December 16, 2021 RCSD Educator Blog
Have a wonderful Winter Break! Thank you for all you do!
General Updates
2022-23 RCSD School Calendar
The 2022-23 RCSD School Calendar has been approved and released. RCSD families will be provided a link to the calendar in tomorrow's Weekly.
What's your New Year's resolution???
Whether you're trying to improve your fitness, mental health, pain relief, or change your habits, Grokker has you covered. Participate in the most popular Grokker challenge of the year!
SIG's Be a Better You 2022 Challenge runs from January 10 - January 31, 2022. Join today!
Here's how it works:
Whether you're trying to improve your fitness, mental health, pain relief, or change your habits, Grokker has you covered. Participate in the most popular Grokker challenge of the year!
SIG's Be a Better You 2022 Challenge runs from January 10 - January 31, 2022. Join today!
Here's how it works:
- Don't have a Grokker account? Create one here.
- Find your district and join team here. (Note: if you are a Special Ed teacher for either Roseville City or Rocklin, please look for your own teams.)
- Start earning wellness minutes on January 10th by:
- Completing the Daily Workout
- Watching Grokker videos
- Syncing your wearable device to Grokker
- Self-reporting wellbeing activities that are not tracked on wearable devices.
Prizes: You've got three chances to earn raffle entries toward a $25 Tango Card Gift Card:
- Participants earn 1 raffle entry for each day they are active, maximum of 21 entries.
- Participants earn 1 raffle entry for every 180 Wellness Minutes earned, maximum of 21 entries.
- Earn 10 Bonus raffle entries for achieving a 21-day streak.
Are you ready to kickstart your New Year?
Ed Services Update
Trimester 1 there was an overlap between Trimester 1 and Trimester 2 Wheel Classes. We will no longer have this overlap due to both teacher and clerical feedback, as well as the issues this causes on the backend of PowerSchool and Otus.
If you have a wheel class, the class will no longer show starting on Saturday, February 19. You can either get grades done for that class before that date, or there is a process to unarchive the class in order to enter grades. It is helpful if you rename your classes with the year (example putting 21/22 at the end of the class) before they are removed on February 19. Below is a video showing how to both rename and unarchive. Unarchived classes stay until you archive them again.
Rename and Unarchive Classes
If you have a student that is no longer in your class and you need to enter a previous grade you can add them back. Students will only be there for that day you add them back and then are dropped again when the sync happens at night.
Adding a dropped student
We will send a reminder as we get closer to the end of the Trimester but wanted to give you this information far enough in advance to plan.
Rename and Unarchive Classes
If you have a student that is no longer in your class and you need to enter a previous grade you can add them back. Students will only be there for that day you add them back and then are dropped again when the sync happens at night.
Adding a dropped student
We will send a reminder as we get closer to the end of the Trimester but wanted to give you this information far enough in advance to plan.
Contact: Brandon Blom
ELA/Social Studies/iReady/CAASPP Job Responsibilities January-March
Kelly Yusim (Ed Services Coordinator) will be going out on maternity leave after Winter Break until mid-March. During her leave, the following people will be taking over her roles and responsibilities. If you have any questions during that time, please reach out to the contacts below. Thank you!
ELA/Social Studies/iReady/CAASPP Job Responsibilities January-March
Kelly Yusim (Ed Services Coordinator) will be going out on maternity leave after Winter Break until mid-March. During her leave, the following people will be taking over her roles and responsibilities. If you have any questions during that time, please reach out to the contacts below. Thank you!
- iReady/CAASPP/State and District Assessment Leaders: Brandon Blom
- K/1 Foundational Skills: Megan Spears
- Elementary ELA/Social Studies: Megan Spears
- Middle School ELA/Social Studies: Jennie Ruvalcaba
- Spelling Bee: Katie Haupt
January 3rd Elementary Asynchronous Science PD
On the January 3rd District Professional Development Day, elementary teachers will be working through a 2-hour asynchronous science PD with their PLC. This PD will be emailed to all elementary teachers first thing in the morning on January 3, 2022. The slide deck will provide all the directions and feedback form. Thank you!
Contact: Megan Spears
Ed Technology Update
PowerSchool UpdateOver the Winter Break, the technology team will be making updates to the PowerSchool portal. The update will not change the functionality of the portal but it will be sporting a new look. The PowerSchool PowerTeacher Guide has been updated to reflect these changes.
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