Teacher Update October 2023

Important Links Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment

Teacher Resources

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Content Resource Site

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HCISD Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Expectations

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Grading Timeline - Secondary

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HCISD Lesson Planning Guidelines

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TEAMS Guide for Teachers

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District Assessment Calendar

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TEAMS Update 2023-2024

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Academic Calendar ●

TEAMS Skillbook for PreK

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TEAMS Skillbook for PK-1

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TEAMS Guide for Monitoring Grades

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Exchange Day Info and PD Options

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Eduphoria Testing Support

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"New" Aware Overview

Grading Resources ● Grading Timeline - Elementary

Technology

Schoology

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Technology Help Desk

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Schoology District PLC Codes

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Parent Resource Site

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Schoology Parent Resources

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Student Resource Site

SEND A HAYS HIGH FIVE HERE! 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 Teacher Academy Guidance and Counseling ● College, Career and Life Readiness ● Social Emotional Learning Human Resources Intervention Multilingual Department Pre-K Student Services Content Pages Advanced Academics ● Gifted and Talented Athletics Career and Technical Education (CTE) Fine Arts Literacy ● Elementary ● Secondary Mathematics ● Elementary ● Secondary Science ● Elementary ● Secondary Social Studies K-12 Special Education

Student Health Services

Digital Learning When: Saturday, October 28 from 9-12 Where: Buda Elementary, 1060 Old San Antonio Road What: This is a PD “unconference” opportunity for staff to attend put on for teachers by teacher. Watch this short video for more explanation!

This is Exchange day credit eligible!

Fill out this form to share what you want to learn!

The Remind app is now restricting Remind accounts in our district to an unknown number of weekly messages.

Your campus can purchase a Remind Hub account for $4/student. There is not a way to purchase an individual teacher license. This will allow unlimited messaging to be sent to groups that have been created under your school.

We would recommend using Schoology groups instead. We can import students into a group using their ID number.

Parents are already attached to students in the program and can add their cell phone numbers to their profiles.

#DigCitWeek is coming up on October 16-20. There are lots of activities and lessons prepared by Common Sense Media to use with your students. Click on a Calendar link below to see the recommended lessons!

Elementary

Middle School

Google is adding more layers of security in their Admin portal. They are sending out emails regarding the approval of the 3rd party applications, like Quill, that use Google to login. We have the list of over 3600 applications that we are reviewing before the deadline and will be approving these before the end of October.

High School

Professional Development “Just in Time” Professional Development We are excited to bring back this professional development opportunity for the teachers of our STAAR tested courses. These half-day sessions will allow teachers to dive deeper into their respective content areas and plan for upcoming units of instruction.

ELAR teachers will also have the opportunity to calibrate and score papers for extended constructed responses. Details below: ●

“Just in Time” PD Schedule ○ ○

Focus is on STAAR tested courses AND a session for 1st and 2nd grades in the spring semester Half day sessions are utilized to maximize sub coverage for a campus ■ FYI - Elementary sessions are divided into Group A and Group B to assist with sub coverage

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Campus administrator approval is required to attend

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Pending administrator approval, please register in eduphoria one week prior to the session and get with your Principal’s secretary for retaining a substitute teacher.

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Teachers should NOT be entering substitutes into SmartFind for the “Just in Time” sessions. The Principal’s secretary must coordinate and enter the sub job for the teachers.

Professional Development Exchange Days *Applies Hays CISD staff with less than 216 calendar/contract days Below are the documents with staff instructions of how to document and submit the Flexible Staff/Exchange Days in Eduphoria: ●

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All professional development including online or webinar trainings must be completed on non-contract work days or hours Professional development, workshops, and trainings can all count towards Exchange Day credit Complete professional development for Day#1 Exchange Day credit prior to October 20, 2023. Exchange Day Forms will be available beginning June 5.

Complete professional development for Day#2 Exchange Day credit prior to December 29, 2023. Exchange Day Forms will be available beginning June 5.

Exchange Day forms will be completed for each day and staff members will need to provide a certificate of completion with each form.

Eduphoria Strive Resources

● How to Submit 23-24 Exchange Day Form ● Eduphoria Strive PDRequesting outside credit for PD ● Eduphoria StriveHow to print a certificate ● 23-24 Exchange Day Options for Professional Employees ● 23-24 Exchange Day Options for Paraprofessional Employees

Elementary 2023-2024 Staff Development / Prep Days Professional Development Days for 2023-24 School Year. These days were built in to support our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Teacher Instructional Planning.

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Core Teachers

PK, Specials Teachers and Specialized SPED Programs

*October 6

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

*October 30

*October 31

Staff Exchange Day/Student Holiday 8:00-12:00 - Campus PD & Meeting 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Campus PD & Meeting

8:00-12:00 - Campus PD & Meeting 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - District PLC

*November 1

Teacher Work Day

January 2

Staff Exchange Day/Student Holiday

January 3

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

February 16

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

April 1

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

May 24

Teacher Work Day

*Elementary Parent Teacher Conference window is Oct. 2-November 1. Teachers may conduct conferences at any time during the month that is outside of required campus PD, PLC, or meetings

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Middle School 2023-2024 Staff Development / Prep Days Professional Development Days for 2023-24 School Year. These days were built in to support our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Teacher Instructional Planning .

Date

Core Teachers

Elective Teachers and Specialized SPED Programs

October 6

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

October 30

October 31

Staff Exchange Day/Student Holiday 8:00-12:00 - Campus PD & Meeting 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Campus PD & Meeting

8:00-12:00 - Campus PD & Meeting 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - District PLC

November 1

Teacher Work Day

January 2

Staff Exchange Day/Student Holiday

January 3

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

February 16

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

April 1

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

May 24

Teacher Work Day

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High School 2023-2024 Staff Development / Prep Days Professional Development Days for 2023-24 School Year.

These days were built in to support our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Teacher Instructional Planning.

Date

Core Teachers

Elective Teachers, AP and OnRamps, and Specialized SPED Programs

October 6

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

October 30

October 31

Staff Exchange Day/Student Holiday 8:00-12:00 - Campus PD & Meeting 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Campus PD & Meeting

8:00-12:00 - Campus PD & Meeting 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - District PLC

November 1

Teacher Work Day

January 2

Staff Exchange Day/Student Holiday

January 3

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

February 16

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

April 1

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 9:30-12:00 - Campus PLC 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00 - 4:00 - Staff Work Time

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting 10:00-12:00 - District PLC 12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time

May 24

Teacher Work Day

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INSPIRE New Teacher September INSPIRE Recap New-to-profession teachers revisited their classroom management plans they created over the summer and reflected on their classroom procedures and expectations.

We then focused in on student behaviors and discussed reasons for misbehavior and ways they can both prevent and respond based on the root cause of the behavior.

Participants also learned about teacher behaviors and how we respond matters.

A well run classroom doesn’t just happen because of a teacher’s personality. It takes planning, intentionality, and consistency to build a well-managed classroom.

Teaching is an art form!

Resources for Responding We love the four questions from Capturing Kids’ Hearts as a simple way to redirect off-task behavior. The 2x10 strategy is one of our favorites for giving positive attention and making connections with our students that are seeking it.

Click the image below to read more about the 2x10 strategy.

Upcoming District INSPIRE Trainings (program calendar) Elementary Teachers 10/10: PK, K-2, Specials & SPED 10/12: 3-5

Middle School Teacher 10/25

High School Teachers 10/26: CTE, Fine Arts, PE, PATH, SPED, ELA 11/8: Math, Science, and Social Studies

Counseling & Guidance Oc󰉃o󰇻󰈩r 6󰉃󰈋 AM 󰈜ra󰈎󰈝󰈏󰈞g 8:00-12:00 Sci󰈩󰈝󰇸󰇵 Hal󰈗 󰈀󰈞d H󰉀󰈟 Oc󰉃o󰇻󰈩r 6󰉃󰈋 P󰈲 󰈙ra󰈎󰈝󰈏󰈞g 12:30-4:30 on󰈗󰉙 󰈀t H󰉀󰈟 Oc󰉃o󰇻󰈩r 31󰈻󰉄 - Joh󰈝󰈼󰈡n H󰈏󰈇󰈋 󰈠c󰈊o󰈡󰈘 AM 8:00 - 12:00 an󰇷 P󰈲 12:30-4:30 Reg󰈎󰈻󰉄r󰇽󰉃i󰈡󰈞 󰈏s i󰈝 E󰇶󰉉p󰈊󰈢󰈹i󰈀 Ple󰈀󰈻󰇵 󰇸on󰉃󰈀󰇸t Lin󰇷󰈀󰈹󰇽e.J󰈡h󰈝󰈼󰈢n@󰈊a󰉙s󰇹󰈎󰈼d.󰈝󰇵󰉄 to 󰈸󰈩󰈈󰈏s󰉃e󰈹 y󰈡󰉊󰈸 󰈼c󰈊o󰈡󰈘 f󰈢󰈸 󰉄hi󰈻 󰉄r󰈀󰈏󰈝i󰈞g.

Mental Health Resources Charlie Health: Support Groups

Mondays 7pm CT

Free Parent Support Groups with LINK.pdf Texas Referral Process.pdf

Parent of Teens Parent of Young Adults LGBTQIA + Parent Support for Families of Color

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NEWS R E E R A AND C

TACRAO COLLEGE FAIR

Central Texas

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM TACRAO COLLEGE FAIR

Human Resources Join the TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT: 2023 - 2024 Schoology Course!

We will be uploading any new resources and presentations Access Code: MCD8-N4TZ-26MTD Visit the webpage: www.hayscisd.net/tia

Cooperating Teachers: Are you interested in becoming a Cooperating Teacher for Spring 2024? If you are interested in hosting a student teacher, please reach out to your campus principal. Student teachers will be assigned in November.

Employee Referral Incentive -We are hiring! If you refer any employee and they are hired, you will receive a $100 incentive! If you refer a Bilingual Teacher and they are hired you receive a $250 incentive! The candidate must list you as a referral on the application. (some stipulations apply) National Hispanic Heritage Month traditionally honors the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans as we celebrate heritage rooted in all Latin American countries.

Hays HR proudly celebrates all of our faculty and staff of Latin and Hispanic Heritage!

Intervention Woohoo! BOY screeners are complete. Thank you for all of your effort in the completion and administration of each screener.

Time to analyze the results and make instructional decisions for our students.

Please send home results from the BOY screeners. Most of our screeners have letters and data to share.

You may also share the following: Flyer Letter from District - English

Letter from District - Spanish

Our Read 180 classes have started strong. We are excited to see our students and teachers succeed. We visited our middle school classes this week and look forward to visiting ALL of our Read 180 classrooms.

Dyslexia Parent Night - Open for ALL families interested in learning more about dyslexia. Please pass along this information to our families. October 26 at 6:00pm at the PAC. More information to come

Intervention Learning Ally Learning Ally is an audiobook solution for students with reading difficulties. This is a free resource for our students and available through ClassLink. Students can access novels as well as all of our state adopted textbooks. The resource is available to students post graduation too.

Audiobook Solution - Class Link Educator Resource Folder

SuccessEd How to document intervention support and progress monitoring data.

Step by Step Guidance Audio Step by Step Guidance

Multilingual Department Interested in pursuing your bilingual teaching certification? See the information below.

The free 190 Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Courses for certification courses have been published! https://www.txel.org/bilingualcourses Need your ESL certification? Check out the information below for the TExES ESL Supplemental Test #154 prep course.

ESL Academy Flyer, 2023-24 Community Action, Inc. Information: Hays CISD has a direct partnership with Community Action, Inc. which offers a variety of educational programs and services to our Hays CISD parents and community. Please share these opportunities on your campus websites and social media outlets. Community Action Program/Classes Folder You can also find this information on our district website under the Community tab as well as on the A-Z directory. https://www.hayscisd.net/CommunityAction

October World Languages Newsletter

Bilingual Campuses: As you complete BOY screener data begin populating the 2023-2024 Decision Making Worksheet to justify LOA decisions.

Our Fall Bilingual English Language Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 10/24 from 3:45-5pm in the Tom Green Elementary Library. If you are on the committee, more information will be provided as the date approaches.

Know someone who is a Language Learner Rock Star? Nominate them today for the Language Learner Rock Star Award.

Language Learner Rock Star Award Nomination

Multilingual Department

Science Hall Elementary

Tom Green Elementary

Johnson High School Culinary Class Making Pupusas

Camino Real Elementary

McCormick Middle School

Hemphill Elementary

Pre-K ●

Share CIRCLE Parent Communication with report card ○

Ready Rosie is a modeled video resource for families to engage their students at home. Visit the

Links (see Parent Communication) ●

SAVVAS Full Interactive Overview link and go to family engagement from the menu to learn more!

CLI Engage Helpful Hints &

Review the Report Card & Skill Book guidance

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Letter Name/Sounds Guidance ○

Document in the TEAMS skill book and in Eduphoria

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How to

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Rubric

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Uppercase/Lowercase tools

Upcoming Dates ●

TEAMS Report Card Skill book Window - Oct. 5 - 10

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First 9 Wk. Letter Names/Sounds Data submission windowSept. 11 - Oct. 6 due in Eduphoria October 13th

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District PD ~ October 6th -10:00 - 12:00 ~ Location: BES Library

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Fall Classroom Environment Checklist (CEC) window - Oct. 1 - Dec. 2

Student Services Why Implement PBIS? ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Reduction in problem behavior Increased academic performance Improved perception of safety Reduction in bullying behaviors Increased administrator time for instructional leadership \Reduction in staff turnover Increased perception of teacher efficacy Improved social-emotional competence Increased positive school climate and culture

Essential Requirements of PBIS:

● Community Connections ● Clear Expectations ● Comprehensive Instruction on Expectations ● Consistency ● Supportive Structure

PBIS in the Classroom Modules As teachers, you play a key role in addressing chronic absence. The good news is that you don’t have to solve this alone. You can: ● ● ● ●

Take roll regularly showing students that you care when they miss school Reach out to frequently absent students to find out in a supportive manner why they are missing school and what would help them attend more regularly.

Work with parents to stress the importance of early education and to learn about any barriers to good attendance.

Create a nurturing, engaging classroom that will encourage children to come to school. Work with colleagues to develop and implement a school-wide system of incentives and reward for good attendance.

Dr. Brian Dawson

Gifted and Talented (G/T)

Gifted and Talented Referral Period Now Open!

District staff can refer students from October 1 - 15 using THIS LINK. Parents/guardians can refer students from October 1 - 31 using THIS LINK. ***Please note, the links for district staff and parent/guardians are different.

For more information about the referral process, please view the presentations found at the links below.

English Presentation

Spanish Presentation

Professional Development: Fall online courses are now open and will close on November 30. A list of available courses and the State’s guidelines are available at THIS LINK. If there any questions, contact Tish Cawley at tish.cawley@hayscisd.net or x45035.

Gifted and Talented (G/T) Students in Mr. Alaniz and Mr. Hargrave’s Social Studies classes at Barton participated in Socratic Seminars. Great student led discussions!

Students in Ms. Neier and Ms.Hoff’s 8th grade Language Arts classes at McCormick were hard at work writing essays.

Advanced Academics Teachers of AP and OnRamps classes will meet at the Buda Public Library from 10 a.m.- Noon on Friday, October 6.

OnRamps teachers, please make sure that your rosters for UT reflect the students on your Hays CISD roster. UT Fall Course Sensus is today, Friday, September 29.

Advancing Academics Did you know that the number of students in advanced coursework in grades 6-12 has grown from 4533 (37%) in the 2021-22 school year to 6207 (49%) in the 2023-24 school year?! Thanks to teachers who have prepared students for advanced work and who have recruited them into advanced classes.

Thanks to counselors who have pushed and encouraged students during course registration.

More students in advanced coursework in middle and early high school leads to more students in college-aligned coursework (Advanced Placement, ACC Dual Credit, UT OnRamps) by the end of high school After a dip in course enrollments and college credits earned during the pandemic, our enrollment in college-aligned courses is higher than it’s ever been, and we’re on track to beat our previous number of college credits earned in one year.

Hays CISD Athletics

Hays CISD was chosen as a pilot program for THSCA’s Coaches vs Overdoses. This program raises awareness of teenage overdoses by using an informational PSA and handing out drug disposal packets at Varsity Football Games at Shelton Stadium.

Congrats to Steve Hoffman for winning his 100th football game!

Construction has begun for the artificial turf projects at Johnson and Hays High School’s softball and baseball fields! Paragon Sports Construction began work at the end of September to install turf at all 6 Hays CISD softball and baseball fields. Lehman High School will be getting a whole new complex at their fields along with the turf that includes new stands, dugouts, concessions, and ticket booths. Due to previously scheduled construction at Lehman’s fields, they will begin on these projects at the end of October. All of these projects are planned to be completed in time for all of our schools to be ready to play on them before the season begin at the end of January. Exciting times!

Hays CISD Athletics

The Bob Shelton Coach of the Week is still going strong! This is a great opportunity for our coaches to be recognized for all of the fantastic things they do at Hays CISD! We are in full swing here with athletics at Hays CISD! Middle School football, cross country, and volleyball are in the middle of their seasons with great participation numbers! We also are competing in team tennis, water polo, volleyball, cross country, and football at the high school.

District play has begun form most of our sports and playoff will be here soon!

CTE (COOLEST TEACHERS EVER!)

Our CTE team “pugged” Dahlstrom’s Nathan Studebaker because he's Pretty Unbelievably Great! He is starting the Ag and FFA program at DMS this year and we love to see it taking off because of all of his hard work!

Our Project Lead the Way middle school engineering cluster lead, Chris Glynn, was “pugged” at Barton because he is Pretty Unbelievably Great! Mr. Glynn is always quick to step up to mentor new engineering teachers across the district.

We “pugged” Culinary Teacher Catherine Lively at Johnson HS because she is Pretty Unbelievably Great! Her students cater, make to-go lunches for the teachers and healthy snacks to sell at the bus stop in the afternoons.

Reminder: COW Day (Careers on Wheels Day) has been moved to November 14, 2023. Workforce Development Coordinator, Joe Henderson will be sending out more details in the near future. COW Day is for all 8th graders in the district so they can hear from CTE teachers and talk to industry partners before they register for their high school classes.

FINE ARTS A reminder that Friday, 10/6, is a district PLC date (Attendance Required) Schedule below: 8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting (at campus) 10:00-12:00 - District PLC* (at PAC) 12:00-1:00 - Lunch (at PAC) 1:00-4:00 - Staff Work Time (at campus) Agenda: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. All Fine Arts for “Happy, Not Satisfied; Part 2” with guest presenter 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Content specific PLC breakout sessions (details coming by email) 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Provided for all Fine Arts!! Fajitas and sides from Spicy Bite.

Please plan to stay and eat as a fine arts family! We look forward to seeing everyone!

Fine Arts PLC Dates: October 6th: 10am - 12pm October 31st: 1pm - 4pm January 3rd: 10am - 12pm February 16th: 10am - 12pm April 1st: 10am - 12pm Please do not schedule rehearsals during this time.

Remember to enter all events on the Fine Arts public event calendar.

PAC Calendar Check out some HS artwork!

Ineligibility starts on Sept. 29th. See the district calendar for all dates.Here is the link to our shared eligibility google drive. This has eligibility resources plus folders to drop in eligibility verification forms as required.

Elementary Literacy Our first CBA for 3rd-5th grade is next week. ● Extended Constructed Responses should be done independently by students. ○ Two ECR opportunities were provided on the pacing guides to prepare and guide students for the CBA ● The Literacy Team will be scoring these with Instructional Coaches on 10/11. ○ Teachers should run the Extended Constructed Response Report and give the reports to their Instructional Coaches. ○ The data that the ICs bring back is what should be entered in Eduphoria by 10/16.

The goal setting and heat map documents for CBA 1 are updated and posted on the pacing guides and under the Assessment button on the Content Site.

K-5 Small Group Instruction/mCLASS ● Remember to look under the “Instruction” tab in mCLASS to see suggested groupings based on your BOY mCLASS data. You will also find suggested small group lessons to target specific skills.

Ms. Owens from BVES reviewing Traditional Tales with her students.

Ms. Padilla from BVES using her Teaching Pal to guide her students with annotation in their myBooks.

Ms. Aguilar from KES uses Stand up, Hand up, Pair up to have her 3rd graders discuss the ECR practice prompt.

Mrs. Jen at KES has flawless procedures to get her kindergarteners easily logged in to Amplify.

Elementary Literacy Hays CISD Reading Academies

We have completed our first two Reading Academy sessions with our new cohort.

We appreciated the teachers being so engaged in the course content.

23-24 Upcoming Reading Academy Training Dates: ● 10/18, 11/15, 12/5, 1/17, 2/1, 3/6, 4/24, 5/8 ● Time: 8:00-3:30 ● Location: Old Upper Buda Elementary Cafeteria- (300 N. San Marcos St. Buda, TX 78610) ● Teachers should sign up in Eduphoria Secretaries can use this code to enter when creating the absences: ● 199-11-6112-RA-911-11-2-0 Do you still want access to the Reading Academy Content? ● Request for Alumni Course Link

Elementary Literacy Hays CISD Assessment Updates

Here are some reminders of what can and what cannot be read during CBAs/STAAR for students who receive Text-to-Speech.

Oral Administration- Text-to_Speech Guidance

Eduphoria: ● Just a reminder: Speech-to-Text and Spelling Assistance are only available in the online version of Eduphoria. Students cannot access these supports when testing in Kiosk Mode on the Chromebooks.

Eduphoria Teacher Tip: Teachers can access a student version of the tests by clicking the three dots on the right of a test in the Administer section and then click Preview Online Test. It would be good practice for teachers to model using the online tools and supports prior to CBA 1. Tools that are new(er) this year: Line Reader and Scratch Pad (came out spring last year)

Eduphoria How-Tos Document from the Assessment Department

Secondary Literacy Assessment Updates: CBA 1 is under our belt! Thank you for your active monitoring and for reaching out when you have questions!

- How-To Score a Constructed Response (Here is the whole “How-To” folder!)

Unit Planning I want to remind you about this unit planning graphic/guiding questions. I am working to make this more user-friendly, but it is a great tool to use when planning for each unit!

Hattie’s Barometer of Influence I want to remind you of the 250+ Influences on Student Achievement one-pager. This is a great place to go when considering what instructional influences have the most impact on student learning!

Secondary Literacy Growth-Focused Writing: So many of you have taken the growth-focused writing lesson and run with it! Thank you for working so hard to make writing instruction relevant and engaging for students!

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS

Ms. Edwards’s 5th graders at TES use base-10 blocks to model decimal multiplication.

Mrs. Horton does a decimal number string with her 5th graders at BVES.

Mrs. Perez’s 4 graders integrate Math & Science with triple beam balances at GES.

Miss Hernandez’s 4th grade students at UES use the Sage & Scribe strategy to compare decimal numbers.

MIMI SALMON

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS STEMScopes

“Just in Time” Sessions

return of District PLC - Location TBA Discuss with your principal before registering!

4th & 5th grade - Oct. 17th or 19th 3rd grade - Jan. 8th (w 3rd gr ELAR)

Math CBA’s

2nd Grade: Oct. 25 - Nov. 3 Goal Setting & Reflection Doc 3rd Grade: Oct. 3- Oct. 11 Goal Setting & Reflection Doc 4th Grade: Oct. 4 - Oct. 12 Goal Setting & Reflection Doc 5th Grade: Oct. 11 - Oct. 17 Goal Setting & Reflection Doc

As we begin year 1 with STEMScopes curriculum, i will be keeping spreadsheet for STEMScopes feedback.

Feel free to send me any feedback you have or add it directly to this document.

Check out Math Fact Lab - a FREE, strategy based, online program that helps students develop automaticity with math facts.

MIMI SALMON

6-12 MATHEMATICS District PLC - Just in Time Sessions

These are being redesigned to meet the needs surfaced in feedback that Derek and I have been collecting over the last couple of weeks. These grade-level specific FULL DAY sessions should help address many of the concerns around planning and implementation - Subs will be provided. These will most likely be held at Upper Buda, but I will confirm location as soon as I have it!

6th Grade Math - 10/3 8:15am to 4:00pm - register here - location TBA 7th Grade Math - 10/11 8:15am to 4:00pm - register here - location TBA 8th Grade Math - 10/16 8:15am to 4:00pm - register here - location TBA

Desmos Curriculum See a need for a new Desmos Lesson? FIll out this form to make a request from Desmos developers. There are also feedback survey links on ALL lessons that we can use to submit requests. They are regularly revising/editing and creating…

GT Update Summer Book Studies

Did you read Building Thinking Classrooms?

If you signed up to do either Mathematical Mindsets or Building Thinking Classrooms as a book study for your GT Update, remember to schedule an observation with me and/or Tish Cawley before October 30 to get that update credit. Once that observation is complete, we will update Eduphoria I can’t wait to see what you’re trying out!

Are you wondering how to start implementing?

There is a FREE webinar hosted by Hand-to-Mind with Peter Liljedahl specifically about getting started with some of the practices 10/5 from 5 to 6pm CDT - registered participants will have access to an on-demand recording as well. Register and get more information here

Natalee Peterson - Secondary Mathematics

Elementary Science Upcoming Assessments (on Eduphoria) 2nd Grade- Unit 2 Oct 16 - 27 3rd Grade- Unit 2 Oct 16 - 27 4th Grade- Unit 2 Sep 25 - Oct 5 Unit 3 Oct 16 - 27 5th Grade- Unit 2 Oct 16 - 27 Reminder: Please reach out to your admin team about getting supplies to ensure your students get the hands on experiences they need.

Austin Regional Science Fair is now Greater Austin Regional Science and Engineering Fair (GARSEF). The website has changed, and it is now located at www.austinscience.org The 2024 fair will take place at the Palmer Event Center on February 21-24. School Registration opens Dec 1st!

Great and FREE science resources ● ●

https://www.gbra.org/education/elementary-classroom-tools/ Wildlife by Design (AHarrod@texas-wildlife.org)

Assessment question(s)- Jaime Kinslow Any other question(s)- Derek McDaniel (Marina Tupikov is on FMLA)

Secondary Science CI: District PLC for 8th Grade Science Campus Approval Required then Register in Eduphoria via Classlink.

Location: Old BES Room 308.

9/28 12:30 - 3:30 pm

2/22 8:15 - 11:15 am

Force & Motion Interdependence Among Living Systems

CI: District PLC for HS Biology Campus Approval Required then Register in Eduphoria via Classlink.

Location: Old BES Room 308.

8:15 - 11:15 am

Nucleic Acids, Protein Synthesis, & Epigenetics

1/18

Taxonomy

11/3

8:15 am - 3:30 pm

PLC Support Resources When should I reteach?

Review vs.

Reteach Article

What is guided practice?

Guided vs.

Independent Practice Article

Why Kids Need More Talk Time in the Classroom Student Talk Article

As we move into October, let’s shift focus to intentional lesson planning to include opportunities for… ● Reteach & Feedback ● Guided Practice ● Student-to-Student Talk & Collaboration

A Focus on Best Practices

TEKS Instruction Guides (TIGs) 6th

Potential & Kinetic Energy

7th

Human Body Systems

8th

Calculating Net Force

Biology

Cell Cycle

Social Studies District Social Studies Lessons We are recruting writers for Spring Lesson Plans for Elementary! This work will take place in October and November and will be paid!

Email Kim Peña if you are interested!

Our 2nd Annual Hays History Day event will be January 20, 2023 at Hays High School. This event ties into the Texas History Day event and the National History Day event and is a fantastic opportunity for students to display their knowledge and interest in humanities from grades 4-12. It is also a great option for GT Showcase projects.

History Day Flyers have been sent to all campuses. We will hold a Campus Advisor meeting on zoom on October 18 and are working on a Guardian Packet you can use for families. Sign up for the zoom meeting here!

We are looking for feedback on how lessons are going!! Please submit this form with how we can make them better for the Spring!

Elementary Request Form for More Social Studies Support

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

Secondary Social Studies District PLC 8th Grade Social Studies Sessions Talk with your Principal and register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location TBA. 10/3 PM

District PLC & Resource Plan for CBA 1 and DBQ

2/22 PM

CBA 2 reflection and Plan for Interim & STAAR

District PLC US History Sessions Talk with your principal and register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location TBA.

11/3 PM

District PLC & Resource Plan for CBA 1 and DBQ Trainings

2/13 All Day

CBA 2 reflection and Plan for Interim & EOC

Our 2nd Annual Hays History Day event will be January 20, 2023 at Hays High School. This event ties into the Texas History Day event and the National History Day event and is a fantastic opportunity for students to display their knowledge and interest in humanities from grades 4-12. It is also a great option for GT Showcase projects.

History Day Flyers have been sent to all campuses. We will hold a Campus Advisor meeting on zoom on October 18 and are working on a Guardian Packet you can use for families. Sign up for the zoom meeting here!

Are you seeing great things on your campus? Nominate a teacher for a monthly recognition and giftcard!

Student Health Services Staff Flu Clinics The staff flu clinic schedule is linked here. The location will be determined by your campus nurse and will be updated when available. If you are interested in the flu clinic at your campus, please sign up here: : https://forms.gle/DZqw5hoYMkUhRGQw7 Please follow the directions at the top of the sign up form. If you have any questions regarding insurance, please call Plum Creek Pharmacy at (512) 262-7881. Plum Creek Pharmacy will also be offering Covid Boosters during the clinics. Children of employees (age 7 and up) may participate with the parent/guardian present.

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