OLL High School Communication

In an effort to continue to support our graduating seniors across the finish line, we’ve put together an  overview of critical information here.

We have secured a date to aid in the removal of out of date, out of adoption, obsolete and other materials not used or further supported in your schools.  Pick up will occur the week of July 18th, 2022. 

Please work with you plant manager to complete the “Recycling Request” and to determine the process for removal that best meets the current needs of your school by Monday June 27^th, 2022.  

Note: Please feel free to reach out to the Office for Leading and Learning to inquire about any materials in question. They are up to date on current adoption cycles as well as primary and supplementary materials. 

Phone: 813-794-2017

Email: hhilton@pasco.k12.fl.us

Recycle Request: https://ryu.pasco.k12.fl.us/oll-mform/view.php?id=153130

Please, forward this information to your school’s Plant Managers, RMA’s, and Bookkeepers.

Our ESY lead teacher training took place on Tuesday. We have some amazing teacher leaders stepping up to make this program a success. Each lead teacher should have reached out to their host site admin earlier in the week to set up a time to discuss procedures at the host site for ESY. The following slide was shared with them as a starting point for your discussion.

During planning day on June 3^rd, it is expected that each host site will schedule a time for all schools to come together to level set around those procedures and expectations.

The other expectation for all schools during ESY is to set up a binder with information from all schools onsite during this time. Please come prepared on June 3^rd with the items needed for the ESY information binder described in the slide below. This will allow the lead teacher to better manage all the staff and students on the campus without having to run to the computer and look it up in mystudent. All lead teachers were told of this expectation and will be putting the binder together using the information you bring to them on June 3^rd.

The 3^rd Pasco Pathways Innovative Programs and School Choice window will be open from June 20^th through June 24^th .   The notification window opens on July 18^th and will close on July 22^nd  @ 4:30pm.  Programs and schools to be listed on the 3^rd application are in the link below and will be posted on the website.  Attached you will find flyer with the advertised dates.  Please feel free to copy and distribute if needed. Contact @Francesca Howard if you have any questions. 

2022-2023 Pasco Pathways School Choice Options.docx

Did you know? As required under the Digital Learning Act, s. 1003.4282, a student entering grade 9 in the 2011-2012 school year and thereafter who seeks a high school diploma must take at least one online course. An online course is a formal education program involving student–teacher interaction in which a student learns mostly through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.

Teachers instructing high-school credit earning courses that are mostly through an online delivery of content and meet the application criteria can have their face-to-face courses tagged as a “blended course” making their course eligible to satisfy the online course requirement. Middle school teachers instructing high-school credit earning courses are also able to apply.

If you would like to apply for this designation for the 22-23 school year, the teacher must complete the blended learning application by July 11, 2022. Courses will be reviewed and schools will be notified of application approvals the week of July 14, 2022. Then, data entry operators would make the necessary revisions to the sections within the school’s master schedule set-up.

Leaders, please encourage teachers that may qualify to submit an application. PCSD will be approved district-wide and tagged as blended. Other courses are also under review for district-wide approval.

If you have any questions, please email Melissa Caruso or Anthony Tretolo.

We are sharing a link to our Coaching SMORE.  This is one of the key structures we use to communicate with our stakeholders.  In the SMORE, folks can find links to our  Instructional Coaching Dates 2021-2022.docx, meeting information and links for upcoming events, highlights on best practices around equity, data usage & display, and other key coaching skills.  We also offer nice-to-know information around professional development opportunities and state updates.

The Summer Coaching Academy is designed for both coaches and administrators to work together around coaching in your building.

Summer Coaching Academy

June 21st or 22nd (PHCC Porter Campus) 8:30-3:30pm

Sharon Thomas from Jim Knight’s Instructional Coaching Group provides professional learning where admin teams and coaches work together. Each school will join the event for one full day of learning.

Here are sign-ups for teams to choose the date that will best fit their Summer Plans.  Thanks in advance for booking your day and letting us know how many folks from your team will join.  Stipends are provided for School-Based Coaches for this Summer event.

Updates to our Instructional Coaching Pool

As you may know, we have completed the latest round of interviews for the  Instructional Coaching Pool.  We have added a record number of new candidates.  If you have an open coaching position, we have likely been in touch.  Not only will we advertise your open coaching positions to this pool, but we would like to provide you access to preview or review the status of any applicant. 

If you would like to chat about the pool, process information around a specific applicant or talk through any logistics, please email Jeremy Blair jdblair@pasco.k12.fl.us.