Magers Memo
August 11th, 2019
Please wear your district "Power of One" t-shirt w/jeans on the first day of school. On Friday, please wear your new Sherwood shirt w/jeans!
Welcome Back!!
Good Evening! I left on Thursday feeling energized and excited to work with this team! I was able to make it to every classroom and your rooms look GREAT! Thank you for creating such inviting spaces for students! The intentional decisions made with room organization & set-up are obvious and do not go unnoticed. I am so pumped about this week! Please read all info. in this newsletter as a follow-up to our meeting and also first week reminders and instructions!
Here is a schedule of first week dates & times:
- Monday, August 12th: Work in your classrooms, dinner provided at 4:00 p.m. & Meet the Teacher from 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. At 6 I will get on the intercom, thank parents for coming and tell you to lock your classroom doors & go home :). This is to signal parents that Meet the Teacher is over. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO HAND OUT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AT OUR STAFF MEETING AND THE PTA FORMS PROVIDED FOR YOU.
- Tuesday, August 13th: First Day of School!! You are going to ROCK the first day of 2019-2020 at Sherwood! STUDENTS WILL COME STRAIGHT TO CLASSES AT 8:20 a.m. We will take a staff picture at 8:15 a.m. on the steps below the stairs. Please remember that counseling lessons will be with Casey or Beth this week (in BGC).
- Friday: Please meet just outside the office right after dismissal and circle up for an "afternoon class-meeting"-this will be brief!
As you know, Jenny Talburt is our Learning Specialist this year! As this position shifts, please remember that this role has a strong focus on supporting teachers with best instructional strategies. As technology is a best practice, Jenny is not able to assist with all tech issues with computers or Canvas Courses. Lara Garrett is happy to help with tech issues and is in the building every day. IT would be a better resource for tech. issues. I am excited about Jenny and her desire to support you. Please don't hesitate to reach out to her for support!
PBIS & Sherwood
Also, we created "I shined with PRIDE certificates for you to use to recognize students. All you have to do is give the sheet to the students and have them fill it out and circle what they earned it for. Please send these to lunch with students & we will celebrate them during lunch. They will go in a treasure box as well and we may be do a drawing in our monthly assemblies (this is TBD). A picture of the form is below. They will be 1/4 of a sheet of paper. We will make 50 copies for each T and put them in your mailbox before Tuesday. We will also put a master in your mailbox so you can copy more if needed. Please copy them on the same color as the first 50 that we give you. You can access the electronic version by using the link above (it is the second slide).
Thank you for helping us recognize students for using P.R.I.D.E. this year!
From Jenny: Learning Specialist
Welcome Back! As we prepare for the beginning of the school year, I wanted to make sure that you have all the information you need for both the beginning of the year and for deployment day. Your deployment date is 8/13/19 at 1:00 PM. This email will contain LOTS of information and everything you need for deployment day, so please keep it in a safe place so you can quickly access it.
Beginning of the Year
Here is the link to a Canvas course that you can refer to when setting up your Canvas course. The course provides information on how to cross-list courses, customize your Canvas dashboard, import course content (i.e. Master Courses) from another course, setting up a homepage, and student setting navigation permissions.
Deployment Day Information
Here is the slideshow that has all of the information regarding your deployment day.
Everyone
- You will deploy from your classrooms at 8-13-19.
- We will have people walking around the elementary to provide support at 1:00.
3-5 ONLY
- Please read through the teacher directions provided prior to deployment day.
K-2 iPads ONLY
- Please read through the teacher directions provided prior to deployment day.
K-2 Chromebook Pilot ONLY
· Please read through the teacher directions provided prior to deployment day.
Instructional Technologists ONLY
· Some sites are asking their Instructional Technologists to teach the Chromebook Chromies Modules not completed during deployment (other Quests/ Levels). If this pertains to you, please see these directions for accessing the module through Course Commons.
Please reach out to me if you have questions. Be sure to review all deployment information prior to deployment day so that you are prepared when the day arrives.
Respectfully,
Jenny Talburt
Learning Specialist