eLearning News: Instructional Staff
Vol. 1, Issue 4: April 23, 2020
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Focus for the Week: Progress Reports in the spirit of Compassion, Grace and Flexibility
Enclosed in this link is the Reporting Progress During Distance Learning document which provides information and guidance related to progress reports.
We trust you to make decisions that work best for you and your students. We trust students and families to prioritize learning time, subjects and assignments based on what is manageable and feasible. Included in this week's newsletter you will see additional information on what Compassion, Grace and Flexibility mean in Pasco County Schools during this time. Please reach out if you need assistance, we are here for you!
Parent Resources in Spanish
Be sure to go to the Distance Learning OneNote under Parent Resources to find new Spanish resources that have been added to support you and your families. If you have additional tools that would benefit the whole system, please email them to Lea Mitchell at lmitchel@pasco.k12.fl.us.
Virtual Office Hours, Topical Calls and Support for YOU
OLL- calls, office hours and PD
SSPS- Current Topical Calls and Calls coming for next week
Together We Learn Call for Session Proposals
Are you doing awesome things in your school or classroom?
Do you have innovative ideas to share with colleagues?
Pasco County Schools would like to take this opportunity to invite you to share your expertise with educators from around the county by presenting at our summer learning events
happening this July.
Our call for proposals is open to all staff who would like to host sessions to be held during Together We Learn which will take place from July 27th – July 29th with a target audience of teachers, coaches, school support staff, SRP, and school leaders.
Submit your proposal to present a session and join your colleagues in exploring best practices
happening right here in Pasco County!
Proposal deadline is May 8, 2020
Click here for more information and to submit your proposal.
New PD Opportunities for ESE Points
Through the use of our new Functional Behavior Assessment platform: Insight’s to Behavior, we have the opportunity for new online training. There are over 38+ different workshops available for staff to participate in online. The e-learning workshops range from less than 1 hour up to 2 hours. Each workshop has a corresponding course that has been created in MyPGS. When staff complete the e-learning workshop on the Insight to Behavior website with a 80% or higher, they receive a certificate of completion that can be emailed to wcrosley@pasco.k12.fl.us and in-service/training points are awarded.
Please click HERE for a power point for additional information and click HERE for a listing of all e-workshops with topic descriptions and time needed to complete. If you have any questions, contact Anna Randazzo via email: arandazz@pasco.k12.fl.us
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
As your EAP (Employee Assistance Program), we continually promote our promise to be here for you through every season, hardship and success life brings.That’s why we’ve put together a page on our website full of resources as well as specific webinars related to this crisis
Take some time, check them out, and let us know what you think. If you need additional support to process what's going on, call the Support Line at
800-624-5544 or login at eap.ndbh.com any time.
Social Emotional Learning
Teacher Grant Opportunity from Frontier
I’m reaching out to let you know that we are currently offering three $1,000 grants for K-12 teachers in order to promote the use of technology and online tools in the classroom. We appreciate all that our teachers do, especially in these trying times. To apply, instructors need to submit a unique lesson plan explaining how they would use technology to teach social responsibility to their students.
More information about this opportunity can be found here:
https://internet.frontier.com/resources/education/teacher-grant/
The application deadline is August 3rd, 2020. If you would add this grant information to your website, it would be much appreciated. We don't want any teachers missing out on this opportunity.
Tech Help- Info you NEED
Technology Help Desk
- For fastest response from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm: Email TechHelp@pasco.k12.fl.us
- If you are not able to email you can call: 813-794-2859 (If all lines are busy, leave a message and we will respond as quick as possiible)
- Also, live chat is available from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm on our website at: Technology Help Desk Live Chat (you will see a green chat box in the lower right hand corner of the screen)