February 6, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest
Educational Services
The 2nd, 1st, and Kindergarten Cycle of Professional Development will begin at the end of this month. Please review this PD Cycle Schedule to see which dates your site will be attending PD. Also, please review the TK-5 PD Sign Up sheet for Admin and TOSAs to review which date you signed up to attend with a PLC. Please let me know if any changes need to be made!
Contact: Kelly Yusim
EL & RFEP Progress Monitoring
It is time to begin planning for our spring EL and RFEP Progress Monitoring process. This means that EL Site Leaders will be asking principals for 10-15 minutes of a March staff meeting so they can present this topic to teachers. EL Site Leaders will discuss the forms and support teachers with completing these forms by 4/11.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba
PBIS Recognition
It is once again time to begin the application process for PBIS Recognition. The state has recently released this year’s updated criteria, which include several significant changes from previous years. The PBIS leads were provided with this information at their most recent meeting, but it is essential that all administrators are also informed in order to effectively support their respective school sites.To ensure clarity and understanding of these updates, PJ and Julie will be hosting a Zoom call on Tuesday, February 18th in the afternoon. Please look for an invite with the Zoom link, which will be sent shortly.We understand this is short notice, so if you are unable to attend, the session will be recorded for later viewing.
Contact: PJ Daley
Health Assistant Assignment Updates
We have had two health assistant positions that we have been working to fill over the last several months. We have redistributed assignments, and the new Health Assistant schedule is below. If your health staff share office space that has been taken into account and there will be no changes to space needs. You will notice some Health Assistants are still supporting their current sites until we can process our last new incoming Health Assistant. Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we get our new staff settled. Please let me know if you have any questions!
3-8 Math: SBAC Performance Task Examples
Listed below are compiled lists of examples of SBAC Math Performance Tasks released by the state.
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Contact: Lisa Wegsteen
3-8 Math: Smarter Balanced Focused Interim Assessment Blocks and Curriculum Alignment
Focused Interim Assessment Blocks (FIABs) are short CAASPP-aligned assessments that can be used in many ways in the classroom. Each FIAB typically has 10-15 items, and can be generated as a printable PDF from the Interim Assessment Portal. Screenshots of how to create a PDF are linked here. The grade-level spreadsheets below have all the FIABs for that grade, as well as the links to the Interim Assessment Portal. They also show in which unit or topic the content is taught in the adopted curriculum. The information in these spreadsheets are secure materials and are intended for classroom use only.
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Contact: Lisa Wegsteen
Reading Difficulties Risk Screener Information
Below is an overview of Senate Bill 114, Reading Difficulties Risk Screener, from Sacramento Office of Education. Please review this document if you are interested in more information on the screener.
Overview of SB 114
Contact: Kelly Yusim
ESGI Admin Dashboard
ESGI has released a new version of the Admin Dashboard. At this time, there is no way to go back to the previous version of the Admin Dashboard. Updated Screencastify videos and procedures for the new dashboard will be shared in March in order to collect Trimester 2 data. Please click here for an overview of the updates.
Contact: Kelly Yusim
Personnel Services
Volunteer Mentors
RCSD is looking to recruit volunteer mentors for the 2025-26 school year.Volunteer Mentor Interest Letter
Due by March 30, 2025
Questions? Contact Amy Blake at ablake@rcsdk8.org
2/5 Leadership Meeting Recap
Topics Covered
- Personnel - Certificated staff information, timeline for projections and hiring, COVID notifications
- Technology - Chromebook damage
- Ed Services - LCAP, Window 2 Diagnostic Data, SPSA Strategies, SSP, Steve Dunn, Safety Updates, BTAM Scenario
Middle School Only - PLC expectations, Tier II, Grade Bump for CAASPP
Administrator Action Items
- SSC Presentation and Survey - Deadline is March 15, 2025
- Student Meetings and Surveys - Deadline is the end of March 28, 2025
- Share California Dashboard Data you created on January 6th at a Staff Meeting, Site Council, and ELAC before March 15th
- Ensure your SSP team is following up on team expectations
- Work on your SPSA - Comprehensive Needs Assessment, Resource Inequities, Goals
- Share Window 2 Diagnostic Data (i-Ready and IXL) with staff by March 7, 2025
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