Monday Morning Memo

Week of 10/26-10/30

As we move into the first two weeks of Phase I, I truly have enjoyed seeing our students and the teachers who are participating have as well.  As health and safety drive all the decision making at the district level, Crown Point also has the health and safety of everyone at the forefront in decsion-making as well.  I wanted to say thank you to all of our staff for following our protocols and keeping everyone safe.  

Here is a memory from last year around this time when I gave up my body for the students and staff.  We miss you Trunk or Treat!!!

Material Distribution #2-

We will have two days of material distribution next week. I look forward to wearing my costume and I hope you will wear yours.

• Wednesday, 10/28/20 @ 2:30-5:00- McLennan/Chamberlain, Mai, Macker, Guffy, Tessaro

• Thursday, 10/29/20 @ 2:30-5:00-Sanchez, Nichols, Sor, Jessee, Shipley, and Champion

Phase II-

As you have heard from our school, the district is finalizing plans for the Phase II reopening of school.  Although there is no timeline as of yet,  the district is planning with many different groups to ensure the safety of everyone.  Here is the link to the Phase II Parent Letter from Crown Point.

CPJMA School 20-21 Zoom Links/Schedule/Emergency Plans

• Please make sure you have updated your links if they have changed on this document.  Click here for the CPJMA School 20-21 Zoom Links/Schedule/Emergency Plans Link.

Observations-

• I will continue going into classrooms this coming week to give you feedback on your instruction.  I will be coming in with the lens of Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.

 Conferences (All Grades)

• Fall 2020 parent-teacher conferences reporting period window is November 9-December 4, 2020. 
• During the week of parent conferences, teachers will continue to provide 180 daily synchronous live, whole group, and small group instruction. 
• The remainder of the teachers’ workday should be dedicated to parent conference preparation and conducting the actual parent conferences.

 

 

Report Cards (All Grades)

• The reporting period ends on November 6^th. You can use any data up to that point but not after.
• Report cards are due prior to the individual student’s conference and no later than December 4^th.
• Whether a family participates in conferences or not, we will remind them how to access and print their child’s report card.
• Please be looking for a translation sign-up from Cathy and Marylin to support you in your conferences.  When you sign up, please put the Zoom link and password in the document.
• Typically, we would print out report cards.  During online learning, you will need to have your electronic version of the report card prepared for your families.  
• When teachers all resume on-site learning, Tra-Viecia will get the hardcopies to out and we will need to schedule a time to get them into the cum files.

 

DRA (All Grades)

• As there are roughly three weeks before the first day of conferences, as a reminder, we will need all students to be DRA tested and there levels uploaded to Illuminate in order to be on the report card document.  
• If you are in need of any materials to support your administration of the DRA, please do not hesitate to let me know.
• Here is the link to the DRA Assement

 

FAST (Grades 2^nd-5^th)

• As we get closer to report cards, please have your students take the aReading and aMath assessments before the administration deadline.  
• If you do not get them in before the deadline you will not be able to have your students take it late.  This means their scores will not be reflected in the Trimester 1 data. 
• Here is the link for student directions on how to access and take the test.
• Here is the link for General Administration of the FAST.
• Administration 
  •  Fall — August 31 to October 30
  • Winter — January 4 to February 15
  • Spring — April 12 to June 4

 

Mandated Reporter Training REMINDER

• ALL, staff both Certificated and Classified, of the Mandated Reporter Training requirement in Safe Schools.  
• All employees will continue to receive emails that they need to complete the training.
• HR will send site/department leaders the information for their employees.

Upcoming Important Dates

• M 10/26-Teacher Clarity Observations
• T 10/27-
• W 10/28-Teacher Clarity Observations, Area Superintendent Visit from 10:30-12:00 Distribution #2 (Chamberlain, Mai, Macker, Guffy, Tessaro) from 2:30-5:00
• Th 10/29-Teacher Clarity Observations, Material Distribution #2 (Nichols, Sor, Jessee, Shipley, Champion) from 2:30-5:00
• F 10/30-Teacher Clarity Observations

Monday Morning Memo

Week of 10/19-10/23

These first few weeks have been a whirlwind for everyone and I am always not afraid to say how proud I am of Crown Point Staff.  As Phase I started, I also noted how many happy faces there were on the students who are participating as well as the staff that are volunteering.  Thank you for your continued hard work onsite and online. The parents, students, and I appreciate it.

Substitutes-

• If for any reason you need to be out, you will need to follow the normal process of calling SAMS and requesting a sub.
• Educators should follow normal procedures for reporting an absence (notifying Armando and Cathy the day before if possible and inputting into SAMS. 
• Educators must prepare lesson plans for the Visiting Teacher just as you would during onsite instruction 
• Options for providing Zoom links
• Never share your username or password
• Add the substitute to your meeting and assign as a co-host
• Have the substitute email Cathy for the link to your Zoom

ZOOM SECURITY SETTINGS-we recently had intruders in a Zoom class meeting with a substitute teacher.  Please ensure you follow the protocol below.

• Teachers need to set up Zoom meetings for authenticated users only
• Teachers/students should not be using their personal email account (i.e. Gmail) to log in to zoom.
• It is important that teachers set up authenticated meetings properly by following these 2 steps:
• In settings, teachers must make sure the toggle switch is turned on for “Only authenticated users can join meetings.” 
• Next, when scheduling meetings, teachers must check the box that says “Only authenticated users can join” then use the drop down menu to select “SDUSD staff and students can join.”

• Teachers should also enable the waiting room feature and not allow students to join before the host. 
• Please see job aid for more details.  
• Students must take additional steps to sign into authenticated meetings. Students should sign into sandiegounified.zoom.us prior to joining the zoom meeting. They can type this in the address bar or  find the link in Clever Click here for  job aid and video.

Staff Daily Symptom Check-

• We have changed the process when you access our site at any time.  
• Fill out the ClearPass employee daily symptom questionnaire that can be filled out online before coming to campus. This takes place of the paper check-off list of symptoms that you would fill out when you arrived on site.  
• To Access ClearPass Job Aide click here.
• Employees coming on campus must still have their temperature checked and continue to follow the Teacher/Staff Access Guide.

CPJMA School 20-21 Zoom Links/Schedule/Emergency Plans

Please make sure you have updated your links if they have changed on this document.  Click here for the CPJMA School 20-21 Zoom Links/Schedule/Emergency Plans Link.

Observations-

I will continue going into classrooms this coming week to give you feedback on your instruction.  I will be coming in with the lens of Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.

Parent Teacher Conferences-

As you are planning and supporting teachers as they prepare for Parent Teacher Conferences, please read this DOCUMENT for guidance on the instructional days during the week of conferences and the guidance for the two weeks prior to grade reporting.  

Mandated Reporter Training REMINDER

• ALL, staff both Certificated and Classified, of the Mandated Reporter Training requirement in Safe Schools.  
• All employees will continue to receive emails that they need to complete the training.
• HR will send site/department leaders the information for their employees.

Phase One Attendance-  

• We need to track our student attendance and monitor our successes in implementing Phase One.
• At this time, we are unable to use PowerSchool to track Phase One On-Site Appointment Based Services. 
• We will have a staff member record the number of students served at your site each day  
• We kindly ask that you complete this information starting with Tuesday, October 13th. 

Phase 1 - Appointment-based Learning-

• I wanted to say thank you to all that are involved in Phase I planning and instruction.  As we welcome our most vulnerable students, it has taken creativity, drive and teamwork to make this happen.
• PHASE ONE TRAINING STAFF VIDEO
• Staff participating in Phase 1 Onsite Appointment Based will need to take Phase 1 training via Safe Schools. To take this training, please log into Safe Schools, go to Extra Training - Policy. Training is called Phase One Health & Safety Training for Employees.

Upcoming Important Dates

• M 10/19-Teacher Clarity Observations
• T 10/20-Teacher Clarity Observations
• W 10/21-2:00 PD Teacher Clarity/Distance Learning
• Th 10/22-Teacher Clarity Observations
• F 10/23-Teacher Clarity Observations

Later this month-

• 10/26-11/5 Apex Fundraising-
• 10/28 Zoom Instructional Observations with Area Superintendent Christina Casillias 10:15-11:45

Monday Morning Memo

Week of 10/12-10/16

As I venture into more classes doing observations, I am happy to see how innovative each of you are during online learning. I appreciate you creatively engage kids while keeping the rigor and clear expectations.  As I continue to visit classrooms, I will be coming in with the lens of Teacher Clarity and how effective success criteria and learning intentions can be implemented in online learning.  I also look forward to sharing your work with my colleagues.  please continue to share your pictures with me!  Thank you for making Crown Point the best place for our students to learn.

Substitutes-

• If for any reason you need to be out, you will need to follow the normal process of calling SAMS and requesting a sub.
• Educators should follow normal procedures for reporting an absence (notifying Armando and Cathy the day before if possible and inputting into SAMS. 
• Educators must prepare lesson plans for the Visiting Teacher just as you would during onsite instruction 

Options for providing Zoom links:

• Never share your username or password
• Add the substitute to your meeting and assign as a co-host
• Have the substitute email Cathy for the link to your Zoom

Staff Daily Symptom Check-

• We have changed the process when you access our site at any time.  
• Fill out the ClearPass employee daily symptom questionnaire that can be filled out online before coming to campus. This takes place of the paper check-off list of symptoms that you would fill out when you arrived on site.  To Access ClearPass Job Aide click here.
• Employees coming on campus must still have their temperature checked and continue to follow the Teacher/Staff Access Guide.

CPJMA School 20-21 Zoom Links/Schedule/Emergency Plans

• Please make sure you have updated your links if they have changed on this document.  Click here for the CPJMA School 20-21 Zoom Links/Schedule/Emergency Plans Link.

Observations-

• I will continue going into classrooms this coming week to give you feedback on your instruction.  I will be coming in with the lens of Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.

Phase 1 - Appointment-based Learning-

• I wanted to say thank you to all that are involved in Phase I planning and instruction.  As we welcome our most vulnerable students, it has taken creativity, drive and teamwork to make this happen.

PHASE ONE TRAINING STAFF VIDEO

• Staff participating in Phase 1 Onsite Appointment Based will need to take Phase 1 training via Safe Schools. To take this training, please log into Safe Schools, go to Extra Training - Policy. Training is called Phase One Health & Safety Training for Employees.
• Here is the link.

Upcoming Important Dates

• M 10/12
• T 10/13-Appointment-based learning begins (Phase I), SST 7:45 Lopez, Duncan, Ramirez, Rogow, SST 2:30 Lopez, Ramirez, Rogow, Mai
• W 10/14-
• Th 10/15-
• F 10/16-7:00 SPED Meeting

Later this month-

• 10/21-2:00 PD Teacher Clarity/Distance Learning
• 10/26-11/5 Apex Fundraising-
• 10/28 Zoom Instructional Observations with Area Superintendent Christina Casillias 10:15-11:45

Monday Morning Memo 10/2/20

Week of 10/5-10/9

As we move into week 6 of school, I appreciate staff sharing their snapshots of the tasks their students are doing.  Even under COVID-19 and online learning, rigorous lessons based on the critical concepts continue to be taught.  Please continue to send me your photos.  Thank you for all of your hard work.

Substitutes-

If for any reason you need to be out, you will need to follow the normal process of calling SAMS and requesting a sub.

Educators should follow normal procedures for reporting an absence (notifying Armando and Cathy the day before if possible and inputting into SAMS. 

Educators must prepare lesson plans for the Visiting Teacher just as you would during onsite instruction 

Options for providing Zoom links:

Never share your username or password

Add the substitute to your meeting and assign as a co-host

Have the substitute email Cathy for the link to your Zoom

Observations-

I will be going into classrooms this coming week to give you feedback on your instruction.  I will be coming in with the lens of Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.

Phase 1 - Appointment-based Learning-

As mentioned in our Phase I meetings, I will be contacting staff about their availability for Phase I.  This is a voluntary phase and I appreciate anyone who considers taking this on to support our students in need.  Here is the link to the presentation.  There are links to documents that support you in your decision-making.  You will also find the link to our schoolwide data sheet that you will be updating before our ILT meeting on Wednesday.

On a more global scale, Phase I is an on-ramp that will give us guidance for Phase 2.  This could happen as early as November.  

Upcoming Important Dates

M 10/5- Sped Meeting 7:15, Office Meeting 9:00, grade level choice on date and time to PLC for student prioritization for Phase I

T 10/6- grade level choice on date and time to PLC for student prioritization for Phase I, deadline to finalize roster recommendations for Phase 1

W 10/7-Office Meeting for Phase 1 @ 9:00, ILT @ 2:30 (review final rosters for Phase I, discussion about next steps for planning)

Th 10/8-

F 10/9-Office Meeting for Phase 1 @9:00