Thank you to all the educators who joined us at New Educator Welcome and Teal Day this week. Between the two, that's over 4,000 sessions attended already this school year! Please check out the Professional Learning page on The Commons for resources and information about learning opportunities throughout the year.

Join Team DPS at the Zoo 5:30-8:30 p.m. tomorrow, Aug. 18 as we celebrate the start of a new school year! Explore the zoo and reconnect with team members. Every DPS team member will receive three tickets, and is encouraged to invite two family members or friends. Additional tickets for friends and family can be purchased through the registration website. Learn more and claim your tickets here!

To ensure a smooth transition to the new Employee Space for Human Resources, we are asking that teachers and paraprofessionals please hold off on entering any absences into SmartFind Express (SFE) dated after Sept. 29. Absences dated Sept. 29 and after can be entered into SFE beginning Oct. 5. If absences for Sept. 29 and beyond are entered prior to Oct. 5, manual updates to the absences’ budget codes will be needed. More information on this will be shared at a later date. If you have any questions, email HR_Guest_Teacher@dpsk12.org.

A one-hour asynchronous training for teachers is now available to support implementation of LEAP’s new Learning Cycles Model for teacher classroom observation. Please register here and complete the training by Sept. 2. This new approach to observation ensures improved, ongoing coaching and feedback throughout the year, ultimately creating a more balanced and empowering growth and performance experience. Information on the new model can be found within this LEAP Learning Cycles one-pager. Email LEAP@dpsk12.org with questions.

Teachers can now access Multilingual Learner data and monitor student progress for language development in Oasis. This new platform offers more updated student data, regardless of when a student registers. Watch a screencast about how to use this new progress-monitoring tool here.

As DPS is no longer developing an internal Student Performance Framework, we have moved from the DPS-developed ACCESS Trajectory to the Colorado Department of Education’s growth measure. Beginning this school year, all teachers using the district-model English Language Development Student Learning Objective will use the state’s growth measure. This measure allows students at ACCESS Level 3 an additional year to make progress. Please see the updated SLO rubrics and information here. Contact Katie Hein or the SLO Help Desk with questions.

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