Tuesday, September 22, 2020

WHS Staff News - Week of 9/21/20


Be aware of your students' feelings! I have mentioned this to a few teachers, but everyone should be checking in with their students to get a sense that things are clear with assignments and that the workload is manageable. I have been hearing from 9th graders that they are feeling overwhelmed and starting to stress out over the workload and staying organized. Please listen to your students. 

For all teachers, you should not be posting work on days you don't see your students. You can assign projects, reading assignments, etc., but nothing new should be posted on Classroom the days you don't see that class. 
 
Plan for Wednesday, October 14 (PSAT/SAT Testing) 
Testing meeting for all certified staff (Teachers, Counselors, CST) - Wednesday, 9/30, at 3:15pm via Meet. (This will be our monthly staff meeting. Why is the meeting starting at 3:15 ... because of office hours for remote learners.)
I will post the Meet link later this week. 

Day of Testing Schedule 
  • All rooms are being used
  • Everyone will be proctoring
  • Rooms will be limited to 10-12 students 
  • Students will be grouped by cohorts 
  • There will be no office hours that afternoon
Work should be posted by 8am Wednesday morning for all 9th and 10th graders. The work assigned should be asynchronous work. Juniors and Seniors not testing will be working on college related items.  You do not need to assign them work. 

BTSN Info 
Here are some guidelines for Back to School Night. Please review and if you have any questions, please see me. The due date for the video and your website updated is Tuesday, 9/29, at 3pm. 

SGO's & PDP's
So, on yesterday, 9/21, an NJDOE Memo was released regarding SGO's and PDP's and no surprise the state is moving forward as in the past with both.  
Dianna updated the "Creating Effective SGO's Timeline" and updated all dues dates.  Please review the doc and if you have any questions, please see Dianna. 

PDP's will be due on Wednesday, 10/28, by 1pm. I will get you more information next week. 

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