DPS Board of Education Meeting April 20 |
The Board of Education will hold a regular Board meeting and Executive Session this evening, Thursday, April 20, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Watch the meeting on board.dpsk12.org and access the agenda on BoardDocs.
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DPS 'Your Voice/Tu Voz' Survey Opens on Monday, May 1 |
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The DPS “Your Voice/Tu Voz” surveys for this school year will be available beginning Monday, May 1. The survey will be sent to your DPS email address. So, please keep an eye out for this important email from Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero and use the unique link to complete the survey by Sunday, May 14. All members of Team DPS are encouraged to take this confidential survey, as your responses will help inform decisions on how we can better support all members of DPS.
Surveys are also one of the strongest tools you can use to help shape the future of your team and DPS as a whole. Thank you for sharing your voice!
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CollaboRATE Results Now Available |
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Thank you to those of you who took the time to provide your feedback and share your experience in our annual CollaboRATE Survey! The results are ready to be viewed. Your leaders received their results last week and will be sharing and debriefing them with you in the coming weeks.
All districtwide data is now live on this dashboard, which can be filtered by various categories to view school, team and department level results. Click here for more information.
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Take Action and Enroll or Waive Your Benefits |
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Open Enrollment began Monday, April 17! All benefits-eligible employees must take action by logging into the Enrollment Site and enrolling or waiving your benefits. Employees who do not take action will be auto-enrolled in the MotivHealth 3000 plan option (employee only, post tax, with an Health Savings Account).
Visit the Open Enrollment informational site on The Commons for all information related to your benefits.
There will also be an in-person benefits fair on the 14th floor of the Emily Griffith Campus Monday, April 24 from 3:30-7:00 p.m. Attend to learn more about enrolling in or waiving your benefits.
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Top 5 Callout: How are you Celebrating Earth Day? |
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Earth Day is this Saturday, April 22! To celebrate, we'd like to share photos of Team DPS members participating in Earth Day events and activities! If you would like to be featured in next week's newsletter, submit a photo using this form.
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Share New Bell Times Toolkit |
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In May 2021, the DPS Board of Education passed a resolution to have all middle and high schools (district-managed and charters) start no earlier than 8:20 a.m. each school day to support healthy sleep habits in adolescents. The new Healthy Start bell times will go into effect for the 2023-24 school year. For more information please visit the Healthy Start Times page. Please share the New Bell Times Toolkit as a resource with your families and community.
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Protecting DPS Digital Assets |
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The DoTS team continues to work to improve the security of DPS servers, laptops and applications. Several changes will be coming soon, including DUO Multi-Factor Authentication for Gmail, Infinite Campus and TruePay. Click on this link to see all of the improvements DoTS is implementing in the future.
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Denver Math Fellows Hiring for the 2023-24 School Year |
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Share the opportunity to become a Denver Math Fellow for the 2023-24 school year with your networks and communities. Math Fellows provide small group instruction during the school day to accelerate students' academic growth. Learn more about the Math Fellows program and apply here. If you have any questions, contact Shaun Stuchly.
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Frontier Airlines Offering 100 Free Flights to Teachers |
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In celebration of Teacher’s Appreciation Day on Tuesday, May 2, Frontier Airlines is offering 100 free flights ($250 voucher) to teachers. Nominate your favorite teacher’s school by Friday, April 21 through this form for the chance to win. The winning school will be notified between April 24-28, with the winner being publicly announced on May 2.
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A Queer Endeavors Hosting Annual Education Institute |
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The Educator Institute for Equity and Justice (EIEJ) is hosting a two-day professional learning experience to support K-12 educators and youth on July 20 and July 21. Focusing on themes of healing and belonging, participants will learn together as they enact equity, justice and freedom-focused practices.
A Queer Endeavor, housed in the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education, is a nationally recognized center for gender and sexual diversity in education. Register here by Saturday, July 1.
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Ivette Amaya
Student Teacher, DCIS at Ford
Accountability
"Ms. Amaya joined one of the Para-to-Teacher Educator Programs and has balanced the demands of being an ECE or one-on-one paraprofessional as she completed her teacher prep program. In February, she joined our first-grade team as the most incredible student teacher. From her very first day, she held our students to high expectations and provided a seamless transition into taking over as our classroom's lead teacher. She has built strong relationships with all students and expects everyone's best. We are going to miss her as she transitions from her student teaching role but cannot wait to see her in her own classroom next year!"
-- Jessica Covington, DCIS at Ford
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