RCSD Leadership Blog

Extra Backpacks If you need any backpacks with supplies to keep on hand for students, we have a limited supply left (plan grey and green). They can be used for all ages. Please reach out and they will be delivered to your site. Contact: Rachael Peck Safety Information This year maps are being created for school sites that show the location of rooms as well as gates from a Google satellite view. In order to make this happen, there will be site visits to identify the locations of all gates. Maps will be available to emergency personnel if ever needed. I will be reaching out to principals to set a date and time to walk the campus. Contact: Rachael Peck GATE Testing Please communicate the information that is linked below to families on Friday, October 1. All GATE testing information and the parent permission Google forms are included in the communication. Thank you! English: GATE Testing Information & Permission Form for Families Spanish: Formulario de Información y Permiso para

LMS Professional Development on October 1, 2021 As a reminder, Library Media Specialists will be attending district-provided professional development via Zoom on October 1, 2021. All LMS will be unavailable from 9:00-1:00 on that day. Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba 2021-2022 GATE Testing GATE Testing will be taking place this year. Testing will be held in January and will be available for 3rd-7th graders. More information will be shared with principals at the September 28 Leadership meeting. Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba Progress Report Reminder A reminder that progress reports go home this Friday. Middle Schools it is your responsibility to send out a message, here is a sample message you can use. Contact: Brandon Blom Tri 1 Report Card Date Change Report cards were originally going to be sent home by November 5. That date has now changed to November 12 to give teachers additional time for the 1st Trimester. We will go over more details at Leadership on Tuesday regarding optional training

Professional Development Days Reminder to Administrators that September 30 is a district professional development day and October 1 is a site professional development day. As mentioned in a previous leadership meeting, September 30 is dedicated to Data Team Meetings (DTM) at both elementary and middle schools. Teachers are to be given planning time on September 30 after they have met in a DTM structure. Remember that it would be helpful to give your teachers time to complete/revise their PLC Learning Targets-Essential Standards templates among other site/district initiatives. Essential Standard Math Learning Targets Documents Below you will find all the grade-level math essential standard learning targets documents. These were built to match the ELA format and can be utilized by your PLCs and in conjunction with DTMs. Teachers have access to these on the math tables of contents found on the learning site. PLC Math Essential Standard Learning Targets Documents Contact: Megan Spears iR

Face Mask Compliance Please remind ALL staff that they are required to wear face masks, covering their nose and mouth, and secured under the chin, unless they have gone through an interactive process after supplying a medical exemption from their doctor. Face shields with drapes are not allowed without having specific permission for an individual with a medical exemption. Please refer to CDPH guidelines , RCSD Welcome Back to School letter, and RCSD Health and Safety guidelines for further clarification. LineWize and SysCloud Principals and Assistant Principals should be receiving notifications from both LineWize and SysCloud. These two systems are used to monitor the internet activity of our students. LineWise monitors student internet searches and SysCloud monitors the students’ activities within the Google environment (email, Google docs, etc.). If you receive either of these notifications please follow up with the students to ensure they are being safe. Updated Music Guidance In

Tutor.com- Tutoring Help for Students in Grades 6-8 All RCSD students in grades 6-8 have access to tutor.com. Below is a message that will be sent to all middle school parents on Friday, September 3. Subject: Additional Academic Support for our RCSD Middle School Students Hello RCSD Middle School Families, The Roseville City School District has partnered with tutor.com to help provide students with additional support if needed. Tutor.com is a fully online tutoring service. You can get a tutor 24/7 in Math, Science, Social Studies, English, and Foreign Languages. Tutoring sessions take place in their easy-to-use online classroom, which runs in your web browser. Students can navigate to  tutor.com/rcsd  and login using their student ID and birth date (in the form of mm/dd/yyyy). The slide deck below includes details regarding tutor.com, videos showing how to connect to a live tutor, and more. If you have any questions please reach out to your school site. Tutor.com Information 2021-2022