Teacher Update May

Important Links

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment Teacher Resources

● Content Resource Site

● HCISD Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Expectations

● HCISD Lesson Planning Guidelines

● District Assessment Calendar

● Academic Calendar

Grading Resources

● Grading Guidelines

● Grading Timeline - Elementary

● Grading Timeline - Secondary

● TEAMS Guide for Teachers

● TEAMS Update 2023-2024

● TEAMS Skillbook for PreK

● TEAMS Guide for Monitoring Grades

● Exchange Day Info and PD Options

Technology Schoology

● Technology Help Desk

● Parent Resource Site

● Student Resource Site

● Schoology District PLC Codes

● Schoology Parent Resources

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The Hays High Five program is a way for you to salute any Hays CISD employee who goes above and beyond what is expected. Whether you're a parent impressed with that special touch your child's teacher added to a moment, or you're a coworker who thinks the campus PEIMS clerk doesn't hear often enough about the great job she is doing - you can send a Hays High Five! Anyone can award any Hays CISD employee.

Table of Contents

Department Pages

Digital Learning

Professional Development

● INSPIRE New TeacherAcademy

Guidance and Counseling

● College, Career and Life Readiness

● Social Emotional Learning

Human Resources

Intervention

Multilingual Department

Pre-K

Student Services

AdvancedAcademics

● Gifted and Talented

Athletics

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

FineArts

Literacy

● Elementary

● Secondary

Mathematics

● Elementary

● Secondary

Science

● Elementary

● Secondary

Social Studies K-12

Special Education

Content Pages

Student Health Services

Digital Learning

We are so excited to be expanding our 100% Hays initiative to include e-sports opportunities district wide. We currently have clubs at several high schools. Here are a few pictures of their clubs!

Digital Learning

Check out morning announcements from around the district! We know there are many campuses that do this. If you want your club featured in our last magazine, please share your pictures with Emily Herrin.

At CHES, the MorningAnnouncements Crew writes and produces their daily video recorded announcements.The students include cafeteria menus, important reminders, birthdays, a Leader in Me pledge and a Leader in Me question of the week.The also have a daily themed feature. For example, students can submit jokes to be shared on "Funny Friday" or learn about historic facts on "Back inTimeTuesday." Members of the Canva Club also create green screen backgrounds for special days and events, and get shout outs on the announcements.

KES Panthers host their student led Panther news. Click on the picture to see the great experiences Ms. Zuniga is offering her students.

LHS Lobos in their broadcast studio

Professional Development

We are excited to announce that we have launched a

NEW Professional Development Website!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Professional Development website, designed to provide a centralized platform where teachers and staff can access information and resources to related to PD in Hays CISD.

Sections of Our Professional Development Website:

1. Home Page: Learn more about the different ways we grow in Hays,see what self-paced learning opportunities are available,and find information regarding the National Board Certified Teacher program in Hays CISD.

2. PD Catalog: Access our PD catalog and find supporting information as you look for ways to grow professionally.

3. New to Hays CISD: Support and information for New to Hays teachers and staff.

4. New to Country: Texas-Spain Visiting International Teacher (VIT) Program participants can find helpful information in this section.

5. New to Profession: Information regarding our INSPIRE program. There is also a section specific to mentors and includes mentor training dates for next school-year.

6. Hays Con: Learn more about the premier PD event of the summer.

7. Hays CISD Reading Academies: Helpful information for teachers who need to complete the reading academies.

Professional Development

There are many ways we grow as educators in Hays CISD. Professional Development extends beyond simply attending a training session in the summer. It’s something that is ongoing and occurs at many different levels. We wanted to highlight some of the ways we grow below:

● Campus & District PLCs: Engage in district and campus PLCs to focus on improving student outcomes.

● Just in Time: Throughout the year the content coordinators offer content specific training and support.

● Self-Paced: We offer a variety of self-paced online trainings that teachers can choose from to learn and grow.

● NBCT: Hays CISD has developed a National Board Certified Teacher program to assist and support teachers pursuing their national board certification.

● ESL Academy: Participants prep for the ESL Exam through reviewing the requirements and objectives and practice questions.

● INSPIRE: Staff who are new to teaching receive support and training from both their campus and the district.

● Reading Academies: Our district is an Authorized Provider to deliver the Reading Academy course to teachers.

● Aspiring Admin: Staff interested in becoming campus administrators can apply for the yearlong PD academy.

● District & Campus PD: Enhance content and instructional and pedagogy.

INSPIRE New Teacher

We are lookin orward to our INSPIRE celebration dinner for current 23-24 INSPIRE participants, campus advisors, mentors, and campus administrators on Wednesday, May 8th at the Johnson Hi h School ca eteria!

Intervention

LearningAlly:

StudentAsynchronous Modules offer students the opportunity to learn how to use LearningAlly in an engaging self-paced, independent learning environment.This course is 4 short modules and will have your students ready to read with LearningAlly. Course Link and the password is audiobooks.

Students will have access over the summer to LearningAlly. Consider goal setting with them to maintain summer reading.

Universal Screening Parent Communication: Please send home the EOYscreener results. If a Kindergarten student is at-risk for characteristics of dyslexia, please send home the special education overview paperwork.

English Spanish

EOYSuccessEd Protocol for students served in intervention:

● At the end of year, it is important that decisions/recommendations are made for each student with tier 2 or tier 3 forms. and documented on the form in the Recommendations section. Remember to INSERT and SAVE

● Change the status of all students to inactive and provide a date.

Summer PD:

Check out the PD Catalog to find registration information about the course Dyslexia Strategies for the General Education Classroom on either June 6 or July 25. It’s a 3 hour course either in theAM or PM.

Amplify Tutoring:

We have 1,934 students withAmplify Tutoring lesson sets. Most students have 4 or more lesson sets, which is fantastic. These licenses are active throughAugust 31, 2024.

Multilingual Department

Bilingual/DLCampuses:

Our last after school bilingual/DLmeeting will be held onTuesday, 5/7 at the Science Hall Cafeteria, 3:35-4:35 pm.

Sign up through Eduphoria

Bilingual/ESL Summer School

Information:

Elementary:

The State of Texas requires that districts offer bilingual and ESL summer school for PK & Kinder students. The following application will be shared with the parents/families that submitted the summer school interest form..

2024 Bilingual/ESL Elementary Summer School Registration/2024 Inscripción para la escuela de verano bilingüe/ESL primaria

The multilingual department will also be offering a language acceleration summer school for students in their first 2 years of school in the US in grades 1-5. The following application will be shared with the parents/families that submitted the summer school interest form.

2024 Bilingual/ESL Elementary Summer School Registration/2024 Inscripción para la escuela de verano bilingüe/ESL primaria

Site: Science Hall Elementary

Secondary:

Dates: 6/3-6/27 (OFF 6/19)

Hours: 7:30-3pm

The multilingual department will be offering the Language Acceleration Summer School for students in their first 2 years of school in the US. The registration application will be sent to the parents/families that submitted the summer school interest form.

Site: Lehman High School

Dates: 6/3-6/21 (OFF 6/19)

Hours: 8am-12pm

Multilingual Department

Our multilingual staff shows up for Teacher/Staff of theYear!!!

Congratulations & well deserved!!!

Tom Green Elementary

Ms. Naira Shears

PK BilingualTeacher

Check out the Hays PD Catalog for Pre-K Summer PD Offerings (slides 91-93)

Pre-K

EOY CIRCLE for Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA)

● Window April 22nd - May 17th

● EOY CIRCLE PM Schedule

● EOY CIRCLE PM Guidance

● Pre-K Assessment Calendar

● Parents can receive support with registering online and turning in required documents fromApril 26 - May 23 from 7:30AM - 2:00 PM.

● 24-25 PK Language Testing Procedures

○ Click on the Assessment calendar to review 4th nine week assessments

Gifted and Talented (G/T)

Spring Gifted andTalented courses are now open and will close onApril 30. Alist of available courses can be found at THIS LINK.

Summer G/TPD: As a reminder, G/Tcluster teachers are required to complete an initial 30 hours of G/Ttraining that includes Nature and Needs and Identification andAssessment. After that, teachers should complete an annual 6 hour update. Please make plans to complete your training this summer. Online and in person sessions will be offered. Check out the Hays CISD Professional Development Catalog at THIS LINK (G/Tstarts on slide 70) for more information. There will be multiple options available at Hays Con as well. ContactTish Cawley at tish.cawley@hayscisd.net if you have any questions.

Summer Gifted and Talented Referral Period Open for Kindergarten - 11th Grade Students during the

month ofApril

Note: Students can only be referred once per calendar year. If a student was assessed this school year, they cannot retest during this window. In addition, testing will occur the first week of June and parents must provide transportation. More information will be shared closer to the testing window.

District staff can refer students using THIS LINK

Parents/guardians can refer students using THIS LINK.

***Please note, the links for district staff and parent/guardians are different.

Gifted and Talented (G/T)

Campuses across the district celebrated the brilliance and creativity of their G/T students as they presented their innovative projects at their IDEAS showcase. From researching to designing, the students poured their hearts and minds into bringing their ideas to life. We are so proud of their hard work, determination and ingenuity as they presented their projects.

Advanced Academics

Time to think about

APSummer Institute–Teachers who meet the criteria below, please register for theAPSI of your choice by Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (For details, see email from Philpott onApril 11)

● Teachers whose courses have been significantly overhauled (physics and psychology)

● Teachers who are teaching a course new to the district (pre-cal)

● Teachers who are new to the content that they’ll be teaching next year

OnRamps Summer Professional Learning Institute (PLI)--If you’ll be teaching an OnRamps class during the 2024-25 school year, please make sure you’ve

1) Applied to teach the class through the UTsystem

2) Registered for a Summer PLI

Pre-APCurriculum Pilot–If you teach advanced English I, English II, World Geography, orAlgebra II and have indicated interest in piloting Pre-APcurriculum, please make sure you’ve

1) Completed the course audit

2) Registered for training

By Friday,April 26, 2024

Hays CISD Athletics

Johnson High School Pole Vaulter Ethan Saenz and triple jumper Devin Blackwell qualified for the state track meet to be held next week at the University of Texas!

Johnson Softball and Hays Softball have advanced into the playoffs!

Johnson plays Cedar Ridge and Hays plays Kerrville Tivy. Wish these athletes good luck!

Hays CISD Athletics

Congratulation for Hays Girls Golf getting second in district and advancing to regionals as a team! Also, Nate Henry of Hays golf advanced to regionals as well! Great job!

Congratulations to Coach Lisa Cone on earning her 400th win as a head softball coach! Also, congratulations to Head Hays Golf Coach Alicia Ramon for winning the Coach of the Year!

CTE (COOLEST TEACHERS EVER!)

Our district showcased all things CTE during the KyleArea Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon!

One of the ways our district showcased the success of CTE to those at the Chamber Luncheon was the lunch itself – a delicious meal catered by the Handmade by Hays culinary arts team from Hays High, led by educator Leandra Walls! Hays County Justice of the Peace Pct. 2.1 Judge Beth Smith and Kyle Fire Department Chief KyleTaylor andAssistant Chief Freddy Rolon all discussed successful internships they’ve experienced with Hays CISD CTE students.That includes our incredibly noteworthy Hays CISD FireAcademy, of which more than a dozen Hays CISD graduates who have gone through the program are now working full-time at firehouses across CentralTexas! Capping off the presentation were five members of Lehman High’s Student Broadcasting (StuBro) team, led by LHSAudio/Visual Media educator Craig Hudson. Hudson, along with LHS students Matheus Eifling, John Sizemore, Hannah Ortiz and Elizabeth Neal, talked about the success they’ve experienced within StuBro. Recently, the LHS StuBro completed a successful liveYouTube broadcast of the morning announcements. In addition, our Lehman High StuBro recently earned state accolades during the Business Professionals of America (BPA) media competition, which included StuBro earning state rankings in several categories. Our StuBro team then had a wonderful “drop the mic” moment when they debuted one of their videos they submitted for contest, which was a new welcome video created for the KyleArea Chamber of Commerce! Click this link to see the video! We are so proud of all of our programs and thankful for this opportunity to showcase the great things happening in CTE!

Fine Arts

PAC Dates for 24 - 25: Any fine arts teachers that would like to request PAC dates for 24 - 25 should make sure all requests are in now with their content leader in fine arts. Thank you!

Elementary Literacy

Students in Ms. Gonzalez’s 3rd grade classroom at UES brainstorm a list of writing topics in their writer’s notebooks and then engage in the Give One, Get One instructional strategy to add ideas.

We had our last Reading Academy session on April 24th. The teachers reflected on writing instruction and the Reading Academy content. They were such a great group to work with!

Secondary Literacy

If you haven’t already, please be sure to complete the survey(s) for your grade level below. I will use this information to guide our curriculum work for the 24-25 school year!

Pacing/Curriculum Survey

Novel Study Surveys Eng I-IV:

Eng I Novel Study Survey

Eng II Novel Study Survey

Eng III Novel Study Survey

Eng IV Novel Study Survey

See next page for summer PD opportunities!

Secondary Literacy

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS

TEA Math Academies at Region 13 - sign up here for more information FREE MATH PD FROM TEA!!!! Teachers receive $350 for attending.

K/1st grade: June 4-6

2nd grade: July 23-25

3rd grade: June 25-27

4th grade: June 11-13

5th grade: June 16-18

*all session are from 9:00-4:00 daily at Region 13

At the request of several campuses, we’re opening the EOY MAP window early.

NewWindow: 5/6-5/17

Curriculum Feedback:

As we cruise towards the end of the 23-24 school year, I'm beginning to look towards next year. I'd love to hear from you all about our new resource, STEMScopes and any other general curriculum feedback. Please complete this survey to submit your input. If you are interested in working with myself and fellow teachers on updating curriculum, you can indicate this in the survey.

6-12 MATHEMATICS

How is May already here?!This is the season to count downAND look ahead at next year… please don’t forget about the feedback form here - I’ve heard from about 1/3 of teachers/teams and would love a more complete picture! This is also the form to use if you're interested in participating in curriculum writing this summer :)

Summer GetAhead Courses are available for sign up!

Summer School links will be posted on campus and district websites Friday and this is the direct link to GetAhead Geometry and GetAheadAlgebra 2

Blog post from Dan Meyer - It isn’t enough to love kids or math

And this one from David Wees about Instructional Routines

We are addingAlgebra 1, Algebraic Reasoning, Geometry andAlgebra 2 to MAPScreener!

There will be training during back to school, but if you’re interested in learning more before then, there areTONS of videos/webinars here

It’s “MathTest Season” and I’m excited to see how well our students perform…

I know you’ve worked hard to get them to this point -Thank you for all that you’ve put into the work.

Natalee Peterson - Secondary Mathematics

Secondary Science

Grades 6, 7, 8 & Biology

New Instructional Materials Training & 24-25 Pacing Calendar Units 1 & 2 District PLC & Planning/Resource Share

Two options are available for training on new instructional materials & PLC and Planning of Units 1 & 2 of the 24-25 Pacing Calendars.

Please choose 1 date each for your appropriate grade level assignment(s).

Substitutes Paid (during school year) by C&I for May 6th-9th & Exchange Day Credit (start of summer) for May 28th-31st.

Elementary Social Studies

PD Opportunities!

Hays Con - The following sessions will be available at Hays Con for Social Studies:

● How to Grow or Host History Day!

● Teaching with Primary Sources

● Interactive Notebooks in Social Studies

● The Impact of Visuals in Social Studies

Humanities Texas has some fantastic summer sessions this year! Check out the details for those here!

Know a Teacher doing great things with Social Studies?

Nominate a teacher for the district Social Studies teacher of the year using this form!

Please email Kim Peña if you have any questions!

Elementary Social Studies

Curriculum Writing

We are starting to plan for our curriculum writing that will take place in the first few weeks of summer. For Elementary we will be expanding lessons in K-3, as well as adding activities and lessons for holidays and special months and adding grading guidance at all grades. If you are interested in being a part of our team please submit this form!

If you’re not able to join us but have feedback you want to share please let us know! We can’t grow our guidance in a way that best suits your students without your input! If you would like to send input please submit this form!

Are you receiving the HaysCISD Social Studies monthly newsletter? If not sign up here!

Secondary Social Studies

PD Opportunities!

Hays Con - The following sessions will be available at Hays Con for Social Studies:

● How to Grow or Host History Day! (Grades 4-12)

● Teaching with Primary Sources

● Interactive Notebooks in Social Studies (all grades)

● The Impact of Visuals in Social Studies (all grades)

● Changing the Way and the End of the DBQ (grades 6-12)

● Different Not More: Raising the Rigor in an Advanced Social Studies class (grades 6-9)

Humanities Texas has some fantastic summer sessions this year! Check out the details for those here!

Know a Teacher doing great things with Social Studies?

Nominate a teacher for the district Social Studies teacher of the year using this form! Please email Kim Peña if you have any questions!

Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Writing

Are you receiving the HaysCISD Social Studies monthly newsletter? If not sign up here!

Special Education