Please help us all see what is happening behind the scenes!
In preparation for the possibility of an in person learning, it is necessary for us to remove porous materials from our classrooms. This includes carpet squares and cloth covered furniture. Please consider clearing such stuff out of your classroom in the upcoming weeks. We have also been asked to minimize the amount of "stuff" in our rooms in order to maximize the amount of student learning space. There will be more information to come on this, but please begin thinking about how you might arrange your teaching and learning space so 10 or so students can be adequately spread out. Additionally, think about minimizing horizontal spaces and surfaces to clean.... If you need assistance with moving items, it has been approved for family members to come in and assist! Who hoo! You will just need to notify me ahead of time and have them follow the check in procedures (sign in, temp check, etc).
Family Survey- FUSD is working on the development of a family survey to determine their intention to return to in-person school IF we meet the county benchmarks. This survey will come out through ParentVue. Communication to us will come from FUSD.
Staff Survey- FUSD will be sending out a staff feedback survey based on a proposed hybrid models. I am unsure when this will come out. I highly encourage you to provide your feedback to help guide our district's decision making.
RTI Corner
We are down to 3 students who need to be tested in AIMSWeb Plus! Thank you again for your help in this process and texting us as soon as students popped into you Zoom meetings.
We will have GDM CTs this week to form our first round of RTI groups. We look forward to meeting with you. Synergy testing is almost done also. Thank you to those teachers who submitted their names on the Google Survey Form.
~Amy and Russ
Panorama Social Emotional Learning Platform grades 3-5!
Sept 14-28 Thank you Mrs. C for offering to administer they survey for all 3-5th grade students.
Oct 2 at 2pm Live Zoom training for Data Inquiry: Schools may send 4-5 staff for this 90 minute training from the Panorama team. This is one of two PD opportunities included in our contract. The second will be at the end of the year after the second survey. Review of the various reports you can pull from this platform once the survey is completed will be covered. If you are interested, please let Mrs. Carrozzino know!
Leadership and Staff Supports <---click
Only 7 staffers have taken this survey. I was actually able to use some of the feedback in the creation of a hybrid model for elementary. Please take a few minutes to reflect on the successes and needs as we approach the 1/2 mark in this historic 1st quarter. Click link above. Please submit by Wed. 9/16.
The Voice!
Andrea Shaw:
Hello Marshall. I am so excited for the opportunity to represent you at the Voice for another year. If ever there was a committee that was a fit for me, this is the one. I absolutely love being an advocate for my colleagues and taking your questions and concerns to the table and feel I have done this for Marshall well over the last three years. The voice is more than just taking your forms to the committee. Often, we are given information about things that are happening or up and coming in the district. I have always been able to be active in these times, asking questions on your behalf and troubleshooting and problem solving within the committee, not just listening to the given information. I think my role as a classroom teacher over the last 28 years has helped me to know what teachers concerns and needs are and that has helped me to advocate for you successfully. The last thing I think I have done well is communicate this information back to you, either individually in regard to your forms, or through emails and in the Marshall blog regarding the broader information. I have always felt it is important to communicate this information to you, giving you the facts you need as it pertains to your job and you as a certified classroom teacher. Thank you Marshall friends, looking forward to another year as YOUR voice representative!
This is too real!
Everybody Matters- No grant, no problem! Mrs. C and I are still working with Everybody Matters to get a social worker on campus!! We are getting creative with funding. It will be wonderful to have another layer of support for our Marshall community. More to come soon.
Technology Updates
Zoom Trainings- Zoom will be offering two customized training sessions for FUSD users.
Topic: Flagstaff Unified School District | Zoom User Training
When: Sep 16, 2020 05:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this webinar: https://success.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hy40iHXRSiOnrGp5gp0VqQ
Topic: Zoom Advanced Training on Polls and Breakout Rooms
When: Sep 28, 2020 05:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting: https://success.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsd--qqjwvGtCL4mikhhFelA_AOLG1UZpM
Zoom Recordings- Beginning Monday, September 14th Zoom Cloud recordings will be placed in the trash for 30 days. After 30 days they will be deleted.
DreamBox- Please review the email from Jane Guan on Friday regarding Dream Box set up, student usage expectations, and usage stats by grade level and school.
Please make it a professional goal to get all Marshall students set up with DreamBox and to have them actively participating in the independent learning offered by this Friday's district training. If you have questions on set up, please ask Bianca Fahy.
Happy birthday Erin!

Voice vote due 9/16
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