Weekly Updates

 Team, 

Veteran's Day

Thank you to our Veterans for their service to our country! 

November 15th

November 15th is a consultation day, meaning we do not have specials. Please be sure to double check last week's post regarding the November 22nd conference day schedule! In addition, any lunch or special sign-ups are listed in that post as well! 

Joy Shop

Joy Shop is December 13-15th. Those making items, please have them ready to go after the first week in December!

Elementary Learning Loss Support - Deadline to Express Interest: 11/21/22

Each of our elementary schools in the district is looking to provide Learning Loss Support for small groups of students to address gaps students have developed due to the pandemic. This means: 

• Teachers involved will work with small groups of students 

• No more than six students in a group

• Open to students in grades 4-6

• Small group, targeted intervention 

• Groups will meet 2-3 times per week

• Groups will meet before or after school

• Student participation based on identified academic needs/gaps and teacher recommendation

• Could focus on ELA or Math

• Teachers will be compensated:

• At the professional rate for time spent providing direct services to students

• At the curriculum rate for ½ hour of planning per hour of instruction 

• Teachers will be responsible for planning, delivering, and progress-monitoring interventions to determine the achievement of student learning goals

• At the end of the first 8-week period, we will evaluate and determine if we will continue to run additional rounds of support. 

 

Once we are able to identify teachers, principals will work with teachers' availability to develop a schedule, identify students, and confirm participation with parent/guardians. 

To express interest, please email Derek by the end of the day on 11/21/22.

Vetted Resources and Teachers Pay Teachers

During the week of October 31, a cybersecurity filter used on staff computers detected a malicious file downloaded on a staff member's computer. The program alerted Technology Department staff, flagging it as ransomware, and stopped further activity. During the Technology Department's work on the situation, it was determined that this file was part of the download of a Teachers Pay Teachers resource.

 

In order to have time to better analyze the situation, investigate further details, and consult with cybersecurity experts on potential next steps, Teachers Pay Teachers was blocked and still is at this time. We are working to determine how we can safely allow users to retrieve resources from the site while also not opening up the risk of another potentially malicious download from the site. We recognize that many users have resources they utilize on the site but need to be sure that we don't put district technology resources at risk while moving forward with plans. As you may have seen in the news both locally and nationally in recent years, ransomware can have far reaching impacts on a school district. 

 

Lastly, in analyzing this situation, we have come to learn that student accounts have also been accessing Teachers Pay Teachers.  At this time, we do not have an ED Law 2D compliance agreement with this company and have blocked this site for students as well. 

 

As more information is available, we will reach out and share that information. Thank you for your patience as we continue to find a secure resolution.