Friday, October 29, 2021

Friday Flyer - October 29, 2021

From Grace and Jodi

As of Friday, Jodi has visited every school in the region - many multiple times, and I have been more freed up to get into a schedule of visits. It has taken extra time for all of us to adjust and now that we have baseline data, we need to consider next steps for the region, school, grade, classroom, and student levels. 

Region Meeting - Tuesday, November 2, 11:00 a.m. 

Please prioritize this time because only meet once per month, and we learn with and through each other.

  1. We will consider your next leadership move to generate urgency from district and region chronic absenteeism and NWEA MAP baseline data.
  2. We will scale back observation look-fors (draft below) for all grades and content areas. The third and fourth bullets are directly related to equitable literacy. 

    • Grade level standards aligned 
    • Rigorous Task 
    • 50/50 Student/Teacher Talk Ratio
    • Representation of student learning through writing
    • Student behaviors
Mid-week Updates from Geoff Rose

School Leader Call - 10.26.21: Please see the written updates/slides from this week’s canceled School Leader Call. Updates include: Labor Shortage, Academics, Student Testing, Staff Compliance Testing, & Transportation.


Update on Labor Shortage to School Leaders - Oct. 27: (email from Dr. Cassellius):

  • Here is the Google Form for you to report and track daily absences for the sole purpose of helping us coordinate coverage support. 

    • Wednesday, 10/27: 16 schools submitted form

    • Thursday, 10/28: 17 schools submitted 


DESE and DCF released a joint updated advisory yesterdayPlease see a summary of the changes here.



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