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May 1, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

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Educational Services Dates for Next Year Please review the following documents for the 25-26 school year and add any applicable items to your calendar. Leadership and Staff Meetings - This includes the leadership meetings, staff meetings, and Steve Dunn weeks. Calendar invites will be sent in the near future for leadership and Steve Dunn weeks so you have them on your calendar. Beginning of the Year Dates - Important dates for Admin leading up to the first day of school. Educational Support Services CPI Certification Training There are about 10 spots available the two-day CPI certification training this summer on July 23rd and 24th. With the reduced professional development days, we do not currently have plans to offer additional classes during the school year. Principals, if you have special education teachers or instructional assistants interested in attending, please first confirm their availability and commitment to attend the full two-day training, and then complete this intere...
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April 10, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

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Educational Services Elementary Principals: i-Ready Subject of Instruction If you haven’t already, please complete the i-Ready Instruction Input form by Friday, April 11th. Contact: Kelly Yusim Progress Report Reminder A reminder that progress reports go home Friday, April 25th. There are more details in the Educator Digest if needed. Middle Schools it is your responsibility to send out a message by 4/25/25, here is a sample message you can use. Contact: Angela Garcia Elementary Principals: IXL Math Licenses If you are interested in purchasing IXL Math licenses for 25-26, please complete this form by Friday, April 25. IXL Math Licenses 25-26 Licenses cost $13.25 per student and have to be purchased in increments of 25. Contact: Lisa Wegsteen Middle School Principals: Additional IXL Licenses If you are interested in purchasing additional IXL licenses for 25-26, please complete this form by Friday, April 25. IXL Licenses 25-26 Licenses have to be purchased in increments of 25. Contact:...
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April 3, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

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Educational Services Social Studies Teacher Editions- April 21st PD-Elementary Teachers All TCI Social Studies Alive teacher editions should have been delivered to your site by now. All TEs coming to your site have been checked out and labeled. An email was sent to your LMS to please get the TEs to teachers no later than April 10. Teachers should bring their TEs to the 4/21 PD morning session. Thank you! Contact: Kelly Yusim Elementary Principals: i-Ready Subject of Instruction If you haven’t already, please complete the i-Ready Instruction Input form by Friday, April 11th. Contact: Kelly Yusim Progress Report Reminder PLC Progress Report Prep is next Wednesday, April 9th. A reminder that progress reports go home Friday, April 25th. There are more details in the Educator Digest if needed. Middle Schools it is your responsibility to send out a message by 4/25/25, here is a sample message you can use. Contact: Angela Garcia 4/2 Leadership Meeting Recap Topics Covered Personnel - Upda...
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March 27, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

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Business Services New Payroll Alpha Split Effective March 1, 2025 the new Payroll alpha split is as follows: A-F: Kristen Desimone G-O: Kari Felkins P-Z: Erin Eason Emergency Lockdown Button When you engage the button for a secure or lockdown drill, there is a two step process to unlock it. On site you will disengage the button and then the other part is done on the computer side by Craig Roush or Micaela Mercer. After your drill is over, please reach out to either of them to let them know the drill is complete and the button has been disengaged. They will log in to complete the final step so your door unlocks. If neither of them can be reached, please contact Rachael Peck. Educational Services 6-8 Math: IXL Snapshot Diagnostic Has a New Name IXL is constantly adding new features and updating their platform. One of their latest updates is changing the name of the Real Time Diagnostic in Snapshot mode to Flex Diagnostic in Benchmark mode. Their reason for the change is that Flex D...
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March 20, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

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Business Services New Payroll Alpha Split  Effective March 1, 2025 the new Payroll alpha split is as follows: A-F: Kristen Levy G-O: Kari Felkins P-Z: Erin Eason Educational Services 2-5 Additional Lexia Licenses If you have purchased additional Lexia licenses for your site, please be aware that all Lexia licenses will expire on June 30, 2025. Unused licenses will not carry over into the next year. Contact: Kelly Yusim SPSA As you are working on your strategies for each of your goals, please remember to write them in a way that will be able to be progress monitored throughout the year in order to evaluate the effectiveness. You can refer to the leadership slides on February 5th for examples. The goals and strategies need to be reviewed by your coach by April 11th. Comprehensive needs assessment is due in DTS by April 11th. Please email if it’s completed before then for review. Contact: Rachael Peck 3/19 Leadership Meeting Recap Topics Covered Personnel - TK Form, Internal Hi...
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March 13, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

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Business Services Payroll Alpha Split Effective March 1, 2025 the new Payroll alpha split is as follows: A-F: Kristen Desimone G-O: Kari Felkins P-Z: Erin Eason Communications Share Your School's Good News You can now use the News Submission Form to easily request assistance from the Communication Team with sharing your school’s good news! If you have a unique event coming up, an interesting story to share, or if there’s a member of your community who you think deserves to be highlighted, submit a request to be considered for the following: Multimedia coverage (photo/video) Publication on district social media Assistance with news media outreach Contact: Sydney Roll Educational Services Reunification Reunification cards are currently being processed for all sites and will be sent your way as soon as they are completed. Coming from Document Works will be English and Spanish cards to keep with your reunification items if ever needed for an on-site reunification. We are working ...
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March 6, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

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Business Services New Payroll Split Effective March 1, 2025 the new Payroll alpha split is as follows: A-F: Kristen Desimone G-O: Kari Felkins P-Z: Erin Eason Contact: Dawn Mercer Educational Services IXL Teacher Guide Here is a guide that can help support teachers in their next steps using their IXL licenses. If you have a PLC that needs extra support, please let me know. I would be happy to visit your site to work with your teachers on this. Contact: Lisa Wegsteen 3/5 Leadership Meeting Recap Topics Covered Personnel - Projections and Hiring Timeline, Projections Sheet, Classified Hiring Reminders Ed Services - DTM Review, Student Climate Survey, Accessing Teacher Classwize Portal, EL and RFEP Spring Progress Monitoring, Steve Dunn, Lockdown Button, Prayer on Campus Middle School Only - ELD - Best Practices for Scheduling, Articulation Example, PLC Pacing Guides, April 21st PD, Grade Bump, Priority Windows Administrator Action Items Slide 14: Please share ensure that all 4-8 gr...
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