OLL Middle School Communication
Instructional Materials Update
Here are some important details related to instructional materials/textbooks over the next few weeks. Below please find a summary of the processes that will occur AND steps you will take to ensure all your school’s materials needs are met. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Francesca Howard for any questions you may have.
Adoption Order Updates and Next Steps: Items ordered via District order processes in May will being to arrive in building this week and over the next few weeks. It is essential that school leaders work with plant managers and bookkeepers to ensure a process is in place for receiving and accounting for all items in the order AND distributing materials to classrooms. NOTE: for Elementary ELA you should anticipate a large space to house the shipments. Later this week you will receive an email from an OLL team member providing you school specific information including:
- Excel spreadsheets/templates used to generate purchase orders
- Shipping/tracking information (if available)
- Pertinent information related to what is needed in each classroom for ELA
Consumable Re-Orders: Action Steps to re-order consumable student books that are included with adoption.
Content/Courses with Reorder Codes
- Go to https://www.fsbd.com/
- Log in with school credentials (your bookkeeper should have this information)
- Use top menu =>Orders => create an order
- Link to ISBN codes- textbooks Reorder Codes for consumables
- Enter your ISBN codes for your respective purchase and the quantity
- Add additional items as needed
- Once your order is complete, click check out
- Enter shipping information => continue
- Under payment time select print and mail with district purchase order and you must include the shipping in the purchase
- Click review and finish
- This is your quote for your additional consumable materials
- Access the instructional materials funds in your school’s cost center to cover the shipping costs of the consumable re-orders.
Additional Ordering/Needs: Follow the “Additional” Textbook/Instructional Materials Allocation Process for items that you need above and beyond what is provided through the District ordering processes.
Helpful Links and Info for Instructional Materials
- Print and Digital Materials Approval Process
- Elementary Approved Instructional Resources.xlsx
- Middle School Approved Instructional Resources.xlsx
- High School Approved Instructional Resources.xlsx
- Digital Resource Approval List
- OLL Instructional Materials Team
- Francesca Howard, Sr. Supervisor Academic Programs and School Choice
- Tonia Shook, Coordinator of Secondary Academic Programs
- Maggie Gardner, Coordinator of Elementary Academic Programs
- Lauren Miley, Instructional Materials Bookkeeper (through July 22, 2021) *a replacement bookkeeper for this area is in the works. Info on who to contact after 7/22/21 will come shortly.
- Lea Mitchell, Director
Together We Learn 2021
We wanted to let you know that this summer, Together We Learn will be virtual!
Save the date, July 26-28, for this exciting learning opportunity covering relevant and meaningful topics, including:
- Rigorous Instruction
- Compassionate Schools
- Equitable Instructional Practices
And much, much more! See the attached flyer for more details. Click here to register. You don’t want to miss this opportunity.
Blended Learning Application 21-22
The Blended Learning Application has been posted for the 21-22 school year. Please complete this application if you will be offering a course next year that you would like to be reviewed for designation as meeting the online requirement for high school graduation. For courses that were approved for the 20-21 school year, applications will need to be resubmitted for approval for the 21-22 school year but all fields are not required. Please submit all applications by July 15th to ensure they are reviewed and returned for any scheduling concerns you may have for the 21-22 school year. Digital Information Technology and PCSD courses are the only district wide approved blended courses. For all other courses an application must be filled out by the respective teacher for their course(s). If you have any questions, contact Tonia Shook.
Post ESY Eighth Grade Spreadsheet
The post ESY spreadsheet is due on July 19, 2021. Schools are only to list the eighth graders who will not meet high school promotion requirements. The MS Progression Worksheet located in myStudent can assist with the information needed to complete the post ESY spreadsheet. Here you can find the eighth grade post ESY guidelines.
Please contact Tonia Shook with questions.
Pasco Pathways School Choice and Innovative Programs: Third window of opportunity
Pasco Pathways School Choice and Innovative Programs will be opening a third window of opportunity to enroll in a school of choice for the 21-22 school year from July 12- July 16, 2021. Only programs with capacity as well as non-frozen schools will be advertised during this window. The application will be accessible through the parent account in myStudent. The notification period for this window will be from July 29 – August 5, 2021. This will be the last School Choice Controlled Open Enrollment Window for the 21-22 school year. Important Note: If families applied for school choice in the January or May window and received an acceptance for school year 2021-22, submitting an application during this window will cancel their previous application. This will forfeit the seat they previously accepted, and they will be returned to their zoned school. This language has been published on the website and all marketing. It will also be part of the application process. Please contact Francesca Howard with any questions.
Retention Request Letter Template - Updated
Included is a Retention Request letter template you can utilize when denying a retention request from a parent. Please note that the legislative changes for retention are only effective for grades K-5 and our board policy and Student Progression Plan address retention in secondary grades. Updates were made to the letter to reflect that retention does not occur until the end of 8th grade.
Holocaust Education Summer Professional Development
The Holocaust Education Resource Council (HERC) and the Florida State University Holocaust Institute for Educators are both offering multi-part professional development opportunities.
Join HERC on July 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2021 from 7-8:30pm either in person at Tallahassee Community College OR via Zoom. FSU’s summer institute is all virtual and at your own pace, running until August, 2021.
Please see linked flyers for additional information for registration.
2021-22 Instructional Coaching Info
2021-22 Instructional Coaching Dates
Hello Administrators! Here are all of the key dates and instructional coaching events for the upcoming school year. There is a new instructional coaching kickoff on August 4th for all coaches, supports and events just for your new coaches and annual events like our Pasco County Coaching Conference and Summer Coaching Academy.
*Please note that the new coach Impact Cycle Training on August 6th is optional! We have built in a two-day zoom training around coaching cycles for all new coaches.
Coaching Roles and Responsibilities
Hello Administrators! We are continually working to communicate the roles and responsibilities of all of our instructional coaches. Here is a quick one-page reference that provides an overview of coaching best practices and our Pasco County coaching model. Feel free to reference this document as you hire new coaches from our coaching pool or develop your coaching system in your building!