Getting into the back-to-school spirit at Trevista at Horace Mann.
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Welcome to the 2019-20 School Year!
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Dear Educators,
Welcome back as we kick off the 2019-20 school year! We hope you all had an enjoyable and restful summer break, and are feeling ready and excited for a great year ahead. For those of you who we haven’t met yet, we are Tamara Acevedo, Deputy Superintendent of Academics, and Mike Ramirez, Deputy Superintendent of Schools.
Through Teacher Weekly, we aim to share a message with valuable information for you, our teachers and specialized and service providers. Overall, this newsletter is your go-to source for opportunities and what’s important to know as an educator at DPS, so be sure to keep an eye out for it. Find the full 2019-20 Teacher Weekly schedule
here.
We look forward to a productive, and fun year ahead. Together, we can make a difference for all of our students.
Many thanks,
Tamara and Mike
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This Week's Top 5 Things to Know
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Apply for the 2019-20 Aspiring Teacher Leader of Color Cohort
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We are now accepting
applications for the 2019-20 Aspiring Teacher Leader of Color Cohort. This cohort experience is designed to uniquely support teachers of color to develop both adaptive and technical skills aligned to the Senior/Team Lead roles. The cohort will also focus on cultivating resiliency and leaders for equity. Participants will receive an $800 stipend and must commit to about 20 hours of professional development outside of the school day.
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Bookmark Commonly-Used LEAP Resources
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To help educators gear up for the school year, the LEAP team has put together a list of commonly requested LEAP tools and resources:
- Access the observation and coaching tool, Whetstone -- where individual and school goals should be entered -- at dps.whetstoneeducation.com.
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Access Sex Education Resources
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In spring 2019, a new, comprehensive sex education law (HB19-1032) was passed. DPS is invested in providing quality resources and support for comprehensive sex education in all schools to empower our students to make safe, well-informed decisions about their sexual health.
In order to ensure high-quality, comprehensive sex education, we have a 90-minute online certificate course, recommended curriculum, offer parent/caregiver workshops and can provide coaching and instructional support. If you would like more information on this initiative, email DPS Sex Education Specialist
Rose Barcklow.
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Important Updates about ELA-E and ELA-S Qualifications and CDE Licensure Requirements
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The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has added a new, one-time Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Professional Development (PD) requirement for educator relicensure.
DPS' ELA-E and ELA-S Teacher Qualifications meet this requirement; ELA-T Qualification does not meet this requirement.
Our programs have received a waiver from CDE's requirement that the training must have been completed within five years of the relicensure date. That means any educator who is ELA-E or ELA-S qualified has met the CDE requirement, regardless of when they became qualified.
If you need proof of completion, email
ela_training@dpsk12.org for an approved program certificate, which you will upload during the relicensure process. You will not need to fill out the CDE matrix.
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Review Resources for Setting up K-5 Literacy Blocks
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Elementary literacy teachers and leaders are encouraged to review this
sample K-5 Literacy Block schedule, which contains research-based recommendations about how much time to spend in each area of literacy instruction as well as resources to leverage for implementation. If you have questions about literacy block schedules, email
Sara Wortinger.
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Myth Busters: Answering Your Questions about DPS
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We know you have questions -- whether it's about new curriculum, district resources or how you can get more supports as an educator. We want to hear them!
In living our Shared Core Values of Integrity and Accountability, we will collect questions from our educators about anything that's on their mind. From there, we'll track down the right DPS team member to answer the question, and we'll publish the findings in Teacher Weekly.
What's your wondering? Share a DPS question at
newsletters@dpsk12.org
and it may be featured in an upcoming edition.
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