Leaders Leading Learners
Curriculum & Instruction Newsletter October 9, 2015
C2E
Affirmations
Coaching Tip
Jim Knight --Focus on Teaching
Core Content Area News
All PRINCIPALS
Summer Professional Development
If you attended a 2015 summer professional development training that was presented by a district employee, you have the opportunity to review a short video overview of the training in Safari Montage. Please click here if assistance is needed on how to navigate Safari Montage.RtI
The DDRT (District Data Review Team) meets each Monday in the C&I Conference room at TESC. Please sign up for DDRT time slots by Thursday at 4pm for the following Monday's meeting, and send the completed Form 98 request for DDRT Input to Kristen Beesaw.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS
ESTAR/MSTAR Information
Universal Screeners should be complete by October 9th and student information should be entered in the correct Student Inventory in AWARE no later than October 14. Information from these screeners are used to code students as at-risk for snapshot. It is imperative that the October 14 deadline is met.
Once Universal Screeners are complete, students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 should take the appropriate MSTAR Diagnostic Assessment during Intervention time. These Diagnostic Assessments should be complete no later than October 23.
SECONDARY PRINCIPALS
Six week credit recovery courses are now available in Edgenuity. A course taken in Edgenuity can replace a failing grade for that same course for a specific six weeks. The Edgenuity grade will replace the failing grade up to a 75%. The Edgenuity teacher will submit the grade earned for the Edgenuity course to the teacher of record on an Edgenuity Course Grade Form.
MSTAR Information
Universal Screeners should be complete by October 9th and student information should be entered in the correct Student Inventory in AWARE no later than October 14. Information from these screeners are used to code students as at-risk for snapshot. It is imperative that the October 14 deadline is met.
Once Universal Screeners are complete, students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 should take the appropriate MSTAR Diagnostic Assessment during Intervention time. These Diagnostic Assessments should be complete no later than October 23.
Lexile Level Set
Middle School ELA teachers should have the Lexile Level Set information from Achieve 3000 entered into the correct Student Inventory in AWARE no later than October 14. This information will be used to code students as at-risk for snapshot.
RAPS 360 by MindPlay
The district is in the process of purchasing RAPS 360 to administer to 7th grade students who did not pass the 6th grade Reading STAAR. Administering a reading diagnostic is part of the Student Success Initiative and is required by the State. RAPS 360 is on the Commissioner's Approved List and will provide information to help design interventions to help struggling students reach proficiency on the 8th grade Reading STAAR. More information and training will be provided in the upcoming weeks as this assessment is put in place.
Professional Development News
Upcoming Events:
October 12 Locations
Please make sure that you have communicated location information to all professional staff regarding Monday's WAC/Literacy Training. Please download the google doc as a PDF and forward the PDF to your staff. That will give them the Eduphoria links so that they can register before they arrive at the workshops. Paraprofessional staff should plan to remain on campus and their tasks for that day should be communicated to them by the principal.
Campus Professional Development Requests
If you have specific campus professional development needs, please request training in Eduphoria under Helpdesk.
Bilingual/ESL News
All Principals
Elementary Principals
Bilingual Framework:
The week of October 12 will be week "B" for our Bilingual Framework. Please ensure that language objectives are posted in rooms where there are ELLs and English instruction.
Special Education News
All Principals
Please be sure that the weeks where special education co-teachers are not attending ARD meetings, they are expected to attend content planning times for their areas of instruction. If they are responsible for more than one subject area then those teachers should alternate between content areas. Thank you for your assistance with this.
Elementary Principals
Intervention Times
Elementary Principals: Please email Jennifer Wood your campus intervention times to allow special education staff to provide additional support for the students on your campuses!
Curriculum & Instruction Department
Email: leslie.holtkamp@bryanisd.org
Website: www.bryanisd.org
Phone: 979-209-1049
Twitter: @bisdambassador