September 22, 2022 RCSD Educator Blog
Educational Services
A reminder, Elementary Progress Reports need to go home by Friday, September 30th.
Please see the documents below for additional information:
Progress Report Communication- This document includes information regarding what is required regarding Progress Reports and an explanation on how to use the updated Progress Reports.
RCSD Elementary Progress Reports- This document has linked to all progress reports. We are still working on the Spanish translation for the more detailed progress reports.
Contact: Brandon Blom
Save as a PDF
If you need to save digital work as a PDF for Independent Study work sample or anything else, you can download as a PDF is it is a Google Doc or Slide, or go to Print, then Save as PDF.
Student Access to Comments on Graded Assignments
When a student turns in an assignment in Otus, they can no longer see comments left on a Google doc. Please see the video below on how to change the access, so they are able to see all comments left on a Google doc. Thank you to Cheryl Mc Gee at Chilton for sharing!
Student Access to Comments on Graded Assignments
Webinar Series: Understanding Dyslexia and Literacy
Join CDE and the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) for a free, seven-part, expert webinar series on understanding dyslexia and literacy. Attendees will learn about identifying risk factors, setting up effective school systems to prevent reading difficulties, and delivering research-based instruction to support and remediate struggling learners and students with dyslexia. The first virtual webinar in this series is today at 3 p.m.
Register here: https://scoe.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=12236
Contact: Kelly Yusim
Elementary Info:
ESGI- K/1 Foundational Skills Data and Reports
Please have your baseline Reading Foundational Skills data in ESGI by September 23rd. Foundational Skills data is now only reported for the district in ESGI, not in Otus or on a Google Form.
Also, please send home Parent Letters on 9/30 along with the Learning Behaviors Progress Report. Please include the following assessments in your Parent Letter.
Kindergarten Baseline RF Assessments:
K/RF/Print Concepts-Uppercase Letter Identification
K/RF/Print Concepts-Lowercase Letter Identification
K/RF/Phonics-Letter Sound Identification
1st Grade Baseline RF Assessments:
1/RF/Phonics-Section 1: Letter Sound Identification
1/RF/Fluency
1st Grade Teachers - If you would like to include a specific fluency level (optional)for the students, please include their reading level in the notes section of the assessment. Please note that by checking include notes, all notes for all assessments will be included.
Contact: Kelly Yusim
Elementary Assessments in Otus
Weekly and unit curriculum assessments can be found in Otus. You are able to assign Benchmark (ELA) and Expressions (math) assessments in Otus. Please watch the video below on steps to access, preview and assign the assessments.
Contact: Kelly Yusim
Technology
Interested in sharing student pictures with families throughout the school year using Google Photos, Shutterfly, Instagram, Facebook, or any other image sharing/social media platform?
Check the student's publication information to make sure the student's picture can be shared. If the family indicated “Do Not Release” during registration, the student can not be included.
Create a private album or page, that is accessible by membership or invite only.
Message the families that selected “No Restrictions” during registration, and let them know how you plan to share photos, ask Parents/Guardians to let you know if they would like to opt-out prior to sharing any student photos on the platform.
Messaging to families must include: If you use special adaptive technologies and/or encounter challenges when accessing the content or information being shared, please let me know so I can provide the information in an alternate format.
Upcoming Technology Inventory
Technology Services will be inventorying all classroom technologies in the upcoming weeks, including teacher laptops. Please see the schedule below. All staff laptops will need to be available on your site's designated date to be included in the inventory. If you are not available on the date scheduled for your site, please let your Information Systems Technician know in advance.
Technology Inventory Schedule 22/23
Contact: Information Systems Technician
Personnel
The link can be found in the “Staff Resources” section of the RCSD website
Please use this digital form beginning 9/22/22
Wellness Update - The current partnership with WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) and RCSD will end on 12/6/22. Employees with current WW memberships that were created with an RCSD employee discount will revert to the regular WW membership fee after that date.
Additional Information
Tommy A
The Tommy Apostolos Fund (TAF) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise funds to purchase clothing and other necessities for children in Roseville.
We need your help! Please nominate any Kindergarten through 5th-grade child you feel would benefit from the Tommy Apostolos Shopping experience. Nominations can be an underprivileged, a low income, or just a struggling child you feel needs that boost of self-esteem. We want them to know their community cares about them.
When you send over the nominations, please carefully check the address, e-mail address, and phone number. These are used to send applications. We do not give out any of this information.
The nomination deadline is Wednesday, October 5th. Late nominations will only be accepted if space is available.
THESE REFERRALS ARE CONFIDENTIAL. PLEASE DO NOT DISCUSS WITH FAMILIES OR STUDENTS. Invitations are sent directly to the families.
We plan to shop in person this year! If you would like to help, please sign up online at TommyAFund.com The Shopping Day at Kohl’s is Saturday, December 3rd starting at 5:30 a.m.
Video: Tommy Apostolos, 2022
If you have any questions about the nomination process, feel free to contact Tommyafund@gmail.com
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