OLL Elementary School Communication

As SRC comes to an end, please make sure you are sending Promotion to 4^th Grade documentation for each student you are promoting through a good cause exemption.  All documentation must be submitted no later than August 9^th. This would also include paperwork for any student that does not have a FSA-ELA score.  Remember, we want to have at least two data points that show a student can perform at least at a level 2, using any combination of IRLA 3.0+, NWEA (projected Level 2), Touchpoints (60%+), FDOE Good Cause Assessments (60%+), and/or historical performance data.

Attached is a guidance document for determining percentile based on NWEA MAP RIT Score. NWEA has not normed the summer MAP Growth Assessment, which is why we aren’t receiving a percentile ranking.

• 197 RIT score would be the 50^th percentile.
• RIT score of 189-196 would be a projected Level 2 (below 50^th percentile). 

Please email or call Courtney Lough for any guidance on promotion to 4^th grade.

The new teacher team has compiled a recommended list of Together We Learn sessions for new teachers. New teachers already have these lists. We want to share these lists with administrators in case you’d like to recommend specific sessions for your new hires. You can view the recommended list for elementary teachers by clicking here. You can view the recommended list for secondary teachers by clicking here. Please encourage your new teachers to review these lists and sign up for the sessions that best support their work. New teachers can use the link at the bottom of each PDF to sign up for sessions using their personal email address. No Pasco login required.

Can you believe we are wrapping up our 6^th week of ESY and Third Grade SRC?  We want to thank you all for your hard work and dedication to ensuring each student made reading and/or math growth. Here are a few reminders and updates:

• Progress Letters go home on July 15^th
• Inventory and Collect all ESY/SRC materials to keep at your school for use during ESD and ESY next year-  ESD_ESY Materials
• Share pictures and samples of Marine Life final projects

Please email or call Courtney Lough for any guidance on ESY wrap up.

Each year the district provides an opportunity for schools to express interest in new school programming. This process begins with an intent to apply to ensure that prior to schools completing the entire application, Superintendent’s Staff has an opportunity to provide input. The goal of this process is to ensure that there is a plan in place for implementation including resources and support prior to implementing and advertising new options to our families and community.

Intent to apply for new school programming

Schools interested in bringing a new program/theme to their school should complete the intent to apply below.  These applications will be reviewed, and schools will be contacted for further discussion. Those schools who move on for Superintendent’s Staff consideration will be sent the full application to complete. Please remember that a planning year is required for all new programs/themes prior to implementation. Below are examples of the categories of programming our district currently offers.

1.      Magnet Programs (ex. PHS Cambridge, GHS IB)

2.      Magnet Schools (ex. BPMS, CENMS, PVES, PVMS, SRK8)

3.      Dedicated Magnet Schools (ex. SMES, WKTHS)

4.      New Academy, Program or Concept without magnet status (ex. CTE, Fine Arts)

Click here to complete the Intent to Apply. The intent is due by August 6^th. 

Please contact Michelle Topham, Fran Howard, or Pam Davis with questions.

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 4^th for all coaches, supports and events just for your new coaches and annual events like our Pasco County Coaching Conference and Summer Coaching Academy.

https://livepascok12fl.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/OLL_Resources/ER6RIrFhMvhIsvBrsGk6FvgB-6ioni4ZtGN_DlkOtuQzJA?e=gxe8jV

*Please note that the new coach Impact Cycle Training on August 6^th 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!

https://livepascok12fl.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/OLL_Resources/EfIGf8sitV5BngaN4xkdPNQBaxIzl8gsjOfxOcNaoNeHBQ?e=xgG9lU

Please share this flyer with newly hired teachers.  HREQ will be sending over lists of eligible teachers for the new cohort over the next several months,  but if you have a new teacher who would like additional information or would like to get on the email list for enrollment please contact Tricia Graham at pgraham@pasco.k12.fl.us.

This will be the first cohort to go through the new program design. All teachers interested in joining PDCP will need to join in their first year of teaching, and program enrollment sessions will begin in the fall.