This Week's Schedule
Monday, March 21, 2022 Mentor Meeting (2:30)
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Staff Meeting (2:30)
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Half Day (12:15)
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Friday, March 25, 2022
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Things to Consider
Please read the weekly update carefully.
Operational:
No PLTs, Glenda and Liz available if needed
- Walkthrough Feedback - Here is the link for the walk through feedback. Please check in with Glenda if you were unable to process with a grade level team.
- Report Cards - Marks close today, March 18th. Grades must be put into TAC by Thursday at noon on March 24th. I will receive a copy of the report cards to review and changes (if any) need to be made by Tuesday morning on March 28th. Report cards will be sent home on March 30th.
- Bus Evacuation - Our scheduled time is 3/22 starting at 9:00. For those that are not familiar with this routine, it is an opportunity for students to know the layout of the bus and how to evacuate in an emergency.
- Recess - All classrooms have received recess supplies. Please utilize them when you are outside and teach students games from the recess resources below. Tag is not the best game to play outside on a cement landscape. Please encourage other forms of exercise and play.
- Vaccine Clinic - Connery will have a vaccine clinic next Thursday from 2:30-5:30. Please read the health section for the registration links. I ask that you please share them with families.
- Please remember to return each set of Guided Reading books after they are used.
- TeachPoint Reminder- All teachers: Don't forget to upload any pictures and/or evidence throughout the spring to TeachPoint. Include the standard and/or goal that the evidence covers and a brief summary.
- Peer Observations - scheduling is underway and teachers have already observed others. If you have not begun peer observations, please reach out to your CITs.
- Planning Expectations - Please send us your sub plans when you are out. Especially if you are out for a series of days. Remember that sub folders are for unexpected emergencies. Since our school structure is set up to plan during PLTs for a week out, all lessons should already be planned for the following week. Therefore, we ask that you share your most updated plans so that students do not fall behind and so that our classes are moving along at the same typical pace as their grade level peers.
- If you aren't well, please let us know of a team member that can share your grade level plans.
- As a reminder, when you have an absence you need to contact Glenda, Liz and your CIT before 8am. Also, your absence must be posted in AESOP before 8am.
- Resources for to consider using for Women's History Month:
Books
- Courageous Girls and Women: Asian Pacific American Heritage
- Latinas Who Made a Difference
- Native Women's History: American Indian Heritage
- Famous Authors and Librarians: Hispanic Heritage
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
- Women in Science
- Sonia Sotomayor: Books for Kids and Teens
- Assessment Calendar - please note that the assessment calendar was updated. Click here for all dates including the Star Renaissance Expectations.
- Connery Assembly Schedule:
- Friday, 03/18/22: Grade 5 - 1pm -This week!
- Friday, 04/08/22: Grade 2 - 1pm
- Friday, 05/20/22: Grades PreK & K - 1pm
Staff Information:
Math:
- i-Ready:
- Makeups done ASAP- Please look through your diagnostic status to ensure that students have completed their assessment.
- Once diagnostic is complete, students should resume personalized instruction lessons 2-3x a week.
- Math Fluency
- Make sure your growth analysis document is complete.
- Use your growth analysis plan created during Math PLT to target student intervention.
Social Work Updates:
- SW Extension Update: 2914 and 2951
- SW Support Referral Form- This is a friendly reminder to please utilize the Social Work support referral form that was emailed out/discussed at staff meeting early in the school year. This form should be used when requesting non-emergency/crisis support. Some examples include: *An observation request *A social-emotional wonder/concern *Collaboration/discussion of strategies to support a student or general concerns regarding a student
- Part Two of our De-escalation Presentation: We are looking forward to sharing the second part of our De-escalation presentation with you during the March staff meeting on March 22nd at 2:30pm
- Behavior Management Resource - Minors and Major Behaviors and De-escalation Strategies
- Incident Report/Office Referral Requests:
- Please place all completed forms in the Social Work mailbox.
- Please ensure that each section/prompt on the form is filled out completely (i.e. child's full name, grade, steps taken, etc.) before submitting.
- If there is more than one child engaging in a behavior/incident, please make the appropriate number of copies for filing purposes.
- Glenda has asked that the following scenarios be an immediate phone call to either her office or the SW office in addition to completing an incident report/office referral as soon as possible:
- physical unsafe behaviors with staff members or other students (hitting, kicking, etc.)
- self-harm or threats of any kind
Health and Safety:
- Connery Vaccine Clinic
- Recess has presented an increase of injuries. The injuries occur most during activities that are unstructured. Please use this resource guide as a means to support full class activities.
- Please remind students to wear their masks properly. Here is an awesome PPT that Marla, our behavioral specialist created.
Misc. Info: Inventory for Professional Development - please complete so that we can track the books that we each have in our classrooms.
Book Recommendations
Technology Issues
- Reminder: Please let Liz or your CIT know if a student is not bringing their laptop to school daily.
- 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.
- April 15 - Deadline for Non-Professional Educators to submit evidence
- April 20 - Deadline for Professional Status Educators to submit evidence
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