building educating our small humans. 

Staffing Plan and Duty

• As I stated in our Wednesday meeting there have been a few changes to duty assignments these are listed in our Lee Academy Staffing Plan
• I have also added some scenario tables to the contingency staffing plans so that everyone knows what to expect in a variety of situations that can arise
  
  

Safety Care Recertification Training

• Safety Care is the de-escalation and physical management training used in BPS. The Behavioral Health Services (BHS) department will begin holding Safety Care Recertification trainings for staff. 
• These trainings are only for staff who attended a full 2-day training in SY19-20 by the BHS department. 
• Staff who were trained last year will have until May 2021 to attend a recertification; otherwise, they must attend a full training if their certification lapses beyond that time. 
• It will be critical that those who sign-up for the training actually attend on their scheduled date. Historically, we have had multiple no-shows for trainings. 
• Given the limited seats/trainings, it is important that we maximize each session to ensure access for staff across our district. 
• Here is a link to the Safety Care Recertification Training Schedule for 2020-2021. 
• Please register for training through TeachPoint. 
• If you have questions, please contact Lucinda Mills at lmills@bostonpublicschools.org.

February 5 2021

Honey-Do List- February

February 5- Read the Hive. Tell your friends to read the Hive.

February 5 (Noon)- Complete shout out trackers

February 26- Last day for teacher leadership grants

Buzzing in my Brain

• Do you ever get questions stuck in your head? This week I have two that are buzzing around in there:
• How/When do we give students an opportunity to redo work so that it meets the quality of the standard?
• How do we acknowledge and respect that we are in people's homes every day and that may or may not be uncomfortable for people?

K-6 After School Program

• BPS will be working with Out-of-School-Time (OST) partners and agencies to provide direct support to students' academic experiences and instruction outside the traditional school day. The programming will take place online or in-person in the neighborhoods of our students, especially those with the greatest need.
• Student criteria for program eligibility are based on students who need intensive support as signified by  ELA and math grades from the 1st  quarter in SY20-21. 
• For more information about the program please click here
• We have 82 students that will be invited to attend

BPS Moves Together Movement Break Cards

• The Office of Health and Wellness is excited to share a movement break card deck for classroom teachers and school leaders. 
• They have adapted all activities for virtual and distance learning settings. 
• Check it out here! 

Most Things Reopening

• The staffing template found here has multiple tabs including duty assignment, lunch schedule, and contingency staffing plan
• Please familiarize yourself with this document. The information in it is important

Contingency Staffing Plan:

• Last week there was some confusion over the role of partner teachers. 
• The K0/K1 team asked if we could meet to discuss the plan and try to come up with an action for many possible scenarios
• You may find this helpful to do with your grade level team and partner teacher. 
• I think this was a productive meeting though we do not have all of the answers yet 
• Here is where we left it:

	Scenario	Plan A	Plan B
Scenario 1	The teacher needs to stay home due to covid protocol but is well enough to work remotely	- Teacher covers remote kids.  - Para cover in-person kids.
Scenario 2	Para needs to stay home due to covid protocol but is well enough to work remotely.	- Para covers remote kids.  - Teacher covers in-person kids.
Scenario 3	The teacher is too sick to work from home.	- Para covers in-person kids. - Remote kids log onto partner teachers zoom	If the partner teacher is out, remote students will learn asynchronously
Scenario 4	Para is too sick to work from home.	- Teacher covers in-person kids.  - Remote kids log onto partner teacher's zoom.	If the partner teacher is out, remote students will learn asynchronously
Scenario 5	The teacher and Para need to stay home due to covid protocol but are well enough to work from home.	- Teacher and para cover remote kids.  In person kids are equally distributed among the other 3 classrooms. Possibly find another staff member to cover in-person kids
Scenario 6	The teacher and Para are both home and too sick to work.	- Remote kids log into partner teachers zoom. In person kids are equally distributed among the other 2 classrooms. Possibly find another staff member to cover in-person kids	If the partner teacher is out, remote students will learn asynchronously