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Our monthly employee newsletter
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Our Mission is to graduate every student college, career, and community ready.
In doing so we lift all youth out of circumstances of poverty and scarcity.
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Are you ready for
The Buzz
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Welcome to our monthly employee newsletter! Youâll find that it is filled with district achievements and initiatives, team spotlights, awards and recognitions, important announcements and reminders, events, other news and even some discount offerings from businesses in our communities.
We want this newsletter to be valuable for you so please, please share your feedback and suggestions to help this improve! All SUSD employees are encouraged to submit their stories for
The Buzz
at
www.stocktonusd.net/BuzzContent
.
We will be emailing this digital newsletter to all SUSD employees every month in addition to
SUSD Connects
, our monthly newsletter geared towards our families and community. You can find each issue of
The Buzz
on our website at
www.stocktonusd.net/TheBuzz
.
Thank you for reading, and happy new year!
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According to Lawrence Bossidy, "Nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies."
The Human Resources Department is always seeking talented individuals. Check out our
current job postings.
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Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)
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The LCAP is a tool for our district to set goals, plan actions, and leverage resources (Local Control Funding Formula {LCFF} funds) to meet the needs of all students, increase participation and involvement of our SUSD families, while also directing resources to improve and increase the support provided to foster youth, English learners, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
As of January 6, 2019 we had a little under 400 employees complete the survey.
We are encouraging each and everyone of you to give input. Your voice matters. Please take a moment to complete the
2020-2023 LCAP Survey
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Stockton Unified announces a partnership with California Complete Count-Census 2020 Office and the use of California Census Schools-Based Outreach tool
Count Me In, Students Count
to help students Kindergarten through twelfth grade learn about the importance of census participation. Participating schools will use the occasion of the decennial census to encourage students to share information about participating in the census with their parents or guardians.
"We are excited to bring the program to Stockton Unified students," stated John E. Deasy, Superintendent. "Educators are vital to ensuring an accurate count, and therefore a successful 2020 Census. There are more than $675 billion allocated in federal funding and awarded based on census counts. These funds affect not only education, but where new businesses are developed, school locations, and housing for the elderly. California schools receive over $7 billion to support programs such as after school, school nutrition, and special education.
âCalifornia is determined to achieve a complete census count, where every Californian is counted. Weâve started early and are committing more resources than any other state to a robust outreach and engagement effort to reach all Californians,â said Ditas Katague, Director California Complete Count â Census 2020.
The state has worked with Californiaâs teachers to develop curriculum made for and by California teachers.
"The Count Me In
program offers an easy way to share census information with kids and parents," said Shelley Spessard, Director of Marketing Communications, Family Engagement, and Education.
"We are thrilled students in Stockton Unified School District are learning the importance of the census and playing an active role in their community.â
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Curriculum Implementation
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We want to thank all of our SUSD employees for supporting the implementation of English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Mathematics. It takes each and every SUSD employee giving their all each and every day to ensure that are students have access to high quality, rigorous, first instruction. Based on official reporting, SUSD has steadily increased the percentage of students who have met or exceeded standard (from 25% to 27%) and has made continuous progress as reported by the distance from standard (from -67.7 to -63.8 points) in ELA/Literacy achievement. The upward trend is observed in preliminary 2019 ELA results (30% met standard), representing a 3% increase year over year, and on average is 53.34 points below standard -- nearly 10 point progress from the prior year.
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25 Books in 25 Weeks Literacy Challenge
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It is hard to believe that we are more than half way through the 25 Books in 25 Weeks Challenge. Believe it or not, we have some students that have already completed the challenge!!! We wanted to take this moment to send a few friendly reminders about this year's challenge:
1) Teachers will hold on to all 25 Books in 25 Weeks completed reading logs this year. We have already received a few and plan to send them back.
2) Once your class has completed the challenge, please complete the
Teacher Verification Form
. This form will ask you to input the names of each student in your class that completed the challenge. Please read the questions carefully. We ask that you, please make sure each student's name is spelled correctly, as we will use this data to generate the certificates.
3) The very last day to submit verification forms is March 30th at 3:00 pm.
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OFFER: Free Tickets for All Employees to Stockton Heat's Teacher Appreciation Night Game
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The Stockton Heat is offering
all SUSD employees
a FREE on tickets to their "Teacher Appreciation" game against the Iowa Wild on February 29th at 6pm. In addition, employees can visit
https://groupmatics.events/event/Teaching
to save an additional $5 off the box office price for friends and family tickets.
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REMINDER: Stockton Kings Education Day
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The Stockton Kings will be hosting Education Day on Wednesday, February 26. The game begins at 10am and tickets are $6 each. Students will be allowed to bring a lunch into the arena.
SUSD schools and teachers are invited to attend the game to learn about STEAM principles, health & wellness, college & career planning and much more as the team takes on the Salt Lake City Stars.
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This book tells the story of Ventura Unified School DistrictâČs successful implementation of cultural proficiency, which opened long-closed doors for marginalized students and returned gains on every key success metric. Most importantly, it will empower you to do the same for your school or district. Resources include:
- A method for evaluating the impact of educational decisions on studentsâČ access to learning
- A clearly outlined three-year implementation plan for making your school culturally proficient
- A content-rich companion website that includes templates and forms for implementing the bookâs suggestions
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In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS
style that millions of readers have come to expect and love.
Brown writes, âOne of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. Itâs learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. Itâs why weâre here.â
- Whether youâve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or youâre new to BrenĂ© Brownâs work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.
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Created by the SUSD Community Relations Department
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DOES YOUR SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT HAVE A STORY TO SHARE?
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