March 24, 2022 RCSD Educator Blog

General Update

• COVID-19 Staff Leave Update
  Starting tomorrow, staff who need to utilize COVID-19 leave for a positive case for themselves or to take applicable leave to care for a family member with COVID-19 must complete the below-updated form. The form reflects the options under Senate Bill 114. Please continue to notify your supervisor if you are taking COVID-19 related leave.  
• Updated COVID-19_SB-114 Leave
  
• RCSD Administrator/Management - New Hires
  The district is pleased to announce the hiring of the following employees.  Please join us in welcoming and congratulating them on their new positions!
• Director of Educational Services - Angela Garcia: Angela has been the Principal at Diamond Creek Elementary since August 2016 and will be taking the place of Amy Banks who recently took on the role of Associate Superintendent of Business Services in November. Angela will join the Education Services team at the end of the school year.
• Principal of Gates - Kristin Ledesma: Kristin has been Principal at Summit Intermediate School in the Etiwanda School District (located in San Bernardino county) since July 2017. Kristin will be joining RCSD for the 2022-23 school year. 
• Principal of Cirby - Farah Friend: Farah joins us having most recently served as an Assistant Principal in Yuba City Unified and Grass Valley School District. Prior to that, she was a teacher in Twin Rivers Unified for 18 years. She will take on the role of Principal starting with the 2022-23 school year.
• Assistant Principal of Cooley - Kaitlin D’Arienzo: Kaitlin has been Activities Director/English Teacher for Antelope High School since July 2018. She will take on the role of Assistant Principal starting with the 2022-23 school year.
• Assistant Principal of Buljan - Rachael Conway: Rachael has been serving as the interim Assistant Principal at Buljan since August 2021 and previously served as a teacher at Cooley Middle School since August 2011. She will take on the role of Assistant Principal starting with the 2022-23 school year.
• Director of Fiscal Services - Dawn Mercer: Dawn is returning to RCSD after working at Placer County Office of Education as an Accounting Analyst III. While at RCSD she served as an Accounting Specialist. Dawn has taken the role recently vacated by Lynne Ashcraft who returned to take a position back with UC Davis. Dawn started with RCSD this week.

Ed Services Update

• iReady Window 3
  iReady Window 3 has been extended! The window will now be from March 28 through May 18. This extension will give PLCs the option to administer the iReady Diagnostic after CAASPP. As a reminder, this window is required for students in grades K-2, but optional for students in grades 3-8 due to CAASPP testing.
  Contact: Kelly Paese Yusim
  
• March 21, 2022 - Elementary PD Follow-Up
  Thank you for your time on the March 21 PD Day! A huge shoutout to our teachers that presented on this day.
  
  A reminder that if you won Kahoot at your site please email Brandon the book you would like purchased.
  
  One of the areas our committee will look at before this year is over (and was clear in the feedback) was the need to look at or update our progress reports. If you or your PLC have created one and don’t mind sharing, please email Brandon what you use so we can give ideas to the committee.
  
  Here is the FAQ and response document. If there is something you would like more clarity on, or if you asked a question on the form that was not answered, please reach out to Brandon and he would be happy to answer your questions.
  Contact: Brandon Blom
  
• LITE Spring 2022 Ed Tech Tip
  Twice a year LITEs (Leaders in Technology Education) put together tips or tricks for teachers when it comes to technology. Below is the Spring 2022 tips.
• LITE Spring 2022 Ed Tech Tips
  
• New Reading App in Clever… Sora!
  RCSD students and staff can now access a variety of digital titles through Sora OverDrive, a free student reading application! Sora provides safe access to hundreds of age-appropriate e-book titles for students to borrow at no cost. Students can borrow, renew, or place books on hold and the digital titles automatically return at the end of the lending period with no late fees. Students and teachers can use their RCSD Gmail accounts to log into Sora through Clever or via our unique RCSD Sora Link.
  
  Note: Students can increase the number of age-appropriate titles that are available by adding the Roseville Public Libraries to their Sora accounts. Students can do this by following these steps:
  
  
• 1. Select the dropdown next to “Roseville City School District” 
• 2. Select “Add Library”
• 3. Search “NorthNet Library System”
• 4. Select “This is My Library”
  Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba