Week 11

Crafting Our Future Together
Week 10

Great Work from the Week:

*PTA serving ice cream and pizza to top earning classes. Team Harrison earned over $5,000. Great job.

*SSC and ELAC went very well. We had parents coding!

*The entire Harrison Team doing all we can for kids. 

*Project Moving Forward walk though went well. 

*Congratulations Denisse Lupercio officially joining the Harrison Team as a Classified Aide for the STEP Program. 

*Great Shake Out- Thank you for your professionalism and being patient as we work to assist the students in being safe. 

*RACE - is evident in every classroom. 

*The shift from teacher centered instruction to student centered learning. Team Harrison is amazing. 

*Coding in classrooms. Great job Ms. Peterson.

*Please help me welcome Teresa Gamez. She will be our new Translator starting November 1st .

From Lynn Carmen Day  

Dear RUSD Team,

You recently received an email from Dr. Hansen regarding our annual “RUSD Engagement Survey”.  As employees of RUSD, we share the core values of learning and well-being for all and strive to care for and honor each other. Employee engagement is a priority for us and is foundational to student achievement and the success of our District as a whole. RUSD continues to partner with Gallup, an independent, research-based consulting company known for its understanding of people and their opinions, to administer the survey. Gallup assists our efforts to gather and understand perceptions and feelings throughout our organization and to increase the engagement of our employees and our students.

For the fourth year, we will conduct a survey of all employees at RUSD. The survey administration will begin on October 22, 2018, and end on November 2, 2018. Soon, you will receive an email with the survey link directly from Gallup.

Remember, our opinions will be completely confidential with no individual responses revealed. Once Gallup provides the District with results, we will review the results at all levels in order to continue our discussion about workplace engagement and how to take it to a higher level for our students and ourselves.  We all have an opportunity to impact the success of RUSD!

As we strive to make the process as efficient as possible, you should be able to complete the survey in between five to eight minutes. We have also arranged for Gallup to provide a hotline that any of us can call to have questions answered during the process. Please provide a printout to any staff member that does not have access to email.

Your opinion needs to be heard, both within your school and districtwide. Thank you for your commitment to success. Let’s continue making RUSD the best place to learn and work! 

Sincerely,

Lynn Carmen Day, Chief Academic Officer

Phone: (951) 788-7135, Ext. 80405

Fax: (951) 778-5668

Email: LCarmenDay@rusd.k12.ca.us

Our goal for the RUSD Engagement Survey is 100% - Please let me know if you need me to cover you for 10-15 minutes so you can take the survey. I am happy to have you log into my computer to take the survey. Your opinion matters. 

Nuts and Bolts

-Please remember to take a walkie talkie with you during recess or PE. If you are leaving your class for an event such as book buddies, or a special trip to the library please just let the office know so we can find you in the event that we need you, or you can take a walkie. 

- Please Let Amy know when you have approved an Independent Studies so she can move forward with the contract with the student and parent. 

- Please carry your keys with you, as the Teacher's Lounge is often secured. 

- Let Amy know when you need Lexia certificates. 

- If you expecting classroom treats, please let Debbie know ASAP so she can work with out to determine allergies and student needs. 

- Please invite me to any lesson where you are intentionally working on Danielson 3C. 

- Coding Kits should be going out, please let me know when you are Coding, I would love to come watch. 

* Inclement weather SCHEDULE  if we need. 

* Indoor recess or PE ideas Click Here.

* Please sign up for the Eureka Training for your grade

level through the PD Hub.

* Danielson Training Dates:

1/15- Gainer, Fortin, McConnell, Hawthorne, Black, Patterson and Gonsalves.

2/28 - Voss, Clark, Pofahl, Larson, Peterson, Hernandez and McKendall.

4/9- Tavaglione, Loder, Egana, Pham,Vaughan, Shay

4/23 - Pritchard, Unzueta, Franczak, Patterson (SLP)

DATA DAYS - We will be looking at student data from the IABs and district assessments. Please bring your computer and what you will need for planning. We will be working together for the first part of the day, then you will have the rest of the day to plan instruction based on data. We will also be looking at the Instructional Guide and the Danielson Framework. Please bring both of these documents. 

Upcoming Events

RUSD Engagement Survey for Staff 10/22-11/2 Goal is 100% Participation

10/22 - Clarissa Offsite until 10:00 AM 

10/23 - IAB and District Assessment 8:15-9:30 AM

10/23 - Clarissa Offsite until 1:00 PM

10/24 - IAB and District Assessment 8:15-9:30 AM

10/24 - PTA Fall Festival 5:00-8:00 PM

10/25 - Clarissa at State of the District 10:00 - 2:00 PM

10/25 - Amy out after 2:30 PM

10/26 - Super Tiger Assembly 

10/29 - 6th Grade data day

10/29- Lunch with a Loved One

10/30 - 5th Grade data day

10/31 - 4th Grade data day

10/31- Classified Meeting 

10/31 - Halloween

11/1 - 3rd Grade data day

11/1 - Make up picture day

11/2 - Coffee for staff
11/2 - Minimum Day 11:15 dismissal

Common Commitments – We are going to implement the RA in RACE. We are going to use collaboration/Productive Partnering and Sentence frames.

You were provided with RACE (ELA and Math), the 4 L’s and sentence frame posters. They are expected to be up and used in all classrooms (important for coherence). They do not have to be the exact ones we passed out but they need to be the same in content - I understand wall space can be a challenge. 

We are going to model RA verbally by using complete sentences and holding students accountable for responding in complete sentences.

As we move forward this school year I want to also remind you that we are focusing on core instruction. If we are focused on high levels of instruction with engaging and meaningful standards based lessons we are well on our way to moving students. RACE, collaboration, sentence frames and modeling complete sentences, are some  instructional strategies that can help us move students. 

DANIELSON 3C - Student Engagement

From the District Click HERE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

10/24 - Carolyn Houchin

10/31 - Rhonda Egana