OLL Elementary School Communication

We are sharing this New Teacher Guide to assist in schools when hiring new teachers.  Topics included consist of:  New Teacher Induction Registration Flyer, Monitoring of new teacher onboarding process, and distribution of technology.  The action required is at each school site when hiring new teachers.

If you haven’t already done so, please take a few moments to complete the attached form to provide input on which eLibary digital subscription option you want for your school.  Please contact Courtney Lough if you have any questions or need any support with the decision making process.

Leadership Celebration

Join us June 3, 2019 from 8am – 3:30 pm at River Ridge High School’s Center for Performing Arts for our annual Leadership Celebration.  Please don’t forget to RSVP.

A delicious lunch from Carrabba’s will be provided by Horace Mann.  There will be protein, pasta and veggie options available.  Check out the agenda for the day.

Together We Lead

All district and school-based administrators are asked to join us on July 22, 23, and 24^th at Charles S. Rushe Middle School for learning around Every Opportunity. 

We will be offering a full day training for all ESY teachers and ESY Interventionists on June 4^th  from 8:30-3:30.  Please have your teachers register for the ESY Training Course for the level they will be supporting.  The training will not be the same as last year, so we ask that all teachers attend, even if they have experience teaching ESY.  Stipend will be paid.

3^rd Grade ESY/SRC Training

June 4^th, 8:30-3:30

Pine View Elementary

myPGS Section # 14296

Title I K-1 ESY Training

June 4^th, 8:30-3:30

Pine View Elementary

myPGS Section # 14297

Title I 2^nd Grade ESY Training

June 4^th, 8:30-3:30

Pine View Elementary

myPGS Section # 14295

You will need to screen all Level 1 3rd graders, or those invited to attend ESY, to rule out foundational skills for their summer intervention.  This will allow your teachers and reading interventionist to form groups and prepare during the ESY/SRC planning day in order to maximize instructional time. For Level 1 3rd graders, you will want to use the 4-12 SIPPS Placement Test.  The directions and decision rules are located on the placement test.

We are re-advertising for the ESY Interventionist position. There are still several positions to fill. If you know of a teacher, support facilitator, and/or coach interested in providing reading interventions to students this summer, please encourage them to apply before Friday.

As we move forward with implementing a new process that we hope will bring additional flexibility and support to schools, we wanted to share some important details, revisions, dates and next steps. Below please find a summary of the process (including revisions based on feedback) as well as links for the additional information you will need. Also, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Lea Mitchell, Lisa Luker or Joel Ortiz if you have any additional questions. 

Process: 

• Schools receive an annual amount, based on ADM, of funds to support on-going textbook needs outside of district provided adoptions/purchases, for example (reordering of consumable materials, courses not included in adoptions, replacement Teacher Editions, etc.). 19-20 School Based Instructional Materials Allocations.xlsx
• These funds will be made available in your cost center on June 24th
• Prior to the funds being in your account please take the following steps:
  • Review your school’s instructional materials/textbook needs
  • Review your school’s “19-20 School Based Instructional Materials Allocations.xlsx” allocation
  • Request any quotes for the materials that you are hoping to order (you’ll be happy to have this when your funds arrive and it will be required for any additional funds you request)
  • Based on needs and quotes, determine if you have enough funds to support your additional textbook needs
  • If you have needs above and beyond, please submit a REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS using this link. You will need to provide justification and a quote for any additional requests. 
  • Submit requests for ADDITIONAL FUNDS by June 15th so we are able to include the “approved amounts” when we send funds on the 24th.
    • Please note- part of the approval process will require us to look at other potential funding sources for textbooks, so please be sure you have assessed your accounts prior to requesting additional funds. 
  • A summary of the process can be found using this Annual School Based Instructional Materials Allocation Process.docx or found in OLL SharepointAdditional Instructional Materials/Textbook Funds and Processes – FYI- Important

The instructional coaching candidate lists are now housed in the School Supports Management Sharepoint for easy access to all administrators.  When you are looking for an instructional coach and/or matching who applied for your instructional coach position, you can reference the candidate lists there.  Once you have entered the Schools Supports Management Sharepoint, please click onDocuments on the left hand side and then scroll down to Pasco County Coaching.  The specific file is named Coach Candidate List.  This list is constantly updated as we add internal and external candidates who are accepted into one or more pools and we update information about current candidates.  

If you have any specific questions about instructional coaching candidates, please contact Leah Zufall at lzufall@pasco.k12.fl.us or 813-794-2454.  

We are once again reaching out to aid in the removal of out of date, out of adoption, obsolete and other materials not used or further supported in your schools. 

Please work with your plant manager to complete the “Recycling Request” by 05/28/19 and to determine the process for removal that best meets the current needs of your school.  We realize that some schools are in desperate need of removal and others may not be able to prioritize this project right now-either of those and everything in between can be supported with this work. 

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: 813-794-2027 

Email group: OLL_supportstaff@pasco.k12.fl.us  

Recycle Request:  https://ryu.pasco.k12.fl.us/do-mform/view.php?id=138772  

The completion date for the School-Based PLC courses for this year was April 26^th.  The deadline to process attendance and points for the teachers in myPGS was May 17th ,2019. If you marked any teachers at your school as receiving “Partial Credit” , please be sure to notify Jennifer Rinck. 

Instructions for marking attendance & points