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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES January 4, 2024 Professional Development Information We are excited for our upcoming district PD day on 1/4/24. Below is the schedule for the day: At Eich Middle School Doors open at 7:15am, we start at 8am in the Gym 8:00-8:10 Coffee and treats in the Gym 8:15-8:30 Opening message from Derk in the Gym 8:40-9:30 Session 1 9:40-10:30 Session 2 10:40-11:30 Session 3 Lunch 11:30-1:00 Drive Time/Lunch Site 1:00-3:00 PLC Work- This will be your time with your PLC to prepare for a successful start to the 2nd half of the year. Ideas for this time can include sharing what you learned in the morning sessions, applying any new learning, or planning next steps from what you learned from PD Cycle 1. Below is the list of PD sessions that will be offered during our Choice Session time. Thank you to many of our own RCSD educators for helping present on this day. On the morning of January 4th we will link all session slides on this one document. We still have a few slots open f

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Otus Level Colors for Middle School One of the pieces of feedback we have received was that in Otus the colors were the same for academic levels 3-6. Moving forward, these will be the colors: Anything purple is proficient or above. The deeper the color purple, the higher the level. There are only 10 color options in Otus to use. We heard feedback from some teachers that they would like different shades of yellow or red for anything below, however that is not an option. While the colors might not be perfect, it is an upgrade in the fact that all levels have their own color and you can more clearly see the difference in scores. Here are the colors for the Learning Behaviors: Contact: Brandon Blom PERSONNEL SERVICES Masters Degree Opportunity - William Jessup University Are you considering a Masters Degree or obtaining your teaching credential or PASC? Jessup University has partnered with Roseville City School District for some significant discounts off tuition! See t

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES K-5 Science Materials You can order consumable materials from the Discovery Education science kits and many consumable materials from the Mystery Science units. We will do our best to stock consumable materials listed here for each grade level. You can request items from other grade levels. You can also request items that are not on this list, and we will do our best to accommodate your requests with the materials available in the warehouse. If you are interested in placing an order for materials, please communicate with your site’s LMS.  When orders are submitted, we will work to get the materials delivered to sites as quickly as possible, but please allow a two-week turnaround for this. If you are planning to implement Mystery Science units in the future, you may find this supply calculator to be a helpful tool. Contact: Lisa Wegsteen 6-8 Math: IXL Snapshots This year there are three IXL Snapshot windows scheduled simultaneously with the i-Ready Diagnostic (win