Leadership Welcome Back Blog 2019
August 5th PD Information
6-8th Grade August 5th PD Day:
We have been on a two-year assessment, feedback, and grading journey. We will review information from the journey, show you how to use the new settings in PTP, review the communication plan for BTSN, and have time to build rubrics. Please bring your computer. We look forward to seeing you at Eich in their multi-purpose room on Monday!
RCSD Middle School PD, August 5th, 2019 Agenda
Locations for RCSD Educators on August 5th
All RCSD Educator Locations for August 5th PD
Digital Citizenship Lessons
Common Sense Media has updated their lessons and they now include Google slides for each lesson and new videos embedded in the slides. There are now six per grade level and they are organized so that the same six topics are covered in each grade level. There are also Google Form Quizzes if you would like to check for understanding. You can click on the Digital Citizenship tab of the RCSD Digital Literacy site to see the new lessons. A reminder that the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that all students K-12 receive Internet Safety lessons to learn about appropriate online behavior each year and we use Common Sense Media for our safety lessons.
Grades K-2 will be updated on August 12th (that is when they come out from Common Sense Media). Please see the video below if you would like more information on how to access the Google slides and Google forms for the lesson.
Video Explaining How to Use New Common Sense Media Lessons
EduTyping
As part of the Roseville City School District Digital Literacy plan, all students in grades 1-4 were given access this school year to a typing program called EduTyping. The goal of this program is to help students improve their typing fluency. The program introduces students to typing using a row-by-row method with high frequency and sight words integrated throughout to reinforce reading comprehension. Students can also log in at home using the Student Log In guide. Please see the below guides for how students log in and how teachers can log in to see progress
EduTyping- Student Log In
EduTyping- Teacher Log In
Website Reminder
Want to update your RCSD teacher page? Please use the link below for instructions on how to update your District webpage. There is also a link on the page to a video explaining how to make changes. If you have any questions please feel free to ask your school site's LITE or submit a SchoolDude ticket.
Edit Your Staff Profile
Welcome Back Newsletter
Tabs on the Blog
There are set tabs on the blog that do not change all year long. Looking for PD Cycle dates, when progress reports and report cards are due, or when the iReady window opens and closes? There are tabs for those items as well as more. Click on the tabs at the top of the blog that has the topic you are looking for.
Week of Inspirational Math
Just a reminder to all our TK-8th Mathletes that Week of Inspirational Math is a great way to start your year! There have been some updates to last year's activities. Also, if you can't do the whole week of inspirational math at the start of the year, feel free to sprinkle it in throughout the year as your math students can use a little boost!
Week of Inspirational Math
Interesting Articles We Read
We Tell Our Kids That Hard Work Always Pays Off. What Happens When They Fail Anyway?- Time Magazine
What's Going On In Your Child's Brain When You Read Them A Story?-KQED
Standards-Based Grading: FINAL Reflection A teacher's reflections on her journey with standards-based grading.
Most Misunderstood Math Standards- Achieve the Core
6-8th Grade August 5th PD Day:
We have been on a two-year assessment, feedback, and grading journey. We will review information from the journey, show you how to use the new settings in PTP, review the communication plan for BTSN, and have time to build rubrics. Please bring your computer. We look forward to seeing you at Eich in their multi-purpose room on Monday!
RCSD Middle School PD, August 5th, 2019 Agenda
Welcome Back… K-5th Grade August 5th District Professional Development Day:
Training for our new district writing curriculum, Lucy Calkins Units of Study. Above you will find a document containing all of the information you need for our district PD day, such as grade level locations, times, and what to bring. We look forward to seeing you, as we kick off the 2019-2020 school year!
Lucy Calkins Writing Curriculum Pacing Guide and Standards Alignment
Attached you will find the suggested curriculum pacing guide for Roseville City School District. I highly encourage you to follow this pacing guide for the 2019-2020 school year and we will make adjustments the following year based on needs and feedback. Also attached is the standards alignment for each lesson, per grade level, of our new curriculum. We will discuss this more during our cycle PD. Enjoy!
Standards Alignment Locations for RCSD Educators on August 5th
All RCSD Educator Locations for August 5th PD
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Middle School Rubric Team working hard to make clear Learning Targets for students. |
Common Sense Media has updated their lessons and they now include Google slides for each lesson and new videos embedded in the slides. There are now six per grade level and they are organized so that the same six topics are covered in each grade level. There are also Google Form Quizzes if you would like to check for understanding. You can click on the Digital Citizenship tab of the RCSD Digital Literacy site to see the new lessons. A reminder that the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that all students K-12 receive Internet Safety lessons to learn about appropriate online behavior each year and we use Common Sense Media for our safety lessons.
Grades K-2 will be updated on August 12th (that is when they come out from Common Sense Media). Please see the video below if you would like more information on how to access the Google slides and Google forms for the lesson.
Video Explaining How to Use New Common Sense Media Lessons
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| AVID Excel Summer Bridge program |
As part of the Roseville City School District Digital Literacy plan, all students in grades 1-4 were given access this school year to a typing program called EduTyping. The goal of this program is to help students improve their typing fluency. The program introduces students to typing using a row-by-row method with high frequency and sight words integrated throughout to reinforce reading comprehension. Students can also log in at home using the Student Log In guide. Please see the below guides for how students log in and how teachers can log in to see progress
EduTyping- Student Log In
EduTyping- Teacher Log In
Want to update your RCSD teacher page? Please use the link below for instructions on how to update your District webpage. There is also a link on the page to a video explaining how to make changes. If you have any questions please feel free to ask your school site's LITE or submit a SchoolDude ticket.
Edit Your Staff Profile
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| Woodbridge and Kaseberg teachers as GLAD training |
Website and App Accessibility
While maintaining or using a teacher site and/or application is not required, if you are currently using a site and/or application to communicate with your students, families, or the community outside the District, as of January 2018 all public entities are required to ensure electronic and information technologies are accessible to individuals with disabilities, by either meeting or exceeding the standards defined by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
While maintaining or using a teacher site and/or application is not required, if you are currently using a site and/or application to communicate with your students, families, or the community outside the District, as of January 2018 all public entities are required to ensure electronic and information technologies are accessible to individuals with disabilities, by either meeting or exceeding the standards defined by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
An accessible site and/or application is created in a way that ensures equal access for people with disabilities, such as a diverse range of hearing, movement, sight or cognitive abilities. This includes, among other things, making sure styling is in line with best practices, and that content is compatible with assistive devices like screen readers.
We understand how confusing and challenging new laws can make the use of instructional and communication technologies, between digital accessibility (Section 508) and student data privacy (FERPA, COPPA, AB1584, SB-1177, etc.). We thought it would be helpful to remind staff of the infographic created last school year that outlines what staff needs to know to vet third-party sites and applications prior to use.
Please continue to check out the District’s Intranet for an updated list of Compliant, Non-Compliant, and Pending Compliance third-party providers for both digital accessibility and student data privacy.
If you are using or would like to use, a website or application to communicate with families, not on the list below, please let your Principal know so they can reach out to the Director of Technology for digital accessibility compliance.
The Welcome Back newsletter went out last week but in case you missed it, below is the first newsletter of the year.
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| Buljan educators at AVID training |
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| Diamond Creek educators at Get Your Teach On |
There are set tabs on the blog that do not change all year long. Looking for PD Cycle dates, when progress reports and report cards are due, or when the iReady window opens and closes? There are tabs for those items as well as more. Click on the tabs at the top of the blog that has the topic you are looking for.
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| Cirby educators at the MTSS conference |
Just a reminder to all our TK-8th Mathletes that Week of Inspirational Math is a great way to start your year! There have been some updates to last year's activities. Also, if you can't do the whole week of inspirational math at the start of the year, feel free to sprinkle it in throughout the year as your math students can use a little boost!
Week of Inspirational Math
Interesting Articles We Read
We Tell Our Kids That Hard Work Always Pays Off. What Happens When They Fail Anyway?- Time Magazine
What's Going On In Your Child's Brain When You Read Them A Story?-KQED
Standards-Based Grading: FINAL Reflection A teacher's reflections on her journey with standards-based grading.
Most Misunderstood Math Standards- Achieve the Core
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