Congrats on your first full week of remote teaching. Keep up the great work!

• Optional Imagine Learning PLT: Zoom Link. 

• 9/29 PD update: The last hour and a half will be school-based time. We will be creatively exploring our AIP. A large chunk of our time will be to create a visual representation of what we stand for at the Sokolowski School, think collage mural. You will have the option to work in socially distanced teams or virtual teams in breakout rooms. In case you wanted to work with colleagues in person, we wanted to give you advance notice to work in school on 9/29 or come down to the school at lunchtime. For management purposes, I will use the "working from the school schedule" to know who will be in the building. If you were not originally scheduled to work from school on Tuesday and want to change, please let me know. You are welcome to come down at lunchtime too. Please let me know if you have any questions.

• PLT reminder: When going to PLT, you will assign the science work that Cristina shared. If you have a second person in your room, they will cover until the end of the day, 2:00. If you do not have a second person, you will end class at 1:30, and students will complete the science task asynchronously. I suggest you inform families if you have not already before your PLT day. Grade 1's PLT is Monday.
  
  

• Staff out today: Stewart

• Back to Learning Night: We will have our Back to Learning Night from 5:00-6:30 on October 8th. A few of the main reasons we made it one night were creating a shared virtual experience, ease of having all staff available, simplifying communication to families, and finding support for translation. We will have more details by the end of the week. I wanted to get the date out so you could mark your calendar. If that day does not work for you, please let me know ASAP, and we can come up with an alternative plan.

• Reminder: Katie B. is hosting a PLT on Friday on Imagine Learning. Please RSVP with Katie if you are interested.

• Attendance reminders: Please post by 9:30, and all students must be marked VA or VP. 

• Other attendance tips, if your student lists are on more than one page- click on your name (upper right corner)>set preferences>look for records per page>change the number in the box.

• PD Day sign up form
  

• 9/29 PD DAY Information (See blog post below)

• Lunch: If you are working from the building teacher lunch is available. They have two cold options and one hot option. They are serving on the Sokolowski side lunch line (where they used to have breakfast in the morning when we were in school).

• I received over 500 earbuds for students. If you would like a pair(s) for your studnets please let me know or stop by the office.

• Sharon's referral form.

• 9/22 Staff Meeting exit ticket.

• PLTs will start next week. Based on feedback we will continue with our plan of meeting in grade levels. (Updated)
  • Monday- Grade 1
  • Tuesday- PD Day
  • Wednesday- Grade 3
  • Thursday- Grade 4
  • Friday- Specialists and 2nd Grade

• We are still looking for a few more positions. Please share with friends, family, social networks, or anyone who you think would be a good fit for the open roles. I added the links below.
  • English as a Second Language (Gr. 1-4) (Sokolowski) (SY20-21)
    • This is Foundational Grade 3- We are trying to draw in more applications.
  • Paraprofessional (Sokolowski School) (SY20-21)
  • Building Substitute (Sokolowski) (SY20-21)
  • Reading Specialist- (Sokolowski)(SY20-21)

Here is the info you need to know for Tuesday 9/29.

HERE is the link to the PD Website that has all the information teachers need. (teachers will need to select the September 29th PD Day by clicking on the three lines in the top left corner of the website home page)

Who should sign up: 

• ALL teachers will sign up on this form. 
• Paras and related service providers are the only people who do not need to use the form. 
• Specialists are going to choice workshops so they will need to fill out this form indicating that they are going to a department meeting until 10:15 and then attending choice.

From the website, teachers can access the descriptions of the choice workshops and the google form for signing up (the google form does not have the descriptions, it made it too long!)

A few other reminders: 

• The working session is ELA or Math. Coaches and Coordinators are encouraging teams to split up and attend both.
• Participants will hear from presenters later this week with anything specific about their workshop.
• Some workshops have a maximum number of participants, so if a workshop is not a choice on the form when you sign up it is because it is full.

Registration is now live! 

Please ask questions to the coaches, Cam, or Nate

• We hired a 2nd grade paraprofessional!!!! For those that have been here long enough you may remember Stephanie Santarpio. She will be starting by the end of the week. I will formally introduce her once we have an official start date, but I wanted to share the good news.

• We are still looking for a few more positions. Please share with friends, family, social networks, or anyone who you think would be a good fit for the open roles. I added the links below.
  • English as a Second Language (Gr. 1-4) (Sokolowski) (SY20-21)
    • This is Foundational Grade 3- We are trying to draw in more applications.
  • Paraprofessional (Sokolowski School) (SY20-21)
  • Building Substitute (Sokolowski) (SY20-21)
  • Reading Specialist- (Sokolowski)(SY20-21)

• Our staff meeting is today from 3-4. Link: https://chelseaschools.zoom.us/j/2217735515
  • Our primary focus will be reflecting and sharing best practices with colleagues.
  • The three big topics: (Slide Deck)
    • Logistics 
    • Zoom Management 
    • Instruction 

• T-Shirts are in! The ones beautifully designed by our very own Mr. D. ! #relentlesslove
  • Order Form (they are free)

• We will be holding clerk interviews at the end of the week/early next week. If you are interested in serving on that interview committee, please let me know today.

• Based on the most recent agreement, you have the option to work from home or the building. Please let me know if you plan to change your working from the building days to help maintain safety and efficient communication. If I do not hear from you, I will assume you will be working from the building according to the days listed here. 

• T-Shirts are in! The ones beautifully designed by our very own Mr. D. ! #relentlesslove
  • Order Form (they are free)

• We have a staff meeting tomorrow from 3-4. Link: https://chelseaschools.zoom.us/j/2217735515
  • Our primary focus will be reflecting and sharing best practices with colleagues.
  • The three big topics:
    • Logistics (lunch, transition, specialists)
    • Zoom Management 
    • Instruction (synchronous and asynchronous)

• Heads Up: 9/29 is our district PD day. The hours will be 8:00-2:30.

• We will be holding clerk interviews at the end of the week/early next week. If you are interested in serving on that interview committee, please let me know by tomorrow.

• Headsets for staff in shared rooms – IT does have some noise-cancelling headsets available for staff working in shared rooms. Please let me know if you would like to use a pair.

• Do you need PPE gear? Please let me know, and I will have some delivered to your working space.

• Please make sure you are taking the CPS Self Certification Form every day you are in the building. The QR code is on the door, and you can follow the link to the CPS Self Certification Form.

• Attendance: You must select either VP or VA for all students when posting attendance.

All staff members should receive 2 washable BioSmart masks together with one face shield.  The masks may initially feel a little rough, but once they are washed they should soften up quickly.  Attached please find instructions on how to wash the masks.  Laundry Instructions for masks