August 4, 2022 RCSD Educator Blog
Mark Your Calendars!
Professional Development Details for August 8-10
General Information Update
General Information Update
Administrator/Management - New Hires
The district is pleased to announce the hiring of the following employees. Please join us in welcoming them to Roseville City School District!
- Coordinator of Special Education - Brienne Reid - Brienne comes to RCSD from Rocklin Unified, where she worked as Special Ed Program Specialist II. Brienne was previously employed as an RSP and SDC Teacher with Roseville City School District. Welcome back to RCSD!
- Principal of Spanger - Kenneth Kikosicki - Ken has been employed with RCSD since 2006. He has been a teacher at several sites, most recently as the MTSS TOSA at Fiddyment Farm. Ken has also worked as Interim Principal on several occasions when his Principal was out on leave.
- Special Education Program Specialist, Preschool Program - Karla Yates - Karla has been employed with RCSD since 2018 as an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher. She has been an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher since 2007.
- Interim Principal of Woodbridge - Jolene Wegsteen - Jolene has been employed with RCSD since 2003. She has taught at Cirby Elementary the entire time and has served as Teacher-in-Charge, LITE, and on the Assessment Committee.
Ed Services Update
CAASPP Student ScoresStudent score reports are available for your current students in PowerSchool. Please click on the document below for more information on how to access the score reports. Please refer parents to the Starting Smarter website to help parents understand student scores and reports, view sample test questions, and provide additional free resources to support learning. Information on how to access score reports in TOMs and CERS will be available soon.
Contact: Kelly Yusim
2022-2023 Assessment Calendar and Report Card Dates
A reminder, you can always find both of these using the tabs above in the blog. Below is the assessment calendar for the 2022-2023 school year.
Contact: Kelly Yusim
Contact: Kelly Yusim
Below are the progress report and report card dates for the 2022-2023 school year.
Contact: Brandon Blom
RCSD Digital Citizenship Reminder
Contact: Brandon Blom
RCSD Digital Citizenship Reminder
A reminder that in RCSD, we teach Digital Citizenship to all students K-8. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires all students K-12 receive Internet Safety lessons to learn about appropriate online behavior each year. We use Common Sense Media for our safety lessons.
The lesson topics are the same as last year. The format of the website has changed a little, but you can still easily find Lesson Slides, instructions, and handouts all in one place. Below is a link to the lessons for each grade level.
All lessons for your grade level are expected to be taught by the end of the school year.
Contact: Brandon Blom
Second Step
Here is a quick 3-minute video with directions for logging on to your Second Step account.
*Reminder: All components for Second Step are digital (K-8).
Contact: Julie Murdaugh
Second Step
Here is a quick 3-minute video with directions for logging on to your Second Step account.
*Reminder: All components for Second Step are digital (K-8).
Contact: Julie Murdaugh
i-Ready 2022-2023
i-Ready diagnostic assessments and instruction will be available for 2nd-8th grade. Window 1 and Window 2 diagnostic assessments will be required for grades 2-8, and Window 3 will be required for 2nd grade but optional for grades 3-8. Grades 2-5 will have access to one subject for 45 minutes a week of instructional minutes. Please see below for the diagnostic assessment window dates.
- Window 1: August 15 - September 16
- Window 2: December 12 - January 27
- Window 3: April 17 - May 26
Contact: Kelly Yusim
Academic Pacing and Planning Guides
These pacing and planning guides are structured to allow time for setting up classroom routines and time for students to get to know one another before diving into the curriculum. The first two weeks of the new school year focus on building relationships with and among our students.
Contact: Kelly Yusim and Megan Spears
Elementary Grading Communication
Parents will be receiving communication next week regarding the updates to the RCSD Elementary grading. The resources will include a 3-minute video and a link to the RCSD Grade-Level Parent guides. The parents' guides are available in both English and Spanish. The slides to the video can be found here.
Contact: Brandon Blom
Ed Tech Update
EduTyping ReminderA reminder that all students in 1st through 6th grade have access to Edutyping. Please see the links below for more details on how to log in as a student or teacher.
Contact: Brandon Blom
Screencastify
We have a District license for both staff and students for Screencastify. Screencastify allows you to record your screen, edit your videos, and use Screencastify submit to have students submit videos back to you. Visit the Screencastify Help Center to learn more about the different things you can do with your videos or your students.
Screencastify Help Center
Screencastify Help Center
Tutor.com- Tutoring Help for Students in Grades 4-8
All RCSD students in grades 4-8 have access to tutor.com. Tutor.com is an online tutoring service. Students can get a tutor 24/7 in Math, Science, Social Studies, English, and Foreign Languages. Tutoring sessions take place in their easy-to-use online classroom, which runs in your web browser. Students can navigate to tutor.com/rcsd and log in using their student ID and birthdate (in the form of mm/dd/yyyy).
Classwize
We once again have Classwize for all RCSD staff. Classwize allows you to view student activity on their Chromebooks, push specific websites to all students, focus students, and block and allow websites.
To access Classwize, go to https://classwize.linewize.net/, select roseville.ca.us as your district, click next, then continue with Google.
To access Classwize, go to https://classwize.linewize.net/, select roseville.ca.us as your district, click next, then continue with Google.
Click here to visit the Zendesk page with help videos/articles for Classwize.
Contact: Brandon Blom
Otus
As a reminder, you can use Otus rubrics to Make a Copy of a document or slide for every student in your class. Please see the guide below for more information. Please see the section on the difference between Allowing Multiple Attempts and Not Allowing Multiple Attempts.
Contact: Brandon Blom
Technology Services Update
Zendesk Now Live! (Replacing SchoolDude)We are pleased to announce the launch of Zendesk, our new all-in-one customer service platform.
With Zendesk for Education...
- Zendesk Support will enable staff, students, and parents to communicate with District support teams across multiple channels, including a fully integrated ticketing system, email, chat, and phone.
- Make information accessible to staff, students, and parents whenever they need it: With Zendesk Guide, our existing knowledge base of how-to guides and articles to answer common questions are now searchable and accessible from one place.
The District website links have been updated for both Parents and Staff. Please replace any SchoolDude ITDirect bookmarks with this link: https://support.rcsdk8.org/hc/en-us/signin
Please feel free to reference the following resources:
If you have any questions, please submit a support ticket or call the help desk at (916) 771-1645, and we'd be happy to assist.
How to Print Clever Badges for an Entire Class
Please see the Zendesk article below for a reminder of how to print Clever Badges for your class.
Student Password Update
Technology Services will update student passwords on or before August 5, 2022. Students will log in to all learning applications and their Google account using either their Clever badge or the following credentials:
- Username: StudentID@rcsdkids.us (example: 267555@rcsdkids.us)
- Password:
- Preschool through 2nd Grade: MMDD, please use the Month and Date of the student’s date of birth (example: 0824 if your student was born on August 24th).
- 3rd through 8th = MM/DD/YY
If a student would like to change their password, Google’s password criteria include:
- The password must be at least 8 characters long
- Do not use words contained in your username or name
- Use at least three of the four following character types:
- Number
- Special Character (e.g. !, $, #, %)
- Upper Case Character
- Lower Case Character
If you have any questions, please submit a support ticket or call the help desk at (916) 771-1645, and we'd be happy to assist.
Updated Site Assignments - Information Systems Technicians
Please join us in welcoming Sydney Baichtal to Technology Services as an Information Systems Technician.
After completing her internship with RCSD Technology as a Technology Computer Assistant, Sydney returned to CSU Chico to receive her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts. In the upcoming months, she will be out at sites shadowing our Information Systems Technicians while learning the role.
Please click here to view updated site assignments for our Information Systems Technician team, which took effect Monday, August 1st.
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