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P.S. 246 ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE
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October 21st
Grade K Trip to Green Meadows Farm
Trip: Class 5-1-- Literacy Zone at Lehman College
12:45 pm - 2:20 pm Superintendent Roberto Hernandez Visits
2:20 pm- 3:20 pm - Professional Development - Comprehensive Interin Assessment (CIA) Meeting - Gym
October 22nd
Trip: Grade 3- Green Meadows Farm
Trip: Class 5-2-- Literacy Zone at Lehman College
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast with the Principal - Library
2:20 - 3:00 pm - Other Professional Work Time
SLT Meeting - A. Johnson, S. Bilder, et.al
October 23rd
CIA Assessment - ELA
Trip: Class 5-3-- Literacy Zone at Lehman College
11:00 - 12:30 pm - ILT Meeting
1:00 pm - 2:20 pm - 1:1 Meeting with Superintendent Hernandez - A. Johnson
October 24th
CIA Assessment - Math
Trip: Class 5-5I-- Literacy Zone at Lehman College
8:30. - 2:20 pm - K -2 Picture Day
11:00 - 12:00 pm - Attendance Meeting
October 25th
Trip: Class 2/3-5- Botanical Gardens
8:30. - 2:20 pm - 3-5 Picture Day
Administrative Items:
Next month we will host our first Parent Teacher Conference on Thursday, November 7th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm and from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Thursday is a half day of school and children will dismiss at 11:30 am. Teachers may leave the school directly after dismissal to conduct the conference from their home if they will arrive before the 1:00 pm conference time. Otherwise, you will conduct the conference from the school and leave at 3:00 pm if you will reach home in time for the 4:30 pm conference. Please alert Ms. Johnson if you will be conducting the PTC from the school building by Tuesday, November 5th.
REPORT CARDS WILL BE OPEN THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH FOR THE UPCOMING MARKING PERIOD. Report Cards are to be sent to Administration by Friday, November 1st as follows:
Ms. Johnson General Education
Ms. Prince - ENL/Bilingual
Ms. Jaoui - Special Education
1. Parent Conference Log
Teachers are to log their meetings with parents in the Parent Conference Log via the link below (you will need to make a copy to edit). It is important to note that the "status section" must be reserved to indicate that status of your PTC outreach (did parents attend the scheduled meeting, did they reschedule…) Please enter the time of the meeting, whom you met with and the meeting status (met/not met). PTC logs are to be completed by Friday, March 8th by COB. For those parents whom you cannot contact on the day of the PTC, you will have to reschedule for a mutually agreeable non-instructional time.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/184t2KfOfg48VuBnHx0xHMGEXhaK3Im-HmaqDL0yUUQM/edit?usp=sharing
Parent Teacher Conferences are meant to be visual interactions with parents where we are sharing the students report card and any supporting work /documents. Cameras are expected to be on during this time. Please ensure you are using Google classroom to showcase student learning and their progress. If you are using another platform, you must share the platform link with administration.
2. Parent PTC Schedule:
Please have parents sign up to meet with you during PTC for 15 minute intervals using a scheduling app such as Calendly. Please send your schedule to Ms. Johnson and the AP's by Tuesday ,November 5th.
Teachers, please find below a Google sheet to sign up for translation services, if needed, for your various PTC time slots. Just click on the Google sheet, sign up for an available translator for the time you will require their services and provide them access to your Google classroom. I have also attached a translation services flyer if you need help for other languages.
Attached is also the parent teacher conference log which must be filled out and returned to me no later than Monday, November 11th as I am forwarding these documents to the district office on the 12th. Please make every effort to reschedule and reach parents who were unable to attend the PTC on Thursday, November 7th by the latest Tuesday, November 19th.
3. PTC TRANSLATION SUPPORT
If you need help with translation for parent meetings,, you can schedule translation support below. Sign your name under an available translator next to the time you would like to have that translator join your conference by logging into the google docs below.
4. Administrative Support:
In case you need administrative assistance while meeting with a parent you can email us or call us directly at the following numbers.
A. Johnson: 917-971-1150
V. Prince : 917-859-2585
I. Jaoui: 347-265-1841
Administration will also be available under staff teams Administrative channel at the following times below if you need to stop by for assistance:
1:00 - 2:00 A. Johnson
2:00 - 3:00 I Jaoui
4:30 - 5:45 I. Jaoui
5:45- 7:00 A. Johnson
5. Providers:Please ensure that you have set-up meeting times with parents to review their student progress by scheduling times with parents. Please forward your progress reports and schedule to Ms Johnson and Ms Jaoui by Tuesday, November 5th.
6. Specialists: Please ensure that you coordinate with teachers so you can schedule time to meet with parents of students of concern.
7. Please follow the half day lunch schedule for Thursday, November 7th which will be share by Ms. Inniss under separate cover.
Teacher's Choice Program:
As in previous years, teachers, paraprofessionals, and other eligible staff members, have the opportunity to purchase instructional materials and supplies for use in their classrooms and professional assignments for the 2024–25 school year, through the Teacher's Choice program. You should inform your eligible staff members of this opportunity.
This year, educators eligible for the Teacher’s Choice program, will receive the non-taxable Teacher’s Choice funds in their last paycheck of November. If an eligible staff member does not receive their funds on the scheduled date, you or your designee should email the staff member's name and file number to teacherschoice@schools.nyc.gov by December 4; funds will then be distributed in a subsequent paycheck.
Staff members who receive the funds are required to spend them on qualifying education materials by January 10; staff must submit original receipts for program purchases to you or your designee by January 17. For information about the program and distribution of teacher choice funds, refer to Key Dates: 2024/2025 School Year, Participant Responsibilities, Program Guidelines, and the Teacher's Choice InfoHub page.
Instructional Items:
PBIS/SEL Celebration:
Beginning Monday, September 9th, all grades should have begun their SEL Lessons with community and diversity followed by the empathy lessons in the HMH curriculum. SEL Journaling should be occurring for all grades following the directions in the SEL component of the curriculum (Journal it/chat about it - Kindergarten will be asked to draw pictures for their journaling). Anchor charts must be evident in the classroom. Ms. Granville has offered her assistance in showing how to create anchor charts to support the lessons.
We will be conducting SEL walkthroughs throughout this month and journaling and charts are expected to be evident in all classrooms.
Please use the link below to access the lessons for your respective grades:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13GA5sBfnACQ8WSW8fpudYV7o60iz2q8R?usp=sharing
We will be celebrating PBIS Super stars for the month of September and October (2 students) during the week of October 14th from 8:00 - 8:50 am as follows:
Tuesday, October 16th K & 1
Wednesday, October 17th 2 & 3
Thursday, October 18th 4 & 5
Please find the PBIS certificate attached to the email.
Environmental Walkthroughs:
Administration will be doing walkthroughs during October and will be using the attached checklist (see link below) when we visit your classrooms. Please keep in mind the following considerations that should be in place in your classroom environment by that time:
Teachers should have a content and language objective written in "I can" statements. The teaching observed should match the posted objectives.
All classroom bulletin boards must have a title, task, standard, rubric with feedback. Some classrooms have students writing their own feedback which is powerful and great to see in the upper grades where students are more independent. The language of the feedback should come from the standards based rubric.
All classrooms should be a clutter free environment. K-2 should have clearly labeled areas with defined spaces.
Process charts should be displayed to showcase student learning in the classroom. Also, there should be charts devoted to SEL and building classroom community. K-2 can include job charts, birthday months chart, that help students to connect to one another. Pictures of students can be evident to show centers management in the classrooms.
Students learn best with visual aids and anchors. Anchor charts are a pivotal part of any instructional environment:
Anchor charts build a culture of literacy in the classroom, as teachers and students make thinking visible by recording content, strategies, processes, cues, and guidelines during the learning process.
Posting anchor charts keeps relevant and current learning accessible to students to remind them of prior learning and to enable them to make connections as new learning happens.
Students refer to the charts and use them as tools as they answer questions, expand ideas, or contribute to discussions and problem-solving in class.
Math Updates
Math Updates
General:
If you would like more support with Reflex, i-Ready data, and i-Ready instructional paths, please reach out to your respective coaches.
Grades K -2
Please join us for office hours Tuesdays and Thursdays during all prep periods :)
Grades 3- 5
Please check that all students have access to the "Great Minds" app via Clever.
Math Module 1 End Assessment Dates:
Grade 3: Friday, October 18th
Grade 4: Friday, October 18th
Grade 5: Friday, October 11th
Math Support (room 229- ext 2292:
Grade 3 Office Hours - Thursday, 8:55 am - 9:45 m
Grade 4 Office Hours - Tuesday, 10:45 am - 11:35 am
Grade 5 Office Hours - Friday, 9:50 am - 10:40 am
Literacy Updates
Literacy Updates
General:
If you would like help analyzing Acadience beginning of year data, please reach out to your respective coach - we are here and happy to help! :)
Grades K -2
Ms. Tamaira Green will be visiting us (K-5) Monday during our PLC time. The topic will be foundational reading skills.
Grade 1: HMH Module 1 end date: 10/11/24
Grade 2: HMH Module 2 end date: 10/11/24
Please note that module tests and answer keys will be distributed on Monday, Oct.7th.
Grades 3- 5
Module 1 End Assessment Dates:
Grade 3: Wednesday, October 9th
Grade 4: Thursday, October 10th
Grade 5: Thursday, October 10th
ELA Support (room 219- ext 2191 currently offline):
Grade 3 Office Hours - Tuesday, 8:55 am - 9:45 am
Grade 4 Office Hours - Thursday, 10:45 am - 11:35 am
Grade 5 Office Hours - Wednesday, 9:50 am - 10:40 am
Updates and Actionable Items:
Updates and Actionable Items:
Please ensure SDIs are evident in your plans
IEP binders must be completed by October 18th, 2024
Our next SPED meeting: 10/21/2024
Please do not forget to update the Hispanic Heritage Month Google document with the date of your celebration.
Please do not forget to update the Hispanic Heritage Month Google document with the date of your celebration.
Please indicate if you will be doing it as a grade or individually.
Please indicate if you will be doing it as a grade or individually.
In New York State, teachers with a Professional English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) certificate or Bilingual Education extension must complete at least 50% of their required Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) hours in language acquisition. This includes focusing on best practices for co-teaching strategies and integrating language and content instruction for English language learners (ELLs).
Certificate holders must complete 100 hours of CTLE training within a five-year period. Details on exact rules and how to track your hours can be found on the SED website. NYSUT ELT is an SED-approved provider for CTLE requirements.
Certificate holders must complete 100 hours of CTLE training within a five-year period. Details on exact rules and how to track your hours can be found on the SED website. NYSUT ELT is an SED-approved provider for CTLE requirements.
Creating an effective classroom environment is essential for the success of ELLs, not only does it enhance their language skills but also supports their overall academic success and personal development. Please review the linked ENL/BIL environment checklists to make sure your classroom is inclusive, culturally relevant, and provides ample language exposure. Please reach out if you have any questions or need support.
This week's focus:
This week's focus:
Professional Learning Community:
Monday, 2:20 pm - 3:20 pm: room 108
LETRS Introduction with Tamaira Green
Other Professional Working Time:
Tuesday, 2:25 pm - 3:00 pm
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