MONTHLY CHECKLIST
Click on the link below for a list of important tasks for school leaders that affect students and families, budgeting, communications, professional development, building operations and more.
All checklists can be found in the
2019-20 Administrator Handbook.
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Accepting Applications to Leadership Institute
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The Office of Leadership Development (OLD) within the Division of Schools (DoS) is seeking interested active assistant principals and tenured staff to participate in the Leadership Institute. Participants in this eleven-month program will further develop their leadership skills and knowledge for preparation to lead SPPS into the dynamic, ever-changing future of education.
Eligible interested employees must apply to the program by
Friday, February 21
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Junior Library Guild Books for Elementary School Libraries
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Library Services is continuing its Junior Library Guild Subscriptions for K-5 and K-8 school libraries. Schools will receive a monthly shipment from the Junior Library Guild. Building library staff need to check-in the books and add them to the library collection. Our goal with these shipments is to increase access to diverse and current reading choices in our school library collections.
This year we get 2224 bonus books with the subscription. If your site would like to receive 50+ bonus books, please have your library staff member or designated library contact fill out the
Junior Library Guild Bonus Books Application
by March 1.
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Attention Elementary Principals: Money for School Counseling
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Each elementary school has received $200 for emergency use for school-aged students from the St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Your lead clerk and counselor received a
detailed email
about this from Tracy Tomberlin on Feb. 11.
Please coordinate with your team to make sure the money is spent by Feb. 29
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Access to Wellbeats: an On-Demand Fitness Platform
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Your 2020 HealthPartners well-being website is now open!
Login in
, take your health assessment, and unlock all your well-being activities and resources.
NEW in 2020, you will have exclusive access to
Wellbeats
: an on-demand fitness platform with 500+ workouts for all ages, abilities, and interests. No matter where you are in your fitness journey, Wellbeats has a starting place for you.
Whether you are looking for a quick stretch at your workplace, an intense at-home or gym sweat session, or a relaxing yoga stretch - Wellbeats has a class for that. Filter classes by your fitness level, equipment you have available or length of class.
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Security and Emergency Management (SEM) Staff Are Here for You!
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Security and Emergency Management (SEM) staff are available Wednesday mornings for principals to connect with and answer any questions principals may have about the new radio system and anything else that is SEM related.
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Attention: One-Way Immersion and Dual-Immersion Elementary Sites
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The Office of Multilingual Learning is pleased to continue the work of creating guidelines for service in both dual language immersion and one-way immersion in elementary settings. Teachers have been working on creating these guidelines since school year 2018-19. Please review the
draft
and connect with your team regarding the current draft.
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Pre-Kindergarten Substitute Teaching Assistant
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The Office of Early Learning is pleased to announce the availability of a general education pre-kindergarten substitute teaching assistant (TA), Ms. Hannah Stadler. Ms. Stadler will be available starting the week of Feb. 24.
Administrators should work with their clerks on establishing a process to secure the substitute TA.
See
here
for the detailed procedure.
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Leadership Academy
(Principals and Academics Leaders)
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Wed. Feb. 26
8 - 11 a.m.
360 Colborne, Rooms A/B
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Leadership Academy
(Assistant Principals)
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Cohort B
Wed., Feb. 12
1 - 4 p.m.
360 Colborne, Room A
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Important holidays, no school days, special religious days and family engagement events are available online at
spps.org/calendar.
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Feb. 14:
Valentine's Day
Feb. 17:
No School (Pre-K-12)
Presidents' Day Holiday
Feb. 20:
World Day for Social Justice - an observance organized by the United Nations, it aims to raise the awareness of Social Justice. The UN highlights the importance of promoting gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, and disability equality.
Feb. 25:
Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Feb. 26:
Ash Wedn
esday
Feb. 29
:
Leap Day
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The
Principal's Playbook
is a collaboration between the Office of Leadership and the Office of Communications. The Playbook is the main source for communicating with principals. This weekly newsletter includes department action items, professional development opportunities and other updates that directly affect principals and other school leaders. Each Playbook also includes communications and marketing content
to help schools communicate with their families.
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Jada Wollenzien
Program Manager, Leadership Development
Office: 651-744-5074
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