OLL Elementary School Communication

OLL is excited to announce that we will be hosting a 2-day grading practices workshop with Solution Tree. The event will take place at Pasco Hernando State College- West Campus in New Port Richey.

June 15^th and 16^th will be focused on elementary. Each elementary school can send 2 people.

Spots are limited so please use the criteria below when selecting who will attend this required training:

• 1 admin and 1 instructional employee who will be with your school during the 22-23 school year.

• The instructional employee should be a classroom-based core content teacher.

Please fill out this form to sign up your school for the event by May 6, 2022.

Please reach out to Kim Hedgspeth with any questions regarding this event.

During the 22-23 school year our elementary school teachers, leaders and students will spend the year learning the new BEST Standards for mathematics. We intend to adapt our current curriculum resources to lift these benchmarks and assist teachers in prioritizing their learning to the new content at their grade level so that our students can experience the new learning that we have in store for them.  Currently, we are not making any recommendations for the adoption of new resources for elementary math.  Given the release of the state approved list on Friday, that included only one product, we were not alone in our worry as it appears many of the elementary resources may have not offered the alignment to the new state standards that we are able to provide with our revised curriculum and adapted resources. 

Pasco County Schools will be hosting the B.E.S.T Journey into Mathematics Virtual Parent Night on May 10^th at 6 pm.  This event will be focused on new benchmarks, the Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning standards, and course pathways. Parents and families of K-12 students are invited to join us as we dive into the resources provided by the state and what will be used in classrooms across the district. 

Each school will be receiving 11 x 17 posters in English and Spanish with a QR code to RSVP for the event and to receive the zoom information.  School Webmasters have also received information on adding the event to your school’s website so that it is ADA compatible.

Please click  here to get the graphic design for social media and for newsletters. This folder also contains flyers and language for you to use to promote the event at your school. Thanks for supporting our students and families as we begin the journey into the B.E.S.T. mathematical standards.

If you have any questions about the event, please reach out to Kim Hedgspeth at kfoster@pasco.k12.fl.us.

Kindergarten Registration was a success! I hope you had a great turnout at your schools and enjoyed meeting your newest students. Each school should have received 3 separate titles of books and a welcome letter. Each school’s order was based on the projected number of kindergarteners for the 22-23 school year. These books will be used during kindergarten camp.  Please keep them someplace safe and easy to access over the summer.

If you did not receive all your books from Scholastic, please email Kim Hedgspeth with your school’s name and which books you are missing.

To provide you with some guidance around meeting the 150 minutes of required instruction in physical education at your elementary school, we developed a  “best practices” document for your use. Please feel free to share and reference this document with your staff when determining PE allocations, master scheduling, and overall physical education instructional needs. If you have any additional questions or need additional information, please reach out to Matt Wicks, Supervisor of Physical Education.

The planning period for the re-order instructional materials for the 2022-2023 is upon us. Schools are responsible for placing consumable re-orders for their sites. To ensure consistent processes across the district, OLL hosted a series of Instructional Materials Workshops to review the process and share helpful documents.  The folder linked below contains the documents shared with attendees. The timeline for instructional materials is as follows:

• from now through the May 17^th board meeting,  schools should be budgeting for their needs- refer to the school level worksheets in the folder below to identify quantities and access the quote system in FSBD to determine what the shipping costs for your reorder (deduct the shipping costs from the funds that will be allocated to your cost center to determine the funds you will have available to place additional orders)
• if additional materials are needed and the cost exceeds the funds you have remaining, please be sure to complete and submit the machform available in the folder below-
• ** quotes must be submitted with the machform
• May 18^th requisitions can be submitted for delivery on or after July 1^st

• on May 9^th schools will receive templates for the Math adoption- those templates need to be completed and sent back to instructionalmaterials@pasco.k12.fl.us (a separate communication will be sent with directions after the board approval)

School Resources- Instructional Materials

Please contact instructionalmaterials@pasco.k12.fl.us or Francesca Howard with any questions.

Final versions of all remaining optional module assessments for K-5 can be found within the  Formative and Summative folder. Included within the grade level folders are the final versions of the assessment, constructed response rubric, and the testing directions guide, if applicable. The answer sheets and Administering Guidelines will not be uploaded until the assessment is created in myProgress prior to the scheduled print release date.  

If your school has requested copies of these assessments, they will be delivered to your school between Wednesday, April 27th and Friday, April 29th.  

Please keep all Grade 3 Module Assessments until the completion of ESY. Module Assessments for all other grade levels may be retained until the end of the school year. Please see the insert below for the exact verbiage which can be found in the General Records Schedule. 

Full Clinical Educator:

Please check out this flyer for Clinical Educator summer trainings and information. All candidates will need to meet the criteria below.

List of approved mentors at your school.

Fill out this recommendation form, select date of cohort on form, and send to Charlotte Kralik to register in myPGS.

Clinical Educator Refresher Updates and Important Information:

Great news! We will be requiring Clinical Educator trained mentors to take the refresher every five years. We are constantly revising the course content to best serve our new teachers and interns. Mentors are one of the greatest support systems in our district. It is time to step up our game to ensure the high-quality mentoring.

Please check out this flyer and share with teachers that have not taken Clinical Educator in more than five years. You may view this contact list of mentors by school to connect with teachers that require the refresher to continue mentoring. This is your opportunity to select the key leaders in your building to take on this important role.

Please also note that we have hundreds of teachers that need to take the refresher. We will not be expiring any certificates until June 30, 2023 and will be flexible. Clinical Educator approved mentors will not lose their certificate we are just starting communication of this new expectation. The goal is to offer many opportunities and for our mentors to be actively refreshing their certificate.

Fill out this recommendation form for Clinical Educator trained teachers with expiring certificates, select date on form, and send to Charlotte Kralik to register in myPGS.

Criteria for Clinical Educator:

• Minimum of three (3) years “highly effective or effective” teaching experience 
• Demonstrated emphasis on personal professional development and advancement of the education profession. 
• Demonstrated effective skills related to: 
  • designing, delivering, and assessing high-impact learning activities for ALL students 
  • building a compassionate classroom 
  • Communication, collaboration, and organization 
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills, qualities, and experiences 

Any questions, please contact Charlotte Kralik.

We have current Pasco County data that proves students doing 3 Zearn lessons per week have a significant increase in their NWEA and FSA data. Wouldn’t it be great if we could continue that for the summer? Well, it is here!

Zearn presents their summer 2022 Intensive Math Series which offers a coherent, focused 4–6-week sequence that will build strong foundations for all rising 1st through 9th graders to help them succeed in their 22-23 academic year.

Please note that these lessons would have to be assigned to your students before leaving for the summer and I also encourage you to notify parents about this incredible summer opportunity. Click here to find out more.

Feel free to contact Tracy Miller or Jan Anderton, should you have any questions.

Elementary specials pairings are currently being worked on for schools who received partial allocations in art and music. Principals will have access to their updated specials allocations in Munis on 5/2 to review any changes made due to pairings or requests for shifts in specials allocations. Pairings will be shared shortly after this. If you have any questions, please contact Samantha Del Valle.

Today 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.