OLL Middle School Communication

Pasco will offer sessions similar to what we did last year.  These proposals are not part of our Pasco only sessions.

FASA is excited about the Discover ’22 Conference at the Omni Championsgate Resort in Orlando Florida on June 7-9.
We are seeking breakout session speakers and our 2022 Call for Presentations is NOW OPEN! We hope you will think about the great best practices in your district or school and would share the information with others from around the state.

Based on a recent member survey, topics of focus for the 2022 conference will include:
• Leadership in Chaos
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• E-learner Support/Family Involvement with E-learners
• Using Resources (i.e., LMS for Parents & E-learners)
• Social/Emotional Learning
• Aspiring Administrators – Budget/Finance
• Cultivating Leadership Skills in Others
• BEST Standards
• High Quality Instructional Materials
• Balance of Accelerating Through Learning Loss and SEL Needs
• Best Practices of COVID Showcase
• Communications & Marketing Your School

Please complete the FASA Call for Presentations HERE to be considered for all education opportunities. 

We have secured a date to aid in the removal of out-of-date, out-of-adoption, obsolete and other materials not used or further supported in your schools. Pick-up will occur the week of November 8. 

Timeline: 

· October 21st- Last day to request gaylords through Machform

· November 5th- Schools must be ready for pick up 

· November 8-12 Pick up 

Please work with your plant manager to complete the “Recycling Request” and to determine the process for removal that best meets the current needs of your school by Thursday, 10-21-21.  

Please contact Mayra Perez-Speare, mperezsp@pasco.k12.fl.us  with questions.

The course adoption process for the 21-22 school year will take place through the Secondary Design Team meetings. The meeting dates that will include this process are November 15^th (virtual) , December 1^st  and February 9^th .  To have a course reviewed at the November 15^th   meeting please complete this form by October 22^nd  . Please reference the course catalog prior to submitting a course adoption request to ensure this course would be needed in the content area. For courses outside of these subject areas (CTE, ESE, AICE, IB, etc.) please reference the course catalog in myStudent to see what is currently adopted. The course is only adopted for use in brick and mortar schools if there is a Z suffix on the end of the course code number and it is listed as active in the system.  If you are unsure of how to access the course catalog reference these directions.  Please contact Tonia Shook with any questions you may have.

Each month, we will report progress to parents to let them know how their child is responding to Tier 3 interventions.  As teachers are finalizing Quarter 1 grades on Monday, October 18^th, they will also want to make an indication as to whether each student is making (adequate, limited, yes, or no) progress in the SSS, if they haven’t already done so. This will be populated on the monthly progress letters that will go home on October 26^th with report cards.

Here is a chart which indicates when the progress letters will be generated in the letter queue in myStudent and when they should be sent home (electronically or hard copy). You can find the directions for accessing an error report prior to printing or sending the letters electronically and how to print the letters on pages 4-5 of Academic Monitoring in myStudent.docx.  The administrator and office staff with DEO or School Update profiles will have access, one week prior to distribution of report cards and progress reports, to the Letter Queue area of myStudent located in the Student Menu.  This is the same process as ESD and ESY.

PMP Progress Monitoring

As part of the development of the intervention plan, you selected a progress monitoring tool, so you can monitor student response to intervention.  You will see the option of inputting data into a graph right in myStudent SSS.  If you are monitoring through Lexia,  you would not be required to enter data in SSS, since this data would be collected through myLexia. You would only enter data, if the data is not being collected in another way (i.e., myEWS student data sheet, myLexia, or etc.).

Please contact Courtney Lough, Jan Anderton, or Larry Porter if you have any questions.

Grade Pass Back is a valuable, time saving tool for syncing your myLearning (Canvas) gradebook with your myStudent gradebook. This eliminates the work of having to enter information into two different systems. It requires some simple, careful setup initially. Here are several things that may cause errors when setting up Grade Pass Back:

• Gradebooks cannot be combined in myStudent
• Assignment categories must be identical in both myStudent and myLearning (including capitalization and spacing)
• Assignments must be in a category in myLearning that matches one in myStudent
• Assignments must have due dates in the current term. For Q1 that is between 8/10-10/15. Of note is that you may decide to give students until teacher planning day to turn in work. The due date in myLearning must still be no later than 10/15 because that is the end of the term in the system. Anything with due dates of 10/16, 17, or 18 will be not be recognized since Q2 does not begin until 10/19.

The following video is a walkthrough of setting up the Pass Back and how to sync your grades. 

Grade Pass Back Walkthrough Video

If you experience issues, please email Matt Bruno at mbruno@pasco.k12.fl.us and include the following information:

• A link to the myLearning course(s) you are having issues with
• A brief description of your problem or error message, and the name/student number of any students you may be experiencing specific issues with
• Any other pertinent information

Beginning in October, the Office for Leading and Learning will be hosting 2 PLC Facilitator sessions.  See attached flyer for additional information. 

Here is a one-stop shop for all of Pasco County’s Coaching Events and Support Structures.  

Event Highlight:  All Instructional Coaches and Admin that would like to learn more about Jim Knight’s Impact Cycle are invited to our event on October 19th 8:30-3pm.  Sharon Thomas from Jim Knight’s Instructional Coaching Group will present the foundations necessary for outstanding instructional coaching.  Participants will learn about each phase of the Impact Cycle, will practice key milestones for each phase, and plan practical applications in Pasco’s schools

Topic: Pasco Impact Cycle
Time: Oct 19, 2021 08:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97784678623?pwd=VzViZnhoRXZOTHVBSG1MNHVVRmNsUT09

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Coaching Pool Interviews

We currently have a number of open instructional coaching positions and are looking to systematically add highly qualified coaching candidates to our pools for Learning Design Coaches and Instructional Trainer Coaches.  If you have teacher leaders or folks who are looking to apply for coaching positions, please communicate our Coaching Pool Interview plan and dates.  Thank you.

Aspiring Coaching and Aspiring Leader Courses are opening for registration.  Here is our flyer!