October 10, 2024 RCSD Leadership Blog

Leadership Book Study: 100-Day Leaders

Next Discussion: October 16

• Read Chapter 4
• Choose one potential 100-Day Challenge and complete the Challenge, Intervention, Results Chart. Pay particular attention to the causes and the effects. We can only create learning systems if we understand how results are achieved (p. 46).

Communications

Updates to District Website Navigation
As a part of an overall effort to improve user experience on the RCSD website, some pages have been renamed and/or relocated to ensure information is accessible and navigation is seamless for students, staff, and families.
If you are looking for a specific page, click the menu icon in the upper right corner of the website or use the search function (location shown in image below). If you are still unable to locate the information, please contact Sydney Roll (sroll@rcsdk8.org) for assistance.

Educational Services

District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC)
If you have not done so already, please complete the 2024-2025 DELAC Site Representative Form by 10/11 to share the name of your site DELAC representative for this school year. DELAC meetings will be hosted on Zoom from 5:00-6:00 pm on the following dates: 10/22, 12/10, 2/18, 3/18, 5/13. Jennie will reach out to all representatives on October 11th to welcome them to the team. Thank you.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba

Interpreters
Do you have any MDS or part time bilingual employees looking for additional hours? Do you think they may be interested in being on our list of interpreters? Admin, please reach out to talk further.
Contact: Rachael Peck

Interpreters for Conference Week (Elementary)
Earlier this week all sites received their blocks of time for Spanish and Russian interpreters for conference week. Please work with your teachers to get those scheduled. In addition, you received the form for teachers to fill out if they need other languages or ASL for conference week. The process is the same as the school year except there are special forms just for conference week (teachers fill out a hard copy and clerical fill out the Google form). In order to provide time to schedule the interpreters, the deadline for the Google forms to be submitted is November 4th. Please check with teachers to ensure contact has been made with families and they know they will need an interpreter. If needs arise after the 4th, the Language Line will need to be used. Refer to the emails sent on Monday, October 7th for more details.
Contact: Rachael McCoy and Rachael Peck

Goals, Data, and Funding Template
The template should be reviewed by your coach then shared with me in order for me to reference LCFF expenditures. Remember, this year for SPSA we will be writing broad goal statements. Please refer to slides 6-11 for information about the template and the goals. Reach out if you have any questions.
Contact: Rachael Peck

Safety Plan - Adaptations for Student with Disabilities
Don’t forget…please read over the plan by leadership next week. Come prepared to discuss questions and next steps.
Contact: Rachael Peck

2024-2025 Spelling Bee
Who is a bee’s favorite singer? BEE-yonce! If you haven’t already, it’s time to sign up for the 2024-2025 PCOE Spelling Bee! The Spelling Bee is for students in grades 4-8, for more information, please see the timeline below. Please complete the Google Form below to let us know you are interested in participating by Friday, October 18th.
24-25 Spelling Bee Interest Form
24-25 Spelling Bee Timeline
Contact: Kelly Yusim

PBIS Recognition at the October 10th Board Meeting
Congratulations! All 21 schools will receive recognition at the board meeting on Thursday October 10th. We have 1 Silver school, 9 gold schools, and 11 platinum schools to celebrate! Feel free to bring as many people to the meeting as you would like to celebrate! We will take school/team photos prior to the board meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. so please do your best to get your team there early (it will be a packed house!) Look for an email from PJ with more details as well.
Contact: PJ Daley

District Professional Development October 31st
We are looking forward to our District Professional Development Day coming up on October 31st from 8:00-3:00 for all certificated staff and instructional assistants. This will be an excellent opportunity for staff across the district to collaborate and learn together.
The PD topic will be on minimizing challenging behaviors in the classroom presented by Navigating Behavior Change. The training will focus on universal support in the classroom, evidence-based strategies to teach skill deficits that often lead to challenging behaviors, and effective ways to respond to behaviors and increase motivation in students. You will walk away with strategies to begin implementing in your classroom right away.
Instructional assistants will attend training sessions tailored to their various roles, ensuring everyone can gain valuable insights and practical tools to apply in their daily work.
More information about the October 31 PD schedule and locations will be in next week’s Digest.

Personnel Services

FitOn App

Happy Fall. Keep moving!!!

Questions, contact Rene’ Perkett at rperkett@rcsdk8.org