Essential Info - Week of 6/8

·         Monday, June 11th- PLC’s- Be sure to arrive by 7:30 for our final PLC of the year, ready to engage in the four essential questions.

·        Finals Schedule / Minimum Days - Be sure to check this schedule for next week’s final exams.

·        Teacher Check Out Form-  Please read the Check Out Form carefully as there are a few new items highlighted on the list. Also be sure to refer to the second page which contains, "Last minute things to do in your classroom."

·        Final PLC Calendar 18-19- Here is the approved PLC calendar for next year.

·        Form A Pilot- We will be participating in a pilot of the new Form A, Teacher’s Annual Goals and Objectives next year. Here is the MOU and blank template of the 18-19 Form A Pilot.

·        Senior Week Activities

o   6/11 Yearbook Signing (MPR) 10a-12p

o   6/12 Picnic on the Grass (Ag Field) 11a-1p

o   6/13 Tile Decoration (MPR) 8a-10a

o   6/14 Grad Rehearsal (Gym)  8a-10a

·        Teacher Sound Byte @ pylusdsoundbyte.org - updated weekly.

Shout Outs!

Give a shout out to someone you’d like to recognize by writing a quick message on this Padlet: bit.ly/VHSShoutout. Bookmark the link. Your messages are embedded weekly in the Tiger Telegram. Simply write the name of recipient as title + twitter lengthed message to that person.

Professional Growth - Summer Reading to Cultivate Your Emotional Resilience

Looking for some summer reading? Here's an article with some great suggestions.
Summer Reading to Cultivate your Emotional Resilience

Here are some other titles that the department chairs/ leadership team have selected to read this summer as well:

• Bold School: Old School Wisdom + New School Technologies = Blended Learning That Works by Weston Kieschnick
• How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough
• On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting by Thomas Guskey
• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
• True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership by Bill George

Tech Tip - New York Times Learning Network

We continually look for ways to make our content relevant while keeping students informed of contemporary local and world affairs. 

This excellent educational resource  from The New York Times called ‘The Learning Network’ gives you access to a wide variety of teaching resources and lesson plans covering the following content areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Math, ELL and Arts. There are also custom lesson plans on current events. In each of these content areas you will find lesson plans organized into different categories each of which features resources that are chronologically ordered with the latest being at the top. 

Handbook Highlight - Visitors

VISITORS 

Parents are welcome to visit the school. An appointment is required so that you may confer with the teacher or teachers desired at a mutually convenient time. A visitor’s permit is required and will be issued by the Receptionist.

Valencia High School does not have an open campus and will not tolerate any unauthorized persons on campus without a proper pass issued by the office. No visitor passes will be issued to former students or students from other schools during the instructional day.

Essential Info - Week of 5/31

·       Monday, June 4th- PLC’s- Be sure to arrive by 7:30, ready to engage in the four essential questions.

·      Tentative Teaching Assignments- In an effort to go paperless, your tentative teaching assignments were emailed to you. Please contact Mike Young if you didn’t receive it for any reason. Please keep in mind that these assignments are still subject to change as we are still finalizing the master schedule.

·      Summer School Rooms: The following classrooms will be used for summer school this summer. Please be sure to secure your belongings ahead of time.

o   6/18-8/10: Library, 901, 1002-1006

o   6/22-8/24: 807

o   6/25-7/26: 501-505, 600, 602-608, 621-623

o   6/25-7/19: 1001

o   6/25-7/26: 1101, 1103

o   6/25-8/2: 1106-1111, 1117-1118

·       PLC Calendar 18-19- Please be sure to provide feedback and input to your department chair about next year's PLC calendar. We added on 4 “Choose your own PD” days for next year in addition to the staff wide PD on PLC’s at the start of the year. Here's the updated tentative calendar.

·      Teacher Sound Byte @ pylusdsoundbyte.org - updated weekly

Shout Outs

Give a shout out to someone you’d like to recognize by writing a quick message on this Padlet: bit.ly/VHSShoutout. Bookmark the link. Your messages are embedded weekly in the Tiger Telegram. Simply write the name of recipient as title + twitter lengthed message to that person.

Academics, Activities, Arts, & Athletics

Professional Growth - Learning in a Place

This article by Terry Heick may bend your mind a little, but Terry challenges the notion and role of “place” in learning. Heick claims, “Production apart from a place is industry. Production within a place is craft.” Heick also offers an operant definition of learning to chew on, “learning changes how you think, feel, and behave or it isn’t learning at all.”

https://www.teachthought.com/learning/learning-in-a-place/

Tech Tip - ELA 2 Things to Revamp for 2018/19

Thanks to Grace for sharing this resource for reflecting/planning this summer

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FxlFSVdtjmU1tOwUd4aAA_kyZltuhoYr3jKuGyB-Zdc/edit?usp=sharing

Handbook Highlight - Materials

Use of Materials All materials, supplies and equipment are the property of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School. They are to be used only for the instruction of students in this school. The use of supplies and equipment for private purposes is contrary to policy and law. School equipment is not to be taken from school premises unless arrangements are made in advance.

Care and Maintenance of Instructional Material All members of the school community are responsible for the care and maintenance of instructional materials. Students will be assessed for loss or damage of materials in accordance with the schedule found in the district catalogue of basic and supplementary instructional material. Book covers must be on all textbooks. Teachers are responsible for the materials placed in their charge.

Inventory
For control and insurance purposes, the inventory of furniture and equipment is made on a room basis. Consequently, no furniture and/or equipment should be moved except with the knowledge of the administrator in charge of facilities.

Personal Property Staff members using personal property in class are encouraged to fill out the district form titled Request for Temporary Use of Personal Property on School Premises. Personal property will be insured for theft or damage only if this form is completed and on file. Pick up form from the finance clerk.