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OLL Middle School Communication

Extended School Year

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  

Secondary Schools-  

School-Based PLC Courses

You are now able to process attendance and points in myPGS for your teachers following these instructions.  This needs to be completed by Friday, May 20th.

This year we imported all your instructional staff into your PLC course/section. If you have any staff changes this year, first you will need to update your roster. 

Once the learners (staff) are updated, it is time to mark attendance/roster status. Any staff who did not fully attend must be marked absent and incomplete. We do not give partial points, as the administrator it is your decision to make if your staff actively participated and should be awarded the points.

Please note that marking attendance/roster status is a two-step process. You must select “Save this Page” after each selection. If the status says, “Pending Completion” you are not done. You need to select “Complete” or “Incomplete” then “Save this Page” again. Please lock (padlock icon) the course once you are done. This will ensure your course is secure and can’t be edited. 

You are welcome to have your myPGS Designee support you with this task. As the administrator of the course, please do a final check to ensure your teachers have earned their points for these courses.

If you have any questions, please contact Charlotte Kralik.

 

Blended Learning Application 22-23

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.

Weather and Heat Illness Procedures – Action Required for Band, Eurythmics and JROTC

The required training for all sponsors/directors of extra or co-curricular activities that involve outdoor practices will be released Friday. The information provided in this training is to ensure student safety and compliance with HB 7011. All Band Directors, Eurythmics/Color Guard Instructors/Sponsors and JROTC Instructors must complete the training via the Canvas course and complete the quiz and certificate uploads by May 31st.  Each required participant will be auto enrolled in the myPGS course, and the required Canvas course will appear on their myLearning dashboard.  It is also extremely important that all directors, instructors or sponsors review  the updated procedures that must be followed related to participation forms as well as weather and heat illness. The information in the document is not new for athletics but does include changes to processes for Band Directors, Eurythmics Instructors/Sponsors and JROTC Instructors.

Please reach out to the contacts below with questions. Also, please ensure to reach out as you hire new staff members in these areas so that they can be added to myPGS in order to complete the required training.

Eurythmics, Color Guard and Band – Tom Viking tviking@pasco.k12.fl.us

JROTC – Mike Butler – mrbutler@pasco.k12.fl.us

Instructional Coaching Program Needs Survey for 2022-2023

Each year we rely on multiple sources of information to inform the strategic actions and focus for Pasco County’s Instructional Coaching Program. We are asking each coach and each coaching stakeholder to complete this quick, 22 question survey about your needs. We are specifically using this information to plan future professional learning, course correct on any missteps, and to generate new ideas and directions that will promote awesome staff and student outcomes.

Here is your Survey. You opinion counts. Please complete this survey by May 9th!

“Grading From the Inside Out” Standards-Based Grading Practices Workshop

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

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 6, 2022.

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

Instructional Materials Consumable Re-order Update

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 17th board meeting.  

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

Summer Clinical Educator- Time to Recruit and Refresh Mentors at your School!

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.

Reading Placement Guidance and Resources

In order to support scheduling for 22-23, we have pulled 5th grade data for you to access to support articulation.  You can access student data sheet and PMP EOY Consideration Watchlist Excel spreadsheets here:  Middle School Articulation

We are happy to let you know that each middle school will have an unlimited site license for Lexia PowerUp for the 22-23 school year.  All students in grades 6-8 will have access to Lexia next year, and the  Reading Course Placement Guide  can support with scheduling reading for students in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions and help plan for Lexia implementation. 

If your AP over Reading and LDC/ITC Literacy Coach would like to schedule time to meet with Kate O’Keefe, Lexia Senior Success Manager, to discuss end of year data, reflect on current implementation, and set goals for year 2 implementation, you may contact her directly to schedule time convenient for your team HERE.

Please contact Courtney Lough or Cassie Hernandez if you would like to talk through scheduling or developing a plan for implementation.  

 

FDOE Summer Civics Training

The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative (CLEI) will be hosting 8 regional 3-day professional learning opportunities featuring high quality subject-matter expert presenters, and all sessions will be aligned to the revised civics and government (CG) standards. Each event will be open to all K-12 teachers, however, space will be limited. Registration information may be found in the attached memo.

Please note this training is not part of the Civics Seal Endorsement training – information about the endorsement training will be coming out in Fall 2022.

Zearn Summer Math Series

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 Jan Anderton, should you have any questions.

Coaching Smore, Summer Coaching Academy and Coaching Pool updates

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.