Administrivia

Week of Monday September 21 - Friday, September 25

In this Week's Administrivia:

Updated Distance Learning Norms
Phase 1B Schedule Starts Today!
PSO Grant Application Available!
Jamboard Available for Collaboration!
School Wireless Hotspot Device Reminders
Test Center Reminders
Confidential Information Reminders for Special Service Students
Not Light But Fire - Curriculum Resource

Inspirational Quote for the Week

Amplifications!

Ms. Allcorn Travels the World!

Christine Allcorn takes her students around the world with her virtual backgrounds. So cool!

Distance Learning with Au!

Randy Au delivers high quality distance instruction to his ceramics students from his classroom. Fun fact: students are using air-dried clay that does not require firing in the kiln to continue design principles from home. Awesome!

Weekly Humor

Important Reminders from the Dean Team

Updated Distance Learning Norms

With the start of the Phase 1B schedule today, Distance Learning Norms have been updated:

Teachers must refrain from assigning new work on Fridays. Work that should be completed during Friday asynchronous time should be assigned earlier in the week.

Teachers should assign a reflective task for Friday, if no other work is assigned. This will ensure we are meeting the daily engagement requirements. Click here for a sample reflection form.

Teachers can offer optional remediation activities on Friday to support students, but these cannot be required.

Teachers must be available on Fridays for office hours for a minimum of 20 minutes each block.

Teachers are able to request that an assignment be submitted at the end of a block; however, students must be allowed to submit that assignment by Friday at 4:15pm before a late penalty is applied.

Phase 1B Schedule Starts Today!

The Phase 1B schedule starts today Monday, September 21 to align with the start of the 2nd 6-week grading period.

Teachers who need to be out on Friday DO NOT need to secure/request a substitute teacher, but teachers DO need to post asynchronous activities for students AND post their absence in Frontline.

To download the Phase 1B Schedule, please click here.

PSO Grant Application Available!

PSO Grants are now open!

What is a PSO Grant? A PSO Grant is a supplemental program, funded entirely by Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) Parent Support Organization’s (PSO’S) discretionary fund. A PSO Grant provides awardees the ability to make specific purchases to fill a need in the classroom. PSO Grants fund supplies, equipment, instructional items, special projects, or programs. Those eligible to apply for a grant include OCSA Academic and/or Conservatory Faculty, Administration, and Staff.

Deadline: Sun., Oct. 11, 2020

Contact: kim.ocsapso@gmail.com

To access the PSO Grant Application, please click here.

Jamboard Available for Collaboration!

Thank you to Rachel Trask for writing this description of a new collaboration tool available to you!

Jamboard is a Google Tool that links up with Google Drive to serve as a whiteboard-collaboration space for students and teachers. A singular “Jamboard” is a white box where collaborators can use tools like drawing, text, importing images, and add sticky-notes to a Jamboard slide. You can add multiple Jamboard slides for students to collaborate on (see the image on this post) Please click here for a video tutorial on Jamboard.

School Wireless Hotspot Device Reminders

School issued hotspots deliver a streaming bandwith similar to your cellular device. This is a last resort resource and is issued when all other solutions have been exhausted. Thus, a hotspot may not solve connectivity issues for your students.

If you have students experiencing connectivity issues, please refer them to our IT staff so they can connect with the family to problem-solve and identify other solutions before resorting to a wireless hotspot.

Test Center Reminders

If your IEP or 504 student missed a test because of an excused absence, please email testcenter@ocsarts.net to make an appointment for your student to be proctored by Dina or Maranda.

Just a reminder that during distance learning, the test center is not available for students in need of extended time for tests and quizzes.

Confidential Information Reminders for Special Service Students

In Aeries Class Attendance,

Under the Special Services column:

1=IEP

2=504

4=Medical Accommodation

IEP, 504 and medical data is confidential, protected information. Please use the private chat feature in Zoom to communicate with aides when present.

Do not publicly identify this information.

Contact Special.Services@ocsarts.net with questions or concerns.

Not Light But Fire - Curriculum Resource

Do you want to address Not Light, But Fire with your students? Thanks to Courtney Harper for developing non-curriculum specific resources that she has shared:

Talking & Listening Moves - Google Slides & doc.

Here is Courtney's description:

They are sort of a synthesis/fusion of Kay's ideas around creating the "safe space" and an article from Science Primer I read in the UCI MAT program about "Talk Moves" that teachers can use to facilitate discussion and critical thinking that I sort of morphed into something accessible for students with sentence starters and frames they can use. I introduced it to my LC2H kids yesterday in preparation for a whole class discussion on Monday and some of the more intense discussions we'll be having over the coming units. That said, it's not really tied to a specific curriculum, so I figure it could be a resource to help anyone struggling with how to create a safe space that nurtures and encourages discussion as well as how to help kiddos, even those shy ones, engage in that discussion. Anyway, please feel free to use or share if these are helpful 🙂

Want the Inclusion Resources? Join the Classroom!

Join the Antiracism & Inclusion Google Classroom to continue the conversation begun last week during the Professional Development sessions. Resources include links to all the videos and articles. Use code oaah6px

Join the Academic & Elective Teacher Google Classroom!

Use join code zsqq6be to join if you do not see it in your lists of Google Classrooms

OCSA Tech Tips

Distance Learning Resource Padlet

Student Behavior Referral Form