11.22.23
Wishing you all a peaceful and restful break this week. I know I will have each of you in my thoughts as I count the people I am grateful for in my life. Thank you for all the ways in which you support one another each day. I am so thankful to be a part of this team.
Quick Look:
**As always, please check the IEP/SST Calendar for updates.
RIGHT TO READ EVENT: ACTION/HELPFUL
Shoreline's first Equitable Literacy Institute was held at Shorewood High School on August 23, 2021. This was a full-day event to launch an elementary district-wide focus on equitable literacy practices and systems. The keynote speaker was Kareem Weaver, an Oakland-based NAACP activist, who believes that literacy is our most important civil right. He spoke about the connections between literacy and social justice and inspired us to take action through our literacy instruction.
Since that time, Kareem has continued to demand evidence-based reading instruction through his work and non-profit, FULCRUM (Full and Complete Reading is a Universal Mandate). Recently, a filmmaking team (including Director, Jenny Mackenzie and Executive Producer, Levar Burton) collaborated with Kareem to document his grassroots activism in the film, The Right to Read.
EXCITING NEWS!
On January 24, 2024, we have the honor of welcoming Kareem Weaver back (in person!) to Shoreline and are so excited to learn from him again.
Staff and community members are invited to a free screening of The Right to Read film, followed by an in-person conversation with Kareem, moderated by Dr. Tanisha Brandon-Felder. See flyer for details as we do ask for you to RSVP so we can monitor attendance. This event is hosted by the Shoreline School District and the Shoreline PTA Council who is offering limited childcare for ages 2-12. For this community movie screening event, you may pass along the flyer to colleagues in other districts to attend as well! All the details are attached.
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Shoreline certificated staff only.
As Shoreline School District is hosting Mr. Weaver, he will be leading an optional special professional learning session for Shoreline School District staff members only prior to the screening. This event promises to teach and inspire all attendees to do their part to give all children the right to read.
Required:
Registration in ProDev regardless of whether or not you need clock hours, as we need to monitor space size and prepare for his session. Registration is currently open.
Bring your Shoreline district badge for entry into the PD
This PD is not part of the community event and is a benefit for Shoreline District staff members only, so kindly do not share out our PD information.
Childcare is provided from 6-8pm for the film screening, but not during the PD prior to the event.
If you are interested in the movie screening, RSVP through the link in the attached flier. If you are interested in the pre-event professional learning for staff, also register in ProDev.
Questions can be directed to:
Equity@ssd412.org
Rachel.trudelle@ssd412.org
EVAL: ACTION
If you have not yet had a goal setting conference with me, please email me with the date and time that works for you to meet. Please check the past two blogs if you need reference links for completing and uploading your growth goal.
GLAD STRATEGIES TRAINING OPPORTUNITY:HELPFUL
LINK to FLYER: HERE
Earn up to 12 Equity clock hours as you engage in a refresher for GLAD strategies or new learning about OCDE Project GLAD®. Strategies learned can be used independently throughout your teaching day or used together to explicitly teach informative content writing through a Black History/ Black Excellence unit. This simplified unit has adaptations for K-8 students and is designed to be used with your whole class. Preprinted materials provided. No previous GLAD experience is necessary. IN PERSON Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 PM Dec 6 & 13, Jan 10 & 17. Contact Melissa Sargent, P-12 MLL TOSA melissa.sargent@ssd412.org/ x 4508
WELCOME NEW PHYSICAL THERAPISTS!!
Starting November 30, Bridget Goglia, Physical Therapist and Anne Hanson, Physical Therapist Assistant, will be taking Kathleen’s place and serving students at Cascade. This is due to caseload reconfiguration. Bridget and Anne bring a wealth of expertise and wonderful energy. Kathleen will be coming in by November 30 to introduce them to you. Below are their photos for reference.
Bridget: Anne:
REMINDERS: HELPFUL
SAFE SCHOOLS: ACTION
The mandatory annual SafeSchools training sessions for the 23-24 School Year are active.
The completion deadline is November 30, 2023.
You may log-in here to get started. You can also find this link on the Human Resources-Links page of the District website.
Please log-in using your firstname.lastname (Ex: mary.smith), as it appears on Employee Access.
Let Marie McCluskey know if you have questions.
LUNCH PERIOD SCHEDULE: HELPFUL
This document is linked in our systems and procedures document, but I am including it here in case.
CK-8 SYSTEMS/STAFF HANDBOOK DOCUMENT (DRAFT): HELPFUL
This document is in progress, and will be updated as we all learn/refresh our memories on the systems and structures in place at CK-8. If you see an area that could use an addition, or if something is not correct, please email me the correction ( rebbecah.emanuel@ssd412.org)
STAFF SHOUT OUTS: HELPFUL
Thank you so much for filling out a staff shout out! If you would like to recognize a colleague, please use the link at the top of the blog. Here are the most recent shout outs!!
DISTRICT INFORMATION: HELPFUL
FROM INSTRUCTION:
As we shared in the spring, due to our budget reductions, we were unable to purchase student licenses for our digital social studies curriculum this year. In addition, at the elementary level, we did not purchase teacher licenses. Mike VanOrden is working with teachers to review options to support our students, including the potential purchase of a limited number of student licenses for students served by our MLL, Special Education, and 504 programs, and refinements to curriculum materials we do have. We are also working with the publisher of the curriculum to determine if there may be options for elementary teachers. We will share updates with teachers and administrators as we have more information.\
DIMC:
This year, we have a number of openings on our District Instructional Materials Committee.Certificated staff members serving on the committee are paid for their time. If you are interested in serving on DIMC, please complete this short application.
Shoreline's District Instructional Materials Committee, consisting of classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, administrators, and community members, reviews proposed basic and supplemental instructional materials requested for use by teachers, curriculum teams, and administrators at monthly meetings. More information about the committee can be found here.
FROM EQUITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT:
Anti Racist Book Kits are now available! Each kit comes with 6-8 books and a discussion guide. Perfect for school teams, committees or departments. Please reach out to equity@ssd412.org for more information.
Ethnic Studies cohort 4 has been re-opened for applications! Deadline for application is October 6th at noon. To apply, please complete this form. More information about the Fellows can be found here.
FROM STUDENT SERVICES:
Schools are required to document whether an interpreter is requested and provided for 1) IEP meetings and 2) reengagement meetings following an exclusionary plan. For every IEP meeting or reengagement meeting with a multilingual family, OFFICE MANAGERS will complete each field on your buildings tab on this spreadsheet. See District Policy 4218 for details about this requirement.
NEW FOR 2023-24: Language Line DOES qualify as use of an interpreter for this purpose.
TECH TIPS:
Here is an archive of all tech tips provided by the district technology team.
WEBSITE CHANGEOVER:
As you know, our district is using a new website and platform. As part of that change, some of our district resources that used to be accessed using a department page have been moved into Canvas Courses. I am sure we will find more of these as we use the new platform, but please know that mandated reporting forms can be accessed by enrolling in the Canvas course linked below. This course will contain many resources that used to be accessed under Student Services. CPS forms are also linked in our systems and procedures document.
Here are two shortcuts to help people find the course and self enroll:
self-enroll link is https://shorelineschools.instructure.com/enroll/FHE7LM.
or use the code FHE7LM at https://shorelineschools.instructure.com/register.
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