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Please complete this Mach Form to send the name and e-mail of a SAC member for your school who would provide us feedback about the instructional materials under consideration.

Students identified for the Regional Science & Engineering Fair and accompanying Paperwork are due no later than Dec 20^th.  Please use this online form to identify who the students are that will represent your school at a the Regional Science & Engineering Fair.  The accompanying paperwork (see attached form) is due to Mark Butler (office for Leading & Learning) by Dec 20. Thank you for continuing to support Pasco students in this impactful experience.

It is computer Science week and if you know of teachers that are looking for a coding resource,  this is a Symbaloo of collected coding resources. Teachers can find something content specific here. 

https://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/hourofcode

If there is a specific content area of standards teachers would like help with, please contact  Bobbi Starling.

For example:

Science teachers may want to code an ecological pyramid https://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=5c05370afa5d5831881b0ae3

Or have students design a physics game https://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=546eaeef84aafa3125000012

Math Teachers may want to explore geometry with design makers https://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/play

Social Studies Teachers can have students create interactive maps like this project on governments of the world. https://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=599f15915ae029bb3f8b45fe

ELA Teachers may have students create a choose your own adventure app like this one (Space Kittens) .https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/zammM7YpzRspdHiSmmxlpIQVF-6A2JamF2RHpT00Avo

Please share with those you feel may be interested.Computer Science Week – Share with teachers

Below are the AP PCC facilitators by subject area. The AP PCC is an optional after school opportunity. Professional Development points will be awarded at the rate of one point per hour based on the agenda and minutes submitted by the facilitators. Additional information will be sent to AP teachers and AP coordinators outlining this process. Important note: this is not a PLC but an opportunity for AP teachers to collaborate and share best practices. Please contact Kristin Ingold with any questions.

• AP Capstone – Beth Seletos
• AP ELA – Chad Krupyak
• AP Fine Arts – Paula Smith
• AP Science – Jessica Diepholz
• AP Social Studies – Connie Hines

*AP Mathematics and AP World Languages will not participate in the PCC this year due to not being able to solidify a facilitator.

Coaching Conference:  Invitation to Present 

We are offering the opportunity for coaches to support other coaches’ learning during the upcoming January 31st Coaching Conference.

Coaches can SHOWCASE the important work they are doing at your schools in two different ways.  Please read about these opportunities below.  Encourage coaches in your building to share with other coaches during this last coaching conference of the year.  Let’s highlight and celebrate the hard work and dedication of so many in our schools!  

Coaching Poster Sessions

Regular Conference Sessions (1 or 2 hour time slots)

If you are interested in either one of these leadership opportunities to promote your school and share the work you are passionate about, please enter your information here as prompted.

I will be following up with any other information to those who sign up closer to the event.

Thanks for all you do and taking the step to share with others!  

Thank you to all of the schools who came to the vendor presentation this week. Below is the email that your school’s review team member will be receiving regarding your school’s final vote.  We appreciate all of the work that has been put into this material review process.

Here you will find a link to submit your school’s textbook selection for the 2019-2020 M/J Theatre instructional materials adoption.  Each school should only submit one mach form. The district adoption team will utilize your feedback to make a recommendation to the school board on a high quality resource that will serve the needs of our Pasco County Schools students.  The district adoption team is comprised of  school based administrators andrepresentatives from ESE, ELL, and Information Services.

Your school’s final adoption selection should be reached by consensus from all of the M/J Theatre stakeholders on your campus.  The decision process is to be facilitated by the school review team member as they have received training and materials to facilitate this important conversation and decision. In your final vote, you are to make a total of eight selections – one for each Theatre and Acting course.

Our friends at Solution Tree have created a playlist in your school’s Global PD suite that includes key videos and information to support your important systems work. Please see the attached flyer with a quick summary of the videos and resources and then head to: https://www.globalpd.com/login and log into your global PD account where the playlist has already been loaded for you.  

We have developed some resources for your SLT and PLC teams that we are hoping support you in the work at your school site. Each of these packages is intended to be a differentiated and scaffolded support your team.  Please feel free to reach out to your MTSS specialist as they are happy to further support the implementation and development of your teams at your school site. You can find the SLT Modules here and the PLC support Modules here. We are hopeful that these packages are responsive to your feedback for job-embedded and differentiated supports for your teams. Please feel free to share any thoughts or feedback you have about these supports.