2/11/20 Daily Bulletin

Shout Out

Shout out to the middle school team for a great meeting. Looking forward to our  work on our problem of practice. 

Shout out to the ABA team on showing off your fabulous classrooms for our district site visit.

Shoutout to everyone who helped organize our first Understanding our Differences unit of this year!

 


Shoutout to Deb, Mariaestela, Katie, Florence, Heide, the third grade team and our parent volunteers for going above and beyond to organize the launch of our first Understanding our Difference unit.

Shout out to the entire Curley K-8 community for your commitment to ending this week strong!

 Due Dates 

This Week:   2/12 ILT 2/12 Curley Shares

Next Week:  2/17-2/21 VACATION 2/27 Back History Month Performance 2/28 Class Coverage Forms Due

Looking Ahead: 3/9-3/13 24/7 Respect Program 3/23-3/27 Curley Musical & Interim 3 ELA 3/27 Class Coverage Forms Due

Black History Month Activities

Monica Johnson (mjohnson4@bostonpublicschools.org) is helping to organize many events to celebrate Black History Month. The performance has changed from Friday, February 13th at 9am to Thursday, February 27th, last period. 

Please reach out to her if you are interested in any of the following activities.

• Decorate your door to honor an African American in history. There would be a prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, to be determined. The door would need to be up by Feb. 14th and judging would be on Feb. 29th by a committee of people made up of administrators, parents, staff and other school partners. 
• "I Have a Dream" Honoring Black History Essay, Rap and Poem Contest. Essay Requirements: 300 - 500 words, typed, 12 point font, double spaced. Connect your dreams to MLK, Jr.'s visions/goals or a submission that honors Black History Month.  Rap Requirements: Submit a written and video recording of your rap to the Google Form provided. The length of rap must be no less or more than two minutes. Poem Requirements: The poem must have three stanzas, four max. Submissions are due February 19th by 5:00 PM. Winners will be notified on February 26th. It would be nice if the winners could read/perform their piece at the Black History Month Performance or over the PA system on the day of the performance or if over the PA on February 28th.

Curley Shares

Please join us for the February Curley Shares in the auditorium on Wednesday, February 12th.

See below for classes sharing at February Curley Cares assemblies:

ILT

Please join us for the ILT meeting Wednesday, February 12th from 3:45-5:00pm in room 108.

Middle School Dance

Please announce in the blog that there will be a middle school dance in the gym on Friday, February 14, 2020 from 1:30 pm to 2:50 pm. The cost of the wrist band is $4.00. Other goodies will be sold at the dance. Pretty soon the middle school teachers will receive a link for their homeroom students to use and write the titles of the songs they would like to listen/dance at this event. Those students that are interested in helping out must come to my room this Wednesday, January 29, 2020 after school (3:10-3:30 pm) in room 210.

Class Coverage

We are working on a new system for class coverage. Teachers and paras will be responsible for submitting coverage in this form and they will be paid out monthly. We can only pay out one month at a time, we cannot back pay if the time is not submitted and we cannot pay in advance for time. The time submitted will be crossed checked with the IEP meeting schedule as well as our staff absence list on ESS. There should be direct correlation between information sources before coverage is approved and entered to payroll. All forms are due by 5pm on the last day of the month. Also this form was co-created by the School Leadership Team in consultation with our BTU reps as well as the BTU elected officials centrally.

What can Teachers be paid for?
* Missed P&Ds
* Missed SEIMS blocks (max 90 min per week only for SPED teachers with a majority secondary 6-8 caseload)

What can't Teachers be paid for?
* Missed lunches

What are Paraprofessionals paid for?
* Covering when a teacher is absent, late or leaving early. (If there is more than one para in the room the paras need to divide the time up amongst themselves; they can not all be paid the full time and the total cannot exceed 6 hours in one day.)
* Covering their classroom during an IEP meeting. (1 to 1 Paraprofessionals can only receive payment for class coverage if their student is absent.)

What can't Paraprofessionals be paid for?
* Testing students as part of their IEP accommodations.
* Working through their lunch break.
* Coming in early or staying late.
* If a sub is assigned to the classroom.

If either Teachers or Paraprofessionals have questions or need support submitting this documentation they should speak to either Madeline or Kathy. 

Welcome

Welcome to Rebekah Bromley our new Occupational Therapist. She will be taking over for Christine Fry who recently retired. She is excited to meet you and her new students. Thank you!

BPS 24/7 Respect Program

BPS will be implementing the 24/7 respect program in all 6th-grade classrooms during the week of March 9 through 13 of 2020. In an effort to address bias-based conduct and sexual misconduct at school and beyond, the Office of Equity has created a curriculum to help you discuss this topic with your students. Attached you will find the following items for the 24/7 Respect program.

• The 24/7 Respect Lesson Plan and Supplementary Materials

• Guidance for English Learners produced by the Office of English Learners and the Office of Opportunity Gaps

• Guidance for working with diverse learners from the Office of Special Education

 Please note, all 6th grade classrooms are required to do the lesson plan and show the video. For more information regarding the history, access to the video, and resources please check out the 24/7 Respect web page here.  

SST

In order to submit a referral, please complete the google form. All materials can be found in the drive. Once a referral form is submitted, you will hear from a member of the SST team regarding next steps. 

Middle School Detention

Middle School Detention is every Tuesday from 3:15 - 4:15. Please use this link to record students assigned to detention. Students will earn detention for the following reasons:

· Refusal to turn in their cellphone

· Being in the hallways without a pass

· Arriving late to class without a pass

If there are any questions, please email awardjackson@bostonpublicshools.org

CPT this Week

Please review the Work Plan Calendar weekly for CPT topics and information to cover. 

SY 19-20 Interim Calendar

Below is a list of ELA and Math interim assessment dates for your planning purposes:

Assessment	ELA	Math
Interim 1	Week of Oct 21	Week of Nov 4
Interim 2	Week of Dec 9	Week of Jan 27
Interim 3	Week of March 2	Week of March 23
Interim 4 (EOY Assessment)	Week of June 8	Week of June 15

PD Dates for SY 2019-2020

Next year we will hold 30 hours of professional development for teachers and 6 hours for para professionals. Below are the dates and times for the year. You can also find info on next years Draft Work Plan Calendar. The PD are not a draft but other information will be added throughout the summer and school year.

Teacher PD Dates

• Thursday, 3/12 3:45pm-5:45pm
• Thursday, 4/2 3:45pm-5:45pm* make up date in case of school cancellation & (6-8 Math)

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.