1/3/19 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to TEAM CASP, Ms. Nubea, Mrs. K, Ms. Chan, Ms. Michelle, Mr. Quiones, Ms. Vasquez, Ms. Brown, Ms. Katie, Ms. Butler, Ms. Kafunda, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Tallent, Ms.Hazel, Ms. Silva, Ms. Jazmine, Mr. Ariel, Mr. Hill, Ms. Navarro, Ms. Pereira, Ms. Rivera, Ms.Kellie, Ms. Samuel for hosting an engaging and exciting production for families before the break! The students performances were on point! Thanks to our fearless leaders, Erika Mercado and Princess Ortega for your support of student performances!

 

 


Shout out to Hadley Keohane and Janet McDavitt for organizing a great buddy event before vacation! Thank you for increasing the inclusion opportunities for our students!

Shout out to Grade 6 and SEI team for taking students ice skating before break. For many students this was their first time! Students took risks, work collaboratively and had so much fun! Thank you for proving this opportunity for them and for being great teammates!

 

 

CPT Cycle January 3rd - March 1st

Thank you to the teachers who provided feedback from the first 70 days of school regarding CPT time. We have heard that you are supportive of the structure but need more time to implement the CPT Cycles within the Curley Work Plan. We would like to propose that from 1/3/19-3/1/19 that teams will complete a CPT Cycle based on Interim 2 data (ELA for everyone but middle school math and science) as well as hold one climate meeting. Everyone will begin with CPT 1 in 2019. This will give teams between 6-8 CPT meetings (depending on days off) as well as one 2 hour PD on 1/24/19 to complete these items. Below are sample agendas for each CPT meeting. Team have the autonomy to map out these weeks so they can complete the full cycle by 3/1/19. See ILT representatives for more details.

• CPT #1 - Looking at Data/Focus students - Review most recent forms of data (ELA Interim 2, Lexia etc…) in order to understand where your students are in connection to the grade level learning standards. Choose a focus standard/area for the upcoming unit plan.
• CPT #2 - Unit Plan Overview - Preview the upcoming unit, specifically focus on where within this unit the focus standard/area you choose during CPT 1 and where it can be explicitly taught.
• CPT #3 - Plan Lesson - Collaboratively plan one lesson as a team that relates to the focus standard/area chosen during CPT 1.
• CPT #4 - LASW - All team members bring focus student work for the collaboratively planned lesson (CPT 3) and complete the protocol.
• CPT #5 - Reflection - Take time to reflect on this CPT cycle. 
• Climate Meeting - TBD

Here are the week of dates for this cycle to assist you in your team planning:

• 1/3/19 (Thurs/Fri Only)
• 1/7/19
• 1/14/19
• 1/21/19 (No school - Monday MLK)
• 1/24/19 (2 hour after school PD)
• 1/28/19
• 2/4/19
• 2/11/19
• 2/25/19

Assessment Dates

The following assessments are coming up. We wanted to send them ahead so teams are aware and can plan. Please see dates below and look out for more information.

Assessment	Students/Grades	Date
ACCESS	All ELL	1/7 - 2/8
Lexia RAPID	District Reading assessment for all students K-8	1/7 - 1/18
BPS Math Interim #2	All students grades 3-8	1/21 - 1/25
BAS	All students below benchmark in K-2	1/28 - 2/15
STAR Reading	All students grades 3-8	2/4-2/8
BPS ELA Interim #3	All students grades 3-8	2/25 - 3/1
NAEP	Grade 4 and 6	2/25 - Grade 4 2/26 - Grade 6

Monday 1/7/19-Wednesday 1/9/19

Katie, Adrian, Alissa, Sara will be out 1/7-1/9 for a training at the University of Virginia. This training will be lead by Paul Bambrick Santoyo the author of Leveraged Leadership. We look forward to sharing our learning upon our return to Boston. For a good portion of the day, Katie & Adrian will not have access to email/phone. David & Lindsey will be your main supports. These numbers should be used for emergencies and if you need to call/text in sick.

• Lindsey (617) 438-7434
• David (617) 719-5240

Sharon Ennis (srusconi@) and Waverley Kidd (wkidd@) will be providing student support and covering duties/operations throughout the building as well. Sharon working out of Adrian’s office and Waverly working out of LS Conf Room. Any disciplinary issues should still be submitted on SIS and Lindsey/David will make sure there’s follow-up Info about training. We will not have ILT this week either.

SSC

Please join us for our January SSC meeting on Thursday, January 3rd from 5:30pm-7:00pm in Room 209. The budget for SY 2019-2020 will be presented and all are welcome to attend.

Early Retirement Incentive

In an effort to assist in early planning and hiring for the 2019-2020 academic year, the district offers a $1,500 incentive to eligible members of the teachers unit who inform us of their intent to terminate at the end of the school year. The application for the incentive must be submitted by Jan 11, 2019. See attached circular for more details. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Raecia T. Catchings
Director of Employee Services
rcatchings@bostonpublicschools.org
Phone: 617-635-9619

ACCESS Testing

Staff, it is that time of year again to prepare for ACCESS: This year all teachers need to retrain for administering the test. You will need to log into to www.wida.us, read the information and take a quiz for each section you need to take. You must score at least 80% on the section in order to be certified to administer the test. All students grade 1-8 will be taking the test on-line. Grades 1-3 will take the writing section on paper.
New Staff or those who did not takes the training last year.

• You will need to create an account on www.wida.us using username Massachusetts, password patriot. Create an account and follow the steps below. 

All Staff
• Teachers in Kindergarten: sign into www.wida.us your account and take the Kindergarten training module and quiz.
• Teachers in Grades 1-8: sign into www.wida.us and take the online administration test.
• All teachers that have or service students that are ACCESS ALT will need to sign into their account and take the testing listed above as well as the Alternate ACCESS quiz.
• Any non-teaching staff and administrators need to take kindergarten, speaking 1-6, paper and online. Once you have taken and passed the quizzes please bring in the completed certification to Kathy or Madeline by Friday January 4th 2018.
If you have any questions feel free to ask Waverly.

School Preview Time

It is that time again! Families will be choosing schools for SY 2019-2020. We will host three events here at Curley for perspective families. Current Curley families will support these three events and provide guided tours throughout the building.

• Friday, January 18th 9am-10am

International Week Planning

If you haven’t already done so, please send in your feedback on this year’s International Week: https://goo.gl/forms/5L2b5imFG3up05IQ2 We hope you will join us next Thursday, January 10, at 3:45 PM in US Room 201 for an INTERNATIONAL WEEK PLANNING MEETING — all are welcome and refreshments will be served. We will be reviewing feedback and making suggestions for next year.

PD Dates

See information below clarifying the remaining PD dates for teachers and paras. If there is a * next to these dates/times staff will be paid for these per BTU contract.

Teachers

• Thursday 1/24/19 3:45-5:45*
• Thursday 1/31/19 3:45-5:45
• Thursday 3/7/19 3:45-5:45
• Thursday 3/28/19 3:45-5:45*
• Thursday 4/4/19 3:45-5:45 PD MAKE UP DATE IN CASE OF SNOW CANCELLATION
• Thursday 4/11/19 3:45-5:45*

Field Trip Request Procedure

All field trips requests should be submitted in the following way, check out this powerpoint for additional information on the steps.

• Fill out electronic form at least 2 weeks in advance. This link will be available in the blog daily. Field Trip Request Form
• Print your form submission. 
• Email list of students attending to nurses. 
• Get nurse and cafeteria signature at least 2 weeks in advance. They can sign anywhere at the bottom of your page. 
• Turn in to either main office. 
• Pass out permission slips and have students return. (English p.12, Other Languages)
• The SPC has allotted each grade level $500 to put towards field trips; any questions should be send to treasurer@curleyk8.com.

Sick Day Procedure (teachers and paraprofessionals)

• Call/text Katie Grassa at 857-265-4954 immediately, no matter how late/early Enter the absence in SubCentral (teachers only). Link: https://bostonps.eschoolsolutions.com/logOnInitAction.do
• Enter absence on Boston Employees Self Service
• If it is after 6:30am, also send an email to Katie Grassa, David Diaz and the secretary.