September 13, 2019 Leadership Blog

PBIS Recognition
Congrats to six of our RCSD Schools for being recognized by the PBIS Coalition and celebrated by the RCSD School Board. Brown, Eich, and Woodbridge received the Silver Implementation Award, Buljan and Blue Oaks received the Gold Implementation Award, and Cooley received the highest honor of the Platinum Implementation Award! Congrats to all of these schools on their recognition. #rcsdchampions

October 31st PD Presenter Application

We are in the process of planning for our Professional Development Day on October 31, 2019.  Our goal for the day is to support our professionals as we gain strategies and knowledge around supporting all of our students, by name, face, and story!  As we build out the day we are looking for presenters who can share their knowledge and talents with all of us.  

If you are interested in presenting, please complete the form below.  The form will be open from September 3-26.  Our team will be looking through the topics and will contact you by September 27 to let you know if your application to present has been accepted.

Details:  Applicants would present 1-2 sessions, each being 1 hour and 15 minutes in length.  Presenters will be paid an hourly rate for 2 hours prep. per session presenting. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Presenter Application: October 31, 2019

Art Docent at Brown

Benchmark Advance New Assessment Reporting System
If you need help with the NEW Benchmark assessment reporting, please refer to the Help Link in your Benchmark Universe.

K-5th General Education New Teacher Required ELA Training: Monday, Sept 16th
All new K-5th general educator teachers are required to attend the following training. We will cover a broad overview of our ELA curriculum and discuss best practices for implementation. Please bring one Benchmark TE for reference during the training. Location and time below.
Location: District Office (1050 Main Street)
Time: 4:00-5:30

Campout classroom transformation at Diamond Creek.  On the lookout for animals in their books this week.

Progress Report Reminder
A reminder that the Progress Report date is 9/27.  You can find all dates relating to progress reports and report cards using the tab at the top of this blog.  Brandon Blom will be emailing out more detailed information early next week.
How to Print Elementary Progress Report

A Touch of Understanding at Cirby

Classroom Technology How-To Guides
If you go to the link below there is now a How-To Guide for printing from a Chromebook, Casting from a Chromebook, a Video for Casting from a Chromebook, and a guide for Screen Mirroring from an iPad, and a video showing how to use an iPad with an Apple TV.
RCSD Helpful How-To

AVID Tutorials at Buljan

Update on CAASPP/CAST Testing Window!

In order to provide enough time for testing the State Testing window will be opening on March 23 - May 10. This allows you one additional week before Spring Break.

Name for New Elementary School

The Roseville City School District is initiating the process of naming a new elementary school located in the West Park community in the West Roseville Specific Plan/WB-60 Elementary School.

Potential names for the new school site must be submitted to the Superintendent’s office by October 18, 2019.  The Roseville City School District Board of Education will review all submissions at the November 7, 2019, Board meeting.  The online submission form can be accessed by clicking on “A Legal Notice: Naming of New School Site” above, along with the criteria and timeline for submission of the name. Should you require a paper copy, you may pick one up at the Roseville City School District Office, 1050 Main Street, Roseville, CA. 

Suggested Name for Elementary School Facility WB-60

Building a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree at Sargeant

End-of-Life Samsung Chromebooks 

Chrome devices receive automatic updates regularly that enhance both the device itself and the software on the device. Google provides each new hardware platform with 6.5 years of Auto-Update support. The 6.5 years starts when the first device on the platform is released. As of July 2018, the Samsung XE303C12 Chromebooks have reached their Auto Update Expiration (AUE) and therefore will no longer receive new software updates from Google or hardware support from the manufacturer.

While these Chromebooks can be used in the classroom with G-Suite applications, these Chromebooks can no longer be used for testing (i.e. iReady and CAASPP), and are a best effort to support moving forward. If you have any questions, Laura will be including this in her bi-monthly technology meetings with sites.

Communicating via Swift

With the beginning of a new school year, we thought a reminder for how-to-use Swift would be helpful to avoid unintentionally sending communications District-wide. Please feel free to reference any of the below how-to guides.

SwiftReach | How-to Send an Email (Admin)

SwiftReach | How-to Email a Teachers Class Roster (Admin)

It is important to remember when using Swift that your Current School is selected. If “What schools will be included in this alert?” has Entire District checked from the Basic Info tab, you are not logged in to your current school. 

Please also pay attention to the options displayed from the Save Alert tab, if Message Counts exceed your studentcount multiplied by two (2) Parent/Guardians, or you see 22,000+ E-mails, you are not logged into your current school.

Please feel free to submit a support request through SchoolDude with any questions or issues. Or, call the Technology Helpdesk at (916) 771-1645 or internally at extension 50140, and we'll be happy to assist you.

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