KIPP Peace News to Know

You can continue to use your zoom link for week 3!

In order for this move to be intentional, and not cause families & admin frustration with accessing classes the following MUST happen:

1. Create your zoom link (by signing in with google - your KIPPTX email account)
2. When creating your link ensure that your time is for all day and you have clicked recurring.
3. if you need students to sign in with their KIPPTX account, you click "authenticated users only" BUT remember, NOT all students have access to their KIPPTX email, so this may not be a good thing right now
4. embed your link into the following

• Your weekly schedule (post this on Bloomz & send to parents)
• your google classroom \
• the links tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lXQ4UwcxCDIeHhG696y5iDSYx1JALgxv6rr-yoRsAnY/edit?usp=sharing

We know that taking attendance has been a DAUNTING task! This will not be the case when we return to the building!

Please follow the below steps beginning next week to be successful:

Step 1: 9:30 am - Take attendance during Morning Meeting and input into SKYWARD (period 2)

Step 2: Monitor attendance & update in Skyward during instructional block 1

Step 3: Communicate with families who are absent

Step 4: Monitor attendance & update in Skyward during instructional block 2

Step 5: 3:00 pm - place ALL your absent students on the Office Team Daily Communications tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IIdPyyuLy0Y8NJeKVUt53_x6EP5aWlqE8aj5n7dBQFU/edit?usp=sharing

Step 6: Communicate with families who are still absent

Step 7: Next day (8:00am) - update the Office Team daily communications tracker (for any student who completed work through the evening - change A to RA)

Team thank you for persisting with purpose over the 1st 2 weeks of school!

We have urgent schedule change announcements:

The WHY: We are moving into the beginning of our curriculum, and we want to be able to see students and provide effective feedback. In order to do that, we need to reduce the number of students on the call at one time.

The What: K-4 grade teachers will teach academic lessons 2 times a day. (so there will NOT be a campus wide reading block vs math block - there will simply be 2 instructional blocks)

9:00 - 9:30: Morning Meeting/ SEL Lessons

9:40 - 11:00 Instructional Block #1

(Your homeroom students - both content teachers homerooms on call together)

12:40 -2:00 Instructional Block #2

(Your Team partners' students - both team partner's students on call together)

So what must be updated: the Weekly schedule that goes out to families will look the same, but provide the content links for the student's new time.

Please communicate to families that their student will still log on at the same times, but the content they join may be different.

This schedule will begin September 14th!!!

Remind parents & students that we must meet the learning expeacttions by doing the following:

- having videos on so teachers can engage with students

- Have student Full name on the screen

- respect the rules of the chat box.

If a student is defiant or struggles to meet expectations, you may place them in the waiting room, call the parent to intervene then resubmit them to the lesson.

Our 2nd - 4th grade students will use 9.9 - 9.18 to practice virtual MAP testing (Dry Runs).

Our official virtual MAP testing will be on September 23 & 24 ... then September 30 & October 1

TCP is the KIPP Texas teacher rating rubric.

We will have a TCP PD on Wednesday 9.9 @ 3:30! (This will be by invitation only - Please be on the lookout for the invite)

For returning staff, your Placement & Advancement conversations will happen during 9.9 - 9.18.

In order to give yourself time to grapple with the new illuminate online testing features, which is how the regional selected Exit tickets & common assessments will be administered, please read the information and participate in the region's nearpod.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wgszjqgz-bMIJ9_3v7kI4RLZjsaLSCdSN1TcUbF3c4Q/edit?usp=sharing

Work-from-Home Survey (Deadline Tuesday, Sept. 8)

Please take 5 min to fill out this work-from-home survey before 9 am on Tuesday, September 8. This survey will help provide insight on the critical technology and related support required for KIPP Texas Team & Family to effectively work virtually-from-home. We will then use this information to guide our tech support during this time.

We want to celebrate YOU!

Teacher of the Month Program

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GJJLC3X

KIPP PEACE Elementary presents our "Teacher of the Month Incentive Program". This program is designed to "spotlight" our most dedicated and talented teachers. Each faculty/staff member will have the opportunity to nominate monthly a teacher who exemplifies the character and professional traits outlined below:

Criteria for Selection:

1. Excellence in the Classroom –

Engaging instructional practices that advance students to higher levels of academic achievement.

2. Motivation –

Having the ability to motivate and encourage students to advance past their expectations both academically and socially.

3. Leadership –

Serving as a positive role model for students in the classroom, and throughout the school.

4. Creativity and Imagination –

Demonstrating creativity and imagination and teaching in a way that inspires students to learn.

5. Dedication –

Showing excellent attendance, punctuality and a desire to see students advance.

6. Communication –

Communicates effectively and often with their students, families, colleagues, and beyond

Teachers can be nominated by staff members and then the Leadership Team will deliberate using observations from the month to decide on the winner from the top 3 nominations. The winning teacher each month will have their picture displayed in the front office and receive a “surprise teacher incentive”!

There is no time like the present to honor our terrific teachers!!! Ready set GO!!!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GJJLC3X

The deadline for our September Teacher of the Month is September 25, 2020.

Please be on the lookout for an email to complete the 2 step survey!

This is a regional survey, that comes 2 times a year. The results are shared to regional and campus based staff to improve our operations.

9.8 - 9.18 2 step window