Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the last Weekly Updates of the school year 2019-2020. During the last two days of the school year, the youngest learners will pay a short visit to the school. Those who are not involved with the visitors may want to either continue planning for the start of the school year and completing all the end-of-year processes.
Report cards will go through a final check on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning to be opened to parents on Tuesday afternoon. We may need to ask you to respond quickly should we find missing indicators, comments, or accidentally misplaced comments.
On Monday afternoon, in our Zoom meeting, we will say goodbye to our leaving colleagues, wish everybody a wonderful summer break, and set the final expectations for planning in the afternoon.
On Tuesday, we will run the end-of-school-year assembly on Zoom starting at 10:00. All teachers are expected to join the meeting. It is important that we model to the students the proper online meeting expectations by having our videos on. The session will take about 45 minutes.
Although we, (Riana, Trevor, Heikki, and Remi) are on campus on Tuesday, teachers do not have to come to the campus in person given that your classrooms/offices are organized and tidy and the end-of-year checklist is successfully completed.
We would like to thank you all for the successful and professionally completed challenging school year and wish you all a wonderful summer holiday!
Riana, Trevor, and Heikki
Last Four Days - protocol on the blogger
Future Dates:
Mon. August 10th New Teacher Orientation begins
Mon. August 17th Returning teachers start
Thurs August 20th First day of classes
Fri August 21st Listening Conferences - Round 1
Fri August 28th Listening Conferences - Round 2
Thurs September 3rd Back to School Night
Professional Development
Author to Author (Matt Glover, Kathy Collins) A great teacher and parent resource
Link to Faculty Distance Learning site and online PD
Professional Summer Reading Suggestions:
The Power of Making Thinking Visible Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church
Contextual Wellbeing: Creating Positive Schools from the Inside Out Helen Street
Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live without Barriers Jo Boaler
Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms Jung, Frey et. al.
Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre Matt Glover
The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups R. Garmston
Elevating Co-Teaching Through UDL Elisabeth Stein
Two Teachers in the Room Elisabeth Stein
Co-Teaching for English Learners:
A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection Dove M., Honingsfeld A.
Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management Smith, Fisher, Frey
How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms Carol Ann Tomlinson
