CWCS February 2007 ES Agenda
Please read the agenda, along with each of its
links (all links available in ES Manual for future reference).
The agenda quiz must be completed in your ES WEBfiles BEFORE 3:00 pm the day
before your ES meeting.
1) Dates to Remember
and Dated Duties
a) Feb. 22,
2007- All ES meeting and ES/Parent Workshops: (ESs
will meet from 8:30- 3:00, tentative ES meeting schedule).
We will have a light Continental Breakfast available (no coffee), but lunch
will
not
be
provided. Here is a list of restaurants in the area to choose from, or you may
bring your own lunch. Remember
to
bring Student
Agreement Addendums for signatures.
Please tell and invite your
parents to the Free
Parent Workshops that will held at the
b)
Scantron Post Test: Our second window for Scantron testing began January 16th. If your student
finished their initial tests October 22nd or earlier, you should have completed
their post test by Feb 21 at the latest. For students testing between October
22nd and December 20th, please see the attached Scantron Testing Window chart to determine when the
testing begins for any test taken after Oct. 22. Please plan to finish testing each of your students within a
month of their testing window. New
Scantron Proctor Schedule for Spring
2007
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c) Benchmark
Exams- February 26h- March 2rd: The 4th quarter for benchmark exams is February 26h-
March 2rd. Provide and explain to parents
during this week or at the learning record closest to these dates, and collect
the optional exams and required writing prompts at the following learning
record meeting. Remember that this is a good test prep option that will not
cost additional expenditures from the instructional funds!
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d) March 2,
2007-
ES
Self Evaluation: Due no later than March 2nd, to
your ES Advisor, the ES
Self Evaluation. Please review the ES Evaluation
Procedure before completing the self-evaluation. Please date your goals
when you enter them into WEBfiles. Those ESs who received a 2005/2006 Evaluation, please include a
final report on these goals and attach it as page three of your self
evaluation. Sample
Goals have been posted to help with ideas and formatting.
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e) CWCS
Open
House
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f) March 6th and 7th: STAR Writing
Exam. Wh
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g) March 9, 2007:
March 9, 2007 is the last date
that students can enroll for the 2006/2007 school year. No enrollment paperwork
can be signed after this date.
Enrollment Applications for 2008 are now being accepted. There is a box at the top right hand corner of the enrollment application to mark an option for school year and semester. If the student will turn 5 on or before December 2, 2007, then they may enroll for the 2008 school year.
The
enrollment application is new and has an additional Dental exam requirement.
Any application that is incomplete will be returned to the parent and not
processed.
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2) Things to Do
a) Advisor Survey: Please complete this advisor survey
by March 1st and mail it to the Waterford Office 12420 Bentley Street, Waterford
CA 95386. Thank you!
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d) High School Transcripts: Check your students’ transcripts for Summer School to
be sure that the grades were accurately transferred from the report card to the
transcript. Some ESs have
found that the grades are missing, and it appears that there may have been a
glitch in the process. Please email your advisor if you have grades that need
to be added to the transcript.
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e)
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f) K12- Please submit 2nd semester POs for K12 ($108 per course)
if you haven't already submitted for the entire year. Contact Lisa Compton
with any questions.
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g) KCRA 3 will
air half-hour special on kids and social networking, "The Internet
Generation", on Sunday, February 18 @ 6:30 p.m.
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3) Training Items
a) Portfolios due at April meeting, not at March
meeting as stated in Paperwork Timetables.
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b) Summer School: Summer school will begin Tuesday, May 29, 2007 and end Tuesday, July
10, 2007, for a total of six (6) weeks (30 school days). Note that the regular
school year ends Friday, May 18th. More information will be forthcoming via
ES listserve and in the March Agenda… but for those ESs that
are planning coursework for their high school potential summer grads, here
are the allowed
options. ESs who may be interested in serving as a summer school ES should
wait until more information is available.
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c) HQT
-Learning Record for K-8: ESs do not need
to list HQT for K-8 on their learning records if they
have submitted their NCLB certificate and met the requirements by either Multiple
Subject Exam or HOUSSE
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d) Lost Rollsheets: The following has been added to the Rollsheet Corrections Policy in the ES manual.
If a roll sheet appears
to have been lost (i.e. in the mail or in processing) and needs to be replaced:
The ES will obtain a newly
signed rollsheet with the same date as the new signature
is obtained (marking it as a revised rollsheet), and
will attach it to the copy of the original.
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e) Grade Placement Policy: Students may be placed in grade levels below their
age, but never at a level above their appropriate age. Please refer to the Grade Level
Assignments for 2007 chart (found under student enrollment/K-8 grade
placement).
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f)
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g)
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h) Science Camp
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4) Messages from School
Departments
a) ASSESSMENT
Please make certain that newly enrolled, second semester student's grade levels
are adjusted in the database by midnight March 15th. The STAR rosters
will be printed on March 16th and whatever grade level that is listed
will be the grade level test given to the student.
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b) CURRICULUM- Curriculum News from Lori Freeman
New Online California Content Standards Mastery Program, Study Island.
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c) GUIDANCE- Guidance News from Mary Halter
Career
Expo March 1st 4-7pm at the
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d) IT-
-There is a tabbed layout in
the assessment section of the student detail for ES viewing. It works the same
way most tabbed viewing in a program works. This is a feature of the new
version of Filemaker that makes it easier to make
tabbed layouts like this.
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e) VENDOR RELATIONS