Staff Weekly Bulletin
~Week 18~Jan. 11-15~
January Assessments
2nd - 5th Grade
SRI Testing - during library
Window closes 2/12
Schedule - TBD
3rd - 5th Grade
SMI Testing - during library
SRI Testing - during library
Dates: TBD - window closes 2/12
K-5
K-5: EDL/DRA
K- EDI opens-TBD
(If you assessed your students prior to report cards, you will not be required to retest the students).
ATTENTION: We are required to enter BOTH scores on to Illuminate, the "Instructional" & "Independent" Score.
Math Comprehensive Data
Students NOT assessed: 25
NEW! Elementary Math C-EoU Dashboard
Math C-EoU Dashboard includes Performance Task, Constructed Response, Selected Response, and Overall scores; (user permission required).
Performance Bands
- Performance Task - 224 students (54%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
- Constructed Response - 244 students (58.8%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
- Selected Response - 122 students (46.1%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
- Over all Score - 228 students (55%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
Over all Performance by Demographics
- White - 35 students (83%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
- African American - 21 students (44%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
- Latino - 145 (50%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
- English Learners - 97 students (46%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
- Low Income - 224 students (55%) scored "At or Above Proficiency"
On-Demand Writing Assessment - Optional
The writing assessments are not on the district assessment calendar and are not required. However, many sites on their own, or at the advisement of their Network Superintendent, have chosen to do them and report their scores using Illuminate. Whether or not they are recorded or submitted, pre and post unit Writing Assessments are essential for guiding instruction and monitoring progress of students' writing abilities.
K - 5 Elementary On-Demand Writing Assessments Now in Illuminate!
To access On-Demand Writing Assessments from Illuminate:
- Click on assessments --> list assessments
- Hit the clear button
- Type the keyword "lucy" into the search bar
NEW! Comprehensive Student Data Roster for Fall Marking Period 2
EDL/DRA Class Profile Doc
As we embark in this new assessment cycle, you are required to use the following document to document your students' EDL/DRA scores, please click on this link to take you to the document. More information will be provided on 1/6/16 PD.
Running Records & Student Progress Monitoring - Memo
ILT & SSC will have the opportunity to review this and provide input but most of these expectations are to be implemented effective January 2016.
For January Testing window:
10 thorough DRA/EDL per class
Students should be below grade level in their first language, or more than 1 year behind in their second language.
Fill out the class profile for these 20 students
For the rest of the class, you can find their reading level in one of these two ways:
DRA/EDL
A running record on an unknown book that you will use in your reading groups.
If you already did this in preparation for conferences, you can use the scores that you got at that time.
Release Days
Each teacher will be provided 1 full release day to complete testing.
Some testing will need to be completed during class time.
Deliverables by January 22nd
A list of current reading levels for all students in both classes
A class profile spreadsheet including:
10 students from each class
physical copies of the forms used for testing
paper or online versions acceptable
~Memo - PD Changes & Focus~
Please click on this link to see a memo providing you the rationale of the restructuring of our PD calendar. The ILT and SSC will also have the opportunity to provide input on some of the changes, but I felt it necessary to regain our PD calendar after such unstable directives from OUSD leadership.
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~Safe & Welcoming Environment~
Looking for alternative rewards?
Character Development
Month-long Focus: Honesty
Learning Target: I can be honest about my actions and can solve problems honestly.
CHRONIC ABSENCES INCREASED TO 8%
Perfect Attendance Ribbons!
If you have not given them out to students, please do so by no later than the end of this week.
***These ribbons will be the new process to recognize our students who are displaying perfect attendance. It was a lot more manageable and cost effective.
Community Assembly/Crew
Crew: GROUP B
Queznel & Vidal
Goodie & Parchia
Brown & Tapia
Ferrus-Garcia & Garcia-Pena
Hudson & Davis
Community Assembly: GROUP A
Udovic & Cato
Saleski & Nunez
Pastrana & Perrone
Beck
Gudiol & Zucker
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~TEACHING & LEARNING~
Setting NEW reading goals with our young scholars!
Dear Colleagues,
As per our agreements & data chats, all classroom/individual student reading goals need to be set & visibly posted in the classroom. Please work with Emily if you needed additional support to ensure that you are holding meaningful conversations with your students about their new individual reading goals.
New Class Reading Goals & New Individual Student Goals need to be visible in the classroom by Monday, February 1st. ALL students must know their new reading level & know their own independent reading goal.
Please make time during Friday, January 29th afternoon planning to finish this deliverable. Emily, Morelia, and Beatrice will be available to collaborate, plan, and support you.
Have you checked out these new resources?
Greetings Crew!
Here are some fun and useful resources to make SLA instruction more meaningful and engaging for our students. All these resources are CCSS aligned and mostly benefit 3rd through 5th grade.
You will find:
- Story elements posters & interactive notebook resources
- figurative language resources
- tools to expand on your literacy centers
- informational text resources
- graphic organizers for informational text
- interactive notebook for figurative language
- interactive notebook for story elements
- figurative language posters
- graphic organizers for voc development
...and many more.
Enjoy!
Winter Break Reading Challenge
Click on this link for the results of the Winter Break Reading Challenge. Mr. Todd also added a page of the top 10 readers. The list will be printed and displayed around school.
We will also look at the RazKids minutes for those students that engaged through technology.
Break down of the reading minutes per grades:
TK-2nd
Level 1 240-399
Level 2 400-559
Level 3 560-719
Level 4 720 and above
3rd Grade
Level 1 400-559
Level 2 560-719
Level 3 720-879
Level 4 880 and above
Grades 4 & 5
Level 1 480-639
Level 2 640-799
Level 3 800-959
Level 4 960 and above
Thank you, Mr. Todd for all this work!
SSTs for this week...
- SST Sub-Release Time
10:50-11:35 AM
Jah'ney Holton Follow up
12:00-12:45 PM
Halo Webb
12:55-1:30 PM
Josiah Stinson Follow up
1:30-2:15 PM
Jason Cruz
2:15-3:00 PM
Jonathan Funes Hernandez
COST Referrals...
Here is the link to submit a COST referral: Coordination of Services Referral - click here!
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~OPERATIONS~
Restroom & Hallway Passes
Reminders...
1 restroom/hallway pass per student
TK-1st grade - Have restroom/hallway buddies
2-5 - 1 restroom/hallway pass = 1 student (No exceptions)
Reminder:
We have new restrooms next to P7. Please ensure that your students go to those restrooms, especially if these restrooms cuts down on the distance.
Field Trip Monies
Please communicate to Nancy by no later than January 28th if you will be using the full amount of the allocations for field trip. If by this date you have not informed her, we will be moving these monies to other school related needs.
LAST CALL! - Monies for Classroom Libraries
Teachers, if you do not provide us with a list, we will move forward with making the order to the best of our knowledge.
Each teacher will receive 500 to order leveled books for your library. We encourage you to order high interest books for the levels where your library is not as complete, or leveled books to coordinate with your expeditions. Please fill a shopping cart at http://www.booksource.com/.
Need more books for your classroom library, here are community resources:
- In addition to books from the district, the East Bay Children's Book Project gives up to 50 books a week per teacher.
- Other possible ways to get books is Oakland's Temple Sinai's "People of the Book"
- And then there's always Donor's Choose
Thank you,
Emily
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Monday, January 11th
Beatrice to conduct informal short observations for all teaching staff.
Sub-Release time for EDL/DRA testing
Click on this link to view the sub release schedule, if you have not signed up-please do so immediately.
3-4 PM
Staff Meeting
Location: P5
Agenda
I. Team-building (5 min.)
II. Operational & Committee Reports (10 min.)
III. Annual Technology Survey (15 min.)
- Click on the link to take the survey, Teacher & Administrator
IV. Crew Planning (30 min.)
Tuesday, January 12th
Sub-Release time for EDL/DRA testing
Click on this link to view the sub release schedule, if you have not signed up-please do so immediately.
Beatrice to conduct informal short observations for all teaching staff.
Wednesday, January 13th
Sub-Release time for EDL/DRA testing
Click on this link to view the sub release schedule, if you have not signed up-please do so immediately.
Beatrice to conduct informal short observations for all teaching staff.
1:45-2:45 PM
Wednesday PD - PBIS
Location: P5
2:45-3:30 PM
Grade level collaboration, please submit grade level notes via Google docs.
3:30-5:30 PM
Tech Committee Meeting
Location: Office
Thursday, January 14th
Sub-Release time for EDL/DRA testing
Click on this link to view the sub release schedule, if you have not signed up-please do so immediately.
8 AM - 12 PM
- Beatrice @ Operational Principal PD
- Admin Designee: Morelia Rivas
12:30-3:00 PM
- Beatrice @ Training - TBD
3-4 PM
- COST Meeting
5-7 PM
- Beatrice @ Monthly DL Leadership Meeting
Friday, January 15th
Sub-Release time for EDL/DRA testing
Click on this link to view the sub release schedule, if you have not signed up-please do so immediately.
Beatrice to conduct informal short observations for all teaching staff.
- SST Sub-Release Time
10:50-11:35 AM
Jah'ney Holton Follow up
12:00-12:45 PM
Halo Webb
12:55-1:30 PM
Josiah Stinson Follow up
1:30-2:15 PM
Jason Cruz
2:15-3:00 PM
Jonathan Funes Hernandez
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Tech Corner - Check it out!
School Website!
Annual Technology & Learning Survey
Please complete Annual Technology & Learning Survey by Jan. 22
We need your feedback around how technology supports learning; OUSD is continuing Year 3 of the Tech Survey. Results will be provided in February for budgeting.
Click on the designated links to take the survey:
Cotact John Krull, Chief Technology Officer, john.krull@ousd.org
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TGDS/OETF February Peer Observations...
January
- Admin conducts short informal observations for ALL teaching staff (15-20 minutes)
- Rates Domain 2 & 3 ONLY
- Admin scripts short observation
- Admin tags evidence of OETF on script
- Schedules post-observation conference with Prob 1 & Prob 2
- Prob 1 & Prob 2 - reflect in Post-conference
- ALL tenure teachers - post conference is optional
- Will post sub-release peer observation for sign ups
February
- Teachers observe peer teacher (on/off-site)
- Teachers meet to debrief and provide feedback on SMARTe goal focus
- Teacher extra pay time is provided to hold peer debrief after contract time
- Professional learning time is provided upon request to admin
- sub-release time
- extra teacher pay
Alternate Observer schedules short observations
Visit Teachboost to log-in, click "Get Help" in the top right hand corner of the screen, then click "OUSD Playbook for teachers" in the box that pops up.
- This will take you step-by-step on how to access your observation tool.
What's coming up?
January 4-22nd
Release days
January 22nd
DRA/EDL window closes
January 20th
PD time for entering scores into illuminate & complete Class Profile
January 27th
EDL/DRA Grade level analysis of data
grade level reviews data prior to sending data letter to families
January 29th
On-Site PD
- Class profile must be complete before this day
Running Team Site!
Simply go to the page below and click the big FUNDRAISE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN button and you'll instantly have your own fundraising page as a part of our Team.
http://www.crowdrise.com/growthemusicprograma
Please let me know if you won't be taking part in the running festival this time around.
Thanks so much.
Sam Davis