Contents
New Items
Strategy to Stop the Summer Reading Slide – for Elementary Principals
ESL Openings-Procedures – for All Administrators
Previous Items
Teacher Transfer – for All Administrators
HR Related Board Items (Corrected) – for All Administrators
2016 Math Relays – for Secondary Administrators
New Items
Strategy to Stop the Summer Reading Slide
From Dr. Cynthia Lane
Dear Principals,
???Interventions that facilitate children???s access to print materials produce impacts that are one to four times larger as those in average intervention.???
Dr. Richard Allington
Research conducted on reading during the summer vacation months has led Dr. Richard Allington and his research team to conclude that summer reading loss might be eliminated by enhancing access to books (Allington et.al. 2010, ???Addressing Summer Reading Setback??????). Our own experience in the locations that have opened elementary libraries for check out and book talks over the summer has also proven that this strategy helps to prevent, or at least minimize, the typical achievement slide that children experience over the summer.
The Read Today, Lead Tomorrow community committee has launched a book drive to support our students??? reading over the summer. The book drive intends to raise funds to provide all 2 ??? 5th grade students 8-10 books of their choice to read over the summer.
We are working with our book vendor, Baker and Taylor, to produce book order sheets by grade level for grades 2 ??? 5. Expect these order forms to arrive the week following spring break. The forms will be printed, packaged by school, and delivered via Inner School Mail.
I imagine you will have students who require an off grade level order form. Please feel free to make those adjustments. We will be asking that the forms be turned in to your school librarian or library aide no later than Friday, April 1st. We will pick up the forms from the library to process the orders.
I will verify in a future communication the exact number each child will be allowed to order, dependent of funding. We are striving for 10 books each. Orders will arrive at your schools, packaged with each student???s individual order, in the final two weeks of school. The books are for the children???s personal libraries and do not need to be inventoried or collected at the end of the summer. I do ask that you think about a process for children to have book talks next August, to share about their favorite books.
More details will follow.
ESL Openings-Procedures
From Kristen Scott
Principals,
We will continue with the process that Dr. Miguel had established regarding staffing ESL openings.
1. If you have an opening and are considering an individual, you need to communicate with Kristen Scott.
2. A member of the ESL department will need to be part of the interview process.
3. All decisions will be made in collaboration with the building and ESL department.
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Kristen Scott.
Previous Items
Teacher Transfer
From Lisa Wilson
The window for certified voluntary transfer requests will be open from March 1, 2016 through April 15, 2016.
To access the request form teachers can log in to the employee portal and see the link on the left.
The window to request a transfer closes on April 15, 2016 and requests submitted after this date will not be accepted.
Teachers who wish to be considered for a transfer, even if a vacancy does not currently exist, must submit a request to be considered.
All voluntary transfers will be completed by the last working day for elementary principals. If you do not receive notice of a transfer you will remain at your same site unless notified otherwise by Human Resources.
Board Items
From Lisa Wilson
Correction ??? All Human Resource related board agenda items must be turned in to Lisa Wilson the Tuesday before the board for the regular agenda and the Thursday before the Board for the addendum. In the case of an emergency add, please let Lisa Wilson or Dr. Kelli Mather know, but understand these will be exceptions.
2016 Math Relays
From John Scanlan
It is time to start planning for 2016 Math Relays. This year???s relays will be held on Saturday, March 5th at Wyandotte High School.
Important Dates:
Monday, Feb. 8th through Friday, Feb. 26th – Individual events conducted at the building level using STS.
By February 10th – Individuals interested in serving as a coach, proctor or judge need to submit their name using this link. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dw0SrA-bfuhe0JLucaEtp_uUxDuGOq6iGCvfJWzaeI0/viewform
FYI: Coach compensation is covered by the district budget based on a 25:1 student to coach ratio. Additional coaches need to be paid for by the building budget.
By February 19th – Coaches should arrange for transportation.
Contact Debbie Baker in Transportation, 627-3100, to make arrangements. Let her know that the trip is for math relays so she can charge it to the district budget.
By February 26th – Names of the students who will attend the Relays need to be provided using the links below. Each school can sent up to 98 participants.
Middle School Registration https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FhdnE6eA_vzSnYn_SsiMV0HVwWCA-hD449fJZfyUHbY/edit#gid=1
High School (and Sumner 8th grade) Registration https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bro_c1SWU3_2-CgD-_AfGctlK_D4BlxxNeeMBaBcOVo/edit#gid=1
Note: The registration deadline exists to help us plan for support staff and lunches. After the registration deadline, students can be substituted, but not added.
Detailed Information regarding the Math Relays. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0iU28ZeSkPFfmhrSmw3OXktVmVyTXgyNTNrNHhpMGtrcm81QlVHakJWQU1GUHNEZnZHUXM
I have reached out to your math aligned teacher leader to assist with communication and coordination at your building.