After inservice, complete this evaluation form for January 4, 2021 Inservice & to acquire your CPDU documentation.

Thanks to staff who were able to join the Pear Deck training! As a result of you joining, the entire Kingsley staff has a 90-free trial to Pear Deck's entire suite using this link: https://bit.ly/3e5TXFX

If Pear Deck is new to you, below are some tutorials.

• The KJHS Training

• Help Videos shared by the trainer

• Templates Library - fully available to us during the trial

Dates to Note

• 1.4, 4p.m.

  • Conference schedule due to Jennifer Dierkes

  • If you use one video conferencing link all day, include it with your schedule to Jennifer. If you want to use a different video conferencing link for every meeting, you will need to create links and share them directly with families.

  • Please include your 30-minute lunch & two 15 minute breaks in your schedule.

• 1.8, 8a.m. Conference scheduler opens for families

  • As in the past, a week before conferences, Jennifer will email you updates of families who have signed up.

• 1.22, 8a.m.-4p.m. Virtual Family-Teacher Conferences

Ideas Developed by Kingsley Staff

• Use a single Meets with teachers in Breakout rooms. One team teacher will be in the main room to greet families then move them into breakout rooms at their scheduled conference time.

• Create a virtual student-led conference format.

• To begin virtual conferences, invite families to share a strength and a growth area that they see in their child.

• Virtual communication is different. Use breakout rooms with a team teacher in each room to facilitate better virtual communication. One person will monitor the main room and move family members into individual teacher breakout rooms

• Develop a Google Form to let families submit questions. These questions can be answered prior to or instead of a conference.

We will keep adding to these ideas & sharing!