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Week of March 13, 2023
Dates 3/15: Professional Development 3/16 Chery @ Lee School 3/16 Room 202 Field Trip to MIT 3/17 Winter Semester Closes 3/17 Progress Reports Due and Uploaded 3/20 PreK-1st Author Candelaria Norma Silva Visit 2-3 pm 3/21 Math and Literacy Night 5-6 pm 3/22 Governing Board Meeting 3/23 ILT 3/23 Room 203 Field Trip to MIT 3/24 Winter Grading Window Closes 3/24 3rd Grade Frog Festival 4/3-4/6 ELA MCAS 4/5 Professional Development: Choose your own adventure: Please email Mr. Chery evidence of the two hours fulfilled 4/6 No School 4/14 2nd-3rdAuthor Djofa Tavares Vist 9:45-10:45 | ||||||||||||||
Updates PD: Professional Development this week will be facilitated by Ms. Jasmin. It will be a follow-up to the last PD which also aligns well with all of the conversations that have been occurring in the Inclusion Team meetings and how we can best support students. The PD will take about an hour. The rest of the time will be for teachers to use at their discretion to get several items that need to be completed: progress reports, report cards, subfolders, and IEP meetings (many meetings coming up). Retirement Planning An advisor from Equitable will be available Thursday, March 30th before school for anyone interested in discussing retirement planning and/or 403b plans. Career Day: Family Council/Mr. Lambrught is currently planning career day for May. The two proposed dates are the 19th or 26th. Here is last year’s schedule and presenters. If you have any suggestions and/or feedback, please feel free to share them. If you know of someone who may like to present this year or share what they do, please forward the names and emails to me as soon as possible. The link will also be below in the links section every week. April PD Clarification: The two hours do not need to be completed during the same week/day the April 5th PD would have taken place. Just need to fulfill the hours by before the week of June and show proof. Many of you have been taking PDs outside of school hours already and those hours will qualify. Chromebooks for Paras There are four Chromebooks in the main office that can be lent out to paraprofessionals to help support the learning and classroom teachers. For example, inputting data, to use in absence of a classroom teacher, etc. The Chromebooks are in the office in a black bin with a green cover with a sign-out sheet on top. Chromebooks must be returned by the end of the day. After-School Programs/Clubs: If signed up to run a club, you may start as soon as you are ready. Please let me know if you would like to check-in. Staff members will be paid the BTU contractual hourly rate at $55.16 for teachers. I have not confirmed what the rate is for paraprofessionals. Please discuss with planning the number of planning hours. I do want to honor everyone’s time. Parameters:
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Data Attendance: Our Year to Date daily attendance is at 88.7%. FST and the principal have begun to hold attendance meetings. We are aware there is a virus going around and the district has been providing overtime to Mr. Bill to do some extra cleaning over the weekend. Moving forward, Mr. Bill and Mr. Eric will fog the rooms once a week. | ||||||||||||||
Literacy Strategic Small Group Instruction PD Description: This module is geared toward educators already trained in Fundations who want to refine their practice around data-driven, strategic small-group instruction. Participants will build both knowledge and skills in culturally & linguistically sustaining foundational literacy practices, such as the use of multiple-criterion decodable text. This version of the module has been condensed from the longer 8-session course. Where: Sessions held virtually When: Six Wednesdays, 4:30-6:30pm (April 12, April 26, May 10, May 24, June 7, June 14) Check out the syllabus here: Equitable Foundational Literacy: Strategic Small Group Instruction Register on Vector | ||||||||||||||
Math This article explains how to reorder or remove assignments.
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Special Education (IEP meeting)/Support/CBHM IEP Meetings: Below is the list of students who have IEP meetings that are scheduled or will be scheduled between now through the month of April. These meetings cannot be postponed or changed because we have a covering COSE who is now responsible for up to 12 schools. Please be patient with Bonnie. She is trying to get to all our cases and balances our school with many others. It is important to get all documents, assessments and forms uploaded in a timely manner. There have been several emails to staff members due to missing items. Coverage is very tight at the moment, but I am trying to get substitutes in the building to support teachers for coverage to get these items and other things done. It is possible we may have a substitute here all next but staff attendance will determine how the substitute is utilized. If support is needed, please reach out. | ||||||||||||||
Operations Documentation: Currently, we only have 117 students out of 207 students with notes on Panorama. We need to be documenting communications with families. | ||||||||||||||
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Later/Reminders Hiring SPED Bus Monitors Support the students of Boston Public Schools by helping them start and end the day on a positive note when they board your bus. Be a consistent and caring presence. Make a difference! More information and link here. Questions contact kdorsainvil@bostonpublicschools.org | ||||||||||||||
Links/Forms How we will determine indoor recess. | ||||||||||||||
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