APS Weekly Newsletter
August 25th, 2023
⭐August 14-31: 6th-12th Grade ALEKS Initial Knowledge Check
⭐August 22-31: 3rd-8th Grade iMSSA BOY complete
⭐September 1: Early Release for Homecoming (Time TBD) PARADE AT 3pm!!
⭐September 1: Homecoming Game at Tiger Stadium - 7pm
⭐September 4: No School for Labor Day
⭐September 12: Horizon Data Dive PD with AHS admin and 11th grade teachers - 2:00pm
⭐September 12: Optional PD-Benchmark Phonics Informational Session/Q&A 3:30pm
⭐September 15: New LETRS Cohort Screening Training Due
⭐September 20: LETRS Cohort 6&8 1:15-3:15pm
⭐September 21: Licensure Cohort- 4:30-5:30pm
⭐September 20-22: CFA #1
⭐September 28-29: Parent Teacher Conferences (NO school for students)
Tech Tip from Jessica Lopez
🎬Clearing Cookies Video🎬
ISTATION PD OPPORTUNITY
Prepare yourself for the upcoming school year with our special FREE webinars tailored specifically for educators in New Mexico! Come and explore the ISIP assessments for Reading and Math and discover valuable insights and best practices to optimize the impact of Istation in your classroom.
Getting Started: Istation Reading
August 22, 2023 2pm-3pm
August 23, 2023 3pm-4pm
August 31, 2023 1pm-2pm
Getting Started: Istation Math
Assessment Alley
ECOT
The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) requires all preschool students to be assessed using the ECOT observation tool within the first 30 instructional days. ECOT training and the refresher course are available in the Canvas learning management systems as self-paced course modules. New preschool teachers must complete the new staff course and returning teachers must complete the refresher course before assessing students within the first 30 days of instruction. PED is no longer requiring the use of ECOT for kindergarten students. Please direct questions regarding this ECED requirement Cassandra Carrasco at cassandra.carrasco@ped.nm.gov. A few reminders:
- The ECOT system is not set up for the new school year yet. If anyone logs in now they will see last years rosters so please let your staff know that in case they are logging in now.
- The ECOT rosters will be populated using the new Nova Data Collection method.
- Please use your credentials you used from last year to access ECOT. New accounts will not be generated if the teacher is returning.
- New Teachers: You will receive an email once we have processed the data from Nova into ECOT.
- To get a new teacher an account their roster data must be in Nova to have an account created in ECOT. Teacher accounts are not created any other way.
- 45 Calendar days to complete the observation from the start of the program. This means your teachers can complete the observations in the 45 days and will have until October 13th to enter the data into ECOT.
- If ECOT access is not available please use the paper forms. ECOT access does not change these requirements.