June 11, 2021- Almost There

Honey-Do List

6/14 Distribute One Grade, One Book Books

6/15 Let Jodi know when the majority of library forms are back. 

6/15 Let Jodi know of your interest and availability to serve on hiring committee

6/16 Complete Hive Survey

6/18 Return books to book room

6/18 Complete Report Cards and Progress Reports

Hive Survey

• This week's Hive Survey is the long-overdue teacher preference sheet.
• This should be done in December in a normal year (what's normal ?)
• Please complete the teacher preference form. 
• Make sure that all of your colleagues have seen and completed

Professional Learning for Next Year:

• We have identified PD Dates for SY 21-22. You can find those here. 
• The dates are color-coded by the events that are happening.  PD, ILT, etc.
• What is not finalized are the topics. We have a leadership meeting on Thursday to finalize the topics. 
• This can give you a general idea of what we (or at least I) are thinking about at the moment. 
• Our major focus areas will be: 
• Foundational Literacy Skills
• Play 
• Math

Hiring

• I am hoping that we can wrap up hiring the week of 6/21. 
• We were delayed because it took central a bit to post our grade 3 position
• I am waiting for the central office screening committee to approve some candidates that directly applied to our family liaison position
• We will be hiring Amelia's substitute later this summer. 
• If you are willing to serve on this team please let me know your availability for the week of 6/21 by 6/15.

Social Work Position

• Thank you to everyone that joined our interview team. 
• I am happy to announce that we have started the hiring process for Jasmin Torrejon Chu. 
• Jasmin is currently the family liaison at the Blackstone School. 
• I have included her on our staff email list!

Visioning For Family Support Team SY 21-22

Here is what was learned from our survey
As an educator at LAPS the family support team could help me be more impactful in my job by: 

• Connecting families with each other and resources and being responsive to situations as they arise. 
• Being a communication link between families, the school, and the teachers
• Owning and being responsible for the school-wide communication plan
• Supporting families with getting to school on time and issues leading to chronic absenteeism. 
• Organizing school-wide family events that families are interested in and want to attend. 

My vision for family support at LAPS is:

• Provide a team approach to case management and provide wrap-around support for families that make the school a "hub" and a place to be where families feel connected and supported.
• Conducting research with families to see what would increase family engagement and voice. So that what we are inclusive of every family voice at LAPS when making decisions
• Partnering with content area coaches to have meaningful interactions with families for what academic support at home can look like 
• Having a space in our community for families to come when they need support or to connect with other families.

Thank you for your input! We used it today in our planning meeting where we landed in a very good place. 

Here is where we are so far. 

Literacy Updates

• Reminder for K1-2nd grade teachers: Please fill out this spreadsheet with literacy info about your students to give next year's teachers a starting point. Thank you!
• Please return all guided reading books to the book room by the end of day on Friday, 6/18.  
• Sarah will be doing a full inventory and organization of the book room over the summer so would like to have the bins as complete as possible to get the most comprehensive inventory we can.  
• There will be boxes and baskets up in the book room starting Monday for you to dump your GR books in. You don't have to sort them by level - just drop them in the boxes.  Thank you! 

Library Cards

• Please let me know when the majority of your library applications are filled out. 

Staff Absences and Coverage

• I will continue to update you each afternoon on staff who is out and a coverage plan. 
• I am going to be honest, during the next few weeks it is going to be difficult to balance the competing demands of teachers receiving their allotment of time off and providing students with the education they deserve.
• I appreciate everyone working as hard as you do when you are in the building to make it all work!

Bring Computer Science to K-8 Students!

• Are you interested in incorporating coding into your classes? 
• Research shows that introducing students to computer science as early as elementary and middle school grades can encourage students to see themselves in this evolving industry. 
• As part of the DLCS@BPS initiative, BPSTechnology and Early Childhood departments are offering three initiatives to help schools and teachers bring computer science to K-8 students in the upcoming school year.
•  Attend our virtual session on June 7 from 5:30-6:30p to learn more or see our information page for more details and fill out the form to be considered. No coding experience necessary! 

Coming Up

• Rest and Relaxation
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