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Monday, March 9, 2020 (Week #30)
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Happy International Woman's Day (Sunday)
CMS Staff:
On Friday, I had the opportunity to attend a MassCUE Conference held at Holy Cross. I always struggle with leaving the building, but I can can honestly tell you anytime you can attend a conference, please go. It's so rejuvenating to be around professional colleagues exploring creative and innovative ways to make our practice more efficient and meaningful to students. I was able to add some of the highlights on Twitter. When you get a free minute, please check them out. The takeaways always make these opportunities well worth the time.
Remember, tomorrow's faculty meeting is MCAS training and it will be held in the library starting at 2:30 p.m. Please take a few minutes to review the MCAS resources found at the bottom of this update.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.
Wishing everyone a wonderful week.
Go Grizzlies!
Dean W. Packard
Principal
Phone: 5082481423 Ext. 1102
Email: dpackard@dcrsd.org
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Upcoming Events
Monday, March 9th
- Secondary Principals Meeting 9:00 a.m. (District Office)
- Full Faculty Meeting: MCAS Training - Teacher sign-off required.
Tuesday, March 10th
- CMS Admin Meeting 8:00 a.m. (Main Office)
- School Council 3:00 p.m. (Conference Room - Office)
Wednesday, March 11th
- School Committee 7:00 p.m. (Library)
- Family First Night (Enjoy the night with each other - no additional school work)
Thursday, March 12th
- Business as usual
Friday, March 13th
- Coffee & Conversation 10:00 a.m.
School News:
1. MCAS Testing Preparation
The MCAS prep process will continue this week. By now, everyone should have logged into their PearsonAccessNext account. It is good to become familiar with the platform long before it becomes necessary for testing. Our formal training schedule will be out soon. See final testing dates below.
Over the next few weeks, I will be providing you with important testing preparation materials and resources. I will be adding links to the Teacher Resource Section below. Please be sure to follow through on resources provided. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns - THANKS.
The final push for training for the upcoming testing platform will take place during the March Team Leader and Faculty meeting sessions. I will get you your testing manuals as soon as they become available to me.
2. Term #3 Progress Report Information
March 5th - Portal will be opened to start uploading your grades and importing comments
March 12th - Grades and Comments must be uploaded by 2:30p.m. (double check that you entered grades for Exploratories / Academic Support)
March 13th - Progress Reports will be posted to the Portal at 10:30 a.m.
3. Full Faculty Meeting - Monday, March 9th 2:30-3:30 p.m.
This faculty meeting is when we will be doing our official training for MCAS. All faculty must be present and a sign-off will be required as well. I will get you as much information as possible for you to preview prior to the training.
TEACHER RESOURCES
All Purchase Orders Need To Be Closed Out By June 30th. No Reimbursements After That Date. Please See Me With Any Questions or Concerns - Thanks.
MCAS Testing Schedule Spring 2020
ELA Grade 5: April 14th & 15th (Tuesday & Wednesday)
ELA Grade 7: April 2nd & 3rd (Thursday & Friday)
ELA Grade 6: April 8th & 9th (Wednesday & Thursday)
ELA Grade 8: April April 6th & 7th (Monday & Tuesday)
ELA Make Up Sessions: April 22nd - April 29th
STE Grade 8: April 28th & April 29th
STE Grade 5: April 30th & May 1st
Math Grade 6: May 5th & May 6th
Math Grade 7: May 7th & May 8th
Math Grade 5: May 12th & May 13th
Math Grade 8: May 14th & May 15th
Math & STE Make Up Sessions: May 18th - May 22nd
District Field Trip Form:
In State & Out of State Field Trip Form
District's Strategic Action Plan & School Improvement Plan:
District's Strategic Action Plan 2018-2021
MCAS Resources For Teachers:
New Test Design This Year (Reduced)
Best Practice For CBT Testing Set Up & Troubleshooting
Pearson Access Next Accounts (Please check your account)
2020 TAM (Teachers Proctoring MCAS Testing)
2020 PAM (Principal's Administration Manual)
Student Tutorials (Please Review with Students)
MCAS Released Items ELA Math Science
MCAS Test Administration Resources
CMS' Building Forms:
Frontline Absence Management Information
Evaluation Tools:
Classroom Teacher Evaluation Rubric
Counselor, Nurse & School Psychologist Evaluation Rubric MASCA
Speech & Language Pathologist Evaluation Rubric
Administrators Evaluation Rubric
Lesson Planning Templates:
English Language Arts Lesson Planning Template 2019-2020
Math Lesson Planning Template 2019-2020
Science Lesson Planning Template 2019-2020
Social Studies Lesson Planning Template 2019-2020
Unified Arts Lesson Planning Template 2019-2020
Spanish Lesson Planning Template 2019-2020
IXL Curriculum Information (Click link below to access information):
Google Apps Training: