Teacher Weekly: Attend the FNE Regional Town Hall

Students at Hallett Academy in Near Northeast Denver.

Sept. 25, 2019

Encourage Students and Families to Attend the FNE Regional Town Hall

Please share the opportunity to attend the first DPS regional town hall 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat., Sept. 28 at Evie Dennis Campus. Join DPS families and community members for a family-friendly event featuring activities for kids, DPS informational sessions, a Q&A with Susana and student and community-led performances. Refreshments, childcare and interpretation will be provided.

Please spread the word by sharing the FNE Regional Town Hall flier. For more information and to access fliers in different languages, click here.

This event kicks off the first of six regional town halls that will occur in each region throughout DPS: Far Northeast, Near Northeast, Central, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest. Stay tuned for details on these events taking place in the upcoming months!

This Week's Top 5 Things to Know

AVID Professional Learning Day 2019

AVID Professional Learning Day, a free workshop open to all AVID and non-AVID schools, is 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 26 at UNC’s Denver Lowry Campus, 1059 Alton Way. Participants may elect to attend three professional learning modules designed to support College and Career Readiness on your campus. You may select from:

Developing School-wide Organizational Systems for College Readiness
Focused Note-taking Application
Using Inquiry to Increase Rigor
Designing WICOR-Based Lesson Plans
“What's Love Got to Do With It?” (Culture Building)
Content-Specific Critical Reading
Writing to Learn: Interactive Notebooks for Content Area Classes

Click here to register.

Professional Development Registration Information

Registration for Professional Development Units starting this fall is available in Learning Space. Many PDUs start this month. Educators can find current PDUs with direct links to register in the Learning Space Course Catalog Report. Click on the PDU filter at the top menu bar, and select “Yes” to view PDUs beginning. Both fall and yearlong PDUs are available. Contact the instructor listed in Learning Space for questions about specific PDUs. Additional PDU options will start in November and/or January. For more information on the PDU process and timelines, visit the PDU Commons page.

Creating Connections is Oct. 21

The next Creating Connections program is less than a month away! If you have yet to attend this foundational program, don’t miss the opportunity to build relationships with team members, engage with senior leadership and learn how YOU contribute to our history, our values and our vision, Every Child Succeeds. Register now for the Oct. 21 program here. Sign in using your DPS username (first name_last name) and password.

See Restorative Practices in Action at a DPS School

Come see restorative practices in action at one of three Denver Public Schools that have shown a commitment to being restorative! In an effort to help more schools implement restorative practices (RP), a Denver high school, middle school and elementary school are opening their doors to visitors locally and across the country to show how restorative practices have been implemented school-wide.

On these visits, you will:

See how school-wide commitment to RP impact school climate
Discuss RP with students, educators and practitioners
Observe classrooms of educators that use RP on a daily basis

For more information, contact the Restorative Justice Partnership’s Project Manager Lindsay Lee. To register for fall 2019 dates, visit www.rjpartnership.org/visits.

New ELA Resource in Literacy Capstone Guide

The Literacy Capstone Implementation Guide has been updated with a new resource providing guidance on supporting English learners with Literacy Capstone. Remember, all ninth to 11th-grade students are to take the Unit 1 exam, which is available in Illuminate. This exam must be completed and scored by Dec. 20. Please contact Tara Laughlin with any questions about Literacy Capstone.

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