HSJA Teacher Residency Weekly News

We are hoping that everyone had a great week and that residents are ready to officially begin their Fall semester! Residents, it has been amazing to begin getting into classrooms to see you in action! You're impressing us with your willingness to jump in and showing great confidence. Well done!

Scheduled events this week:

Residents: Virtual Class on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4:00-6:00. (Residents may need to leave placement early to travel to a place where they can login to class.)

Residents: Seminar on Thursday from 8:30-3:30 at HUSD District Offices- 1791 Acacia Ave. Hemet, CA.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week! Jessica and Kimberly.

• Please have residents fill out an emergency contact card.

• Residents may request a 20 minute meeting to interview you for an upcoming assignment, due Sept. 2. (If you have many residents, they can interview you as a group.)

• Directors are visiting sites to observe.

• Residents/mentors have been divided into two director groups. (See image below.)

Mentors

• Next Mentor Seminar: 8/29/2024 from 8:30-2:30 pm at HUSD Board Room.

• Gradual Release: Please review August's Gradual Release and plan ways to incorporate your resident as a co-teacher during these first weeks of school.

• T-Shirt size request: Please fill out this quick Google Form for Alder.

• Attendance: Residents are not to exceed 10 absences throughout the 2024-2025 school year. These are separate from being absent due to seminar/coursework/testing days. Weekly attendance reminder emails will be sent out Fridays, please respond with the date/reason your resident was out.

• Emergency Contact Card: Please have residents fill out an Emergency Contact Card for your site.

• Absences during Mentor seminar: Please put your absences into Absence Management and select "No Sub Required" when you attend Mentor Seminar. In admin. notes, add resident teacher's name and denote that they will be covering your class. HUSD mentors- You will need to ask your office manager to add the absence reason of School Business. The seminar dates have been shared with them.

• Observations scheduling: Please schedule observations for August by using the Calendly links for your director. There are two links: one for pre/observation and one for post observations. Please allow ten minutes before the resident will teach for a pre observation conference with mentor and director. Please reach out to your director for specific questions.

Residents

• Next Seminar: Thursday, 8/22/24 from 8:30-3:30 at HUSD District Office testing room.

• Pre-work for Seminar, 8/22/24: Readings:

  • We Want to Do More Than Survive (Interview with Bettina Love) (8:30 - 26:15 min.)

  • Building Belonging in the Classroom (Teaching Channel - 4 min.)

  • Darling Hammond, L. et al (2018) Educating the Whole Child. Learning Policy Institute( pg v-ix, 1-21) prioritize Executive Summary Hammond, Z. (2015)

  • Culturally responsive teaching and the brain. Chapter 5: Building the Foundation of Learning Partnerships (17 pgs.)

• Emergency Contact Card: Please fill out an Emergency Contact Card for your site.

• T Shirt Size request: Please fill out this quick google form for Alder. Thank you to those that already filled this out.

• Alder Resident Website: Please check out the website often, for information on fall semester. This is a great resource! Link to website.

• Coursework: School Partnership and Professionalism Portfolio: Due Mon., September 2 Please review assignment and continue keeping a log of your contacts. Schedule time to interview your school leader, remember this can be done with other residents at your site. Assignment Link

• Coursework: Family Engagement Portfolio- Phase 1: Due September 22. Remember to work on your family 2-way communication system with your mentor. Please initiate and record contact with families, and interview a school teammate with a strength in family relationships. Assignment Link.

• Sub Permit: You received an email from the CTC along with a reminder email from Marlene Lopez advising you to login to your CTC account and pay the fee. You must complete this ASAP, as your sub permit is required for your first Takeover Day on Aug. 29 2024.

• Absences: Reminder that you are not to exceed 10 absences throughout the school year. Mentors need to be contacted first. Please contact your director by filling out this Google From after you have contacted your Mentor.

• Observations: Please have mentors schedule observations for August by using the Calendly links. Please email lesson plans 24 hours before your observation, or upload them to SchoolMint Grow. Lesson plan template

• Testing: All CSET/CBEST tests must be completed by early December, 2024, in order to continue in the program. It is required that you attempt the CSET tests in August. Use these weeks before the fall semester begins to prepare and take these tests. Alder offers many supports and information at this link.
  

• CPR/US Constitution: All residents must complete CPR and US Constitution by 10/31. CPR can be completed via CPR TODAY. US Constitution can be completed via usconstitutionexam.com. These fees can be reimbursed, so email your receipts to Jessica.

• Office of Student Supports reminders: click here for information on financial aid, tuition, wellness resources, Summer testing, and more.

Resident and Mentor Hub

Resident absence reporting

Calendar

Gen Ed Lesson Plan Template

Ed Specialist Lesson Plan Template

Preliminary Credential Checklist

Testing Information

Personal Stories Sign Up

Gradual Release August

Gradual Release Fall at a Glance

Sacred Meeting Time Template

Teacher Performance Expectations- General Ed

Teacher Performance Expectations- Ed Specialists

Alder Resident Teacher Website

CPR: 35% of the Cohort has met the requirement. Due by Oct. 31, 2024.

US Constitution: 89% of the Cohort has met the requirement. Due by Oct. 31, 2024.

CSET 1: 95% of the Cohort has met the requirement!

CSET 2: 81% of the Cohort has met the requirement.

CSET 3: 81% of the Cohort has met the requirement.

RICA 1: 7% of the Cohort has met the requirement.

RICA 2: 14% of the Cohort has met the requirement.

RICA 3: 7% of the Cohort has met the requirement.

I am super excited to work at West Valley they made me feel included and involved in their curriculum meeting.

THANK YOUUUU!!! I appreciate you both and love your teamwork. You both work amazing together and show a good example of co-teaching.

Shout-out to pro-fumblers!

To our Alder team thank you for continuing to keep us on top of assignments and keeping everything organized! And answering questions!

Thank you, Chris, Eduardo, JacLynn, and Jade for being awesome classmates this summer. It made the experience fun and memorable for me!

Shout-out to Jessica and Kimberly for being approachable and kind

Shout out to Jessica and Kimberly for doing an awesome job for the seminar.

Shoutout to the directors for making everything seem less terrifying

Thank you to my mentor Tina Rafferty for answering my early questions and keeping in contact with me over the summer! I cannot wait to have an amazing school year!

Shout-out to all my peers in this program! We got this!

Great job on all of our community mapping projects!!

I am incredibly grateful for my group!! They have supported me throughout the whole summer. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to get through it.

I appreciate all the professors and all of Alder's staff. Great support and professionalism

Thank you for the constant communication alder program!

Thank you to our directors for the great support and clarification questions we have. We are not alone struggling in this program and they guide us to the correct path.

Thank you for all your help and time.

Everybody has been amazing.

I appreciate Kimberly for being supportive while I navigate personal struggles throughout the program.

I also would like to acknowledge Martin and Ivan for supporting me with my financial struggles and making me feel like they will help expedite the process.
Thank you to Deondra Gladney for recognizing that I was distracted and troubled by my financial barriers and helping me reach out through the proper channels. She truly is aware of her students and actively helps them navigate their struggles to ensure their success.

Everyone is so supportive and encouraging!

I learned so much from everyone's community mapping projects and think it was a brilliant idea to have us each share something different.

Thank you SJUSD for hosting us and providing food, that was a really nice surprise
Jessica and Kimberly are amazing!!!! They made Day 2 run super smoothly: the pacing didn't feel rushed, we still got our breaks, the info we were given was incredibly helpful and timely, and they made us feel really supported in this journey.
I also super appreciated that we were given both physical and digital copies of things. I have always preferred having both, but it is usually one or the other. So, thank you for making that available to us!

Pre + Observation

Post Observation

Kimberly Vannaman

Pre + Observation

Post Observation

Email: jdykes@hemetusd.org
Location: Hemet Unified School District Office, West Acacia Avenue, Hemet, CA, USA
Phone: 951-765-5100 ext. 2232

Cell: 760-680-6939

Location: Hemet Unified School District Office, West Acacia Avenue, Hemet, CA, USA

Phone: 951-765-5100 ext. 2233