Administrivia

• Distance Learning Survey Data
• Virtual Back to School Night
• Google Classroom and AERIES integration is Here!
• Not Light But Fire Book Study - Upcoming Reading
  
• Attendance Procedure Adjustments
  
• Phase 1B Schedule Coming Monday, September 21

The feedback is in from parents and students and confirms what is already known - OCSA teachers are awesome and ARE delivering a great experience thus far in distance learning! Check out the snapshot to the right or download the entire infographic to see all the categories and responses. Keep up the good work!

As a reminder, Virtual Back to School Night is this Thursday! Parents will receive a communication with all the video links so they can watch your BTSN videos at their own pace.

Thank you to everyone for their videos! While we know this is far from usual, your video submissions are FANTASTIC and convey your warmth and compassion for your students!

Yes! You can finally import assignments from Google Classroom into AERIES! Thank you to Marcy Crouch for sharing the step-by-steps to complete this, and thank you to the IT staff for helping to make this happen!

To access the step-by-step directions created by Marcy Crouch, please click here.

As we mentioned in the Professional Development sessions last week, academic and elective teachers will be participating in our Not Light, But Fire book study. Please see below for the upcoming due date:

Please read the following sections prior to our Staff Meeting (for academic and elective teachers) on Friday, October 2nd:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1

If you have not picked up your copy of the book, please stop by T100 as soon as possible.

At all times, we try to reflect on ways to improve our processes, and make changes when we are able. Here is the big change we can make at this time:

Class attendance needs to be submitted to AERIES by the end of the instructional day, and no longer is required to be submitted in the first 10 minutes of class.

We recognize that everything is in flux this year, and want to as supportive as possible for teachers to engage with their students during class, and address the attendance issues once instruction is over.

Reflection is an ongoing process, and as we continue to prepare for in-person learning in the future, OCSA will be transitioning to the Phase 1B Schedule that is contained within the School Reopening & Safety Plan. Here are the highlights of the schedule:

• 2-85 minute blocks with each academic/elective class each week (M/W, Blocks 1-3, T/TH, Blocks 4-6)
  
• School will continue to start at 8:30 AM
• Friday will be ASYNCHRONOUS for Blocks 1-6 where students will be engaged in some type of daily assignment that they will submit by the end of class (or 4:15 PM) for proof of instructional minutes, and to provide additional time for teacher preparation and "Block 7" office hours
  
• The schedule adopted in Phase 1B is identical to the Phase 2 Hybrid/Blended Learning Schedule

This schedule will begin on Monday, September 21 to align with the start of the 2nd 6-week grading period. OCSA families will receive an email this week informing them of the upcoming change.

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

Elective Teacher PLC (Tuesday, September 8)

1:15 PM

Meeting ID: 951 9517 1321

Passcode: Elective

Academic Teacher PLCs (Tuesday, September 8)

2:00 PM

Check with Curriculum Leads for meeting Information

PLC Reflection Questions can be found here

Calendar Committee Meeting (Wednesday, September 9)

2:00 PM

Meeting ID: 962 2069 7308

Passcode: OCSA

Curriculum Lead Meeting (Thursday, September 10)

Check with Sally for meeting information

Induction Meeting (Thursday, September 10)

NO ADMIN OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK!

Introduction and Chapter 1

Email: ocsa.administration@ocsarts.net
Website: ocsa.net
Location: 1010 North Main Street, Santa Ana, CA, USA
Phone: (714) 560-0900
Twitter: @weareocsa