Bus/Parking lot duty: Hamill and Higgs
Monday 1/21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday 1/22:
Wednesday 1/23:
Thursday 1/24:Conferences from 2:30 - 6:30
Friday 1/25: Teacher Workday, no school for students
Bus/Parking lot duty: Levy and Eastman
Monday 1/28: Non-Work Day
Tuesday 1/29: Kaiser out @AM
Wednesday 1/30:
Thursday 1/31:
Friday 2/1: Kaiser out @ AM
Bus/Parking lot duty: Mahoney and Meeks
Bus/Parking lot duty: Mahoney and Meeks
Monday 2/4: Non-Work Day
Tuesday 2/5:
Wednesday 2/6:
Thursday 2/7:
Friday 2/8:
Curriculum Audit
Wednesday 2/6:
Thursday 2/7:
Friday 2/8:
Curriculum Audit
Today, the administrators met to discuss the details of our district-wide curriculum audit. The district has partnered with Curriculum Management Solutions Inc. (https://curriculumsolutions.
● Curriculum monitoring;
● Allocation of resources;
● Instructional strength and weaknesses;
● Special programs;
● Use of data to improve instruction;
● Effectiveness of professional development;
● Direction provided by District policies and plans; and
● School climate and expectations.
Their work is expected to be extremely thorough, and auditors will visit each school. With that said, every single teacher in the school district is being asked to submit artifacts/work samples to the curriculum auditors. They have placed us on a very short timeline. Building administrators have been asked to collect and organize artifacts/work samples from each teacher. So, between now and the end of the teacher work day on the 25th (we were able to request an extension through the work day), each staff member needs to do the following:
- Review your assignments from the last 6 weeks. They are not necessarily looking for tests of quizzes, but we understand in some instances that may be the best sample to submit. Math is a great example of this.
- Identify a few (2-4) content standards which you have work samples which may demonstrate mastery of the specific standard.
- Select 4-5 artifacts/work samples from the content standards you chose. Make sure you choose at least 1 work sample/artifact per standard. This is 4-5 total artifacts/work samples. You do not need 4-5 from each standard.
- Fill out electronic copy of cover sheet with your content standards and label your artifacts/work samples according to the standard being measured.
The cover sheet can be accessed through the link and an example is provided for you to follow. Be sure to follow the link and make a copy.
You can delete the example and put in your specific documentation
The cover sheet for the teacher-selected curriculum audit artifacts of student work is now posted on the front page of My CDA Schools and the link here:
Users can open the link, make a copy of the Doc (File > Make a Copy) so that they can edit and add their own content and include this sheet on top of their items in the mailing envelopes that will be sent this week. Each envelope will be pre-addressed with your teacher's name and building.
5. Place cover sheet and work samples/artifacts in the yellow envelope and mark the appropriate box(es) on the front of the envelope.
6. Turn in the envelope to Teresa's office by 2:30 pm, Friday, January 25th
The timeline for this request is not the best, but we are hopeful you can pull this off from work already completed. We understand some of you may have specific questions/concerns about this request.
On February 6, the auditors will be at Venture High School to observe classes. We will meet Friday at 2:30 (not ideal, but this is our timeline) to discuss both the work samples and the school visit.
I can't thank you enough for all the work you do for the students at Venture High School!
