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Instructional Leadership
Announcement
Please Note:
You can find more
information on our department website:
www.sisd.net/academicservices
May
2018
Edition
Innovation Does Not Happen in Isolation April 4, 2018 by George Couros
In “The Innovator’s Mindset,” I share the following eight characteristics:
What is important to understand regarding these characteristics is that none of
them make you innovative in isolation. It is their combinations that lead to new
and better solutions. If I a “observant” and understand the world around me, yet “create” nothing, what would be solved? Flip it though; if I am “creating” without understanding the context of where I work and who I serve (observant),
you might be creating solutions to things that is helpful to no one.
This thinking was sparked by a post I recently read that was written
by Mrs. Krolicki, talking about the importance of reflection leading to action:
To read more please click on the link:
https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/8175
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Tech News Blackboard Classroom – SISD’s LMS
The Socorro ISD Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) has completed its review of
multiple Learning Management Systems (LMS) over the course of a year and have
concluded that Blackboard Classroom is the best choice to move our district forward
in our goal of producing Future Ready graduates. This Blackboard Classroom will
provide district staff, students, and parents a platform to leverage the many digital
tools and resources in our district by placing them in one location, making them easily
accessible, interoperable, and drives more personalized content to all stakeholders. Being online and with
adaptive capabilities, users will be able to access the Blackboard Classroom LMS any time and on mobile
devices. For the 2018-19 school year, Blackboard Classroom will be implemented at high schools, with middle
school grades in 2019-2020 and district-wide implementation in 2020-2021. High schools will be receiving
additional information during campus visits scheduled with our Instructional Technology team. Thanks goes
out to all of campus TAC members for their involvement in the LMS Review process!
DNA Conference
July 25, 2018
Eastlake High School
We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Digitally Nurturing Academics (DNA)
Conference will also serve as the event at which Dr. Jose Espinoza, Superintendent of
Schools, will welcome back all Team SISD teachers for the 2018-19 school year! There
will be two sessions during which Dr. Espinoza will address our team, propelling them
into a day full of learning, sharing, and growing together in our capacity as educators
to use the district’s digital investments to unleash “A Universe of Possibilities” for our students!
In preparation for the conference:
Please remind staff that arrangements have been made for busses to transport them from your campus
to the conference and back, due to the limited parking available and the anticipated congestion due to
construction on Eastlake Boulevard from I-10 up to and past Peyton Road.
Lunch will also be provided on-site for all attendees.
We encourage everyone to download the Eventleaf Guide app on their smartphone to be able to
access their schedule after they have registered for the event.
The Instructional Technology team will be meeting with campus staff to provide an overview of the
conference and provide guidance for registering for the event to select their sessions for this great day of
professional learning!
@InstrTech_SISD
#SISD_DNA18 ● #TeamSISD ● #FutureReady ● #SISD_OCB
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Tech News (Cont.)
June Professional Development Sessions
June 4th, Monday June 6th, Wednesday June 7th, Thursday
AM Creating
Accessibility
Nearpod 3-hr:
101/Intermediate
Empower Students with
Workforce Ready Skills
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Pebble Hills High
School
Options HS (Library) Options HS (Library)
PM Nearpod 3-hr:
Intermediate/Advanced
Empower Students with
Workforce Ready Skills
12:30 – 3:30 p.m. 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Options HS (Library) Options HS (Library)
June 12th, Tuesday June 13th, Wednesday June 14th, Thursday
AM A Teacher’s Day Made Easier with OneNote and OneNote
Class Notebooks
Fostering Digital
Citizenship in the
21st Century
Nearpod 3hr:
Intermediate/
Advanced
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
DSC Project Room Options HS (Library) DSC Project Room
PM A Teacher’s Day Made Easier with OneNote and OneNote
Class Notebooks
Fostering Digital
Citizenship in the 21st
Century
Nearpod 3hr:
101/Intermediate
12:30 – 3:30 p.m. 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.
DSC Project Room DSC Project Room DSC Project Room
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Early Childhood News
This Month in Early Childhood
The end of year is almost here.
A time you shouldn’t fear.
Stay strong and don’t forget
That you really shouldn’t fret
About what your students know.
You’ve done a great job and it shows!
Your little ones will soon be gone
And they know that you’re the one
That taught them how to read and write
and treat each other right.
Elizabeth Marquez
Don’t forget: Istation K-2: May 1st – May 11th
EOY Math K-2: May 14th – May 18th
ELAR News
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Elementary ELAR
Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge
(May 7-September 7, 2018)
Description from Scholastic: The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is a free, online
reading program designed to help students turn the “summer slide”—the learning loss
which can occur over the summer months—into a “summer leap” by discovering the joy and magic of reading for fun.
The theme of the Challenge changes every year. The 2018 theme is “A Magical Summer of Reading,” which comes to life on the website with the beautiful Harry Potter illustrations by Jim Kay. We think it’s the perfect message to encourage students across the country to share in the magic of summer reading in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Please consult with your campus librarian for additional guidance.
Secondary ELAR
Literary Anthology Author’s Luncheon
Literary Anthology first place winners will be recognized during the annual author’s luncheon. All coordinators will be assisting during the anthology luncheon.
Date: May 12, 2018
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Pebble Hills Cafeteria
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Math News
Elementary and Secondary Math
Upcoming dates:
3rd Grade Advisory Committee - May 1st, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. @ DSC Room B
4th Grade Advisory Committee - May 2nd, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. @ DSC Room A
5th Grade Advisory Committee - May 3rd, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. @ DSC Room B
TI Calculator training will be available May 19th, @ DSC, from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
This training is available to all 7th - Algebra 2 teachers.
Good Luck to all of our 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, and
Algebra 1 students on your STAAR/EOC
exams!
YOU GOT THIS!
Science News
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SISD Science (K-12th)
Academic
Vocabulary
Academic vocabulary refers to the words associated with content
knowledge. Within science, there is a specific set of words that
represent concepts and processes. These words are conceptually
more complex than everyday language; therefore, they are more
difficult to learn. Lead4ward has a list of academic science
vocabulary words per grade level. This list includes new words,
previously introduced words and related words per TEK.
Academic Vocabulary - click on the grade level and “science” under the academic vocab column.
Streamlined
TEKs
The State Board of Education gave final approval in April to
streamlined science standards for kindergarten through high
school. Streamlining eliminates, clarifies or combines some
standards without adding additional content. Click on the links
below to view the side by side documents by grade level that
we will be analyzing at our content meetings.
Elementary Middle School High School
Stemscopes
Re-TEKs
Don’t forget that all 5th, 8th and Biology Teachers have access to the
Stemscopes RE-TEKs. This is a great resource to prepare our students
for the upcoming STAAR/EOC exams.
Log in: https://n11089d41294.acceleratelearning.com/login
Username: SISD username
Password: First name initial, Last name initial (both capitalized) and
last 4 digits of your Employee number.
Content
Advisory
Meetings
May 1st – 3rd Grade Math and Science, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. DSC Room B
May 2nd – 4th Grade Math and Science, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. DSC Room A
May 3rd – 5th Grade Math and Science, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. DSC Room B
May 22nd– Chemistry/Physics, 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. DSC Tech Lab 1st
Floor
May 23rd— Biology, 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. DSC Tech Lab 1st Floor
Contact Us
Dr. Danielle Navariz (Elementary 2nd – 5th) [email protected]
Frank McDonald (Middle and High School 6th – 12th) [email protected]
Social Studies News
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SISD Social Studies (K-12th) Curriculum/
Current
Events
Corner
Keep our SISD Students connected to real world social issues:
https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/
NEW FREE
RESOURCE https://newseumed.org/
This is a new resource with free lesson plans for
Social Studies teachers.
8th Grade
Social
Studies
STAAR
The STAAR assessment is May 17th, we have created a folder in TEAMS with
interactive STAAR Review Resources. Please be sure your teachers are
utilizing these free and awesome resources!
Summer
Professional
Development
Opportunities
2nd/3rd Social Studies Vocabulary Strategies: June 5th 12:30-3:30 p.m.
DSC Room C
4th Social Studies Vocabulary Strategies: June 7th 12:30-3:30 p.m. DSC
Project Room
5th Social Studies Vocabulary Strategies: June 12th 12:30-3:30 p.m. DSC
Room A
High School/Online Textbook: June 13th 1:00-4:00 p.m. DSC Tech Lab 1st
Floor
High School/Online Textbook: June 20th 1:00-4:00 p.m. DSC Tech Lab 1st
Floor
Contact Us Dr. Kim Baxter (Middle & High School) [email protected]
Michelle Trujillo (Middle School & Elementary) [email protected]
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Advanced Academics
Advanced Academics May/June Events
Gifted and Talented
May 2: District Gifted and Talented Showcase at PHHS
May 5: Identification and Assessment Professional Development
May 19: Nature and Needs Professional Development
June 5: Project Based Learning for the 21st Century
June 11-15: GT summer camp @ Americas High School
June 18-19: Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model for SCGM
campuses
DC/ECHS
May 16: Dual Credit Advisory Meeting
Pre-AP/AP
SpringBoard Math and ELA Training:
July 18-19: Eastlake High School
July 20-21: Americas High School
July 25-26: Pebble Hills High School
Destination Imagination May 21: Deadline to complete online form/survey
UIL May 21: Elementary & MS UIL Meeting
Use the following URL for ELAR:
https://socorroindependenttx.springboardonline.org/
SpringBoard Teacher Access
The access code is: AXKKAS
Be sure to use your district email address when registering.
Use the following URL for Math
(This is trial access only!):
https://texasmath.springboardonline.org/ebook/login
Username: socorromath
Password: socorromath
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Bilingual Buzz
Upco i g PD’s:
Date
Starting Time
Ending Time
Title Audience Location
5/7/2018 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Family Latino Literacy
Project EOY
Family Latino Literacy
Project Parents
DSC Board
Room
5/22/2018 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Title III Instructional Aide/
LPAC Aide Training
Title III Instructional
Aide/LPAC Aide DSC Room AB
5/23/2018 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Secondary ESL
Academy Training
Secondary ESL
Academy Teachers DSC Room CD
5/24/2018 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. PreK- K ESL Academy
Training
PreK - K ESL Academy
Teachers DSC Room AB
Continued support for Pre-K registration Plan
Elementary Title III Clerks will be going to their respective Pre-K Hubs
to support in the finalizing of the Pre-LAS testing from
April 7th registration during May 1st- 15th.
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Bilingual Buzz (Cont.)
LPAC News
There will be NO monthly meeting for
LPAC Administrators for the month of May.
Our next monthly meeting for Title III Instructional/
LPAC Aides will be May 22, 2018.
This will be our End of Year Celebration for all their
hard work.
Campestre Elementary
Montwood High School
EOY Pre-K Pre-LAS Testing Window: May 1st-25th
Pass out permission slips to Year 1 & 2
students
Collect permission slips by May 11th
Send SESLA rosters electronically by May 18th
If recommending specific ESL teacher for
your campus please notify Bil/ESL Depart-
ment
Ensure classrooms are reserved for SESLA at
participating campuses
5th grade students will be attending their
assigned middle school’s SESLA
8th grade students will be attending their
assigned high school’s SESLA
We are proud to recognize 21 campuses
participating and about 200 parents. Thank you very
much to our teachers that were part of implementing
this parental program this school year at their
campus. Also a big thank you to our Eastlake High
School Mariachis for being part of our entertainment
for this event.
Exiting 11th and 12th grade students-
Testing Window: May 1st-25th
Special Education Department
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What Teachers Should Know and Do:
Meet with your General Education Teachers in
order to: - Interpret the IEP.
- Review accommodations/modifications/PLAAFPS/
goals and/or objectives/BIPs and any assistive
technology.
- Create student/learner profile.
- Make sure that ARD dates, for the year, are
scheduled and communicated to the
appropriate personnel.
- Draft goals/objectives, which should be provided
to parents 10 days before the scheduled ARD.
TEA 2016 Performance Report
Just as a reminder, every campus must have a
TBSI campus core team
All training dates are currently posted on the
Staff Development website. Each training date is
restricted to ONLY 40 PARTICIPANTS, therefore it is
best to register early. It is also recommended
that if a campus plans to train a large number of
people, they stagger their staff to attend
different training dates throughout the year.
Date Time Title Audience Location
May 2, 2018 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Agency and
Employer Luncheon
Community
Employers
DSC
Room C/D
May 4, 2018 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Celebration Day Students with limited
Motor Ability And
Medically Fragile
Sun Ridge
Middle
School Gym
May 10, 2018 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. PAS Academy PAS
Teachers
DSC
Room B
May 22-23, 2018 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CPI Training TBSI Campus
Core Teams
TBD
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week and Better Hearing and Speech Month
I would like to acknowledge the critical role, that you all play, within the Special Education Department.
Thank you all, for your passion, commitment and most of all, your undying work ethic, to all of our students with
special needs.
Without a doubt, you are all vital members of the Socorro ISD Special Education Department.
Thank you.
Richard Ortega M. ED.
State and Federal Programs
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2018-2019 DISTRICT/CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS: COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
What drives a district improvement plan or campus improvement plan? How is a vision developed by district
and school leadership to make the district and our campuses better than they were before?
* It all starts with the Comprehensive Needs Assessment! (CNA)
* We are in full swing with the development of our 2018-2019 DIP and CIPs.
* What are our needs? How do we determine them?
* How do our needs then become defined as our plan objectives and strategies?
* How do our objectives and strategies become funded with our budget allocations?
* CNA Multiple Measures of Data
* Four Areas: Demographics, Student Academic Achievement,
District Processes and Programs, and Perceptions.
* What are the strengths of each of the four multiple measures of data>
* What are the areas needing improvement in each measure? How are the problem statements
and root causes analyzed and applied for each?
* ”A Plan Will Not Work Unless We Do.”
*A CNA and a subsequent improvement plan is not merely a compliance piece.
*A DIP and a CIP is a full illustration of the vision an entity has to “raise the bar” with respect to
student achievement.
*First things First: We will never be able to determine any other plan steps without a solid CNA
in place! That is why this first step is so important and ample time is given for completion.
*The CNA portion of the DIP and CIPs must be completed by May 25. As always, if you have
any questions, call:
*Dr. Adam Starke at 937-1601
*Oscar Leza at 937-1603