ICEF Academic Newsletter
November 8, 2015
Week 13 is here!
Upcoming Dates
November 11 - Veteran's Day, No School
November 12 - WebEx Training, Illuminate Tracking, hosted by Enrique
November 13 - Benchmark 2 Window Opens
November 14 - Girls' Volleyball Tournament
November 18 - Cadre Meeting
November 19 - Directors' Meeting
November 30 - Data Day
Instructional Focus - 3.2B - Cognitive Level of Students' Experiences?
- Who is carrying the cognitive load?
- Who is doing all the talking?
- Is the lesson at the appropriate level of students' ZPD?
News, Helpful Hints, and Reminders
From the Academic Team -
- Please make sure you read John's email regarding Report Cards, sent on 11/6.
- To avoid the January-April crunch, it is in your best interest to have at least 1-2 Informal Observations conducted in Teachboost by December.
- The link to the Elena Aquilar Coaching Tools can be found here: http://www.elenaaguilar.com/#!coachingtools/c24vq
Antoinette is out on leave indefinitely. For all SPED inquiries, please contact Stephen Bisuano and Kene Washington, and cc Marie and Ryan.
Marie is out on Thursday for a Memorial Service.
The November Compliance Calendar has been sent out! Please refer to an email sent this week from Enrique.
Blanca will be out this week. For any inquiries, please contact Ryan/Marie.
Enrique will be hosting an Illuminate Discipline Tracking WebEx on 11/12. Please ask Student Support Coordinators and others to attend, as needed.
From Our Development and Communications Team:
ICEF has submitted eight proposals to present at the prestigious 2015 National Charter Schools Conference and we need your help.
This year they are asking the public to vote for their favorite proposals.
Please log onto the #NCSC15 Session Selector: https://conference.publiccharters.org/FORMS/REVIEW/cfp_login.php?formid=16151993
Before December 19 to vote for ICEF.
Once you log in, enter your e-mail address and the site will send you a password. After you log in, type ICEF into the keyword search box and our eight proposals will appear.
A green thumbs up is good!
- Do you have any students ages 9-12 who have addiction in their families? The Shields Foundation is sponsoring a free camp opportunity for students ages 9-12 to provide educational and therapeutic activities in fun camp setting. Deadline to apply is 12/4 . If interested, please see an email from Jackie Cohen sent out last week.
Directors and Instructional Specialists - Please complete the TEF Survey below to let us know how we can best support you!
Check us out on Social Media!
Celebrations and Worth Noticing!
- Shout out to View Park ES/MS for hosting Dr. Randy Polisoc from Ironbox Education at one of their PIM meetings! Families appreciated the workshop on Math literacy and even asked for more! Cheers to providing opportunities to connect school to home!
- Cheers to the Instructional Specialists for their active engagement during last week's meeting. Here's to more purposeful and productive Professional Learning Communities!
ICEF Public Schools, A Culture of Excellence
Email: instructionalnews@icefps.org
Website: icefps.org
Location: 5120 Goldleaf Circle, #350, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Phone: (323) 290-6921