This Week's Schedule
COVID Survey - every morning before 7:30
04/19/21- 04/23/21 Spring Vacation Week
Monday, April 26, 2021 Dr. Parker Mtgs.:K-2, Clinical Meeting
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Dr. Parker Mtgs.:K-2, Staff PD
Wednesday, April 28 2021 Monthly Staff Meeting
Thursday, April 29, 2021 Glenda - Principal's Meeting, Food Pantry
Friday, April 30, 2021
Friday, April 30, 2021
PLT's are ELA with Cyndi and Tracey G. this week
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Things to Consider
Please read the weekly update carefully.
Welcome back Connery Students and Teachers!
All staff will report to the building 5 days per week.
If you have any concerns about your report days, please contact Glenda and Liz.
- Artifacts - Contractually the deadline for evidence submission for Formative Evaluations Forms and Summative Evaluation Forms is April 20. I acknowledge that this is during the school vacation week, and this should be a time for our teachers to rest and refresh. As a result, I am extending the deadline for Professional Status Teachers to complete their evidence submission no later than Friday, April 30, 2021.
- Summer School - There will be funding to have Summer School. There is an option to have programming onsite this summer for half a day 4 days a week for 1 month. All of the logistics have not been worked out, but we do need to know who would be interested in participating in a Summer School program. If you are, please send me an email ASAP.
- Edcite Fix - It has been reported that if a student changes their password, Edcite will work.
- Simultaneous Instruction - Message from Dr. Tutwiler HERE.
- Mask Break Plan - This is in support of people who have requested a plan for mask break. We are aware that others are already on a schedule, and are simply providing some options for those that need it. Mask Break Plan
- Please have your students clean up all the trash outside at Mask Break.
- Bathroom Procedures - Reminder only 1 student needs to go to the bathroom at a time. All grade 3-5 students must sign in and out of their classrooms.
- Memo about Student Transfers per Dr. Tutwiler
Students may NOT switch from Remote to In-person learning (with the exception of students with disabilities, due to the transportation issue).
Transfers within LPS to district school will be granted if In-person learning was chosen at previous school; if remote learning was chosen, the student should stay put until the end of the school year.
Students may switch from In-person to Remote learning.
- Student Attendance - please remember to post attendance on time.
- Attendance Guidance - If an in-person student does not report to school but does log into the remote learning from home this student needs to be put in as "P" (Present off campus). An inquiry should be made from the Social Worker, Nurse, Principal, or teacher to see if everything is ok and to inquire why the student is not in school. This year, we will practice grace and compassion: it is more important that we have our students accessing their education rather than not coming at all.
- Updated Classroom Assignments - Assignments
- Progress Monitoring Data (K-2) - Please make sure the data is in by April 23rd.
- Schedule - The new schedules are in SharePoint. They do not have adjusted staggered times. You may adjust times if needed, but we do not want to adjust small group time as it will impact all support staff.
- Specialists will beginning their new schedules after April vacation.
- Retention - Glenda and Liz are still holding retention meetings. Please send your data and Light's Retention Scale to the team by Monday morning. Please post possible retention candidates here.
- Due April 16th to admin
- Report Cards - We have had conversations with admin. This year is not like last year or last marking term. All students have the resources they need so if they are failing, they must be marked as such.
- Reminder: Report Card grades need to reflect the grades of the students.
- All in-person students will receive a water bottle. Please label them with a sharpie. They will be distributed soon.
- Small Group In-Person Learning - Please refer to this document for reminders.
- Resources & Guidance Around In Person to Remote Transition - https://lynnpublicschools-my.sharepoint.com/personal/troyc_lynnschools_org/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=1412b45846db5424e80f36e711566a9d3&authkey=Ae_kPfkrtwUxhV-PmQO0Z3s&e=iZrgn
- Meal Plan - Plan for In-Person & Remote Meal and Calendar
- Please use this spreadsheet to record your breakfast and lunch counts each day. Due by 10am.
- Please complete campfire survey (all staff) - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7VLDNTX
- Don't forget to administer the student surveys.
- Updated Teacher Assignments - Please click here for an updated teacher assignment structure.
- Please note that all teachers in shared space will be given a personal workspace to work at.
- Fire Drills - Please begin to practice fire drills with your classroom.
- Connery Parent Decision Document
- Teacher Script for Parent QuestionsTimeline for 3-5
Technology:
- Resources for Laptop and Smartboard Use (Simultaneous Teaching) - Classroom Technology Help, Setting up Zoom for Simultaneous Learning, and Speaker Setup.
- Expectations - ST Math Minutes - some students have extraordinary high numbers for ST Math. Please remind students to log onto the other resources that we have as well. Also, please tell students that they do not need to be on ST Math for 2 hours. 30 minute is sufficient.
- Subs - Please update sub folders and the Zoom Excel spreadsheet on SharePoint .
- Update Your Zoom Information - Zoom Information
- Student Passwords Info from Tim Roach - With this process each student will get prompted and should be able to do this on their own. I do realize younger students may need help understanding what they are being asked, and hopefully a parent or sibling will be able to help. If this happens in school, the teacher can just explain this is a standard process and can help with the resetting of their password. This may be a good time to explain the importance of a private password, as well as keeping safe and secure while on a computer. I do not recommend we pick a password for all students to use, as that is a big security risk. Keep in mind when we got the virus 2 years ago, it was able to manipulate each computer because they all had the same administrator password. This would act the same way if a virus should infect a computer and able to gain access to other student accounts using the same password. I know teachers like to know the students password, but that is also a security risk, especially when trying to identify which account may have done something. If everyone has the same password, a student may not be able to be held accountable if other people have the same password.
Staff Information:
- Observations - ongoing! We will be joining small groups either in person or on your Zoom.
- Artifacts/Evidence - For Non-professional status Teachers: All artifacts are due to Glenda and Liz by April 20. Professional Status Teachers submit their evidence by April 30th. If you have any questions regarding evidence, artifacts and/or TeachPoint submissions, please connect with Glenda.
- Resource - Electronic Office Referral
- Updated Class Assignments - Click Here (This has been updated as of 3/5/2021 to include bathroom assignments for both adults and students at Connery.)
- Connery School Calendar - Mentor dates are updated.
Misc. Info:
- Ingalls and Connery will support registration by placing a touchless box outside with enrollment forms outside of our school doors from 9-2.
- Extra Curricular Clubs - We can still take submission for Spring activities!
- Please let me know if you are interested!
- Book Inventory for Professional Development
- No Contact List - Like last year, we ask that you add no contact or no attendance students to the following form:
District Updates
Progress Reports/Report Cards
- Trimester Two Report Card Distribution via School Messenger: April 9th ***no change from original schedule
Technology Issues
Looking Ahead- Please remember to submit all technology issues to the Helpdesk by emailing: servicedesk@lynnschools.org . Be sure to provide as many details as possible including name of user having issue (email or stu#), problem, program being used, etc.
- Please enter tickets for EACH problem they encounter with as much information as possible included.
- May 3 - 7 Teacher Appreciation Week
- May 4 - Staff PD
- May 5 - Half day- Students are out at 11:15. No Kindergarten today! Hope and Healing PD continues
- May 5 - ILT 2:30
- May 12 - Staff PD
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