RCSD Leadership Blog

Blog Post from Jamey Schrey Jamey shared her thoughts about our RCSD teachers taking risks in the blog post below.  She also thanked teachers for putting themselves out there by presenting at our choice PD days. Share What You Do...Lead Erin reading to her students. Elementary Principals and PD Cycles: This is for Elementary principals.  Please let Jamey know which PD session you will be attending to ensure that we have the materials available for you. The session time for your attendance will be from 10am to 3:30 pm.The following are your choices: 4th-9/19(a)/9/21(b) 5th-9/7(a)/9/13(b) Aluminum Boat Challenge at Chilton. Domains on the Report Card and in the Gradebook, Not Individual Standards Laura sent out an email on August 15th letting teachers know that standards will not be part of the gradebook and report card.  This is not a change for Middle School but is a change for Elementary. This year standards will not be on the report card or gradebook. Teachers

August 14th PD Day Thank you to everyone for a great start to the school year.  It was fun to all be together on Monday! All TK-8th grade teachers in one place.  Thanks again to the Eich staff for letting everyone use your campus! Here is a video with some highlights from the August 14th PD Day: CELDT Testing CELDT Initial testing will begin the week of August 28 through September 14. This test will be administered to only newly enrolled students (TBD students) who have a language other than English listed on any of the 4 lines on their Home Language Survey. A district CELDT team is available to administer the test at each of your sites. Please connect with your Site EL Coordinator to ensure you have a site testing schedule created once I’ve sent you the days the team will be at your site. Orchard Ranch had a successful Grand Opening! September 15th PD Day Elementary school will have another choice PD day on September 15th.  We would love some administrators to

August 14th We are so glad to have everyone back together and learning on Monday! Here is the schedule for the PD Day on August 14th:  August 14, 2017 Gen Ed/​RSP​ PD Day . We have 5 Confirmed Food Trucks!   You can see the menu here:  Food Truck Menu for 8/14/17 You can view the Sched  here .  Please know signing up for a class does not guarantee a spot in that class.  Questions? Please email  cvincent@rcsdk8.org Lots of Love for the Custodians this week! 2017-2018 PD Overview This document contains everything you need to know about our district’s professional development for this year, from how they connect to our 3 year PDAC goals, how we are building on our work from the past two years, as well as specifics: groups, dates, times and location. This link will also be available in your teacher’s Google Classrooms, and your RCSD Math and ELA sites. Let Michael or Melissa know if you have any questions. 2017-2018 PD Overview PD Opportunities Once again a

Thank you for bringing such excitement and energy to the start of the 2017-2018 school year.  It was great to have everyone back.  We know it was a long day on Wednesday and we would love your feedback on how to make the Ed Services portion of the day better.  Thank you to those that already filled out the form Jamey sent out on Thursday.  If you haven't already, please take the time to answer the 4 questions on this form so we can get feedback and improve. Feedback Form for 8-2-17 Leadership PLC This is one fun group! August 14th PD Day Here is the email and doc with more info.  We are excited that K-8 will be together! Tabs at the top of this blog Just a reminder that you can click on the tabs above to get to specific links. iReady Admin Access Please remember to enter your iReady Admin Access needs at your site ASAP! iReady Admin Access 2017-2018 Fun from the Amazing Race in June SPSA SPSA updates are due in DTS by October 27, 2017. SPSA timeline SPSA S