What a week, friends! THANK YOU Social Spurs for the chips and dips this week. Also, congratulations to our three Super Teachers: Reagan, Curtis, and Ruby. Do you know what is a month away? DECEMBER TO REMEMBER!!! We are excited thinking about how to celebrate each of you. Get ready!
- that we will have a 3 day sub starting on Monday? Former parent and district substitute, Bhavna Singh-Rai will be here on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Please welcome her when you see her moving around the building. Here is her draft schedule she will follow until we have clearer communication about campus wants/needs. Our beginning focus is on our upper grades that have additional HB requirements on their plates. There was a small block at the end of the day that she will cycle through and help a new Kinder class each day. We will massage this schedule, so thank you first and second grade for patience as we onboard her. Grades 3-5 we will share your thoughts/concerns in next Team Time so add to your agendas. She should work with a small groups of learners when in your space. That said...if a sub does not show up on her days, here...she will be pulled to sub.
- that we have a continued partnership with St. Augustine University and their occupational therapy department? They have OT students who are designing costumes for some of our learners in wheelchairs. These visitors are approved by the district.
- that some staff members and learners have sensitivities to plug in air fresheners and essential oil diffusers? Please be mindful of this.
- the window is open to nominate this year's Teacher of the Year? Here is the TOY Website and Nomination Criteria and Form. Nominations are due November 3. Please turn them in to CK.
- restorative conversations are excellent ways for all of us to demonstrate empathy, teach children how to resolve conflict, and allow learners to have a voice? It’s an opportunity for both sides to express their feelings about what’s going on in the school or classroom while setting high expectations. Restorative conversations allow us to humanize ourselves with our learners and colleagues. Sometimes, challenging conversations are ignored because they're .... challenging. Hopefully this will help you start those difficult conversations when they come up. (Thanks, Kat for your contribution.)
LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL
Fifth grade LEEders will be off campus on Thursday (with Chantel) at Wilson Elementary. Please do not require them to make up the work they missed when they are gone. They will be trained by TEPSA Student Leadership and will receive an award for last year's recognition by the state organization. KUDOS to Samira and her learners.
| The internal employee recognition program, GEM (Great Employees Matter), seeks to recognize outstanding employees who serve the mission and core values of the Coppell Independent School District in a manner that exceeds job and salary expectations. Nominate a GEM in your school by Friday, Oct. 27. |
NATIONAL DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH
Apple has several helpful assistive technology tools for your learners with dyslexia to use on their iPad. Click here for Apple's guide to Accessibility. Below is a list of options in accessibility that could be helpful:
- Speech- speak selections and Speak Screens
- Highlight content
- Dictation (Click microphone and enable)
- Reader view on Safari
- Color Filter / Invert colors
- Predictive Text Keyboard
If you need help updating or navigating a learner’s accessibility features, please let us know!
*Don’t forget learners with dyslexia have access to Learning Ally. This is a great way to build vocabulary and spark an interest in reading!
- RJL WRITE A CHECK CAMPAIGN (REMAINDER OF THE MONTH)
- NATIONAL DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH
- STOMP OUT BULLYING MONTH
- BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
- NATIONAL PRINCIPAL MONTH
- HINDU HERITAGE MONTH
- RED RIBBON WEEK
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