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After significant piloting and evaluation over nearly two years, at last night’s CCSD93 Board of Education meeting, the Device Review Committee recommended that preschool-2nd grade students continue to use iPads and students in grades 3-8 transition to iPads over the course of the next three school years. The Board of Education approved this recommendation, which was based on the following:
- The iPad’s capabilities have vastly improved throughout the last ten years, and it provides a wide variety of valuable educational tools, especially for student creativity and communication, which did not exist in 2013 and are not possible on a laptop computer
- It can be easily personalized for individual students
- It is more effective to manage in order to ensure greater student focus, with improved monitoring and locking features and the ability to block sites both at school and home
- Its accessories, especially the keyboard, enable students to take on projects that were previously not practical with a tablet.
Starting next school year, all 3rd and 6th grade students will receive an iPad as their personal learning device to use moving forward, rather than a MacBook. It will be a 9th generation device with 64 GB of storage space, 200 GB of cloud storage, a keyboard case and trackpad. CCSD93's plan for implementation throughout the next three years is as follows:
- In 2023-2024, students entering 3rd and 6th grade will be issued iPads, while students entering 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th grades will continue to use their assigned MacBooks
- In 2024-2025, students then entering 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th grade will use District-issued iPads, while students then entering 5th and 8th grade will continue to use their assigned MacBooks
- In 2025-2026, no students will be assigned MacBooks and all grade levels will use iPads
As each grade level 3-8 is issued iPads, students will have the opportunity to take the device home, as they currently do with MacBooks.
I’m very excited for the opportunities this will provide our students. I know transitioning to a MacBook in 3rd grade has become somewhat of a right of passage for CCSD93 students, but I am sure this tool will enable an improved academic experience moving forward. Special thanks to the members of the Device Review Committee for their substantial work.
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Review CCSD93's Strategic Plan Progress in 2022-23 State of the District Video | |
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As we continue to strive to keep our community informed about CCSD93, I invite you to click the image below to watch our 2022-23 State of the District video. It provides an overview on CCSD93’s progress towards each of the four Strategic Plan Goals from the 2018-23 Strategic Plan, which concludes this school year. You’ll find more information about the analytic tools our educators use to measure and guide student progress, systems CCSD93 has in place to ensure professional growth among staff, key financial information, updates on learning and safety infrastructure and more.
It’s longer than our typical videos, so if you would prefer to watch it over multiple views, you can find it prominently posted to our website at www.ccsd93.com for the foreseeable future.
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Staff Satisfaction Survey Results | |
Each December we survey students, parents, and staff regarding satisfaction with the District and the school year. I’ve previously shared this year’s results for our middle school students, and elementary students in this space. Today I share Staff Satisfaction Survey results. With a confidence level of 99% and a margin of error of 1.72%, the data should very accurately reflect the feelings of our staff members. Here’s a look at the overall staff data. | |
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When comparing these with the results from last year, we observe that nine of the 14 categories have remained consistent, while we have seen notable increases in scores related to Principal and Assistant Principal and decreases related to the areas of Superintendent, Instructional Technology and Sustainability. Nearly all scores remain firmly within the mid to high end of “good” on the scoring scale, as defined for respondents at the onset of the survey.
Digging deeper, statistically significant opportunities for improvement from last year to this included fewer staff members agreeing that student learning time is protected from disruptions in their class (-12.63%) and that the District is committed to being environmentally friendly (-8.91%). These are representative of areas where the District can improve.
Among noteworthy gains is a rise in the percentage of staff who indicated that their workload during the current school year has been manageable (+12.93%) and that their principal handles student discipline fairly (+9.85%). These are cause for celebration.
As with all of our Satisfaction Survey data, principals and school Building Leadership Teams (BLTs) are utilizing this data to develop action plans and yearly School Improvement Plans, and our administrators are using the data to inform decisions. Ultimately, it will be used to help us improve. You can find this and all Satisfaction Survey data at www.ccsd93.com/satisfaction and posted to school websites.
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Sign up for Spring Student-Led Conferences Today! | |
Spring Student-Led Conferences for all grade levels will be held on March 2 and March 16, 2023. Visit www.ccsd93.com/conferences to sign up today! | |
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Please review the following for more information from CCSD93 and enjoy this weekend's beautiful weather!
Sincerely,
Dr. David H. Hill
Superintendent of Schools
CCSD93
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Heritage Lakes Students Create TED Talks | |
Heritage Lakes 5th graders in Ms. DeKeyser's class recently completed their own TED Talk-style projects! After taking a position on a topic of their choice, researching it and creating an outline, students filmed themselves presenting in front of a green screen and edited in background video. Learn more about the terrific presentations that combined creativity, research skills and public speaking in the video here! | |
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No School 2/20 for Presidents' Day:
Need Childcare?
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As a reminder, there will be no school on Monday, February 20 for Presidents’ Day. If you are in need of childcare, click the image below to sign up for care with our partners at ActivKids from the Carol Stream Park District! | |
Attend Kindergarten Registration for 2023-24 Online on 2/23/23 | |
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CCSD93 Kindergarten Registration will be held online at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 23 at www.ccsd93.com/kindergarten.
Please join us if you live in CCSD93’s boundaries and have a child who will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2023! You'll learn about kindergarten in CCSD93 through a video from your child’s school principal and be asked to submit basic information to begin the registration process. You’ll also learn about CCSD93’s Dual Language program, which kindergarteners are invited to commit to in order to become bilingual in both English and Spanish.
Please FORWARD this email on to anyone you know who has an incoming kindergartener.
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You're Invited to Attend Free Parent Programs | |
CCSD93’s partners at Glenbard Parent Series (GPS) provide terrific, free programming for today's parents. Even though it has Glenbard in the title, all CCSD93 families are invited to attend GPS events. This year, GPS is offering an incredible slate of speakers. You're invited to attend the upcoming parent programs below. Mark your calendar and visit www.glenbardgps.org for more. | |
2/9 Board of Education Meeting Recap | |
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CCSD93's most recent Board of Education meeting was held Thursday, February 9, 2023. The following occurred at the meeting.
- The Board reviewed Press Plus policy updates for first reading, second reading and adoption for several policies.
- CCSD93’s Device Review Committee presented the updated recommendations of instructional technology tools for student use described above.
- Dr. Hill, Board President Scott Stone and Board Vice President Clay Elemore provided an update regarding the key performance indicators being developed to measure the progress of the upcoming CCSD93 2023-28 Strategic Plan.
- The Board reviewed preliminary student assignment plans and staffing recommendations for each elementary and middle school for 2023-34.
- Dr. Hill reviewed the Superintendent Succession Plan with the Board.
- The Board reviewed the Employee Work Year Calendars for 2023-24.
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