Shout Out
Shout out to Nakia Anderson Watson for her hard work as an ABA here at the Curley. Nakia is transitioning to be full time at another site. Thank you for our support of students and staff around supporting behavioral plans. Best of luck at your new school!
FLU Shots
On November 3rd from 11:30-1:30 we will be offering Flu Shot Vaccines to all Curley Staff. Please connect with Nurse Pumphret for more details.
November, 2016 Curley Shares
Please submit student names for this month's Curley Cares student awards. Use this form to recognize up to three of the students you work with who exhibit consistent or improved understanding of the Curley Cares rules as demonstrated by a specific deed, general conduct, overall academic perseverance and/or improvement, or some other form of participation. All Curley K8 staff (not just homeroom teachers) can use the form to recognize students by giving a Curley Cares award. Take a look at this spreadsheet to see which students have already received awards. Submissions are due by 8:00pm Monday, November 7 and will be presented to students during the Curley Shares assemblies to be held on November 10, 2016.Staff Breakfast
Next Wednesday, November 9th, your City Year team would like to show our immense appreciation for all of you and the work that you do for the students at the Curley. We will be hosting a breakfast from 7:30-9:00 am in the teacher room in the upper school that will be open to anyone to come by when it is most convenient for you. There will be grab-and-go items if you don't have a lot of extra time, we know you're busy! Details are on the attached flyer, and we hope to see you there. Additionally, classroom teachers can pick up supply kits containing things like tissues and hand sanitizer as a gift from City Year.International Week Update
We hope staff has made country choices! See Amika, send her an email at amika45@gmail.com or use the attached Google Drive spreadsheet to record your choice - if you have not, already. Also, there will be about a 30-minute meeting of the International Week Planning Committee on Thursday, November 3 in Upper School Room 208 (Mr. Tewksbury's Room) from 2:45 - 3:15 pm. New members are welcome.Math PD
Here is a flier with some upcoming PD dates and times.
Buddy Clean Up Information
Hello Curley Community,
Thank you for your participation in Buddy Day and at our Keep It Clean, Curley launch last week at Curley Shares. There is a lot of excitement around these initiatives and we want to keep the momentum going! Beginning next week, we will launch our buddy cleanups. Each class will be responsible for cleaning up their designated zone once each month. You will decide on the time with your buddy teacher.
Here is everything you need to know about Buddy Cleanup:
Schedule at least 20 minutes for your cleanup. Once your zone is clean, you might choose to stay outside and have the littles teach their bigs a game they’ve learned during Playworks class game time. Thank you to Ms Guzman, Ms. Merdkhanian, Ms, Tefera, Ms. Solimini, Ms. Bryson, Ms. Mundo, Ms. Ciardi, Ms. Silverstein, Ms. Hins, Ms. Redden, Ms. Fleming, Ms. Signes and Mr. Melzer whose classes will be cleaning our campus next week. If you take photos of your classes cleaning up together, please send them to us or put them in this folder. We will add them to the Keep It Clean bulletin board in the lower school entry.
We recognize that these activities can take away from instructional time, but remember there is teaching and learning involved in building cross grade relationships and doing service for our school community. We welcome any feedback on this new initiative. We want make it as simple and easy for you to gather with your buddies and keep our campus clean!
With care,
The Climate Team
Save Your Shoes
Cleaning out your closet? Save your old shoes! We need them for our Peacelove expressive arts workshop on November 15. Please drop shoes off in the box outside of Ms. Nason’s office in the lower school. Thank you!Race Dialogues
Curley K-8 is partnering for the third time with YWCA Boston to offer Dialogues on Race & Ethnicity. We will be having an open, honest, and action oriented dialogue on race, ethnicity, and community. As a group we will learn about key concepts in racial equity and use personal experiences to foster deeper understanding of race’s impact in their lives. We will also develop an action plan to build a more inclusive and equity driven school community.
At the Curley our core values are that We Care About Ourselves, We Care About Each Other, and We Care About Our School. Our community is a very diverse community so part of caring about ourselves, each other, and our school is being willing to engage in conversations about the different races and ethnicities that are apart of our community. By doing this we will build a stronger community bond by learning about and respecting the different cultures that we come from.
So come out and be apart of our courageous conversation on race and ethnicity. We are looking to engage in conversations with a diverse audience. We will have our dialogues on race and ethnicity on 11/10, 11/17, 12/1, 12/8, and 12/15 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm. All dialogues will happen at the Curley. Food and childcare will be provided for children 3 and older. To sign up please contact, Sean Guthrie, Principal Fellow, at sguthrie@bostonpublicschools.org
Bulletin Boards
All bulletin boards should be updated by November 15th and each board should display student work (either final products or process) that ties directly to our instructional focus "Teachers will vary demands and resources, to optimize challenge in writing tasks, so students can express a clear, organized idea." If you need help please check in with your Climate Representative and don't forget to access added resources and description template here.
ELT (Take 2)
Some of you may be laughing remembering that we thought we would be adding 40 minutes this year but it was taken away last year. Well the district is once again moving forward with ELT for SY 2017-2018. Below is information that was sent out by the district to school leaders this week. We will be looking for staff to volunteer to participate in the trainings and planning sessions. Please let Katie know if you are interested.
Next year, your school will implement Schedule A Expanded Learning Time (ELT), a joint initiative between BPS, BTU, and the Mayor of Boston, to increase the length of the school day. This will provide children with more time for high-quality instruction and give teachers the time they need to collaborate as professionals. We know that this change will take significant planning, and - in partnership with Education Resource Strategies (ERS) - we have developed a hybrid model of whole group professional learning sessions and school-based workshops to support you through the process.
We ask that you assemble an ELT planning team, composed of:
- The principal
- 2-4 teachers (preferable to include a BTU building rep)
- An assistant principal, if your school has one
- A parent/family member of a student
Members of this team will ideally attend all sessions.
The professional learning/coaching schedule through the end of this year is:
- October 24-November 9: School-based Workshop #1 with ERS/ELT team
- School Design Vision
- Needs assessment
- Review organizational charts and current schedule
- Stakeholder Engagement
- November 10th 8:00-3:30: Whole Group Session #1
- Adult Culture
- Collaborative work and professional growth at your school
- School Community and SEL
- Personalized Learning
- Developing your stakeholder engagement plan
- November 16: Whole Group Session #2 (during regularly-scheduled Principal PD)
- Finalize “Building Blocks” for your design plan
- Introduction to strategic scheduling and scheduling tools
- November 17 - December 7: School-based Workshop #2
- Work on your school’s individual schedule
- Personalized support based on your school’s needs
- December 8: Whole Group Session #3
- Support developing your budget and staffing model for SY17-18 and aligning it with your schedule and priorities
- This will happen after the regularly scheduled budget session
For a list of schools that will be planning this year for implementation in SY17-18, click here. For a folder of resources related to Schedule A ELT (including an FAQ, an overview of Schedule A ELT, and sample letters to send home to families) click here.
SPED PD Options
Below are some PD options being offered at the Curley during our contractual PD dates. Staff may want to include one or more of these into their team PD plan. Here is the link to sign up https://goo.gl/forms/BwtGbumLgXBfLUMF2
- Nov 17th --- The IEP Process/Meeting Expectations
- Jan 19th --- Paperwork/IEP Progress Reports
- Feb 16th --- Tier 1 and Tier 2 Interventions/curriculum modification
- March 16th --- Behavior Supports
- April 27th --- Understanding Disabilities and Services available
- May 18th --- Middle School Transition/Life Skills
- June 1st --- Inclusion
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