Wilson Ranger Post
June 5, 2017
School's out for summer!!!
What a great end of the year...Graduation, kickball, walking field trips, student awards, and lots of sweet moments with your learners! Thank you for working so hard up until the end of the year and for loving your learners and each other so well. I hope you have a relaxing and restful summer! Remember to sign up for some Professional Learning this summer! You will need 18 flex hours for the 2017-18 School Year. See you August 14th!
Meetings with Mr. Hilton
STAAR Update from the District
The third- through eighth-grade STAAR (reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies) results from the May 2017 administration will be released by June 20. Districts are not receiving confidential student reports (CSRs) until late summer due to the redesign of the reports by TEA. As a result, we will guide parents through the process of obtaining their child’s portal access code through Home Access Center rather than mailing out results.
June/July Staff Birthdays
Kelly Silvestri- June 5
Sarah Gambill- June 20
Lovera Dyer- June 23
Meghan Tinsley - June 27
Suzi Downey- July 2
Beth Brandenburg - July 4
Cathryn Sutton- July 6
Melissa Hayes- July 12
Janet Hall - July 26
Jo LeBlanc- July 27
GT Information to Consider...
Check out all of the summer courses listed below for obtaining your six GT update hours, which can also be applied to flex hours. Take advantage of these opportunities to complete your PD requirements over the summer before the start of the next school year.
The GT Specialists have been begging for Depth and Complexity training for years, and we finally got our wish! While it's GT credit, it's also easily used with every learner.
Several Region 10 GT summer workshops are also listed below.
Let me know if you have any questions.
- June 14-15
- 8:30-3:30
- NewTech@Coppell
- MUST attend BOTH days
- basic info/summary/preview
- June 19
- 8:30-4:00
- NewTech@Coppell
- Can just attend Day 1, if you WANT, you may attend Day 2, but only if you've completed Day 1
- social/emotional curriculum, affective domain
- basic info/summary/preview
- July 27
- 7:30-1:30
- Lebanon High School, Frisco ISD
- *this doesn't automatically award GT credit, but there is a way to get it if you attend, let's discuss :)
- breakout sessions
Region 10 GT offerings:
Instructional Technology from Nancy Garvey
I wanted to let you know about “Today at Apple”, new in-store programs that inspire and educate our customers to help them pursue their passions. Today at Apple includes programming like Field Trips for students and teachers, sessions on coding with Swift Playgrounds, and Teacher Tuesdays, an exciting new program just for teachers. Teacher Tuesdays are 90-minute sessions that will help educators discover the many ways iPad and Apple apps can enhance productivity and boost creativity with students. They can learn and practice new skills, explore free education resources, and connect with other educators in the area.
Please share this announcement about Teacher Tuesdays with your staff and encourage them to sign up for sessions. This could be a great way for your teachers to learn more about innovative ways to use their devices over the summer!
Out of District Summer Technology Learning Opportunities for Educators Below is a list of technology learning opportunities for CISD staff. We will continue to update this link with any new summer sessions that we find are being hosted in different places around DFW.https://www.smore.com/0fyt2
Bilingual / ESL / Migrant Summer Conference
The 19th Annual Bilingual/ESL/Migrant Conference is an exciting professional development event designed for teachers and administrators of ELL programs. The 2017 conference, “Motivating ELLs to Language Mastery” will be an invigorating experience.
Highlights of the conference include:
- * Keynote speaker will be John Seidlitz of Seidlitz Education, presenting, “Motivating English Language Learners.”
- * Focus on research-based strategies and activities to enhance student academic language proficiency and skill to master grade level content.
- * Guidance on the implementation of unique strategies to benefit students and educators.
- * Speakers will address current topics in Bilingual and ESL education.
This workshop is available only for currently employed teachers in Region 10 public school districts, charter schools, and private schools.
* Please confirm BE/ESL cooperative membership with your district before registering.
Keynote: John Seidlitz
Contact: Margarita Corpus
972-348-1330
Who: *BE/ESL Coop Members Only
When: Friday, June 30, 2017
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Where: Collin County College
Preston Ridge Campus 9700 Wade Boulevard
Frisco, TX 75035
Please register at: https://goo.gl/3sq2xk
TEA SUMMER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
The link contains summer PD offered by Region 10.
Math from Mary Kemper
All K – 5 math educators should have received an email this week from Exemplars.com with log in information. This resource has been purchased to provide additional content for our new curriculum documents, in the form of performance tasks. This resource will be embedded within our curriculum documents and professional learning will be provided to support the implementation in the fall. Educators interested in implementing this spring are welcome to do so. If educators have misplaced the email, they may go to exemplarslibrary.com, use their email address and the initial password: cisd200 to log in. If anyone is having difficulty logging in, please share this email address with them to troubleshoot: support@exemplars.com.
Professional Learning
CAMT 2017 (Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching) is in Fort Worth, July 10-12, 2017. The three-day conference is conducted each summer, on a rotating basis, in Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Website for registration: camtonline.org.
Other Summer Professional Learning Opportunities (outside CISD) for Mathematics: https://docs.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/document/d/18vjIPDtr9sBzJbhl5yRggaplSPfTpr1d_nEn_8btnzQ/edit?usp=sharing
Recommended Resources for Elementary Mathematics: https://docs.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/document/d/1QtrO5YZWz_EtMVSvR1CSyzxfr8p1F5WzT_7HWEyi5Jo/edit?usp=sharing