Friday, January 31, 2020

Weekly Update - Friday, January 31, 2020

Happy Friday, everyone!
Can you believe it's already February?



MINDSET MATTERS! 

Black History Month:
Black History Month starts Monday.  As I stated in my email, we will spend some time this month exploring black leaders and their contribution(s) to society.  I sent the link out to some great YouTube video clips.  Please share these throughout the month.

Next year, the goal is to have students help design this month, as well as acknowledge other celebration months.

Unconscious Bias:
At our Staff Power Hour, we discussed monitoring your biases and microaggressions.  I'm checking in today - how's that going?  Have you connected with your accountability buddy?  If not, today is your day!

MCA Test Monitor Training:
We are offering two MCA Test Monitor Training sessions - March 3 (2:40-3:25) and March 5 (7:00-7:45).  We will need the following people to attend one of the training sessions:

  • All 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Teachers (including EL & Special Education of those grades)
  • All Special Education paraprofessionals who service students in grades 3-5 (at any point during your day)
  • All Intervention teachers
Please let me know if you have questions of whether you should attend or not.

ACCESS Testing:
ACCESS testing starts the week of February 10 and runs for three consecutive weeks.  EL teachers have done a lot of work to create this schedule (thank you Laurie, Caryn, and Liz!).  Please know their flexibility is limited and they will not run a normal schedule during this time. Thank you! 


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