One day I’ll begin the weekly review without having to comment on how busy of a week we’ve had. This is not that day.
102 came through in a big way this Saturday hosting our first carnival. It was absolutely mayhem, but our staff did whatever necessary to just make it work. I’d also like to take this project as an example of what’s to come: We listened to what families wanted, we took risks in trying to do something new, and we did so as a collaborative team from planning to execution, each of us learning and growing as we go. And then of course, there’s candy and more candy.
I am so grateful of all of the staff who gave up a precious Saturday to help and I want to thank each individual publicly. I’ll do a non-staff only write up soon about the event.
Things You Should Know:
Promotion: Please review the promotion portfolio materials and determine how best to support your PID students to promote in June by passing the portfolio requirements. You should use this week to go over skills students individual students need to complete the portfolio, and then use next week to assess them. AIS teachers will assist in this work as well. All portfolios must be completed and scored by next Friday.
Summer School: Please apply here. I will be providing teachers who have asked about the ENL summer program a hard copy of the program’s description soon.
Reduced-Teaching Positions: I will begin meeting with staff who have applied to have reduced-classroom teaching assignments this week. We are hoping to finalize assignments by the end of this month.
Free Microsoft Office: All staff can now download Microsoft Office for free. A message from central:
“All employees who have NYC DOE email accounts (Username@schools.nyc.gov) can now download Microsoft Office to their own computers and mobile devices for free. The software includes:
- Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- OneNote
- Outlook
- Access (PC only)
- Publisher (PC only)
For instructions on how to download, read the FAQs.
Please don’t download the software at school/work. The DOE will roll out Microsoft collaboration tools (OneDrive, Skype for Business) later this year after network infrastructure improvements are completed.”
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