Staff Round Up for September 8th

Good evening team!

First and foremost, I hope everyone has an opportunity to enjoy this 3 days weekend. You deserve it!!!! Please take care of yourself, practice social distancing and try to avoid large crowds during this holiday weekend. 

Staff Spotlight (thank you Derek Anderson!)... and I'm understanding there will be many more!

and the spotlight is on...... STEPHANIE POWELL!

VIEW HERE!

Attendance

Please review the attendance procedures below, and review again. 

Thank you to Jane Arrington for creating this awesome grades syncing video... which GCS asked if they could use for the system!! Way to go Jane!

Video -- How to Sync from Canvas to PowerTeacherPro Gradebook.
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/bccd8549-febe-4bb0-befe-4f76077db504


Instructor Help: Using PowerTeacher Pro in Canvas  
https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/SIS/Instructor-Help-Using-PowerTeacher-Pro-in-Canvas/m-p/247329  
  
Some Caveats about using the Sync Feature:  

1. Only Numeric Grades will sync to PowerTeacherPro  ( not Complete/Incomplete, Letter grades, etc. )  
2. If an assignment is marked Late or Excused in Canvas that will sync to PowerTeacherPro (excused will be marked exempt in PTP)  
3. Assignments marked as Missing will not sync as Missing to PTP (you can mark it as Missing once it is in PTP)  
4. Comments do NOT sync from Canvas to PTP   
5. If you Mark assignments Missing, Incomplete, or Absent or if you add a comment to PTP and then sync the grades from Canvas a second time, all of those marks and the Comments will Disappear! You would have to go to the Assignment tab in Canvas and uncheck that you want it to sync with the SIS in order to avoid those marks and comments from Disappearing! 

From the desk of our very own CF, Nicole Cutler:

Resources and Curriculum Updates:

Please see the attached document where resources have been gathered for teachers. One Stop Shop SWHS.docx The SWHS Canvas page is also being updated and houses lots of great information, please make sure to check out the “Modules” listed. The SWHS Licensed Teacher Teams page now has a “Curriculum Facilitator News” channel, curriculum updates from the district will be posted and uploaded there in order to cut down on school wide emails.

 Microsoft Innovator Educator

Courses have been developed for each school, here is the course for SWHS: #14665 GCS-PROFLRN: Microsoft Innovator Educators (MIE) Badge Initiative Fall 2020 (SOUTHWEST GUILFORD HIGH) Participants have the ability to earn between 0.3-2.0 Digital Learning Competency credits based on which pathway they choose to complete. Click the link for information on GCS Microsoft Innovative Educator – 2020: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QMf51c02XmFJ5ff539KX7YSnF1pWq4Pd0ngWB1k3CBA/edit

Please complete your MIE pathway between August 26th – October 20th. Once you have completed your pathway, please download your certificates and upload them to the folder located in the files tab of the Curriculum Facilitator News channel.

Learning Pathways	Hours	CEUs
21st Century Learning Design	20	2.0
Creating a Digitally Inclusive Learning Environment	6	0.6
Fostering a Dynamic Remote Learning Environment with Student-Centered Tools	3	0.3
Getting Started with Office 365 and Windows	4	0.4
Inclusive Classroom Foundation	5	0.5
Inclusive Classroom Specialization	9	0.9
Office 365 Teacher Academy	11.8	1.18
Skills for Future, Voice, and Collaboration	5.8	0.58
Student Centered Learning	6.5	0.65
Level Up with Office 365 and Windows	4.5	0.45

 

Remember that we are still following the NC grading policy (10 point scale)... just like we were prior to this past March. Please make sure your weights are alike within your department and shared to your students.  

Feel free to always share the constantly updated "how to" links to assist students and parents/guardians during remote learning. Feel free to access this document ...  Remote Learning helpful links.docx

If a student says they can not do their work, I sent you this link earlier via e-mail. Feel free to use this when students tell you they don't have a device, or internet, or need work, etc.... 

A reminder that starting Tuesday, we will be delivering work to students houses... oh yes we are!  Also, if you have textbooks that students have inquired about, please label them and have them in front of the office. We will deliver those too!  Please do not ask us to deliver anything that you and a student have not individually discussed about (i.e entire class set of books).  

Last, we are not delivering anything that is currently in the atrium. We will only deliver items that are on the table where the filing system is. So, please make sure all request are in the filing system, and any textbooks/consumables you need delivered are on the table. 

Thank you Lisa Whitestone!  Lisa created a Canvas course for Service Learning to keep students/parents updated and to answer any questions they may have regarding Service learning at Southwest High School. Feel free to reach out to Lisa with any questions surrounding Service Learning. 

Great Visual from Michelle Lovett for students to start their day off right every day. Thank you Michelle!

Please take a moment to review my letter about live instruction that I sent to parents. If a student tells you they do not want to be on camera, please check with their parent. Please be sensitive on any requests. 

Reminder of counseling case loads....

Counselors' caseloads are as followed: Ms.Graves A-D 10th-12th, Ms.Campbell E-L 10th - 12th, Ms. Graham M-R 10th - 12th, Mrs. Hudgens S-Z 10th - 12th, Ms.Compton 9th grade counselor

If there are any items I have not addressed, or failed to get answers to you, please remind me so I can stay on top of those inquiries. 

We are in it it together. We got this. We are... Southwest!

Enjoy your weekend!

Mr. Hettenbach