Monday Morning Memo: Monday Morning Memo 1/25/21

2021 Word List---send me YOUR word if you're willing to have it added! Thanks to those who have shared! I'll keep BELIEVING! 💗

KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE ONSITE LEARNING HAPPEN FOR EVEN MORE OF OUR KIDS LAST WEEK!!!!

Shoutout to Ashley Zagozdon, Kathleen Winkiel, and Tristan Kraft for preparing supplies for students for an upcoming science lab! THANK YOU!

-From Michelle Serini

Thank you to Sabi, Norm, Cary, Eddy, Russ, Tim and Kent for keeping our kitchens shining and helping the Food Service Staff with all our needs to keep providing meals to our District #114 Families; and for picking up the lunch garbage from the classrooms daily.

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Thank you to Maintenance for helping us move milk coolers and carts from one site to another.

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Thank you to all our Transportation Department, Andrea, bus drivers, van drivers, Aids for helping us deliver meals and materials all along, couldn't have done it without you!

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Thank you to our secretaries, those wonder women that help us every day Michele, Jill, Sue and Paula, your support means a lot to us.

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Special THANK YOU to all the Food Service from District 114, we have shown that we are ONE TEAM, Stanton and Lotus Kitchens have been amazing, thank you for your hard work and always going above and beyond for our kids and staff.

-From Georgette Franco

To all Stanton Staff, thank you for being so caring and loving towards everyone. It is so great to work with such a great group of people. Thank you also to the 8th grade team and others for helping me in Gizelle's classroom when they can!

-Samantha Maentanis

Thank you Cheryl and Debbie for all the help you have provided to the first grade team. Our

students have all the necessary tools and papers to help make their remote learning seem as

hands on as possible. As always we are lucky to you both.

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Thank you to Jenn Wenc and Cheryl Schuck for taking over my class twice this week when I

was having technical difficulties. You ladies are life savers and Jenn we are so happy to have

you back on the first grade team.

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Thank you Mike Szotek and Victoria Miller for coming to my aid twice this week and

troubleshooting all my tech issues. You're the best!

Thank you Paula and Sue for ALL that you do on a daily basis, which I am sure we take for

granted, but also with all the extra work you have done to get ready for in person learning,

including but not limited to: class lists, sorting out in class supplies, scheduling, and fielding

parent calls. You make our jobs possible

-From Cary Scarpino

Huge shout out to Colleen for always bringing a smile to the kitchen and helping with lunch

delivery!

♥️ The kitchen staff

Thanks to Jeff Sefcik and Sue Giandonato (and her hubby, Al) for working hard to make sure

donated food items are safe and secure---on a freezing cold weekend.

-From Heather

To Norm Fisher for working endlessly and quickly! I asked him for a very

"non-important" favor, and he responded immediately when I knew there

were much more pressing issues at hand. Thank you so much!

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To the Stanton Spirit Committee for a bright, wonderful "welcome back" and

some yummy treats!

-From Stephanie Kaye

🎉74% of our students have completed the diagnostic and ZERO students have been flagged for rushing!

*The diagnostic does not count as time on task so i-Ready data will continue to be skewed through February 2nd.

*Please follow up with students as they complete the diagnostic to verify that they are on a learning path that is just right for them.

Our Goal:

85% of students engage for at least 30 minutes.

Reporting Reminders

Please remember that all staff are expected to report onsite per the guidelines and timelines in the Hybrid Launch Plan.

And, a reminder about reporting expectations (from this document, sent 10/9/20)

All certified staff members working on site will be required to assist with supervision of

students starting at 7:25 for Lotus staff and 8:10 for Stanton staff every day BUT Wednesday.

Classroom teachers will supervise students in their classrooms
Other certified staff members will be assigned to help with supervision around

getting students from buses/cars to their classrooms

Certified staff members will keep a timesheet of additional hours worked and be paid

at the rate of $34/hour for time worked.

Lotus: 7:25-7:40 should be logged
Stanton: 8:10-8:25 should be logged

*When you complete a timesheet for before school hours (Lotus 7:25-7:40 or Stanton 8:10-8:25),

please be sure to:

1. Complete it so it meets the dates in the 20-21 payroll calendar (attached). Please stay current on these.

2. Submit timesheets to Matt/Jeff, who will review and then send my way.

THANKS!

Staff are NOT paid for time spent making sure students get safely to their buses/transport at the end of the day. That is a professional expectation.

What if There's Inclement Weather?

We may need this this week...please read!

Given the fact that we will still have students learning remotely with the Hybrid plan and we have certainly proven our capacity to teach in remote ways, should the weather get nasty, we will ALL shift to remote learning as our emergency/inclement weather plan for this winter.

This is only in place until 1) we are able to have all students back on site and 2) until we draft our Remote Learning Plan specific to inclement weather in "normal" attendance conditions. The EAFL executive board and I are working in collaboration on this---it obviously has not been a priority at this point. As soon as the decision is made to call a weather-related full remote day, I'll notify everyone via email/phone call and will also post on the website. Given this, I'd encourage everyone to watch the weather and leave each day--especially if the weather seems to be getting nasty--ready to work remotely the next day. Please let me know what questions you have and we'll work through them together!

COVID Updates

Updated dashboard data 1/24/21:

The dashboard with our most current data looks like this:

Onsite COVID Testing

More info coming--we're still working on this. :)

COVID Vaccination Updates

I'll share all updates via email but also will keep a log of all communication in this document so you have it all.

Watch for an email THIS WEEK to identify as a PreK-12 educator in the AllVax system!

Employee Assistance Program

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR EAP PROGRAM.

Please remember that ALL employees are able to use the services in the EAP program. Any support is strictly confidential. These are DIFFICULT times, so please don't hesitate to reach out for help!!!

This week's Two-Minute Tip is here! Have you considered assigning student roles to help manage your classes? Yep, you can do it even in this remote/hybrid setting! Get some ideas HERE!

i-Ready ️Winter️ Diagnostic

Testing Window

January 11th-February 2nd

Reminders:

✅Teacher assigned lessons will still be available to students during testing.

If you didn't get a chance to join Catlin Tucker's AMAZING 30 minute power PD on concurrent teaching (meaning kids in the room and kids on the screen), it's linked here and is worth EVERY second!

https://event.webinarjam.com/t/click/37n56s5u2mazoh3rokhk0x6il2u0

Lotus PBIS

CLICK HERE for awesome updates!!!!

Matrix for remote behavior expectations

Matrix for in person behavior expectations

Discipline T-chart

Stanton

Mark your calendars! The next PBIS Celebration will be on Friday, March 19th!

Here is a graph of the PBIS points given by grade since returning to school on 1/4/21 to 1/22/21.

Student's goal is to get 3 points per day. Let's make sure our kids get the points they deserve! Just over 20% of our students are reaching their goal since returning from winter break. Excellent work to the staff who keep giving all those points! We can do this! There are new items in the store and kids are excited to get points and buy more goodies!

COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES

-Updated FAQs

-Updated Decision-Making Tree

Safety Protocols

*If you have any COVID-10 like symptoms at all or are not feeling well, please DO NOT

come onsite.

If coming onsite:

*You must continue to self-certify using Skyward.

*All staff must enter through the main entrance at each site.

*You must sign in using the sign in sheet, mark that you self-certified, and take and record your temperature. IF YOU HAVE A FEVER ABOVE 100.4 YOU ARE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AND REACH OUT TO YOUR PRINCIPAL AND HEATHER.

*Once Sharon/Marc are onsite, they will review the sign in sheet and cross check with the

self-certification report. If anyone is NOT cleared or did NOT self-certify, they will meet with them to ensure they are safe to be onsite. If not, they'll refer that employee to Heather.

*If you arrive after Sharon/Marc are onsite, please will report to the Health Office to check in so we know you have self-certified. Your temperature will also be taken and recorded. Employees will know to do this because, when Sharon/Marc arrive, they will pick up the sign

in log and put out a sign that says "Please come to the Health Office to check in".

When you come onsite, you can work in your classroom/workspace. Please feel free to use it as your own. I'd just ask that you work in that space as much as possible and not travel out much. You can, of course you can use the bathroom, lounge, copiers, etc. as needed. Please do not congregate in the hallways or in other spaces. We simply want to keep you safe.

If you are alone in your workspace and the door is closed, you may remove your mask. If anyone enters that space, everyone in the space MUST wear a mask and stay 6 ft apart at all times.

When you DO leave your room, I'd ask that you strictly follow the 4 W's to help keep yourself and others around you safe:

1. Wash your hands.

2. Wear your mask.

3. Watch your space.

4. Wait your turn.

If you are concerned that you have COVID-19 or have been exposed to COVID-19 and

have been

or are scheduled to be onsite, please let your principal, and/or me know

immediately so we can partner with you for your safety and for the safety of others.

You can trust that we will keep all this information confidential, balancing staff privacy and

system safety needs.

All staff MUST wear masks AT ALL TIMES

when onsite and in public spaces.

If you are working in an office/classroom

with the door closed, you may remove your

mask. It must be worn when anyone enters

that space with you.

Interested in learning more about bridging the gap with unfinished learning, here is a set of courses that can help Three 90-minute, free webinars on best practices regarding unfinished learning in Math and Language Arts.

ISBE Professional Development opportunities:

Childhood Resilience – (two professional development hours) – Resilience describes the ability to bounce back from adversity in life. A more comprehensive and complex definition identifies resilience as a protective or positive process that is employed to reduce the negative outcomes that are possible when risk factors are present. In this course, Mick Duffy will guide participants to explore resilience in the individual factors of temperament, relationship, and environment.

Supporting Early Learning: Resources for Sharing! 3–4 p.m. – Feb. 10Come join this interactive session during which Amy Treadwell and Lisa Vahey will share some leadership-level actions for supporting your teachers. You’ll leave with an overview of a new resource bank of lesson ideas, home-school connections. and professional learning just for early childhood.

Maureen DeVoss, President

Melissa Jakstas, Vice President for Certified Staff

Chris Brown, Vice President for Non-Certified Staff

Katy Gardner, Treasurer

Betty Cwiak, Secretary

Cathy Jawnyj, Region Representative

Michelle Serini, Stanton School Representative

Tiffany Tardio Weber, Lotus School Representative

SELF CARE STATION

SEL COMMITTEE HUB

Mindful Movement Class Archive

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