Week Ahead: December 6-10

Coming Back to Campus – Student Edition:  So it’s happening!  The first steps toward having students on campus are being taken.  Grades 1, 9, and 12 … and new directives clarifying the first directive are coming too.  Even though there is no middle school grades involved yet, the Leadership Team has been talking through our vision / plan for how to successfully bring our MS students back on campus.  Those plans give us a flexible enough base to meet what ever decree specifications are given to us.  Our mantra: slow, steady, safe.  So though we don’t know what date, how many, or for what amount of time, we do know that we will meet the following goals we have set for our division:

Goals:

1. Meet the social emotional needs of students as they return to campus
2. Create, train, and implement safety protocols that create the safest environment possible for students and faculty
3. Slowly build our capacity and practice new routines, restrictions, etc.

Another for sure is that we will be keeping the virtual school schedule (with some modifications) so that the rotation of blocks and days is stable, and Wednesdays remain consolidation days.  This will enable teachers and students to move between physical and virtual realms more smoothly as needed.  Another thing we know is that we have a great team of teachers who will support our students’ learning through it all.  Slow, steady, safe!

Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Dec. 6
VS A-D
*PowerSchool settings changed and App shut down so comments can be entered without being visible
1:30-3:00 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)

Tuesday, Dec. 7
VS E-H
*Happy Birthday Daniel Mendes!
9:30-10:30 Learning Plan Mtg (JCH)
11-12:00 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team Mtg (agenda)

Wednesday, Dec. 8
Wellness / Consolidation
*Happy Birthday Roxanne Amor-Ross!
3:15-4:30 Divisional – Report Writing (Grades/Comments), Independent Work Time

Thursday, Dec. 9
VS A-D
9:30-11 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
2-3:00 Learning Plan Mtg (LH)

Friday, Dec. 10
VS E-H

NOTE: For Dec. 13-16 we will have the following schedule:

• Monday, Dec. 13: Normal A-D day
• Tuesday, Dec. 14: Normal E-H day (grades/comments due)
• Wednesday, Dec. 15: Normal Wednesday (verification reports due)
• Thursday, Dec. 16: 9-12 Winter Celebration (details coming soon)

Upcoming (on the radar)

• December 14 – comments completed and peer reviewed (in S1 bin) and grades completed by 3:00; verification reports printed at 3:45
• December 15 – verification reviewed, signed (can be digital) and returned to office by 3:00
• December 16 – 1/2 day schedule: Winter Celebration!; report cards emailed parents; master order due

Room Set Up:  Maintenance and grounds will be going through classrooms to ensure spacing is correct for student seating.  This is in preparation for the inspection from DOET (no date set yet).  They will be ensuring all seats/desks face the same direction and are at least 1 meter apart.  Please do not move desks around in your room from this point on.  Thanks!

Teacher Evaluations 21-22:  You all received an email from Catriona discussing teacher evaluations for this year.  I have included it below.  For the MS, we will begin this process in S2.  You will receive your evaluation document from me in January.  I’ll start scheduling meetings in February – spreading them out over from Feb. through April.  Please let me know if you have questions.

From Catriona’s email: The teacher Annual Evaluation Reflection 2021-2022 school year is differentiated according to the three categories below.

• New Faculty 
• Faculty Returning to Template Probationary Evaluation FormSSIS in 2022-2023
• Faculty Departing at the end of 2021-2022

Your divisional principal or assistant principal will follow up with you on further details and guidance. They will distribute your copy of this form to you. Upon completion of the form, your principal or assistant principal will schedule a following-up meeting with you.

Last Divisional Mtg Recording and Slideshow:  You can find the recordings of our divisional meetings linked to the divisional meeting slideshow.  The first slide has all the meetings linked to their starting slide … click on the date … then you’ll see the recording on that slide.  (Except for September … I forgot to record those ones.  Sorry.)