EDMS Staff Welcome Back
August 7th, 2020
#ToroFamily
Updates for next Week...
Week of August 10th:
This week will be a week of PD and planning time to get ready to engage students starting Monday, August 17th. The first 3 days will be Site/District led PD with Thursday/Friday being teacher-directed planning days. Please see the schedule below. On Monday we will be going through our systems for online instruction and building culture through DL. We will touch on instructional expectations but leave the bulk of that for our first Wed meeting time. Please see below for the schedule for next week. Also, be checking your Google Calendar as we will be sending invites for all meetings.
- Monday AM - Staff Meeting via Zoom 9-11:30 - Staff Zoom Meeting Link
- Monday PM - Teachers have the option to come to campus, pick-up technology, move into classrooms.
- Tuesday/Wednesday - District directed PD options for all staff (PD Schedule here)
- Thursday/Friday - Teacher-directed time(Flex/Prep)
Beginning of School Goals
- 100% of students connected. Teachers, Administrators, Counselors and Office staff will all be involved in connecting students to school.
- Maintain a safe campus environment for staff to be comfortable coming to campus
- To continue building our SYSTEMS, INSTRUCTION, AND CULTURE to support students in distance learning and ensure we are delivering high-quality instruction to all.
School Safety Guidelines on Campus
- Before coming to campus all staff must complete this Daily Staff Assessment form each day
- All staff is required to wear a mask while moving through common areas.
- If you are sick or not feeling well, please stay home.
- Social distancing protocols (6 foot rule) should apply at all times.
- While on campus, staff need to limit congregating with others in shared spaces.
- We will talk more about staff protocols for on campus during our meeting
TO DO FOR STAFF
- Please complete this Staff Technology Inventory survey ASAP.
- Join our new EDMS Staff Google Classroom for 20-21 (class code vjmsbhe)
Please don't hesitate to call, email, text with any questions you may have. Have a great week.
Clausen
EDMS Distance Learning Schedule
This is a draft of the proposed schedule that the schedule committee has worked on. The recommendation is to have some sort of advisory on Wednesdays. We would like to finalize this quickly on Monday morning during our staff meeting. We will then push this out to our students and families.
Learning Together
Events, Updates, Links, Etc
August 3rd- 7th: Walkthrough (see schedule)
August 10th: First Teacher Work Day
August 11th/12th: District Led PD
August 13th/14th: Teacher-Directed Prep/Planning
August 13th: EDMS Community Info Night (Times: TBD)
August 17th: First Day of School
What we are working on...
Beginning of the Year
Online/Remote Learning Resources
What I'm Reading/Listening to
White Fragility
Color of Law
Switch
Links to Resources
El Dorado Middle School
Chris Clausen
@chrisclausen
@edmstoros
Email: clausenc@mdusd.org
Website: edms.mdusd.org
Location: 1750 West Street, Concord, CA, United States
Phone: 925.682.5700
Twitter: @edmstoros