OLL High School Communication

On May 3^rd the School Board voted to move forward with the state approved resources that our narrowing and steering committee’s recommended:

Middle school: Savvas enVision for 6^th grade on level, 6^th grade Advanced, 7^th grade Advanced, and 8^th grade pre-algebra.

High School: Big Ideas Learning- Cengage for Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2

The next step in the process is for schools to complete their templates for ordering.  PLEASE NOTE: Templates must be completed NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY 20th. For Middle Schools, you will notice that there are rows in the Savvas template for grade 7 on level, please complete these rows.  In the event that that the recommended materials are approved, this will allow us to proceed with your order instead of having to send an additional template.

In the folder linked below are the templates you will use to submit your order.  The template must be downloaded and saved to your computer to be completed.

Directions are in this link. I have attached the school ORG code list as well as the most recent ADM released by the Planning Dept.  Reach out to @Kimberly Marie Hedgspeth, @Melissa L. Caruso, @Mayra Gabriela Perez Speare, or @Francesca Howard with any questions.

Completed templates need to be submitted to Instructionalmaterials@pasco.k12.fl.us.

Adoption Template Guidance

Thank you in advance for sharing this information with your ESY hires, as this is the only way they will receive the information.

Secondary ESY Teachers will meet viz Zoom on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 from 8:30-3:30 pm.

Participants must also register on myPGS for course #4354, section 31376.

Lead Teachers must attend the ESY Training in person at the District Office, Building 2, in the Magnolia conference room.

Lead Teachers will meet on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm.

Participants must also register on myPGS for course #4354, section 31377.

Please reach out to Melissa Caruso with any questions regarding this event.

Schools should be finishing up their invites and receiving responses back from families. Just a reminder that transportation requests need to be entered into myStudent by 5/16/22. It is important the you complete step 9 of the process on page 4 of the  ESY Summer 2022 Guidelines.docx. Under “Summer Transportation mode”, indicate if the student ACCEPTED, DECLINED, or Answer not received.

This information is from last week’s newsletter for your convenience:

Please review the setup directions on page 17 of the  ESY Summer 2022 Guidelines.docx  for identifying students to invite to ESY and creating/sending district-approved invitation letters. The embedded link  Summer ESY Setup.docx  has detailed directions and screenshots for each step and for accessing the letters. When your filter is on, search for “District – ESY – 21-22” to locate the letters.

Current staff with myStudent permissions to update the Summer/ESY tabs include: admin, DEO, back-up DEO, and counselors. If you would like to request access for your LDC or another person, the principal can submit a HELP TICKET:

• Use Web Help app on myPasco Connect
• Request Type: Choose “myStudent” then “Access/Profiles/Permissions”
• When entering your request details, request the “ ‘Summer ESY’ profile to be added”  for your specific staff member.

Staff members that you are hiring for your school are entered  the filemaker database: Extended School Year.

If you are unable to fill your ESY positions from staff within your building, please use the link below to access a list of PCS employees interested in working at your school. Use the filters in the top row to identify your site.

Instructional ESY Employees Pool

Non Instructional ESY Employee Pool

Also, see the timeline of important dates and windows located on page 28. If you have any questions, please reach out to the contact for your ESY program:

Elementary schools  

• 3^rd grade Summer Reading Camp – contact Kim Hedgspeth, kfoster@pasco.k12.fl.us 
• Algebra Rise: Accelerated Mathematics – contact Tracy Miller, tamiller@pasco.k12.fl.us
• Migrant program – contact Alicia Del Carmen Montijo-Alicea  amontijo@pasco.k12.fl.us
• ESE – Stephanie Long stlong@pasco.k12.fl.us

Secondary Schools-  

• MS Course Recovery – contact Melissa Caruso, mlcaruso@pasco.k12.fl.us
• HS Credit Recovery – contact Melissa Caruso, mlcaruso@pasco.k12.fl.us
• AVID Summer Bridge – contact Kristin Ingold, kingold@pasco.k12.fl.us
• AVID Excel Summer Bridge – contact Magda Mackenzie, mmackenz@pasco.k12.fl.us 
• Migrant program – contact Alicia Del Carmen Montijo-Alicea  amontijo@pasco.k12.fl.us
• GRACE – contact Melissa Caruso, mlcaruso@pasco.k12.fl.us
• ESE – Stephanie Long stlong@pasco.k12.fl.us

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 13^th and 14^th will be focused on secondary. Each middle and high school can send up to 3 people. Teachers will receive a stipend.

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

• 1 admin and 2 Instructional employees who will be with your school in the 22-23 school year.
• At least 1 of the instructional should be a classroom-based core content teacher
• The other instructional can be a coach or another instructional leader on your campus

Please fill out this form to sign up your school for the event by May 20, 2022. It is important for you to reserve your spaces as unused spots may be reallocated to other schools.

Please reach out to Melissa Caruso with any questions regarding this event.

Nominate your Campus Tour Guide here. Please consider selecting an alternative as well. Last year’s tour guide is still listed you may keep them or update accordingly.

The Campus Tour Guide will be your school’s tour guide for all new hires on Thursday, July 28th. Please see below for criteria and responsibilities for this role. OLL will be paying your selected campus guide $25 an hour for up to six hours.

Tour Guides will need to be available via zoom on Tuesday, July 19^th from 10:00-11:00am or Thursday, July 21^st from 3:00-4:00pm. We will review the expectations and information required to share with new teachers.

Criteria:

Teacher leader

Positive attitude

Responsible 

Energetic

Great communication skills

Knowledgeable of campus and key contacts

Responsibilities:

Attend one-hour training session (July)

Available all day on Thursday, July 28th (up to 6 hours)

Responsible for communication to all new hires

Tour campus with new teachers and orient them to their new school

Help with resources and classroom setup

If you have any questions, please contact Charlotte Kralik.

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.

Thank you to those that were able to attend the instructional materials consumable re-order workshops earlier this month.  For reference, we have included the link to the folder shared with participants. School Resources- Instructional Materials

As was mentioned, at this time you should be budgeting and creating quotes for what will need to be reordered.  The funds have not yet been allocated to your cost center.  The timeline for that action and the first available day to use the funds will be after the board memo for these purchases is approved at the May 17^th board meeting.  

 Please reach out to Melissa Caruso or Fran Howard with any questions. 

The PMP window in myStudent is now open through May 20^th for teachers to make EOY PMP determinations in the areas of ELA (Reading and Writing) and Math for the 22-23 school year.   Remember, parents will be notified through the Q4 report card, so teachers do not need to do anything else at this time.

We will send home our final PMP monthly progress letters on May 25^th.  PMP Letters will be posted in the Letter Queue to review on May 19^th and then reposted the morning of May 24^th.  You can find the directions for printing or emailing the letters on pages 4-5 of the   Academic Monitoring in myStudent.docx.

All current 21-22 PMP Intervention Plans (SSS module in myStudent) will be locked on May 25^th and archived.  Teachers will not need to do anything; this will be done at the district level.

You may access the  Pasco MTSS Guide and reference pgs. 30-32 of the Appendix: Progress Monitoring Plan Guidance for additional information about PMPs.

Please reach out to Courtney Lough, Jan Anderton, or Larry Porter if you have any questions as you engage in this process.

Here are a few reminders as we wrap up the school year! All schools should complete their Outcome Data Summaries by June 15th. For those schools who are applying for PBIS Model School please view this video as there are some changes this year. Please ensure that there is an “action plan” to meet the deadlines prior to the last day of school.

These resources can assist you – PBIS Canvas Course and FLPBIS

Susanna G. Haberle has accepted an AP position at HAC, so for any future PBIS questions, please reach out to Larry Porter at laporter@pasco.k12.fl.us.

The notifications for the April 2022 Controlled Open Enrollment School Choice window were sent on May 9th.   Parents can access the parent portal to view the status of their application.  All opportunities for enrollment must be accepted by 4:30 pm on May 13, 2022.  The document below will be shared with all support staff to help guide questions that may come into our offices and school campuses.  Please reach out to Francesca Howard or Samantha Del Valle with any questions or visit http://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/ed_choice/.

April School Choice Notification Helpful Information.docx

We are happy to announce that Pasco County has developed a talent pipeline! With three easy to navigate pathways- Teach, Coach, and Lead! Depending on your dreams and aspirations there is a path for you and your staff to explore! This is a great tool to share with teachers that are looking for leadership opportunities. Each pathway has aspiring, current, and advancing icons to view opportunity cards. These cards include important information about the program as well as contacts to help get you started. 

Please view this video from Mr. Browning and then take a few moments to check out myDevelopment Opportunities to find your possibilities. 

Set your goals and keep coming back for more as we continue to make Pasco’s pipeline your go to spot for advancing in your career!