December 11, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest
Business Services
Lead and Night Custodians will be working from 6:30AM to 3PM. Some sites will not have a custodian, please be prepared to disarm the alarm system.
Contact: Vickie Mailey
Contact: Vickie Mailey
Fire Risk Inspections
Fire inspectors will contact school sites directly to schedule inspections. Please refer to the Maintenance & Facilities drive for the Fire Handout and Classroom Standards.
Contact: Lucy Alexander
Paydays for December
Classified - payday is 12/31/25. The paper checks will be held in the District Office until 11:30a.m.. Those checks not picked up will then be put in the U.S. Mail.
Certificated - payday is 1/2/26. The paper checks will be held in the District Office until 11:30a.m.. Those checks not picked up will be put in the U.S. Mail.
CareSolace Messaging - Please Include in a Communication Before Break
Please include this message in a community communication before winter break. Thank you.
Contact: Jessica Hull
Peachjar - PTC Account Set-Up
Peachjar has requested administrators set up PTCs as volunteer accounts. As a reminder, here is the step-by-step of how to add volunteer accounts.
Contact: Jessica Hull
Nominate Your Classified Staff for Video Highlight
We are looking for staff to appear in an upcoming series of videos highlighting the following classified positions:
Contact: Sydney Roll
January 5th - Site PD Day
Reminder that January 5th is a site PD day. Please communicate logistics with your staff.
Restorative Practices 1/5 PD
If you are inviting additional classified staff to attend the 1/5 Restorative Practices portion of the day (3 hours) please fill out this Google Form. Ed. Services will create the form 41 and pay them for their attendance. As shared earlier this week, please only list employees who do not already have 1/5 as a work day. Please submit the Google Form by Wednesday 12/17.
Contact: Lauren Ellison
Library Media Specialist 1/5 PD
Second Step Tier 2 Lessons
Second Step has launched Tier 2 lessons for 3 different focus areas: Emotions, Thoughts, and Feelings, Relationships and Prosocial Skills, and Executive Functioning in grade spans (K-2, 3-5, and 6-8). The lessons are designed to be used as another layer after Tier 1 instruction, particularly for small groups of students. Click here for an overview and here for an alignment chart between Tier 1 and 2. Feel free to share this with anyone who runs Tier 2 small groups to enhance continuity in the ways we support students across tiers.
Contact: Lauren Ellison
2026 GATE Testing
The 2026 GATE testing schedule has been shared with all administrators and site clerical. Administrators and site clerical will receive another email on 12/15 regarding the specifics of January’s GATE testing. In addition, all families who signed up for GATE testing will receive an email by 12/18 confirming their student’s testing date, time, and location.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba
Contact: Lucy Alexander
Paydays for December
Classified - payday is 12/31/25. The paper checks will be held in the District Office until 11:30a.m.. Those checks not picked up will then be put in the U.S. Mail.
Certificated - payday is 1/2/26. The paper checks will be held in the District Office until 11:30a.m.. Those checks not picked up will be put in the U.S. Mail.
Communications
Please include this message in a community communication before winter break. Thank you.
Contact: Jessica Hull
Peachjar - PTC Account Set-Up
Peachjar has requested administrators set up PTCs as volunteer accounts. As a reminder, here is the step-by-step of how to add volunteer accounts.
Contact: Jessica Hull
Nominate Your Classified Staff for Video Highlight
We are looking for staff to appear in an upcoming series of videos highlighting the following classified positions:
- Custodian
- Cook
- Cashier
- Instructional Assistant I
- Instructional Assistant II
Contact: Sydney Roll
Educational Services
Reminder that January 5th is a site PD day. Please communicate logistics with your staff.
Restorative Practices 1/5 PD
If you are inviting additional classified staff to attend the 1/5 Restorative Practices portion of the day (3 hours) please fill out this Google Form. Ed. Services will create the form 41 and pay them for their attendance. As shared earlier this week, please only list employees who do not already have 1/5 as a work day. Please submit the Google Form by Wednesday 12/17.
Contact: Lauren Ellison
Library Media Specialist 1/5 PD
- Morning Session | 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. All Library Media Specialists will meet in the District Warehouse Conference Room for a half-day professional development session.
- Middle School LMS Session | 12:30–2:00 p.m. Middle school LMS team members (BU, CH, CO, EI) will meet in the District Warehouse Conference Room.
Second Step Tier 2 Lessons
Second Step has launched Tier 2 lessons for 3 different focus areas: Emotions, Thoughts, and Feelings, Relationships and Prosocial Skills, and Executive Functioning in grade spans (K-2, 3-5, and 6-8). The lessons are designed to be used as another layer after Tier 1 instruction, particularly for small groups of students. Click here for an overview and here for an alignment chart between Tier 1 and 2. Feel free to share this with anyone who runs Tier 2 small groups to enhance continuity in the ways we support students across tiers.
Contact: Lauren Ellison
2026 GATE Testing
The 2026 GATE testing schedule has been shared with all administrators and site clerical. Administrators and site clerical will receive another email on 12/15 regarding the specifics of January’s GATE testing. In addition, all families who signed up for GATE testing will receive an email by 12/18 confirming their student’s testing date, time, and location.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba
12/10 Leadership Meeting Recap
Topics Covered
- Superintendent - Updates
- Ed Services - Steve Dunn Conversation Model Practice, Dashboard Data, Leadership Get Together
- Elementary Only - PD Cycle Review
- Middle School Only - AFG Update, FLEX
Administrator Action Items
- Ensure site visit for Steve Dunn is prepared with one teacher ready to teach and receive feedback from the principal
- Complete California Dashboard slides with strategies to support each indicator
- Share data with all certificated staff by January 30th
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