January 3, 2019

1/4/19 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to Ms. Jackson for helping us reset expectations with middle schoolers! Thank you for caring!

Shout out to Ms. Rua for taking the lead and copying and laminating passes for students to start the year off right!

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.


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.

January, 2019 Curley Cares Student Awards

The first Curley Cares assemblies of the New Year will be held Friday, January 18, 2019. With this in mind, take a moment to recognize students who are doing their best to support the Curley Cares way.
Use the JANUARY 2019 FORM to submit names so students you work with can receive an award at our Friday, January 18, 2019 Curley Shares assemblies. If you'd like, please check out the list of students to review which students have already received awards this school year. Please SUBMIT awards by 8:00pm Monday, January 14, 2019.

Reminder: Classes Presenting at January 18, 2019 Shares
• 9:00 - 9:40 Phillips
• 10:00 - 10:40 Ennis
• 11:00 - 11:40 Badiali/Anderson
• 1:00 - 1:40 Moran/Davis
• 2:10 - 2:50 Amy Moreno

NAEP Testing

The Curley K-8 School will participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) on 2/25/18 (4th grade) and 2/26/18 (8th grade). NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics. The results are released as The Nation’s Report Card, which provides information about student achievement to educators, parents, policymakers, and the public.
Students in 4th and 8th grade will/may take an assessment in mathematics or reading. In addition to subject-area questions, NAEP survey questionnaires are voluntarily completed by students. The questionnaires provide valuable information about participating students’ educational experiences and opportunities to learn both in and out of the classroom. More information about NAEP survey questionnaires is available at https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/parents under the section “What Questions Are on the Test?”
The assessment takes about 120 minutes for most students, including transition time and directions. Please contact Mr. Diaz if you have any questions or concerns.

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

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)


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