Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the strong women out there who show up and show love every day!
KUDOS to Liz Puhr for gettin' it done in regards to IEP paperwork :)
-From Keli Swierczek
Thank you to Lynn and Rachelle for helping me finish my sign deliveries. Both of you ladies go way beyond colleague status to amazing friend status.
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Thank you to Michelle Magness for helping with the Preschool Graduation Packets for families.
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Thank you to the Kindergarten Team, Tiffany Tardio, Nicole Mild and Sami Harshaw for helping to coordinate Roundup with me.
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Thank you to Kim Mack for helping Matt and I navigate a tougher student situation.
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Thank you to Cathy Jawnyj for helping me postage packages, help a colleague with a google meets and just be there =)
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Thank you to Matt for continuing to drop off food to families each week AND coordinate the Lotus school student belonging pickup.
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Thanks to Kelly Roland for keeping me updated on a family situation.
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Thank you to Sue Pinkawa, Paula Kvacik, Colleen Robinson, Deb Marienau and Rachel Lundberg for helping Matt and I with the student belonging disbursement next week.
-From Natalie Udstuen
Thank you Renee Kanari for your "Hot in the Kitchen" cooking sessions for 5th graders and to Molly Goodsite for capturing the cooking happiness in this video! 💓
-From Heather
Kudos to Jessica Lanners, Cindy Carlino, Lisa Werner and Lisa Shannon for pulling off an amazing evaluation in less that one week! Your hard work and dedication (during all hours of the day and night) was outstanding. Great job team!!
-From Keli Swierczek
Thank you to Kathleen Winkiel, Kendra Smeigh and Cherri Dory for your invaluable help and participation in live lessons, extra help with kids, contacting parents, telling me when my mic is off, and taking the reins when my wifi kicks me out of a lesson (I promise I'll continue to come back as fast as I can!). I couldn't do this without you!!!
-From Liz Andersen
Thank you Joan for always helping us find resources to improve the kids reading skills. The Third Grade team has been using your Linda Hoyt, Interactive Read-Alouds to guide us with our standards during elearning! We appreciate you and the resources you provide us!
-From The Third Grade Team
Anyone can give a SHOUT OUT to anyone, so please send those positive notes to me and I'll publish each Monday!
ABC Countdown
Survey Results
I’ve now had a little time to dig into the survey results and will share the full data set with staff next week. We had 112 responses, which is GREAT, since many responses conveyed information on multiple students in a household.
In terms of themes, here are big picture results:
*The majority of our families report that they are doing well which is, as always, our primary concern.
*The majority of families report that the remote learning work is right on target, and they expressed a ton of gratitude toward D114 and all we are doing.
*Nearly half of families are focusing on only eLearning, and an additional ⅓ are completing both eLearning and Choice Menu work.
Opportunities for improvement are:
1. While a group of families stated that there is too much work or the work is too difficult, another group stated that there is not enough work or that they would like their students to have access to more opportunities to extend their thinking.
Response: Thanks to Erica Barraza, we have been working to build the D114 Detective plan, which will launch this week. There will be 2 levels of difficulty in digital “escape rooms”. We’ll launch information on this on Monday, provide an overview on Tuesday, and then open the rooms right after that. Erica will offer “office hours” each Thursday to give kids feedback, offer support and coaching, and celebrate successes.
2. Families would like teachers/teams to organize work so they have access to “a week at a glance” for their home planning.
Response: Many teams already provide this, but we’ll talk as teams this week to discuss how to streamline information as we head into the end of the year.
3. Families would like more feedback from teachers on how their students are doing related to work completion, accuracy, and behavior during live lessons.
Response: This will be a topic of conversation at team meetings as well. Should we continue with remote learning or a hybrid model in the fall, our plan will include specific time for feedback to students and families.
In my meeting Friday with the Lake County superintendents, it became very, very clear that we are all going to need to develop Plans A, B, and C...and maybe D-Z to be ready for the fall. There is a very real possibility that we will not return to in person learning, and we will be ready if that’s the direction we need to go.
To see the full survey result set:
To see the full spreadsheet of all data by responder--LINK
To see the graphs and responses by questions--See PDF attached to update email :)
Most importantly, please please please celebrate our successes, as indicated by families in this data. I was blown away by how well they are doing and all the wonderful things our families had to say about our plans and YOU!!!
SUMMER SCHOOL UPDATE/REQUEST
While we can't yet say what summer school will look like, we do know a few things:
*It will happen from July 13-August 7.
*ALL IEP-entitled students will be eligible and got letters inviting them to join us.
*We will offer "summer bridge" (name of it may change) for our kids identified as
benefitting from more time and support. These are likely the students getting help from
the SWAT efforts, but should be identified during MTSS so we can invite them once we
hear back from our IEP-entitled students.
*We will still offer programming to PreK, EL, and bilingual students.
So...please email me if you are interested in being considered for summer school in any
role. We'll put the plan together as soon as we know how many kids plan to attend
and have more details on what we are permitted to safely do.
TOSA Corner
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING!!!!
You can now earn CPDUs for licensure recertification for hours put in to train and prepare for remote learning. Here is a link to a video on the topic from IEA President Kathi Griffin.
The IEA is asking members to complete a survey on how they can support educators at this time. The survey takes just a few minutes to complete and can be accessed here. Please complete the survey by May 31st.
Melissa Jakstas, President
Maureen DeVoss, Vice President for Certified Staff
Chris Brown, Vice President for Non-Certified Staff
Katy Gardner, Treasurer
Betty Cwiak, Secretary
Cathy Jawnyj, Region Representative
Kendra Smeigh, Stanton School Representative
Tiffany Tardio Weber, Lotus School Representative
MINDFUL MAY
Thank you to the Wellness Committee and especially Laura Livesay for our May Meditations. They are AWESOME!!!!! 💙
Here are a few more self-care tips for us to try...
D114 Friday Facts--Blog sent to all families each Friday--let me know if you ever have something you'd like added. Thanks to Sue Pinkawa and Jill Becmer for helping me with this each week!
*check here for documents most frequently used/requested
Please let Heather know of suggestions for any documents to add to this
folder!
Blue Cross Blue Shield:
SEL Pacing Guides
