APS Weekly Newsletter
September 2nd, 2022
Thank you to all of our teachers, principals, EAs, subs, nurses, aides, bus drivers, techs, nutrition staff, counselors, custodians, secretaries, coaches, security guards, and any other individual showing up for our kids everyday to help shape them into the amazing learners they are. We are ALL IN and we appreciate every single one of you!
🌟September 5: No School for Labor Day
🌟September 9: Early Release for Homecoming (Elem @12pm, HMS @12:20pm, MVMS & CMS @ 12:40pm, and AHS @1pm) PARADE at 3pm!! Football Game at 7pm!!
🌟September 14: LETRS Phase III Cohort Training 12:15-3:15pm
🌟September 14: Licensure Cohort Meeting - 4:15pm @ AHS Library
🌟September 21-23: CFA #1
🌟September 28: Gold Series: Google Sheets - 4:15pm at MVMS
🌟September 29-30: Parent Teacher Conferences (NO school for students)
🌟October 3-21: Senior ASR Make-up Testing
🌟October 4-7: AHS CFA #1
🌟October 5: LETRS Phase III Cohort Training 12:15-3:15pm
🌟October 10: Professional Development Day - NO STUDENTS
🌟October 12: 10th Grade PSAT/NMSQT
Save the Date
🆘Current and Upcoming Testing🆘
👉ECOT/KOT - All new Pre-K and Kinder teachers should be getting trained through Canvas and begin observations. Check testing calendar for due dates specific to Pre-K, SPED, and Kinder.
👉1st Grade Dyslexia Screeners - due by 10/7
👉3-8 iMSSA Makeups due
Istation
iMSSA
Also, for those of you that would like some support on ways to use your iMSSA data, you can access the recording of the PD below. This PD was offered back in February and it goes over ways to use the reports and data you get from iMSSA. Please let me know if you have any questions as you move forward in driving your instruction with iMSSA data.
The Great (iMSSA) Data Dig by Carrie Rowe (34 minutes)
CFA Resource Folder
⭐CFAs will drive instruction. CFAs are not as often as checkpoints were, so you have other ways for your team to formally and informally assess standards along the way, including:
- 3-8 Cognia sets
- Exit tickets
- Illuminate Cluster quizzes
- Performance Tasks (self created or Illuminate also has some)
- Curriculum based embedded assessments
🛑CFA’s may not cover EVERY standard in order to be reasonable in length. We need to make sure we are tracking the standards that we know are priority and heavily weighed. Using all of our data points to check for that mastery, or lack thereof, makes our data even more valuable.