Ready for QTR 2!

Thank you, Mrs. Ramirez and Marshall CSO for treating our staff to The Woot Woot Wagon on Conference week!  What a nice surprise for all!  

Teacher Dashboards Access

From Michael Vogler:

Teacher dashboards are currently accessible.  To make these available ASAP, I am going to link the CSF/301 Teacher Dashboard training with DecisionEd dashboard access.  If a teacher wants to access their dashboard, then all they need to do is register for, and complete, the CSF/301 training on Teacher Dashboards.  Other trainings will be made available.  The training should take about 1 hour and includes information on how to access and use their dashboard alongside information on student information privacy.  The registration for the asynchronous course is at: https://www.mylearningplan.com/LearningPlan/ActivityProfile.asp?I=4492027

SHOUT-OUTS  (<-click)

Let's make time to acknowledge our amazing teammates!  

Thank you Tanya and Ms. Woody for covering my bus duty so I could have two conferences! I appreciate you so much! ~Krause

Thank you Ms. Woody for being such a ray of sunshine in our classroom! Our students are so lucky to have your support! ~ Krause

Thank you Ms. Smith for making copies for me! ~ Andrea M.

Special Education Learning Experiences for Competency in Teaching (SELECT)

See Email from Heather Zeigler on 10/10 at 4:20pm for more details. This is a great opportunity for salary advancement if you choose a 5 week course. 

Special Education Learning Experiences for Competency in Teaching (SELECT) is sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education and offered through the Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University. SELECT courses are recommended for teachers, administrators, related-service personnel, paraeducators, and other interested individuals. 

Candidates can take the free SELECT classes for professional growth with three new classes in the upcoming months: 

ESE 502 Behavioral Management in Special Education: Advanced Tier 2 PBIS and MTSS Problem Solving Systems

Michael Linehan, M.Ed.

 

ESE 509 Foundations of Special Education:

Paraeducator- Roles, Best Practices, & Perspectives

Maria Berecin-Rascon, Ed.D.

 

ESE 509 Foundations of Special Education:

Secondary Transition For Students with Disabilities

Janine Cawthorne, Ed.D.

 

The attached flyer has the course schedule information for Fall 2023, and all of the necessary links are available on the SELECT website: https://nau.edu/ihd/select-program/

Below is the link to the Google Doc with all instructions for viewing and providing feedback on the candidates for a K5 science curriculum.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S6rZfQnS6tsyi-WedH45KrlHg45IP7MQDELSY7D_02s/edit?usp=sharing

Mall Points        

Marshall will be participating in the Flagstaff Mall Elevate My School program to earn points towards a monetary award for our school (not MCSO). Please bring ORIGINAL receipts to the Marshall office for ANY purchase made at the Flagstaff Mall September 29th through December 31st. Receipts must be turned into Marshall within 30 days of purchase. 

Thank you for supporting our Flagstaff Mall and Marshall!  Please help us (Angela, Erin, Christina, and me) spread the word! 

Conferences

I was very impressed with the multitude of compliments families were expressing as they left their conference(s).  Your professionalism and high expectations for students and their families is evident! You all were rocking it this week!  Once again, I will be reporting your conference percentages to Mr. Penca using this form.  Please have this completed by Wednesday, Oct. 18th.

From Nurse Walmer

There will be a fairly new sub covering on Monday. She has asked if we could request that teachers send students with passes to help her identify them. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 

Below is the flyer for the flu shot clinic from VERA coming up on Oct. 26 from 8-10am. They will not be giving the new Covid vaccine at this time. Nurse Walmer will have the sign-up sheet and consent forms in her office for those that want to complete them before the event, or you can just walk in. We will use the small break room near the office. 

High Quality Instruction

Culture of Feedback  - in progress 

You are all rocking your routines, expectations, and schedules!  Now that we are settled into our rhythm, I want to be more purposeful with time in your classrooms!  

Beginning next week, I will be visiting many classrooms for about 15-20 min.  I am NOT there to judge, I am curious and excited! I (sometimes we - Overton and Ramirez) will be providing feedback via the ELEOT observation tool since a majority of our staff is familiar with it and it allows for me to go back to compare observation walkthroughs prior. It also allows for me to to leave comments.  There is no expectation to prepare anything on your end.  I hope you will find the collected evidence and feedback helpful and insightful. I would love to schedule a few brief feedback meetings as well.  These are NOT scheduled but your formal evaluations are and that schedule is below in the TEI plan. 

Indicators of High Quality Instruction 

Here is one of the observational tools that will be used when Superintendent Huffman observes in classrooms this year. Please take a peek. I will continue to use the ELEOT observation tool since a majority of our staff is familiar with it and it allows for me to go back to compare observation walkthroughs prior. 

TEI PLAN - Pre-conferences begin when we return.  Make sure you understand the schedule

Please review the TEI PLAN for the 2023-2024 school year. This document includes the following: A link to the rubric, overview of the indicator timeline (under construction), the observation timeline which includes information on the pre-conference, observation, post conference, and summative evaluation expectations. Please review this thoroughly.

PLCs Week of Oct. 2  

Topic this week: 

GDMs and IDMs:

Please submit IDMs by noon on MONDAY!

23/24 Academic IDM Referral Form 

23/24 Behavior IDM Referral Form 

RTI regular schedule 

Thank you all for your commitment to our collective Professional Learning Communities!  

Special schedule change for Music, PE, and Library

Special Area Teachers have requested that we switch the order of specials at the quarter due to the fatigue factor they are experiencing during the 3rd block of their specials within the grade band.  It is worth a try.  I am sorry for any confusion this may have caused.  Please review the Master Schedule HERE and in the MUSTANG HUB 2.0.  Don't hesitate to reach out to me if this adjustment in the schedule has a consequence we may have overlooked. 

2023-24 Technology Updates

 

October 11, 2023

Make sure you check your email from Troy Harris sent Wed. Oct 11 at 2pm for important information!

Digital Citizenship Week Celebrations & District Challenge October 16-20

Next week is Digital Citizenship Week! Common Sense Media’s free lessons and resources are a positive and accessible way to help teachers, families and students navigate the realities of the digital world that we live in today.

 

In celebration of Digital Citizenship Week FUSD Learning, Technology & Innovation Department is encouraging all teachers to access the calendar of daily challenges for your grade level below:

 

FUSD 2023 - Digital Citizenship Week Calendar - Elementary School

⭐ ️BONUS: Snap a photo of your class participating in an activity and submit to this Canvas course to be entered into a raffle. One winner will be drawn on Monday, October 23rd and will be issued an FUSD Logitech Crayon!

Coming UP 

Bus Duty - 4th grade

Monday, Oct. 16      

~ Deadline for spelling bee sign up with Mrs. Ramirez         

~ No Magnet Monday and No Suzuki

~ 2:00-3:00pm Creede Repertory Theatre The City Dog and the Prairie Dog    

Below, please find the link to the Study Guide website for teachers to use before or after the performance. It addresses some of the themes from the production and includes some exciting interactive activities:

https://creederep.org/education/young-audience-outreach-tour/yaotstudyguide/

Tuesday, Oct. 17

~ 9:15-10:15 ESS mtg 

~ 11:00-12:30 Design Mtg

Wednesday,  Oct. 18

~ 9:00-12:00 Reasor at ELETEAM 

~ 2:00-3:30pm Joe in Science lab with 3rd grade

~ 5:30-6:30pm Marshall CSO mtg

Thursday,  Oct. 19

~ Have a wonderful day!

Friday,  Oct. 20 

~ Announcements will include Gallop prize winners!  We will not gather for an assembly.

~ 4:05pm 4th grade staff engagement plan. 

Professional Development Plan for the 2023/24 School year.  

 Elementary Curriculum Framework (ECF) 

Oct 23 & 24 Reasor and Erin at Breakthrough Coaching in PHX

Oct 26 STEAM night 1

Nov 1 - Lincoln Investment luncheon for teachers

Nov 3 - Picture Make up day

Nov 5 - FUSD Cybersecurity Awareness Training Oct. 2023 deadline

Nov 6-9 

Nov 14 - GCU luncheon for teachers

Nov 15 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Nov 21 Thanksgiving Luncheon

Dec 14 Early Release 12:45pm 

Dec 14 STEAM night 2

Dec 20 Early Release 12:45pm

Dec 20  mtg 5:30-6:30

Dec 21 Jan 3 Winter Break

Jan 17 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Jan 25 STEAM night 3

Feb 21 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

Feb 29 STEAM night 4

March 6-8 P/T Conf

March 11-15 Spring Break

March 20 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

April 17 MCSO mtg 5:30-6:30

April 25 STEAM night 5

May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week

May 15 Carnival

May 23 Last Day of School

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