THE VALLEY View
09.17.2020
ASSESSMENT WINDOWS & TESTING
IMPORTANT DATES & TO DO's
MEETINGS
T Sept 22- Equity Team Meeting 8am
Th Sept 24- Academic Team Meeting 8am
DATES
F Sept 18- Fire Drill & Kdg color day- blue
Westacott out of building
M Sept 21- Kdg color day pink
Flood out of building
T Sept 22- Kdg color day purple
Mrs. L out of building
W Sept 23- Kdg color day brown
Th Sept 24- Linda Hosman, BIST Day & Kdg color day black/white
F Sept 25- Kdg color day rainbow colors
W Sept 30- Community of Character Nominations due to LMaxwell
Last day to order SVE Spiritwear through PTA
TO DO's
- Share your daily schedule with Booker/Flood by Sept 18th
- Sub folder turned in to Wendy by Sept 18th
- Document your fire drill completion time HERE
- Read through Staff Handbook HERE.
- Continue making positive phone calls to families
- Document handbook and call completion on THIS CHECKOFF
- Complete SafeSchools
HELPFUL LINKS
SCHEDULING LINKS
Lunch, Recess, Specials Document
BUILDING PROCEDURES/RESOURCE LINKS
Referral for Tier 2 Behavior Support
Chromebook Check Out Procedures
Library Online Resource QuickHits [from Nierman]
Classroom Sign In/Out form for Contract Tracing [from J.Johnson]
Staff Checkoff for Positive Phone Calls, Teach Expectations, Staff Handbook
Teaching Expectations- Schedule and Resources
ABSENCES/CALENDAR LINKS
90 Minute Absence Request Form [replaces the yellow sheet]
2020-2021 REVISED Calendar [includes the once a month late start Wed]
CURRICULUM CORNER
Looking for ways to increase student engagement while facilitating new learning in a virtual, blended, or in-person learning environment? Join the Tier 1 Instruction Schoology Group for ideas as you prepare for, engage in, monitor, and respond to learning. Use the join code H2TK3-43WZ6 to access an abundance of resources, strategies, and ideas. Also, don’t hesitate to reach out to Sara Taylor, district Instruction Specialist, if you need a thought partner or assistance.
If you are creating "Choice Boards" for students to explore content, check out these fun templates in Google Slides. https://slidesmania.com/?s=choice
- K-5 access to TangMath.com, a resource provided by Greg Tang. Click here for details.
-CCC Learning Portal Resources
-How to access R7Online Academy resources:
- In Schoology, choose your Grade Level Curriculum Group
- In the RESOURCES folder, you will find a sub-folder entitled "GENERAL resources for Online & Blending Learning". These are resources to get your classroom going. Things such as class meetings, morning rituals, etc.
- Within each content folder, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see "Online and Blended Learning Resources" for that specific content area.
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
9/10- Amy Glover
9/10- Regan Hays
9/20- Denise Morris
9/27- Wendy Booker
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PREVIOUS INFORMATION
THINGS TO KNOW from 09.10.2020
Miscellaneous
- As of now, we've been instructed to cancel our picture day.- We will have a fire drill on Friday, Sept 18th. Due to social distancing, the district is asking that we do this in groups, rather than with the entire school. We will NOT pull the fire alarm and you will have a scheduled time. We will discuss this at the staff meeting on Thursday.
- If your grade level is unable to go out for recess due to weather, your zone rotation will pause and resume at the next outdoor recess. Example: Flood's class is slated to go to turf zone, it rains and we can't go out today. Tomorrow, Flood's class goes to turf zone.
Long Term Sub: Mr. Mac (Dennis McCurter)
The district has worked with Kelly Services to secure a permanent sub here at SVE. Dennis McCurter will serve in this capacity for us, and we are so glad to have him as part of our team! Below, you will find a general list of the duties Dennis will cover for us. Please take a moment to peruse these! With students, Dennis will go by Mr. Mac.
* IMPORTANT: If you know you will have an absence (ie vacation or planned absence), please put in for a sub as you normally would. Assume that Dennis is unavailable and reach out to your regulars to fill the absence, or put it in for fulfillment by Kelly.
Here’s how we will use our perm sub:
UNFILLED: absences that were planned and submitted but remain unfilled.
EMERGENCY: absences that were previously unknown or unexpected (ie sudden illness) and there is either no time to fill with a sub or securing a sub is unlikely.
SUBSTITUTION: to swap another sub in the building, allowing the perm sub to cover the classroom and the other sub to do do some of the other items on this list.
FAMILY/PERSONAL: to cover for a teacher if that teacher needed to arrive late/leave early.
SUPERVISION: to assist with the supervision of recess, lunchroom, arrival/dismissal, etc.
CURRICULUM RECOVERY: to provide one-on-one or small group instruction for students across all grades and subjects.
SEB: to provide social/emotional/behavioral support to students in need
ASSESSMENTS: to assist with administering benchmark or progress-monitoring assessments for students
CLERICAL: to assist in the office, workroom, or Library as needed
LONG TERM: as a last resort, we may use our perm sub to cover a long-term absence
OTHER: duties as assigned by the principal
*ALSO IMPORTANT --> If you have a need for our perm sub based on one of the above, please go through Flood/Westacott/Booker to request assistance. Our perm sub is here to serve the building, not just individuals. Please do not request coverage/support from our perm sub unless you have received prior approval from the administration. (EXCEPT in the case of an emergency and admin are unavailable.)
COVID?
COVID
* Do you think someone has covid? The first thing you do is BREATHE!
* Do NOT share this information with others per HIPPA and FERPA
* You will ONLY share Covid info with Flood, Westacott, or Robin Smith
* We will BREATHE and then we will follow our district flow chart/check list
* Our district health dept has created detailed processes for us to follow
* CONFIDENTIALITY is a MUST