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South High School students pose in this Denver Post photo. Read Post coverage of the event here.
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Creating Safe Spaces for Tough Student Conversations
Recent executive action on immigration and refugees has prompted concerns from a number of our students and families, as some shared Monday in an event at South High School attended by Board President Anne Rowe, Superintendent Tom Boasberg and Deputy Superintendent Susana Cordova. We wanted to again provide resources on teaching current events and on having difficult conversations that may be helpful to you:
- What do I Say to Students? This resource posted Monday on the Teaching Tolerance website discusses how students may be impacted by President Trump's recent actions on immigration and refugees, and provides tips, facts and additional links for productive conversations in classrooms and schools.
- Joint Statement on Executive Orders: Superintendent Boasberg joined with leaders from the Colorado Education Association, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Padres y Jovenes Unidos to oppose the executive orders.
- Resource Bank for Shared Core Value Week: While some resources in this comprehensive bank focused on the inauguration, others includes guidelines for discussing bias and a toolkit for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). In addition, quick contact information for central support services, including help in talking with families and employee counseling, are listed.
- Responding to Immigration Concerns: Superintendent Tom Boasberg and the DPS legal team created an FAQ responding to immigration concerns commonly voiced by families. The document is available in 10 languages.
In addition, please consider having your school team participate in "Bridging the Ethnic and Racial Divide," a new session by Equity Boot Camp
. This session is open to all DPS team members and will take place at New Hope Baptist Church, 3701 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205.
Choose from two session dates:
- Wednesday, Feb. 22, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Thursday, Feb. 23, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For additional information, please contact [email protected].
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Using Student Perception Survey Results
Student perception surveys (SPSs) ensure that students have a confidential way to provide meaningful feedback to their teachers. Why is student feedback important? Because we know you are here, first and foremost, for your students and their feedback can help you ensure you are meeting their needs. We also know from research that
student perceptions highly correlate with student achievement -- which means the results also align with measures of student academic success. Feedback from the SPS helps teachers and administrators identify areas of strength and growth in order to provide students with the best learning experience possible.
We encourage you to share the SPS results with your students and send them the message that their voices matter. The
SPS Handbook
includes a number of ideas for sharing the results with your students.
You can view your SPS results by accessing the LEAP application tool -- check out this
guide
for directions. If you have questions, p
lease contact the
LEAP team.
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Teacher Leadership & Collaboration
Check Your Eligibility for 2017-18 Teacher Leader Roles
In-building selection for Teacher Leadership & Collaboration (TLC) roles (Senior Team Lead, Team Lead, Regional Team Specialist, Team Specialist and New Teacher Ambassador) begins Feb. 4. Are you ready to take your leadership to a new level by applying for one of these positions?
Check your eligibility in GHR
to determine what roles you are eligible for, then complete the application process. Principals will be posting roles in the coming months, so continue checking the DPS job board for available roles.
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Check Out These Resources for Mid-year Conversations with Specialized Service Providers (SSPs)
For specialized service providers (SSPs), the window for mid-year conversations closes Feb. 17. Mid-year conversations are an opportunity for you to provide updates to your leader (or other evaluator) about how you are supporting students. During this conversation, you will also have the opportunity to discuss:
- Progress toward goals set at the beginning of the year.
- Areas of strength and growth areas.
- Professional development and support needed for continued growth.
- Observations and data points collected to date.
- Student learning objectives progress.
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Join an Assessment Review for Grades 3-8 on Feb. 23
Teachers are invited to join school leaders in a preliminary review of math and literacy supplemental assessments for grades 3-8 as well as science unit assessments for high school courses. The review will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.,. Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Emily Griffith Campus, 1860 Lincoln St. Teachers who participate will be eligible for extra duty pay. These assessments are being piloted with limited release this year and will be part of
the Illuminate opt
-in district assessment package for the 2017-18 school year. (Please note that this review includes English versions of the assessments only. Spanish versions will be reviewed at a later date.) Click here
to register, or email
[email protected]
for more information.
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Category Copier Feature in the Infinite Campus Grade Book is Not Functional
The Category Copier feature in the Infinite Campus (IC) grade book is not working.The Category Copier is used to copy your existing categories to other sections.This feature stopped working after the district upgraded IC during winter break.The issue will be resolved with an IC update that will be installed during the summer. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Get Ready for the Colorado State Spanish Spelling Bee
The 2017 Colorado State Spanish Spelling Bee will be held April 8 in Denver (location TBA). The top three Colorado Spellers (and an adult guardian for each) will have all of their expenses paid by the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) to attend and participate in the National Spanish Spelling Bee in San Antonio in July.
For more information about hosting a Spanish spelling bee at your school, rules, word lists and registration information for the State Spanish Spelling Bee,
please visit this website
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