Jaguar Journal

• Goal #1: By June 2024, students passing ELA on SBA will increase from 60% - 70%.
• Goal #2: By June 2024, students passing the writing domain on ELPA will increase from 8% in June 2023 to 15% in 2024.
• Goal #3: By June 2024, students passing Math on SBA will increase from 62% to 70%.

Monday, January 22, 2024

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

• 1:15pm - Fire Drill
• 2:30-3:30pm - Cheryl at SST

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

• 9:00-10:00am - Cheryl to meet with Crystal Schmidt-Dipaola (Virtual)
• 12:00-1:30pm - Cheryl to meet with Sarah Crane (Cheryl's Office)
• 2:30-3:30pm - Principal-Directed Licensed Academic Seminar (Library)

Thursday, January 25, 2024

• 8:15-9:15am - Care Team Meeting (Cheryl's Office)
• 10:00am - Hold Drill

Friday, January 26, 2024

Monday, January 29, 2024

• 4th Grade NAEP Testing

As discussed during Academic Seminar and at the Principal Chat, we have canceled our Community Night.

Licensed Staff, please attend one additional evening event this year (outside of Meet 'n Greet and STEAM/Literacy Night) for your 3rd required event.

We have two drills this week because our Fire Drill had to be rescheduled from last week and we are hoping for no rain. Fingers crossed.

• Wait for PA announcement that drill has started
• Keep students in classroom
• Continue instruction, proceed with normal classroom activities
• Keep hallways clear, no bathroom or office passes (call office if emergency)
• Drill will come to conclusion and be announced over PA

Look fors:

• Engagement: Student Talk
• Curriculum and Pedagogy: Sentence Starters/Frames

Please complete this form by Friday, February 16th. This form allows you to provide me with your preference of what you would like to teach next school year.

As per the contract, building administration will seek input from unit members as to individual requests for assignments.

Employees wishing to be considered for lateral transfer within their current position to another school or worksite within the District for the following year may file with the Human Resources Department a written statement indicating their interest by February 1. The District shall consider transfer requests and notify members by June 1. Transfer requests expire August 15. Temporary employees are not eligible for voluntary transfer.

Please go to the following link and complete the request form by February 01, 2024, if you wish to be considered for a transfer.

Classified Lateral Transfer Request

Friday, February 2 is a Teacher Grade Prep Day - Licensed Staff may perform grading responsibilities on these days away from the worksite, but must be available for consultation by phone.

Monday, February 5 is a Licensed Work Day - All Licensed Staff must report to their work site.

Licensed Staff Members,

Due to the inclement weather days, please note the change of date for the Transfer 101 Meeting below.

It’s that time of year again! All transfer requests need to be submitted by March 1, 2024 through Google Docs.

Per our Licensed Professional Agreement–Voluntary Transfers Between Buildings

A voluntary transfer between buildings is one that is initiated and requested by the employee. Unit members may submit a written transfer request for the following year to the Human Resources Department by March 1. The District shall consider transfer requests and notify unit members by May 1. When an opening occurs after May 1, the District will consider unit members with a pending transfer request prior to filling the position. Transfer requests expire August 15. No hires from outside the bargaining unit, including interns, will take place until all in-District transfer requests have been considered, except in the case of hard-to-fill positions. Hard-to-fill positions are those for which there are no in-district transfer requests. Temporary employees are not eligible for voluntary transfer, but may be considered for vacancies pursuant to this article.

This is your annual opportunity to request consideration for a voluntary transfer to another school or assignment, as well as instructions for requesting a leave of absence, and decreased or increased FTE. The Google Document links provide you access to the required forms. Once you have filled out the document and hit “send” it will be submitted to HR. Remember that part of the process is informing your supervising administrator of your request.

• Click on the link 2024-25 SY Licensed Employee Transfer Request Form to submit a request.

• Leave of Absence - For a partial or full leave of absence for the 2024-25 school year - CLICK HERE

• Licensed Request to Permanently Change FTE - CLICK HERE

• General Transfer Info & FAQs

The form will not allow you to save and come back. If you are requesting a transfer, please be prepared with the following:

• The names of the schools you would like to request (up to 5)

• Current Licensure (can be found at TSPC Educator Look Up)

• Reason for requesting transfer and how this connects with your long-term goals as an educator

• What are your strengths?

• Top 3 professional goals for the next 5 years

• Allow 15-20 minutes to complete the form

Please note that for your transfer to be considered, it must be received by HR no later than March 1, 2024. If you have further questions about this process, please let us know.

In addition, we will be hosting a Transfer 101 Q & A on January 25 from 3:30-4:30 via Google Meet.

The Washington County Chamber of Commerce will once again celebrate excellence in education through their Crystal Apple Awards! This is the 19th year of the beloved program, in which licensed, classified, and administrative and supervisory/technical staff are recognized for doing amazing work on behalf of students. Visit the Chamber’s website for more information, and make sure to nominate outstanding staff members by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Nominees will be surprised at “reveal” events in late February/early March, and recipients will be announced at the Crystal Apple Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Apr. 25, 2024 at The Venetian in downtown Hillsboro.

• Asian Pacific Islander Family Engagement Meeting invites you to Celebrate Lunar New Year! JW Poynter Middle School I Feb 8 |5:30-7:00 pm. Please invite all your families and students who identify as Asian and Pacific Islander. Flyer
  
• PAX GBG Workshop - The first session is being held in person on January 23 from 3:15-4:45 pm at the AC. Flyer
  

Elementary Administrators - Please encourage your 4th grade teachers (3rd/4th and 4th/5th splits are included) to sign up for this opportunity using the Google Form highlighted below!

Details:

• Intel Employees will introduce students to an engineering design activity, and act as thought partners with small groups throughout the design process.

• Visits are 1 hour in length, between 8:30-11:30 or 12:30-2:30 on either: Thursday, 2/22/24 or Friday, 2/23/24.

By Friday, Jan. 26: Fill out this Google form to let us know your date and time preference for the classroom visit. The completion of this form is how you sign up for this opportunity.

For more information, please read the information in this document. Additional information is provided at the beginning of the Google form highlighted above.

We saw a huge spike in incoming phishing emails over this holiday weekend. If you are not expecting an email, do not click on links, open attachments, provide login information, or correspond with email addresses contained in the message. Be especially cautious during holidays and busy times as you are more likely to be targeted during these times. This video provides a helpful overview of common tactics.

Reminder- Technology Services is the first line of support for paging, bells, and all audiovisual systems in classrooms, gyms, libraries and commons spaces. Please contact Technology Services by calling the help desk or submit a ticket if you need support for these systems. For more information on obtaining support with the paging system, please see the Bells/Paging support guide.

The new phone system has been installed at all district sites. All numbers associated with the old phone system will no longer work. This includes all 4 digit extensions and five digit extensions that start with a 3. It is important that users make calls using the phone directory in the new Mitel system.

Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, 8:00-2:00 @ Glencoe High School

Extended Contract available. See all the details and register here: https://www.smore.com/9ghsj

Contacts: Gina McLain for Elementary & Becky Kingsmith for Secondary

UFLI PD Rescheduling Options - teachers who were signed up to attend on Jan. 12 will get a Google form emailed to them from Jaime this week to select one of the following make-up options. After they submit the form they will be given more information and calendar invites.

• Monday, Feb. 5 - originally was only for Classified staff & Building Based Subs, however we have the capacity to add Licensed teachers as well. It is a half day training Monday Feb 5, 12:30-3:30 Brookwood Parkway Public Library. This is a no school day (work day for Licensed). Extended Contract will be offered to both Classified and Licensed staff. Staff will have to choose to attend this offering and can't be required to attend. Please refer to the original sign up sheet for those who were supposed to attend on Jan 12 and who have already signed up for Feb. 5.

• Friday, Feb. 16 - Licensed (Sub Release) Half Day Training (AM and PM Option to ideally share sub) 7:45-10:45 am OR 12-3pm, location TBD. We are able to accommodate the teachers who were originally signed up in the AM and PM from Feb. 12. If we have more room to add more, we will let you know.

Any questions, please contact Jaime Goldstein

• Required: EasyCBM (K/1)

• Required: Phonics Survey (1-6)

• Required: Running Record (2-6)

• Required: Freckle (K)

• Optional: STAR (1-6)

Refer to these documents for details:

HSD Elementary Assessment Agreement Calendar

HSD Elementary Assessment Agreements (details)

Do you have a weekly college day? Do kids want to become YouTubers? Inspire them with a career mini lesson. Click on this link to find your grade! Take it one step further and perform a hands-on activity with your career kit.

Contact Elementary CCP TOSA: Raquel LemusGarcia for more information!

Here is a link to upcoming Professional Development offered by HSD!

Our weekly TECHTIPS series offers tailored tech integration suggestions for educators in HSD. This edition highlights a new feature that simplifies the process of excusing assignments, thereby increasing grading flexibility. Now, teachers can conveniently manage student assessments by accessing the "Grades" section, identifying the student and assignment, and selecting the "Excuse" option from the three-dot stack. This addition streamlines the grading workflow, offering educators an effective means to monitor and manage student progress, ultimately contributing to increased grading flexibility.

Link to share: #TechTips 2023-24 & Student TechTips

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