Pasco Coaching News

• Coaching Dates and Calendar - Monthly Content Coaching Meetings
• Updated Times for Content Coaching Meeting in March
• Jim Knight's 7 Factors: Click-a-Pic #5 Data Rules
• Click-a-Pic: Self Study Guide for Coaching
• Coaching Contract Extension: Summary of Stakeholder Input
• Co-Teaching to Support Teachers: Click-a-Pic
• Financial Literacy Webinar - USF
• Enjoy Your Spring Break!!!!
• Coaching Links Section
• Links to all OLL Newsletters (past and present)
• DIBELS information
• DIBELS Folders and DSS Log In Links/INFO
• Reading Endorsement Information, Fee Waivers, and potential reimbursement

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March Events

New Coach Monthly Meeting

Topic: New Coach Monthly Meeting

Time: Mar 1, 2022 01:00 PM Eastern Time

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81825253541

March Power Hours are cancelled. No meetings will be held on March 10th. Enjoy your found time! The Last Coaching Power Hour will be April 28th.

Coaching Leadership Team - Cancelled March 11th. The next meeting will be April 8th.

Topic: Coaching Leadership Team Meeting

Time: Apr 8, 2022 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81416233077

Schedule Change: Elementary ELA and Math Monthly Content Meetings

March 28th live ELA (8:30-11:30am) & Math (12:45-3:45pm)

In order to limit the amount of time a coach is pulled from the building, we have stacked the elementary ELA and Math monthly content meetings on March 28th. For our final meeting, we are encouraging folks to attend in person. Thanks!

Elementary ELA Monthly Meeting is March 28th 8:30-11:30am in Training Room C

Elementary Math Monthly Meeting is March 28th 12:45-3:45pm in Training Room C

No change is made to the Secondary sessions.

Location Update:

Elementary and Secondary Science Monthly Coaching Meeting is March 31st in Training Room C 8:30am-2:30pm.

The Summer Coaching Academy dates and locations have been confirmed:

Summer Coaching Academy:

June 21st or 22nd (PHCC Porter Campus) 8:30-3:30pm

Sharon Thomas from Jim Knight’s Instructional Coaching Group provides professional learning where admin teams and coaches work together. Each school will join the event for one full day of learning.

Admin and coaches are encouraged to join this event together. Here are sign-ups for teams to choose the date that will best fit your Summer Plans. Thanks in advance for booking your day and letting us know how many folks from your team will join. Stipends are provided for School-Based Coaches for this Summer event.

https://pasco.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8oyrEfdn6QSkzOK

Please take the Elementary Grading Practices survey to help us determine the feelings, beliefs, and actions around our grading practices. This data is anonymous and will guide the district in understanding current practice while providing input around grading practices for the future.

The USF Stavros Center Presents a New Free Webinar!

Film Clips for Financial Literacy: Discovery, Disney, and Decision-making

Date: Monday, March 28

Time: 6:00-7:30 P.M.

Webinar: Teams link provided upon registration

In preparation for April and Financial Literacy Month, our partners in education, USF Stavros Center, will provide this session to engage students with financial literacy activities that use film clips. These include connections to a variety of Disney film clips, with ready-to-use decision activities. In addition, we will present some activities connected to Discovery Education’s Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids series, which map some of the videos to Florida Standards. These videos include music videos to share financial literacy concepts. Using these videos and a new Disney song, we will also illustrate how to work with your students to create their own lyrics about Financial Concepts. Professional development points will be provided. Please register using this link.

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Tina Stavrou-Klem

Senior Instructional Specialist for Social Studies K-12

Office for Leading and Learning

astavrou@pasco.k12.fl.us

Twitter: @PascoSocStudies

DIBELS Training on Additional Measures

During the ELA Coaches Power Hour, the ELA team facilitated a train-the-trainer for the additional DIBELS measures that will be administered in the Winter and Spring. We also spent some time explaining the Discontinue and Gating Rules outlined on pages 43-46 of the DIBELS Administration and Scoring Guide.

Please connect with your specialists about the guidance provided. If you have additional questions, feel free to contact a member of the ELA Team.

Participant materials and a recording of the training can be found here. The recording can also be accessed on the Elementary ELA PD Hub.

As a reminder, the testing window for DIBELS is Monday, November 29th through Thursday, December 16th. All data must be entered by end of business day Friday, January 7, 2022.

Please access the following folder for DIBELS login information including class and school level DIBELS Data System usernames in this folder: DIBELS

Effective July 1, 2021, the Florida Department of Education requires all teachers providing intensive reading interventions to have the reading endorsement or coverage area on their certificate. The District is encouraging all teachers to add reading as an area of certification. To assist in this process, the District and USEP have agreed to reimburse teachers the cost of taking the reading exam and adding the reading endorsement to their certificate. In addition, the District will pay a one-time supplement to current instructional staff who added reading coverage to their certificate between the dates of July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2021.

Reimbursement Eligibility Requirements

For the 2021-2022 school year, the Board shall provide teachers with an exam fee reimbursement of $150 for a passing score on the reading certification exam taken July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022, and an endorsement fee reimbursement of $75 for adding the reading endorsement coverage to their certificate between the dates of July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022. To be eligible for the exam fee reimbursement, teachers are required to add the reading endorsement to their certificate.

Supplement Eligibility Requirements

Teachers currently in an instructional position who passed the reading certification exam OR completed the district reading in-service courses AND added reading coverage to their certificate between July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2022 are eligible for a one-time supplement of $225.

Employees meeting either the reimbursement or supplement requirements, should complete the Reading Endorsement Supplement form to receive the reimbursement or supplement payment. The Reading Endorsement Supplement form must be submitted by July 1, 2022, to be eligible for payment.

To take the reading exam, please click the following link to register: Register for Reading Endorsement Exam

The district recommends teachers attend a reading exam preparation session prior to taking this exam. More information regarding reading exam preparation can be found in myPGS under course code #4236 and section 30847

Question regarding the Reading Endorsement can be directed to our HREQ Certification Team. For Certification Specialist information, click CERTIFICATION SPECIALIST ASSIGNMENTS 8.19.2021.pdf”

Any questions or clarifications can be directed at HREQ. Thanks!

Program Coordinator

Instructional Coaching

Office for Leading and Learning

Email: jdblair@pasco.k12.fl.us
Website: https://www.yammer.com/live.pasco.k12.fl.us/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=15615290&view=all
Location: 7227 Land O' Lakes Boulevard, Land O Lakes, FL, USA
Phone: 813-794-2318