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