November 3, 2017 Leadership Blog Post

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Report Card Reminders
Trimester 1 grades are due no later than Wednesday, November 15th at 11:59 PM (PST). 

If you need to modify a student's grade following the above date, please submit a SchoolDude case selecting Problem Type: Grades/Comments, and then make the change(s) directly in PowerTeacher Pro.

Weekend support will be available November 11th & 12th from 8:00 to 5:00 PM. Simply submit a support request through SchoolDude or call the Helpdesk at (916) 771-1645, and we'll be happy to assist you.

For step-by-step instructions on how and where to input grades, comments, and print a report card be sure to check out Technology Services Helpful “How To’s” and Other References for quick references guides!
Great picture of our great leaders!
Video from PD Day on Monday



Leadership Agendas
Leadership Agenda
Agenda for Ed Services After Leadership Meeting

Rachael and Jen leading Work Life Balance session on Monday.
Grading
Teachers should be using multiple measures to determine students grades. Please remember summative assessments such as iReady data should not be used as the only factor when giving a student a grade.

PD fun at Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday
Math
Look at your application standards listed in this doc: Application Standards Guide. These are the more complex standards within your Major Clusters. Your framework and Achieve the Core advocate for 65-85% of the instructional time over the course of the year should be focused on the major work of the grade. See this link for the focus document for your grade level: Math Focus by Grade Level- Achieve the Core 

For those of you who were lucky enough to attend the amazing Problem of the Month session on Monday, and for those who now wish you had, here is the link to all the resources around Problem of the Month:
Problem of the Month- Inside Mathematics
Contact Michael if you have any questions (mnordlin@rcsdk8.org)

Literacy O'Lanterns at Sargeant

Area 3 Writing Project
 Please click below for more information regarding Area 3 Writing Project PD, Super Saturdays: January 27th and March 10th
AREA 3 Writing Project

Awesome to have TK-8 together for the PD day.
Video for the Foundation and Support of Our Music Programs
The #RosevilleRocks Campaign runs November 6th-November 24th.  The Roseville City School District Foundation helps raise money for our music programs with this program.  We will be sending out more information to families next week.  Here is the video we will put out to families.




Interesting Articles We Read
Want to Be a Good Leader? Start With This 1 Thing- Inc.com
The Case Against Percentage Grades- Thomas Guskey
From the perspective of simple logic, percentage grading scales make little sense. As noted earlier, teachers who use percentage grades typically set the minimum passing grade at 60 or 65. The result is a scale that identifies 60 or more distinct levels of failure and only 40 levels of success. In other words, nearly two-thirds of the percentage grading scale describes levels of failure! What message does that communicate to students?
Don’t Get Rid Of Grades. Change Their Meaning & Consequences- Thomas Guskey
First, we must help students and their parents understand that grades do not reflect who you are as a learner, but where you are in your learning journey – and where is always temporary. Knowing where you are is essential to improvement. Second, we must never use grades to sort, select, or rank students. Too often grades represent a student’s relative standing among classmates.

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