Demo Memo

I hope that EVERYONE enjoyed a much deserved Relaxing & Rejuvenating Winter break!!! In reflecting on our first-"first-half" together, I'm grateful for your welcome, adjustment to new leadership and your open feedback.

We have endured some challenges in our first-"first-half"... And as I reflect on your grit to get through the challenges I have to give ALL of you a standing ovation (add clapping emoji).

You ALL continue to show-up for our Scholars to build relationships & skills that will transition beyond Jefferson HS.

I apologize for being long winded, but I want to thank all of you for your commitment to our educational community!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

Drake

Monday

• Happy New Year!
  

Tuesday

• B Schedule

Wednesday

• A Day

Thursday

• B Day

Friday

• A Day

Please note that we have special schedules in January– these rotations were put in place by the district (two all 8 days, etc) to account for instructional hours. Trivory is your best reminder for bell schedules.

FORECASTING!!!!!!!! We will hit the ground running with forecasting in the month of January. Below is the timeline so you know what you expect:

• Brittany & Sanchez- will complete the hard-copy curriculum guide (1/3-1/27)
• After the district rollover- Judy Brown will pre-load all required courses in Synergy (1/23-2/3)

The month of January- Staff will work on Department and Elective videos- 30 sec or less for the following:

1. Course Descriptions
   
2. Title of the class
   
3. Highlights of the course (showcase the course)
   

The purpose of these videos are to engage students and offer a visuals for course offerings

We will utilize our Staff Mtgs & Flex to create the department videos

MORE INFO TO COME- JUST AN FYI

As stated above Teams will be provided time for creation of a department video to show students during our forecasting window for our 9th-11th grade Feb. 6th-24th (More Info to come)

Teams will have information, criteria for each video, length of time, etc, etc... This will allow students to have both visual & audio as they make informed decisions during forecasting.

PBIS Blitz- Thanks to those who participated in our PBIS Blitz with an Attendance focus. We will continue to conduct "Blitzes" with Attendance focus, so we can incentive and support those who are making it to class on-time.

Please remember to "hype-up" our Blitzes, so students understand the importance of being on-time

Detention- Thanks to ALL of you for your accurate attendance taking, as we look to add supports for students getting to class on time. We only have 3 weeks worth of data thus far, and as we continue to conduct lunch detentions we will share monthly data.

Numbers have ranged from as high as 70+ students, to as low as 40+ students. We know students are finding loop-holes in the policy (their kids that's what they are supposed to do), so we will need to adjust accordingly.

I know some have had some questions from the Cadre email- the frequently asked question section on Pepper has some information. I have copied some of the Q&A based on the questions from this team...

1. What if the educator attended Cadres but did not mark their attendance in Pepper?

• You can view the attendance reports from Google Meet and Zoom HERE
  

2. How will I know which cadre an educator is recommended to attend.

• Educators who teach a content area with a new adoption is encouraged to attend that grade-band/grade-level content cadre. Educators who teach a content area without a new adoption is encouraged to attend the content cadre that they primarily teach during the school year. Principals may advise educators what content cadre to attend. If people need help determining which content cadre to attend, please contact TPL at tpl@pps.net.
  

  
  

3. What if educators do not believe Cadres are useful?

• Please ask educators to share their specific feedback with the individual cadre content team. Cadres are the only time within the contract and work day for educators to engage in professional learning with their peers from across the district. How could this time be used for valuable? Have you ever had time in the district to align with colleagues?
  

Again, these are district responses.. Please let me know if you have more questions or concerns