UAI Staff News
Our students graduate knowing that they belong in spaces historically closed to them and fully capable of excelling in those spaces once there!
Important Upcoming Dates
- MON 28OCT-MON 04OCT - 1st Benchmark (in Subject Classes - no special schedule)
- MON - 28OCT - ELA Benchmarks in ELA Classes
- TUE - 29OCT - SOC Benchmarks in SOC Classes
- WED - 30OCT - SCI Benchmarks in SCI Classes
- THU - 31OCT - Halloween (regular classes, no tests)
- FRI - 01NOV - Diwali - NO SCHOOL
- MON - 04NOV - MAT Benchmarks in MAT Classes
- THU 24OCT - First UAI Instructional Rounds (Details to come)
- FRI 01NOV - Diwali - NO SCHOOL
- MON 04NOV - End of Marking Period 1
- TUE 05NOV - Remote PD Day (Election Day) - No Classes
- WED 06NOV - Marking Period 2 Begins
- THU 07NOV - Grades due at 3PM
- FRI 08NOV - MP1 Report Cards Distributed in 7th Period
- MON 11NOV - Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
Announcements & To Dos
Outreach. Lots of folks have forgotten to log their outreach for last week. Please do so by midnight tonight. As a reminder, as per contract, there is 55 minutes of outreach and parent engagement that must be completed each week. This work can be completed remotely, however, if you do not fulfill the expectations of logging the work, then there has to be consequences for not fulfilling contractual requirements.
Ultimately, habitually forgetting to completely log your 55minutes will result in you reverting to the traditional outreach schedule. This means you'll need to stay at school to complete the outreach on Tuesdays for 55 minutes (the default outreach time) and clock out. You will receive 3 reminders to log your outreach this year. The first will be an email, the 2nd will be a in-person meeting with me, the 3rd will be a counseling memo. If you forget to completely log your 55min of outreach for a 4th time this year, you will revert to the original outreach structure (staying in school on Tuesdays to complete the outreach).
Bottom line - set yourself a weekly reminder to log all of your outreach each week! For this week, the emphasis was on connecting with families of students who are meeting goals (>80) in your class. This is to celebrate their achievements and build strong relationships with families.
- Meetings (individual or group) with parents or guardians (this can also be IEP meetings)
- Telephone conversations with parents/guardians
- Written correspondence with parents or guardians (emails, texts, newsletters)
- Creating Newsletters
- Creating content for school/class websites (e.g. google classrooms)
- Preparing student report cards
- Preparing student progress reports
- Meetings with parents of English language learners
- Preparing for parent engagement activities (e.g. curriculum night, conferences, etc)
- Other mutually agreed-upon items
Want to support Brooklyn public school PTAs? Want to enjoy the beautiful fall weather with a fun run / walk around Prospect Park? Sign up for this year's Brooklyn PTA Fun Run for Schools, and join team UAI when you do! The race will take place on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 10 AM. Bib pickup and pre-race activities will begin at 9:00 AM. The race is a ~5k (3.3 mile) lap of Prospect Park, and is very family friendly, with lots of kids participating. Use this link to join UAI's team, and check out the race page for more info. I'll be running, and hope I can see lots of you there! - Mike
Keep Promoting UAI Clubs. UAI Clubs launched officially on Monday, 07OCT24. Announce them in class, push kids to get involved - emphasize the importance of extracurriculars and activities OUTSIDE of the classroom. Colleges & jobs look to see what activities kids are in to evaluate them as potential candidates for their university or business. Yes, they get this info from the counselors AND yes, we all need to put this on repeat so that it sinks in to their brains! Here's what you can do
- Print this out and hang it on your classroom door: UAI Clubs
- Please let Jen know if your club is missing
- Make an announcement at the start of each class this week to promote the launch of clubs.
- Clubs are great resume builders for jobs and college - remind kids of that!
- Highlight how awesome the club teachers are and that this is a great chance to learn more about them in a new way!
Save the Dates to Celebrate. Celebrating our students and our staff is core to the health of our school! Our central mission at UAI is the success and achievement of our students. One pathway to that goal is through building the efficacy, sense of belonging, and pride that our staff has in your work at UAI. That sense of worth and value is built both through achieving targeted student outcomes and in recognition of those achievements and efforts!
I was chitchatting with Paula the other day, and she was sharing some ideas she & Judy had had about raising up our colleagues. At the same time, I had already been thinking about creating our UAI calendar of the days to celebrate our people!! And since there really are no original ideas anymore - I googled and found this handy calendar! I've plucked the days celebrating people out of this calendar to create our own for the 24-25 school year.
- September 2024
- 17SEP24 - National IT Professional's Day (we missed this - so moved to October 17th!). This is the day to celebrate JASON's Amazing work with our school!!
- October 2024
- 02OCT24 - National Custodian Day (we missed this too - so moved to October 22nd for this year). Let's celebrate Carlos, Harry, Junior, & Mr. O!
- November 2024
- 21NOV24 - National Substitute Teacher Day. Let's celebrate Jermaine, Mahjabeen, and Sean!
- February 2025
- 03FEB-07FEB - National School Counselor's Week. WOOHOO to JJR, Tiffany, Jen, AND our Deans (who do a lot of our counseling) Jean, Alaisha and Nicole... AND to our interns, Lara, Carlene, and Emily
- April 2025
- 03APR - Paraprofessional Appreciation Day - Time to appreciate Juelle, Bryanna, Aurora, Adelle, Nora, Ebony, Janiya, and Brenda!
- 07APR-11APR - National Assistant Principal's Week - Give it up to ANNIE!!!
- 20APR-26APR - Administrative Professionals Week - Many Thanks to Paula, Damaris, and Tracey!
- 21APR-25APR - Aterschool Professionals Week - Whooping it up for GIRLS INC!!
- May 2025
- 02MAY - School Lunch Hero Day - Give thanks for our amazing cafeteria staff
- 05MAY-09MAY - Teacher Appreciation Week - Big Ups to ALL of our amazing teachers!
- 07MAR - School Nurse Day - YAY for Nurse Cole