#LeadWell

A Districtwide web-based survey for parents of English learners will be deployed from February 16-March 12, 2021. To ensure the successful deployment of the survey, your support and action is needed. Click here to access survey in English and Spanish as well as the Memo to principals. It is recommended that several printed copies of both the English and Spanish versions are made available at the school office for parents to complete and submit.

If you have any questions, please email Mercedes Baeza @ mbaeza@tustin.k12.ca.us

Requests to add support staff into Clever so they can access Sora, or other applications, should be directed to site admins, who will determine if this access is appropriate for that individual. Admin can then submit a help desk ticket, including the staff members first and last name and position, to get Clever access added for that support staff member.

Admins should only be submitting help desk tickets for Clever access for support staff that are directly involved with students and academics.

The MOY Literably window closes Friday, February 5th. The week of February 8th, Ed Services will export the data and build updated MOY Literacy Data spreadsheets that will include Semester 1 grades, as well as current MOY Literably and Lexia data. Reports will be uploaded to school data lockers. We will let administrators know when the reports are available.

As we review MOY data, our goal is to look for opportunities to celebrate growth and engagement and honor the hard work of both teachers and students. Thank you for your continued leadership in developing and launching your literacy support plan!

Confronting Racism Through Courageous Conversations in the Secondary Classroom -

How do you address the sensitive yet important issue of racism in America with your students? Learn tips on how to successfully lead courageous conversations in your classroom. Hear from Dr. Tyrone Howard, Professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. His research examines equity, culture, race, teaching, and learning.

This edWebinar will be of interest to staff of the middle and high school levels. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation. Click HERE for more information.

TUSD District Library Specialist, Theresa Walsh created "Sora Spotlight" to highlight titles or features in Sora. Please consider including the SORA Spotlight in your school and classroom newsletters.

SORA Spotlight- week of February 2 2021 (Middle School - Black History Month)

TUSD is offering another opportunity for teachers and administrators interested in taking the March through May offering of Joe Feldman’s Grading for Equity online course. Stipends ($450) are available for teachers upon successful completion of video modules and written reflection exercises. If interested, please apply here by February 19th. Space is limited - don’t wait!

We currently have 50 TUSD teachers and administrators enrolled in the Winter version of this course and feedback has been phenomenal! Join in the conversation as we learn what research says about making grading more mathematically accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational.

Ensure Justice is an annual conference that focuses on preventing human trafficking and exploitation. This year’s theme is “Being Crushed” and will focus on early intervention solutions that build resilience, strengthen communities, and provide hope. Speakers will address topics such as resource scarcity, substance abuse and family violence, public health and mapping resources, and Adverse Childhood Experience tools.

Ensure Justice is March 5 - 6, 2021, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and will be offered virtually this year.

Orange County teachers, staff, administration and parent participants receive complimentary conference tickets. Register online.

• Teachers, Staff and Administrators use Promo Code OCDE2021 for your free 2-day regular registration ticket.
• Parents use Promo Code OCDEPARENT21 for your free 2-day regular registration ticket.

English EST

Feb 9th / 6pm EST

(3pm PST)

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdOCvrTsoHt3lebD4UPHazbH7GoSy5F06

English PST

Feb 9th / 6pm PST

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpd-CurTgtG9QPbfkj71BBLJw1RurN6kQB

Spanish EST

Feb 11th / 6pm EST

(3pm PST)

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqf-qhrDkjGdIYP5Wi8iG74HDo8hmGEpo3

Spanish PST

Feb 11th/ 6pm PST

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIudOitrz4qGNXB2Y4SkQUqxtvp4e3l8NG9

Our Learning Series is coming back and the application is open! (If you already applied for Cohort 2, you do not need to apply again!)

Math Teachers - We will be moving forward with the Math Mastery Checkpoints for this spring, with a window of April 5-30. More information will be forthcoming regarding selecting testing dates for your site, logistics, etc. Letters will be sent out by the school site the first week of February to families of all Math 6 and 7 students (for the opportunity to jump into the accelerated track in 2021-2022), Math 8 students (for placement recommendation in high school), and Algebra 1 students (for placement recommendation in high school and summer geometry acceleration). Data from these checkpoints, along with Renaissance/Star and Freckle Data, will inform the placement recommendations for students.

Are you teaching E3D? Are you looking for professional development or individual coaching? Here is a link to all the offerings this school year.

Here is the next PD date specifically focused on the online platform that is available:

DATE: Wednesday, February 17th

TIME: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

LInk: https://hmhco.webex.com/hmhco/j.php?MTID=mfc612f8019402cce839bd9f816f5d194

Many of the issues have been around incorrect mapping of categories. Please be sure to add an S to the beginning of your Spring Categories in Aeries. This way it will make it clear which categories need to be mapped for Spring in Schoology.

Educational Technology Website

Updates are being published each week.

Some new information added this week includes…

• PlayPosit Webinar Recordings

• Recorded Webinar from Paper to share with Students

• Pear Deck information

• Discovery Education Interactive Course Links

• Schoology Webinar Recordings

• Effective Blended Learning Practices for 2021 and Beyond

• And more...

For a series of brief videos (30 sec. - 2 min. each) on accessing and using the MyLexia Dashboard and student Lexia PowerUp App, check out this MyLexia Dashboard Asynchronous Training Guide.

Lexia Drop-In Support

Wednesday, February 10th, 7:30-8:30 am (Google Meet Quick Code: LexiaSupport)

In a world flooded with competing, conflicting, and contradictory information, students need tools and strategies to identify the purpose, audience, and motives of different information sources, including speeches, posters, advertisements, and social network posts. These tools allow them to be critical and independent thinkers capable of entering into civic dialogue to solve society's pressing problems in an increasingly complicated digital world.

Join colleagues at the UC Santa Cruz History & Civics Project and the UC Irvine History Project for three virtual sessions, scheduled for...

• February 22 (4-5:30pm PST)

• March 8 (4-6pm PST)

• March 22 (4-5:30pm PST)