Shout Out
Shout out to Hadley Keohane for taking the added time to manipulate the PARCC data into a user friendly format for all teachers to use as a reflecting and planning reference. Thanks!
Health and Wellness Committee
The Health and Wellness Committee will meet On Tuesday from 7:30am-8:30am in Room 208. All are welcome.
PD Opportunities for Teachers
February Institute:
ELA and Math teachers in Grades 3-8: During the February Institute (formerly known as the February Acceleration Academy), teams of select BPS teachers will work with district Professional Learning and Academics leaders to design cognitively demanding tasks for a variety of student learning needs. Teacher leaders participating in the February Institute will extend this work by coaching teachers of the April Academy and Summer Learning Programs. Together these teams of teachers and leaders will help pilot these engaging new approaches while providing students with extra week(s) of high-quality instruction. Full details of the February Institute position can be found in the February Institute Teacher Leader Job Description.
UnboundED: Grade 4 ELA teachers & Grade 9 Algebra teachers: The UnboundED Conference has a two-branched approach designed to build both content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge, deepening teachers’ understanding of what should be taught and how to best teach it. The branches will focus on either 4th grade ELA or Grade 9 Algebra I instruction. Cross-school cohorts of teachers will experience what it is like to be a learner in the context of our new standards and to develop their proficiency with strong instructional techniques to help students meet those new standards. Full details of the UnboundED teacher leader position can be found in the UnboundED Teacher Leader Job Description.
Reminder: After entering or editing progress grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the progress reports. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the progress reports until you click Post Grades.
Reminder: After entering or editing grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the report cards. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the report cards until you click Post Grades.
UnboundED: Grade 4 ELA teachers & Grade 9 Algebra teachers: The UnboundED Conference has a two-branched approach designed to build both content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge, deepening teachers’ understanding of what should be taught and how to best teach it. The branches will focus on either 4th grade ELA or Grade 9 Algebra I instruction. Cross-school cohorts of teachers will experience what it is like to be a learner in the context of our new standards and to develop their proficiency with strong instructional techniques to help students meet those new standards. Full details of the UnboundED teacher leader position can be found in the UnboundED Teacher Leader Job Description.
PARCC Data
Please used this LINK to find PARCC data that you can manipulate to sort by any of the categories in the top row. To do so click on the triangle in the top right corner in each cell and choose how you want to filter the data. You can manipulate on Google Sheets or download the document into Excel. If you download into Excel please highlight the top row and click Data, Filter, Auto Filter to be able to sort through data. Please invite an administrator to attend this meeting if you need support. All teams should review this before the winter break.
ILT
Please join us for ILT on Wednesday, December 9th from 3pm-4:15pm in Room 111.
SSC
Budgets are due out this week to schools and therefore the SPC meeting has be postponed until Tuesday, December 15th from 5:30pm-7pm in room 101.
Grades 6 – 8 Term 2 Progress Reports
The term 2 progress grading window for students in grades 6-12 will open from December 3rd to December 14th.Reminder: After entering or editing progress grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the progress reports. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the progress reports until you click Post Grades.
School Showcase
We have three more showcase sessions Friday, December 11th from 9-10am, Friday, December 18th from 9-10am and Thursday, January 14th from 3-4pm.Fall Term Report Card Grading Window for Grades 1-5
The fall grading window for students in grades 1-5 is will open from November 23rd to December 11th. Please refer to the materials below for instructions on entering grades.Reminder: After entering or editing grades in the scores tab, teachers must click Post Grades to write the grades to the report cards. Grades will be saved as you enter them but they will not appear on the report cards until you click Post Grades.
ACCESS Certification
Training for ACCESS needs to be re-completed by the entire staff by Monday, December 21, 2015. To complete the training go to the wida website: https://www.wida.us Log on (if you can't remember your password remember that your email may have been yourname@boston.k12.ma.us ) all accounts previously created are still active. To create a new account: Type in username: massachusetts, password:patriot and create a new account.
Once you log on you need to go to the paper-based Grades 1-12 training. Make sure you are under the Test Administrator tab (not coordinator). You will find a checklist that needs to be completed as well as the link for the tests you have to take. Once the test is completed please turn your training certificate to Kathy or Madeline. Kindergarten teachers need to take the Kindergarten training and test. All SAR and PACE teachers need to take the Alternate Access Training and test. If you have questions please contact Waverly.
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