CPS Weekly Reminders
Monday, November 12th-Friday, November 16
What's Happening this Week?
- B Day
Tuesday, November 13
- C Day
- BLDD architects at lunch (lunch provided)
- World Kindness Day
Wednesday, November 14
- D Day
- Leader in Me Assembly: K/3@8:45 and 1/2@9:15
- Pickle Day
Thursday, November 15
- E Day
- Donuts with Dads (A-L)- 7:15-8:15
- 5Essentials Survey login information emailed to teachers
- Clean out your Refrigerator Day
Friday, November 16
- A Day
- Donuts with Dads (M-Z)- 7:15-8:15
- Fast Food Day
Reminder: Lunch with BLDD this Tuesday!
Dr. Dunnan is providing lunch for all teachers, paraprofessionals, and support staff who would like to attend BLDD's presentation during lunch on Tuesday. Please come hungry!
Google Apps for Education PD
Please join us for an optional professional learning opportunity centered around Google Apps for Education! Whether you're a Google novice or a Google expert, you can walk away from this professional development with something new! Options for topics include Google basics, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Classroom, Google Forms, Google Slides, and Google Sites. And if you have other questions, we will try and answer those too!
Please complete this form if you plan on attending Monday's session. The form gives a little more detail about what will be covered in each session, and your responses will give us a better idea of which sessions to offer.
I hope to see you there!
Monday, Nov 12, 2018, 03:30 AM
CPS Cafeteria
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
CPS Golden Apple Award
#GoodNewsCalloftheDay
Donuts with Dads
Donuts with Dads is this Thursday, November 15th and Friday, November 16th.
Teacher Survey Opens Thursday, November 15
Beginning November 15, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. This opportunity allows you to share your views on important elements of school effectiveness. The results from the survey will provide a rich picture of the inner workings of your school from an organizational perspective.
On behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education, UChicago Impact will administer the Illinois 5Essentials Survey online. This survey is based on the Five Essentials for School Success, an evidence-based framework developed by the University of Chicago. This framework identifies how school performance on five factors or “essentials” can lead to important student outcomes, including improved attendance and larger test score gains.
Prior research has shown that schools strong on three or more of the 5Essentials were 10 times more likely to improve student learning gains than schools weak on three or more of the Essentials. Those 5Essentials are:
- Effective Leaders
- Collaborative Teachers
- Involved Families
- Supportive Environment
- Ambitious Instruction
School-level 5Essentials Reports will be generated from carefully analyzed survey data if at least 50 percent of teachers respond to the survey—these Reports will be sent to schools and districts in March 2019 and will be included in each State School Report Card, released by ISBE in the fall of 2019. 5Essentials Reports for your school will also then be publicly available via the Illinois 5Essentials website. The Reports will include the results of rigorous statistical analyses of raw data as well as detailed question response rates, such as the percent of teachers who find their schools’ professional development initiatives helpful. Student and teacher identities will be kept completely confidential and responses will not be linked to individual students or teachers. Information on the confidentiality of the survey can be found on the 5Essentials website.
Survey administration begins Thursday, November 15. On that day, teachers will receive an email with unique username and password to log-in to the survey and participate. All responses are completely confidential. No names or other unique identifiers are connected with individual responses or used in any report.
For more information about the Illinois 5Essentials Survey, or to view previous years’ Reports, please visit https://www.5-essentials.org/illinois. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact 5Essentials Customer Support at 1-866-440-1874 or 5Essentials@uchicago.edu.
Snack Update
Thanks for your flexibility as we continue to update and adjust our snack policy!
As always, feel free to meet the needs of any students in your classroom with specific dietary needs!