Sunday, August 30

 Good Evening, Stoneridge! 

Anyone else want to go here?? Please...now! Ha! I put this here so we can pretend. 

I shared the parent blog with you because I wanted you to know what I am sharing with parents. 

I am going to share some of the big points with you in this blog. 

Schedule Change: 

The parents know this change is coming and have been instructed to wait for information from their teacher about what that will look like. You can share your new schedule whenever you want, just also share that it will not officially start until Tuesday, September 8. 

This was shared with parents:

Important Request: We understand that participating in distance learning is very different and sometimes difficult. There is one important way we need your support. When the students are taking assessments either with their teacher, or on programs like iReady, it is super important you are not helping them. The goal of these assessments is to gauge exactly where the students are academically so we can support them in the specific ways they need. If we have inaccurate readings, the students will not be appropriately supported. An example of this might be a 4th grade student taking the iReady assessment while getting help from their parent. In the end, the student scores at the 7th grade level even though he is actually at a 4th grade level. What that means is the iReady lessons assigned to that child will be at the 7th grade level, high above the student's ability. That student is likely to feel defeated and not want to keep working. We are not saying, don't help. We are asking that you leave the room if you child is doing a one on one assessment with their teacher and to ask what a child is working on when they ask for help. This will help us support your children. As always, thank you!

PTC: Our new PTC board is awesome! They are so excited to get started. We have not had any official meetings yet, we are just trying to create a plan moving forward. Please share anyways you think PTC can help you and get our community together. We are already working on some fun things, but please share ideas with me. 

Upcoming Events: 

Wednesday, 9/2 @ 3:15pm- Staff Meeting ZOOM Link (If it does not work, it is in the calendar)

I think that is all I have for now! Have a great week!

Sunday, August 23

Happy Sunday! 

This is the same image I put on the parents' blog. I think it represents the adventure we are all on together. I think you would all agree, we have not yet reached the summit. We are absolutely climbing the most difficult terrain as we cry, sweat and laugh. I know, it feels like the climb will never end. It will end and it will get better. 

Request for Support/ SSP: Here is the link to the Request for Support for students: Request for Support

I know we are early in the year, but please do not hesitate to fill out a RFS for a student. There are too any students that were not meeting standards that were not on our radar. (Yes, I recognize last year is an anomaly.) The SSP process is about working together to brainstorm ways to support kids. Please take advantage! 

Master Schedule: Here is our Master Schedule (Thank you to Robin Learn for putting it together!) Please link your class schedule to the bottom of the schedule. You will see that some teachers have already done that. 

Technology Information: Here is the document that has a lot of helpful technology information. 

Zoom Recordings, Updates and Settings

Monday PD Sessions: This is the link for the Monday PD Document Here you will find the information and links for each Monday's PD session. They will be talking about recording lessons, for the first 10 minutes, this Monday. 

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday, August 26 at 3:15pm: PLC Leadership Meeting- Please share any topics with me that your PLC would like discussed. 

Thank you for all you are doing. I know this is beyond challenging. 

August 16, 2020

Hello All!

I am going to be honest, creating blog posts feels strange this year. I know, just like all of you, working in this different environment will soon feel more 'normal.' 

I am going to start rotating through PLC's starting tomorrow. Also, let me know when you plan to have students take their diagnostic in i-Ready. I shared some basic information with parents today. 

Please take advantage of the learning opportunities offered by the district. I know it is more after a long day, but they are trying to provide relevant and useful information. 

• 3:30pm-4:15pm

• Completely Optional

• First 2 weeks focus on Zoom and Otus

• Probably have an Otus session each week

• What other PD do we need to offer right now?

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• Last Monday of every month education for parents-August 31st first session

• More details to come

• Otus/Zoom on August 31

I shared the email I sent to parents today. I am going to do shout outs on my videos. Please share information about students that are doing great things in your classes. I would like to give them a shout out. I am already getting shout outs for you!! Because you all ROCK!!

Please let me know if you have questions.

I will be working from home tomorrow, Monday.

Thank you for all you are doing!