January 7, 2021 RCSD Educator Blog

Progress Report Reminder

Middle School Teachers:  An email from the school site will go home on Friday, January 15th to remind parents they can check grades in Otus. Here is a sample of the message that will be sent home by the school site.  A reminder all student should have a grade for both Engagement and Work Completion.

Elementary Teachers:
A reminder, Elementary Progress Reports need to go home by Friday, January 15th.
 
There are two minimum expectations from the District when it comes to Progress Reports.

1. Any student that might receive a Limited on any domain on the Trimester 2 Report Card receives communication regarding progress from their teacher during progress report time.  This includes both academic domains, and the academic behavior and college readiness standards. 

2. PLCs are on the same page in regards to what information they send home and when they send that home.

Teachers are allowed to send additional information or send information to all students if they choose, but that is a PLC decision.

Teachers can communicate using the District form, or you may use your own form of communication. If you are going to communicate using something different than the District provided form, you must let your administrator know.

 

Below is a document that has different progress report options.  There are two types of files, PDF or Google doc. The Google docs have been changed to say Tri 2 on them.

RCSD Elementary Progress Report Tri 2 Master Document

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Additional Information

Where to View Report Cards for Previous Trimesters

A reminder you can go into the school site report card folder that was shared with you 1st trimester or you can watch this video on how to check the Portal Overview as an admin to see just one student's grades.  

Optional Monday PD

Have questions regarding student behavior?  On Monday come and ask our Behavior Analysts questions you have.

Please see the document below for upcoming PD opportunities.
Optional Monday PD Schedule

Teacher and Classified Employee of the Year Nominations

We are now accepting nominations for the 2021/2022 Teachers of the Year and Classified Employees of the Year.  Please visit the links below for more information about nomination requirements and to submit a nomination.  

2021/2022 Teacher of the Year Nomination

2021/2022 Classified Employee of the Year Nomination

All nominations are due by February 3, 2021.

iReady Testing Window

A reminder the iReady Testing Window is open until January 29th.  Remember that the test is not automatically assigned, and therefore you can work with your principal to make sure the tests are assigned.

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Elementary Updates

Benchmark Assessments

The Unit 5 Weekly assessments for all grade levels have been added to Otus. Please submit any feedback about these assessments or questions about scoring, etc. via this form. Reminder: scoring on a points grading scale (for grades 3-5) allows us to give partial credit for answers with more than one response in order to allow students to receive a “Basic” and not just a “Limited” or “Target.” Therefore it is important to look at the Answer Key within Otus to see the scoring for the “3 point answer” in order to figure out how your student scored a “2 point answer.” Email Julie Murdaugh with any elementary ELA questions.

Elementary Math

• The next round of assessments have been built in Otus.

• Please continue to reference the Math Essential Standards Table of Contents documents for videos, activities, and ideas to support your essential standard instruction.

• Master Digital Learning Environment Resources 

Elementary Resources within Discovery Education 

Within your Discovery Education platform, you have access to many amazing resources. Channels offer video segments, images, articles, songs, and more on many of Discovery Education’s most-searched topics.

How to use Channels video