Harwood Staff Blog update, April 9. 2021

Team Harwood, 

Please click on this link to view this HUUSD announcement regarding the return to a 4/1 model all student return beginning April 26.   

On Thursday, May 29 from 6:00- 7:30 PM students from the Dialogues on Race class  will be hosting a Community Dialogue  open to everyone in the HUUSD. The timely and important question that these students are inviting YOU to consider is the following:

 What should students, teachers, and community members do

 to acknowledge and confront individual and systemic racism in our 

schools and community? 

The dialogue  has been planned by and will be facilitated by  students.

To register for this event-please open the attached PDF and click on the link or on the QR code! Please share this widely!

Use this link: Race Dialogue Forum Link

We hope to see you there!

Kathy, Jonah and Matt and students in the Dialogues on Race class

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 

HUUSD announcement

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Topics	Information/Links	Tasks/Point people
A Strong and Healthy Year Update	We now know that spread will most likely occur within out communities our focus now is to mitigate spread in the building. E.C.H.O. (everyday COVID operations)  NEED to ensure ECHO is followed… ECHO (teacher version) :  E.C.H.O.  ECHO (student version) : E.C.H.O. student facing  Please read this Important Q and A Doc  Return to Learn April 26, 2021   Important Reminders:   When going outside with your class - inform Nancy or Liz, take a radio if further away than your classroom outside door!  This is essential for safety reasons.   Accurate attendance each block including the beginning of block 3 for lunch 1 students   Seating charts both inside and outside areas!   Masks to be worn all day.   After class cleaning of student areas	Tracy,  Amanda and Duane
Q&A session returns	Join us Monday 4/12 for a Q&A session Join Zoom Meeting ID: 81736716814 Passcode: cbBAcc8d8m	Meg, Duane and Laurie
Allocation of Recovery funds	Due to Federal funding for recovery next year we will be posting for the following positions at Harwood to provide additional support in the 2021-2022 school year. Social Worker/Home school coordinator  504 & Truancy coordinator	Laurie, Meg and Duane
2021-2022 DRAFT schedule	Please find the framing and draft schedule for 2021-2022 here.   As we continue to finalize the schedule we invite you to complete the following survey in order to ensure our collective efforts and your questions are answered.	Laurie, Meg, Lisa, Sally and Erin
Hiring Update	This week we had: A chorus candidate accepted our offer - stand by for a formal introduction :) An offer was extended to a SLP candidate - fingers crossed! Initial interviews occurred for Science and English positions     Next week we have: Science, English and HCLC onsite sample lessons Initial interviews for Reading Interventionist  Additional Director of Student Support interviews	Meg and Laurie

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A Strong and Healthy Year Update

We now know that spread will most likely occur within out communities our focus now is to mitigate spread in the building.

E.C.H.O. (everyday COVID operations) 

NEED to ensure ECHO is followed…

• ECHO (teacher version) :  E.C.H.O. 

• ECHO (student version) : E.C.H.O. student facing 

Please read this Important Q and A Doc 

• Return to Learn April 26, 2021  

Important Reminders:  

• When going outside with your class - inform Nancy or Liz, take a radio if further away than your classroom outside door!  This is essential for safety reasons.  

• Accurate attendance each block including the beginning of block 3 for lunch 1 students  

• Seating charts both inside and outside areas!  

• Masks to be worn all day.  

• After class cleaning of student areas 

Tracy,  Amanda and Duane  

Q&A session returns

Join us Monday 4/12 for a Q&A session

Join Zoom Meeting

ID: 81736716814

Passcode: cbBAcc8d8m

Meg, Duane and Laurie 

Allocation of Recovery funds

Due to Federal funding for recovery next year we will be posting for the following positions at Harwood to provide additional support in the 2021-2022 school year.

• Social Worker/Home school coordinator 

• 504 & Truancy coordinator 

Laurie, Meg and Duane 

2021-2022 DRAFT schedule 

Please find the framing and draft schedule for 2021-2022 here.

 

As we continue to finalize the schedule we invite you to complete the following survey in order to ensure our collective efforts and your questions are answered.

Laurie, Meg, Lisa, Sally and Erin

Hiring Update

This week we had:

• A chorus candidate accepted our offer - stand by for a formal introduction :)

• An offer was extended to a SLP candidate - fingers crossed!

• Initial interviews occurred for Science and English positions  

 

Next week we have:

• Science, English and HCLC onsite sample lessons

• Initial interviews for Reading Interventionist 

• Additional Director of Student Support interviews

Meg and Laurie 

Caring 

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Teacher Advisory	End of Year Reflection (EOYR) This week we had an opportunity to explore similar reflection questions to the ones students will be exploring in our small groups. I truly enjoyed my conversation with Becky, Jonah and Peter and gained insight into how the past year has impacted them. I hope that you all had meaningful conversations with your small groups as well.  We are beginning the process of engaging in the reflection with our students this week. Here is a link to the slideshow from our staff meeting should you need the questions (slide 3 has the guiding questions for this week). These questions are intended to support your work with your TA groups and you are encouraged to adapt your process to meet your students’ needs.  I had the good fortune of crossing paths with Alex today and he shared the very creative strategy he has developed with his group. Here is the  link to the document he shared with me. Check it out if you want to see another model of how to support this reflection process! The dates for the conferences are May 25 and 27th. As we did in November, please send a letter (by email unless the family does not have access to digital communication) to your TA students’ parents/caregivers by May 7th to schedule a time to meet. This letter has been created to facilitate the scheduling process. Feel free to personalize it. Please create a google doc (sample doc if you would like to copy) for parents/caregivers to sign up for a meeting time with you. If a family does not sign up by May 14th please follow up with an email or phone call to insure that a time is scheduled for all of your students.  Timeline: Week of May 3-7 Email or mail letters home Week of May 10-14  Monitor sign ups Week of May 17-21 Follow up with any families who have not scheduled their conference May 25 and 27th Student led conferences And now...Questions of the Week: If you became invisible for 10 minutes what (school appropriate) things would you do? What invention would you uninvent and why? What 5 things would you take with you on a zombie apocalypse and why? What thoughts or activities instantly make you feel more relaxed? What is something you dislike but really have no reason for disliking it?	Ellen Berrings

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Teacher Advisory

End of Year Reflection (EOYR)

This week we had an opportunity to explore similar reflection questions to the ones students will be exploring in our small groups. I truly enjoyed my conversation with Becky, Jonah and Peter and gained insight into how the past year has impacted them. I hope that you all had meaningful conversations with your small groups as well. 

We are beginning the process of engaging in the reflection with our students this week. Here is a link to the slideshow from our staff meeting should you need the questions (slide 3 has the guiding questions for this week). These questions are intended to support your work with your TA groups and you are encouraged to adapt your process to meet your students’ needs. 

I had the good fortune of crossing paths with Alex today and he shared the very creative strategy he has developed with his group. Here is the  link to the document he shared with me. Check it out if you want to see another model of how to support this reflection process!

The dates for the conferences are May 25 and 27th. As we did in November, please send a letter (by email unless the family does not have access to digital communication) to your TA students’ parents/caregivers by May 7th to schedule a time to meet. This letter has been created to facilitate the scheduling process. Feel free to personalize it. Please create a google doc (sample doc if you would like to copy) for parents/caregivers to sign up for a meeting time with you. If a family does not sign up by May 14th please follow up with an email or phone call to insure that a time is scheduled for all of your students. 

Timeline:

Week of May 3-7	Email or mail letters home
Week of May 10-14	Monitor sign ups
Week of May 17-21	Follow up with any families who have not scheduled their conference
May 25 and 27th	Student led conferences

And now...Questions of the Week:

1. If you became invisible for 10 minutes what (school appropriate) things would you do?

2. What invention would you uninvent and why?

3. What 5 things would you take with you on a zombie apocalypse and why?

4. What thoughts or activities instantly make you feel more relaxed?

5. What is something you dislike but really have no reason for disliking it?

Week of May 3-7

Email or mail letters home

Week of May 10-14 

Monitor sign ups

Week of May 17-21

Follow up with any families who have not scheduled their conference

May 25 and 27th

Student led conferences

Ellen Berrings 

Connected 

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Q3 JumpRope Reminders updates	As we wrap up Q3 this week, here is the JumpRope slideshow with instructions/checks to make sure that course scores are finalized and comments have been updated.   Please read through the entire slideshow carefully and, as always, be in touch with any questions.   Reminders: - Q3 ends today - All updates must be completed by Thursday, April 15 at 4:00 pm. This includes delivering a printed copy of Q3 scores for each class to Susan even if you are teaching a semester-long course. - DO NOT enter any scores for new assessments (those with a due date after 4/9) in JumpRope until we have notified you (by email) that progress reports have been sent.  In other words, don't start entering anything for Q4 yet!!   If you teach a quarter-long class, it may also be worth reminding your students not to leave your Google Classroom too quickly.  You may need access to some of their work while finalizing scores.   Thanks everyone!	LisaT
Q4 lunch schedule	There are only a few adjustments for Q4 lunches based on a change in quarter classes.  This begins on Monday, April 12.  Make sure you click to the Quarter 4 tab on this spreadsheet.   Please note that there may be additional room changes / updates when changes to student days onsite are made.	Duane
Student Support Team Update	The Team: Bernadette, John, Eric, Melody, Laurie, Meg, Duane Highlights from The Week:  **Middle and High Students were especially proactive this week and were reaching out to our student support team members when they are struggling with social interactions, difficulty with class, or needing support. SST’s Philosophy is that we provide a proactive, restorative, comprehensive student centered approach, to provide social, emotional, and behavioral needs of all students 7-12. **A middle school student identified strategies for starting their day more positively so that they would be more engaged in class throughout the day. They asked to use those strategies before/during TA (also inviting peers) - and this resulted in a great start to the day! Attendance:  We continue to hold CSP  (Coordinated Service Plan) meetings once a student hits 10UX, and are regularly scheduling new ones. Teacher Advisors are vital members of a students team, and you will be receiving invitations for these meetings. We recognize your time is limited and it may not be possible to attend. As such, we are constantly working to improve our feedback and communication to TA leaders and educational teams following these meetings. Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to Melody if you have any questions. This process continues to be one in which we support students and families to get connected to the resources necessary to improve health, wellbeing, and access to education. Your vigilance around daily attendance has allowed us to monitor and connect with these students and families. Thank you!! Behavior Referrals:  This week: HS - One (1) PowerSchool log entries; MS - Zero (0) .  We will be providing a narrative update of the year to date log entries that specifically focus on behavior in the coming weeks.   Bernadette - 8th, 9th, 10th John - 7th, 11th, 12th, HCLC	Melody
Upcoming Dates	04/09 - End of Quarter 3 4/19 - 4/23 - April Vacation - NO School 05/24 & 5/27 - Parent/TA conferences  06/04 - All Summatives for S2/Q4 need to be complete  06/11 - Last day of school 06/12 - Harwood Graduation *details forthcoming Staff Meeting Calendar	Duane and Laurie, Meg
4/14  Staff Meeting	Objective: STAND BY	Laurie
Tech Updates	The IT techs need to take a physical inventory of all students devices by getting the barcode on the bottom of their devices. We have a list of the students in each TA and will be stopping by to confirm it with the students. It will be a s easy as asking Billy - what does your barcode say? This will be a 5 minute or less process but is a necessary one. Thank you for your cooperation with this task.	Taggert and Justin

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Q3 JumpRope Reminders updates

As we wrap up Q3 this week, here is the JumpRope slideshow with instructions/checks to make sure that course scores are finalized and comments have been updated.

 

Please read through the entire slideshow carefully and, as always, be in touch with any questions.

 

Reminders:

- Q3 ends today

- All updates must be completed by Thursday, April 15 at 4:00 pm. This includes delivering a printed copy of Q3 scores for each class to Susan even if you are teaching a semester-long course.

- DO NOT enter any scores for new assessments (those with a due date after 4/9) in JumpRope until we have notified you (by email) that progress reports have been sent.  In other words, don't start entering anything for Q4 yet!!

 

If you teach a quarter-long class, it may also be worth reminding your students not to leave your Google Classroom too quickly.  You may need access to some of their work while finalizing scores.

 

Thanks everyone!

LisaT

Q4 lunch schedule

There are only a few adjustments for Q4 lunches based on a change in quarter classes.  This begins on Monday, April 12.  Make sure you click to the Quarter 4 tab on this spreadsheet.

 

Please note that there may be additional room changes / updates when changes to student days onsite are made.

Duane

Student Support Team Update

The Team: Bernadette, John, Eric, Melody, Laurie, Meg, Duane

• Highlights from The Week: 

**Middle and High Students were especially proactive this week and were reaching out to our student support team members when they are struggling with social interactions, difficulty with class, or needing support. SST’s Philosophy is that we provide a proactive, restorative, comprehensive student centered approach, to provide social, emotional, and behavioral needs of all students 7-12.

**A middle school student identified strategies for starting their day more positively so that they would be more engaged in class throughout the day. They asked to use those strategies before/during TA (also inviting peers) - and this resulted in a great start to the day!

• Attendance: 

We continue to hold CSP  (Coordinated Service Plan) meetings once a student hits 10UX, and are regularly scheduling new ones. Teacher Advisors are vital members of a students team, and you will be receiving invitations for these meetings. We recognize your time is limited and it may not be possible to attend. As such, we are constantly working to improve our feedback and communication to TA leaders and educational teams following these meetings. Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to Melody if you have any questions. This process continues to be one in which we support students and families to get connected to the resources necessary to improve health, wellbeing, and access to education. Your vigilance around daily attendance has allowed us to monitor and connect with these students and families. Thank you!!

• Behavior Referrals: 

This week: HS - One (1) PowerSchool log entries; MS - Zero (0) . 

We will be providing a narrative update of the year to date log entries that specifically focus on behavior in the coming weeks.  

Bernadette - 8th, 9th, 10th

John - 7th, 11th, 12th, HCLC

Melody

Upcoming Dates 

• 04/09 - End of Quarter 3

• 4/19 - 4/23 - April Vacation - NO School

• 05/24 & 5/27 - Parent/TA conferences 

• 06/04 - All Summatives for S2/Q4 need to be complete 

• 06/11 - Last day of school

• 06/12 - Harwood Graduation *details forthcoming

Staff Meeting Calendar

Duane and Laurie, Meg

4/14 

Staff Meeting 

Objective: STAND BY

 

Laurie

Tech Updates

The IT techs need to take a physical inventory of all students devices by getting the barcode on the bottom of their devices. We have a list of the students in each TA and will be stopping by to confirm it with the students.

It will be a s easy as asking Billy - what does your barcode say?

This will be a 5 minute or less process but is a necessary one.

Thank you for your cooperation with this task.

Taggert and Justin