OLL Middle School Communication

We are pleased to continue partnering with Pasco County Libraries and support their summer programming. Please work to advertise and communicate the great opportunities that they are offering our students this summer. 

Ocean of Possibilities Flyer

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.

Our state approved and districted adopted math core resources are listed below.

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

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

If you have not yet completed the template for ordering, please see the resources below.  PLEASE NOTE: Templates must be completed NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY 20th. 

The links below contain the templates and guidance 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

This summer we will be hosting a PLC Institute from Solution Tree from Wednesday, July 13th-Friday, July 15th. Please select your school team. This team can include six instructional staff as well as two administrators. Please share this save the date and registration with them. More details and information about this event below!

Location: 

Title 1 School Teams: Sunlake High School

Non-Title 1 School Teams: Charles S Rushe Middle School

Dates and Times:

July 13^th 11:00am-5:00pm

July 14^th 11:00am-5:00pm

July 15^th 9:30am-2:45pm

School Teams: 

Up to 2 Administrators

Up to 6 Instructional Staff

Registration Link

More information to come about this event to all that register! 

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.

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. 

As we close out the year, we wanted to share some guidance on current materials. All Illustrative Mathematics materials may be recycled, along with any other resources that may still be at your schools.  The Savvas envision Algebra 1 and Geometry 2020 textbooks will need to be sent to district.  These books will be used at our high schools for some of the new courses. Please box and label the text and wait for further directions in the next week or so. Reach out to Fran Howard or Odalis Tavares with any questions.

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.

Note:  Middle School Students (currently 6^th – 8th)will only have this available until June 30^th .

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.

Now, that internal transfer process is complete I know that you will be actively hiring for next year. The new teacher team wants to ensure that all new hires are invited to some welcoming and learning opportunities this summer. Please share this flyer with them and help them register for the New Teacher kickoff on Monday, July 25^th from 8:30-4:00pm. The kickoff will be at Land O’ Lakes High School. Yes, in person! This event is required for all new hires to attend.

All new hires whether they are coming to us with experience or not are invited to each of these events. Our goal is to be able to connect with them at the district level as quickly as possible. Along with your help we can make this happen! Please see below for details and if you have any questions reach out to Charlotte Kralik.

New hires packages will be sent to each school. In this package are postcards with information about the new teacher year-long induction and PDCP. Colored copies of the summer events flyer as well as a poster to be hung in your front office. Please be on the lookout for this package and hand out to these to all new hires!

Virtual Summer Meet and Greets: Choose one time to join!

New hires will join the new teacher team virtually to learn about the summer events and on-going professional development and supports that are provided to them there first year in Pasco. Special guests will be available to meet with our new hires to inform on topics like benefits, certification, and much more!

Wednesday, June 22^nd from 9 – 10 am or 4 – 5 pm

Thursday, July 7^th from 9 – 10 am or 4 – 5 pm

Tuesday, July 19^th from 9 – 10 am or 4 – 5 pm

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89548273914

New Teacher Welcome Event: Saturday, July 23^rd at Jay B. Wilderness Starkey Park from 11:00am-2:00pm

All new hires and their families are invited to attend new teacher team and sponsors for free food, giveaways, music, and fun! More information shared at Meet and Greets.

New Teacher Kickoff: Monday, July 25^th (Required for new hires!)

New teachers will attend the new teacher kickoff on Monday, July 25^th at Land O’ Lakes High School from 8:30am-4:00pm. New hires will be on-boarded learning the Pasco Way of Work and attend their first compassionate classroom training. 

Please register here!

New Teacher TWLearn Content Sessions: Tuesday, July 26^th and Wednesday, July 27th*

New teachers will attend their specific content sessions facilitated by our content specialists. These trainings are essential for a strong start. They will learn how to navigate the learning network, dig into the curriculum and resources and be ready to launch for their first units of learning.

*New hires will register for these sessions on Monday, July 25^th during the kickoff. 

New Teacher Campus Tour: Thursday, July 28^th at your School*

This day is for all new hires to learn the ropes of their new campus. New teachers will be greeted by a tour guide to tour the school, meet key people, and get started on setting up their classroom. This day is planned by each school and their selected campus tour guide. *Times and specific details will be shared with new hires prior to this day.