Summer School 101
May 4-8
Scheduling Updates
Bret and I meet early this week to look over potential mock schedules for summer school. We realized immediately there are simply too many possible scheduling scenarios to support each site and their unique needs. In order to support your thinking, here are some bullet points to consider as you begin making decision for your individual summer school buildings and staff.
- Teacher will have 30 minutes Library time weekly
- Teachers will have two 30 minutes recesses daily. Consider substituting one recess for a more organized PE time (one grade level teacher could cover each and allow plan time for one another)
- Students will have 50 minutes of Makers Space daily. This can be done either in classroom or in conjunction with another class/library. If done in conjunction with another class, this would create another opportunity for plan time for teachers.
- Computer labs will be set up at summer school sites and could be used for personalized learning or projects.
- Personalized learning could also be done during literacy station rotation in the classroom as well.
We highly encourage you to email your staff, introduce yourself and begin discussions about arrival and dismissal duties. There are likely individuals assigned to each site that work their during the regular school year who will be willing to assist and trade out time.
We also recommend considering an onsite meeting the first Monday or Tuesday of summer school to discuss some of these items. We can not require teachers to attend prior to their contract but your could have a meeting after summer school has begun. You may also decide to flip your this meeting with your staff and post it to the summer school canvas page instead.
If you have specific questions about scheduling for your site, please contact Bret.
Lunch Times
- Non BIC sites will have lunch service from 10:45-12:15
- BIC sites will have lunch service from 11:15-12:45
Each staff member in your building is required a 30 minute duty free lunch. I would encourage you to structure your lunch times in a way that you can cover the amount of students in the lunchroom at one time. Some of you have summer school site interns and/or volunteers from your school community (must have background checks) that could also assist with lunch duty.
Hiring
Hiring has slowed tremendously but we continue to monitor and add staff to sites as needed. There have been some split classes assigned to various sites to minimize overall staffing costs. Bret will be notifying you and the teacher if additional splits will affect your site.
Spaces for ELP
Your site ELP pull out teacher will need a small classroom space with computer access, and if possible a Smart board. Each tutorial group will be 6 students (or less). Most of the sites are staffed with a full-time pull out teacher. Currently, there are 5 sites that will have a part-time teacher that will travel to another site so that they will have a full schedule. Additionally, Weaver, Bissett and Williams will have a full-time teacher, and one traveling part-time teacher.