Week of March 29st

UAI Staff News

Volume IX

Issue 27

March 28th, 2022

Longer Than Usual.    This week's post will be a combo of last week and this week's information.  I had some family and personal events happening last weekend and this past weekend.  Last weekend, I flew to Atlanta for a dear friend's wedding and this weekend, I trekked up to Boston to celebrate my bestie from college's new book release, The Shame Machine.

So...Sunday blog writing was a little disrupted as of late.  Many apologies!

So, let's dive right in....

Important dates this month.  

• Monday, 28MAR22:  MP3 Power Up Week Begins
• Monday, 28MAR22: Staff Meeting:  ELA team meets to finish Course Selection Work
  All other teams conduct outreach to students who are currently not passing courses.
• Tues-Thur 29Mar-31Mar22:  NYS Middle School ELA Exams
• Friday, 01APR22:  MP3 Ends
• Wednesday, 06APR:  Grades Due
• Friday, 08APR:  Report Cards Distributed

Committee Updates

Scheduling Committee. The scheduling committee will meet Wednesday to review course selections and establish a process of student course selections for the fall.  You can see the agenda and notes here.  

The Hiring Committee.  Our next fair is On March 12, 2022.  Please SHARE OUT THIS FLIER to anyone you know who may be looking for a job in teaching next year!   

• You can always view our notes and decisions on THIS DOC. 
  
  

Equity Team.  The Equity Team read another passage from Pushout this week to start thinking about which specific policies are causing disproportionality in our discipline data and how we might revise these policies.  The team will reconvene to discuss the reading this week.  Agenda

Circles Committee.  No Updates this week

Consultation Committee.  Next meeting is on Thursday 07APR22 at 3PM in room 403.  See consultation committee notes.   Goals for this committee are still TBD

Instructional Leadership Team. All teams completed course catalog components except English.  That team will meet today to make final edits.

Announcements

Middle School Testing.   TODAY - Middle School Teachers should meet in room 403 to review Middle School Testing Procedures with Kiri.  It will be a super brief meeting to review final rosters and programming for the week.

Small Group Instruction To Resume.  Earlier this year, I removed small group instruction during your professional periods to provide teachers with more time for planning and adjustment to returning to in-school instruction after COVID.  As we enter into the final marking period of the year, that time needs to return to original intent so that we can support and intervene on student failure.

Any student who does not pass a MP3 course will be pulled from Learning Labs on specific days and assigned to their teacher(s) for small group instruction.  During small group work, teachers are expected to work with students to provide intervention and support instruction to close learning gaps in order to propel student learning and achievement for MP4.  

Small groups will launch when we return from Spring Break on Monday, 25APR22.  Students will remain in these assigned small groups for the remainder of MP4.  

Since students will be programmed into Small Groups, daily attendance in Skedula will be required.  Additionally, a weekly log of outreach & support will be required to be entered into Skedula.  

June Remediation.  In addition to Small Group Intervention, students who are still failing as of May 27th will be mandated to attend school to work with their classroom teacher(s) during any and clerical, professional development, and assessment days in June.  These days and the small group instruction periods are aimed at providing students opportunities for success during the school year.

Start Summer Vacation Early.  If you have not already used up your allotted vacation days, I am giving the blanket approval to any and all staff who wish to use any or all of their vacation days for the last 7 days of June.  This means that if you haven't used any of your days yet, your last day of school this year could be June 17th (instead of June 28th).    Please email Kiri by the end of next week (April 8th) if you are interested!

 

To Do This Week

PAY ATTENTION TO THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS
This is the stuff that requires your attention AND it's stuff you need to do!

Teacher Preference Sheets.  Teacher preference sheets are due next Monday, April 4th by the end of the day.  Please complete THIS FORM.

Per Session Postings

Please complete THIS PER SESSION INTEREST FORM and email Kiri to let her know that you are applying for a per session position.

After School Small Groups.   If you do not have enough space in your in-day small groups (they are limited to 10 students per group) and/or  you wish to hold additional small groups after school, please complete the above per session interested form and email Kiri with the days and hours you would like to work.

Curriculum Organization.  All teachers are eligible to earn up to 50 hours of per session to organize and submit their current curricula by the end of June 2022.  Curricula will be submitting using UAI pacing templates with sharable links to lesson plans, assessments, and associated materials.  Please complete the per session interest form above and email Kiri if you are interested!

2022 UAI SUMMER Camp.  <STILL OPEN> This summer will build on what we started last summer in our effort to create highly engaging and challenging summer programming for our students.  Mandatory make-up programs have been moved into June and we are replacing the punitive form of summer school with programming that is aimed at enriching, exciting, and getting kids thrilled to be in school again!

We are looking for summer school teachers to offer programming this summer.  We will offer elective credit to the courses.  The courses can be anything that interests you, and classes will be limited no more than 15 students per class.  

We are looking for teachers to teach elective classes in:

• Arts:  Creative Writing, Art (visual, performing, or movement), Poetry, Storytelling, Photography etc.
• Social Justice:  Community Organizing, Protest Art, Social Media Campaigns, Etc.
• STEM:  Finance, Engineering, Drones, Rockets, 
• EntrepreneurialMedia:  Podcasting, YouTubing, Social Media Management, Documentary Film Making
• Open Call:  Have an Idea?  Submit it!!
  
  
  

Days:  11JUL-29JUL , Mondays-Thursdays ONLY

Hours (Max) 5 hrs per day 

    (90 min classes with an hour prep for each class up to two classes a day)

    Total possible hours = 60 hours    Minimum possible hours = 30 hours

Regents Prep 2022.  This summer we hope to offer Regents Prep in Algebra I, Geometry, Living Environment, Earth Science, US History, and English.  

Regents Prep consists of working with students on Regents Test prep to prepare them to take and pass the August Regent Exams AND then proctoring and grading those exams.

• Days:  08AUG-17AUG, Mondays - Thursdays ONLY
• Hours: 5 hrs per day (max) (90 min classes w/ hour prep per class, max of 2 classes per day)
• Total Possible Hours = 35 hours

 Summer Staffing.  Our summer programs require out-of-classroom staffing.  We are looking for folks to

• Supervise UAI Summer Camp (must have Admin License) and/or Regents Prep
• Coordinate UAI Summer Camp (teacher license ok) and/or Regents Prep
• Supervise SYEP Program (teacher/counselor/para license ok)
• Provide Waitlist Management and Student Recruitment Support (teacher/counselor/para license ok)

Week of March 14th

UAI Staff News

Volume IX

Issue 26

March 14th 2022

It really does take a village.    This week we have our next round of parent conferences for the year.  Advisors are charged with being the primary liaison between school and family, and as such, they are charged with challenging task of engaging our families in the partnership needed to help our students succeed.

During regular outreach and particularly during this week's conferences, advisors will be discussing student academic & social emotional practice as well as any promotional, attendance and disciplinary issues. 

No one individual advisor has first hand experience to all of this information.  That's impossible.  Therefore, advisors rely on the network of our UAI village to share information.  Additionally, the most effective for families to hear about their child's progress is from a single voice with the full, coherent story.  Hearing from the many different voices about their child's progress or challenges can often lead to a disconnected, discrete picture of success and failures- making it challenging for students to leverage their strengths to close gaps.   So we need our village to effectively work together.

This year, we are prioritizing giving back as much time to teachers as possible.  In addition, we created options to maximize student choice, which made our grade teams' capacity to meet about shared students impossible.  Because of this, we are more heavily reliant on our technical forms of communication than ever before.  The scheduling committee will be revisiting these choices soon, but for now, we need to find a way to optimize what we do have now and make it work.

So.. what do we have:

• Skedula. Despite its major hiccup a few weeks ago, Skedula remains our primary form of communication. 
   
• Anecdotal entries are the primary tools that classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors, deans, parent coordinator, school leadership, attendance team, and advisors can use to communicate narrative reports on individual student achievements and challenges.
  
  
• Attendance entry needs to be accurate and consistent in order for our parent coordinator, school leadership, and the attendance team to be able to effectively communicate and impact student attendance.
  
  
• Grades that are entered regularly allow everyone who works with students (advisors, para professionals teachers, counselors, parent coordinator, deans, school leadership) better support and celebrate students.
  
  
• Email.  Our email communications are critical this year.  Our deans and counselors release reports on what is happening with students.  Everyone should be reading through each of these to scan for names of students with whom they work directly.  This helps us all have a well-rounded picture.
  

We need to tighten up our village.  Our email reports and communications remain strong.  However, we are struggling with Skedula.  At the start of the year, we were really good at updating Skedula with attendance, grades, and anecdotals.  Between Omicron and Skedula being down, we've lost that pattern and rhythm.  It's time to get back to our pattern and strengthen our community's capacity to support our whole children - not just the piece of them that we see in our respective work with them each day.

TO DO

• Take daily attendance in each and every class you teach.  All attendance should be entered within the first 10 minutes of class. Please make sure that you take classroom attendance during your warm up or Do Now.  This will help advisors accurately review classroom attendance with families.  Without it, we have no leverage to impact change in student classroom attendance.  Our attendance team can only manage school attendance.  Classroom attendance (being late, skipping, etc.) relies on accurate period attendance.  Each teacher has a roll to play in closing the gaps on period attendance.  Please step up this week and do you part!
  
  
• Update Grades.  We are not giving out report cards for this parent conference because the Marking Period ends on April 1st.  So, we are reliant on Skedula to communicate student progress. Make sure your grades are all entered into Skedula by the end of the day on Tuesday, 15MAR22.
  
  
• Anecdotals.  SETTS/SERS Teachers, Counselors and Deans should prioritize updating Skedula with any critical information that advisors need for parent conferences.  Academic Teachers need to enter in anecdotals for all students who are failing as to why they are failing and what needs to be done to turn that failure around before the end of MP3.  Finally, everyone should enter anecdotals for at least 5 of their students to celebrate the greatest growth and achievement they've done for this marking period so far.

Each of our efforts move our students closer to realizing their best selves.  Our ability to work together cohesively through the tools that we have has a direct impact on how well our students thrive. When we step up together as a staff and with our families, our students will step up with us and excel, achieve, and become their most amazing selves.

So make it a point to challenge yourself to get back into routines that allow you to follow through on making sure our communications through Skedula and/or Email are thorough and up to date!  All of your advisor colleagues will thank you in advance for making their work that much more meaningful and easy!

Important dates this month.  

• Monday, 14MAR22:  Second Monday of the Month Staff Meeting
• Staff Meeting Time will be given to teachers to complete the School Survey.  All staff should complete this survey independently on Monday during PD time.  
• Folks on the Launch Trip can use Outreach Time during Professional Periods to complete the Survey by Friday.
• Monday, 14MAR22:  Trip to Launch for grades 6/7/11/12.  Please be on the lookout for Annie's Emails to know the logistics and planning!
• FYI:  We are working on a trip on May the 4th for grades 8/9/10.  Kiri is meeting with the PAGs to get ideas and firm up plans.
• Wednesday, 16MAR22:  Evening Remote Parent Conferences 5-8PM
• Friday, 18MAR22:  Afternoon Zoom Parent Conferences 12-2:50PM
• Friday, 18MAR22:  Rapid Dismissal at 11:50AM
• Grades 8-12 do not return from out lunch (if they go out)
• All grades dismiss at 11:50 (from cafe or middle school learning lab)
• Monday, 21MAR22: Staff Meeting:  Course Selection Work in Subject Teams
• Wednesday, 23MAR22:  PSAT/SAT Day for grades 10 & 11; Trip day for all other grades
• Monday, 28MAR22:  MP3 Power Up Week Begins
• Monday, 28MAR22: Staff Meeting:  Committee Report
• Tues-Thur 29Mar-31Mar22:  NYS Middle School ELA Exams
• Friday, 01APR22:  MP3 Ends

Committee Updates

Scheduling Committee. The scheduling committee met to review the feedback on Learning Labs and Advisory.  You can see the agenda and notes here.  If you have any additional feedback, please do share your feedback with any member of the scheduling committee (Brodie, Marsha, Jelissa, Liza or Kiri).  We are meeting with Instructional Leadership team on Tuesday to plan the staff meeting for 21MAR, where subject teams will begin refining and finalizing the course selection guide for the 2022-23 school year.

The Hiring Committee.  Our next fair is On March 12, 2022.  Please SHARE OUT THIS FLIER to anyone you know who may be looking for a job in teaching next year!   

• You can always view our notes and decisions on THIS DOC. 
  Here's a summary or our hiring fair on Saturday.
• A total of 37 candidates registered.  25 interviewed on Saturday
• 7/25 of interviewed candidates self-identified as a person of color
• Decisions:
• 8 were advanced to demo lesson
• 4/8 of interviewed candidates self-identified as a person of color

Equity Team.  The Equity Team read another passage from Pushout this week to start thinking about which specific policies are causing disproportionality in our discipline data and how we might revise these policies.  The team will reconvene to discuss the reading this week.  Agenda

Circles Committee. Because so many folks are going to be out on Monday on the Launch Trip, we're going to move Monday's meeting to another date.  Stay tuned.

Consultation Committee.  Next meeting is on Thursday 07APR22 at 3PM in room 403.  See consultation committee notes.   Goals for this committee are still TBD

Instructional Leadership Team. Final Goals of the Committee

Implements structures, policies and practices with inclusive decision making and other forms of power sharing on all levels of the institutions life and work (5), Commits to process of intentional institutional restructuring, based upon anti-racist analysis and identity

• Create common assessments to support teacher collaboration 
• Create course selections that prevent disproportionate outcomes 
• Naming the content and skills students need to thrive in our courses and 
• Coaching teachers to build capacity to reach students at their levels so all students have the skills and capacity to excel

Announcements

Learning Environment Survey.   This week we wil

To Do This Week

PAY ATTENTION TO THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS
This is the stuff that requires your attention AND it's stuff you need to do!

Give the Learning Environment Survey in LEARNING LAB/Advisory Following This Schedule.  

• Tuesday, 15MAR22:  Grades 6 and 7 in Learning Lab
• Wednesday, 16MAR22:  Grades 8/9/10 in Learning Lab
• Thursday, 17MAR22:  Grades 11/12 in Advisory
  
  
• Directions:
• Go To THIS LINK:  (https://surveys.panoramaed.com/nycdoe/login)
• For Students, enter their OSIS number as the passcode.
• You can use this LINK to Student Questions to support students taking the survey.
• NOTE:  As of 13MAR22, About 23 students have already completed the survey. Love the initiative!  Click here to see who!  If the kids say that's not right, please reach out to Kiri to reset the survey so they can retake it!

Get Ready for Parent Conferences on Wednesday 16MAR (5-8) and Friday 18MAR (12-2:50).  
Teachers should use extended day time on Monday and Tuesday to complete this work.  Teachers on the Launch Trip should use Tuesday extended day time to complete the work.

• Schedule and Enter Your Conferences into THIS DOC by EOD on Tuesday.  
• Upload Skedula with Grades, Anecdotes, and Accurate Attendance
• Review Parent Conference Checklist in advance of Wednesday 16MAR22.  Send your questions to Kiri before then!

Complete the NYCDOE Learning Environment Survey for Staff.  

We received 38 teacher and 8 staff surveys from the Survey folks.  This means we have enough surveys for all classroom teachers, but we need to get more surveys for staff (Kiri's working on that and waiting to hear back).  Please pick up a survey code from the front counter when you come in to move your card.  Cross your name off THE LIST when you pick up your code so that we know that you got one!  Please do NOT lose the code.  We're not supposed to know which code you get.  So if you lose it, we'll have not idea which code you had! 

Per Session Postings

Please complete THS PER SESSION INTEREST FORM and email Kiri to let her know that you are applying for a per session position.

2022 UAI SUMMER Camp.  This summer will build on what we started last summer in our effort to create highly engaging and challenging summer programming for our students.  Mandatory make-up programs have been moved into June and we are replacing the punitive form of summer school with programming that is aimed at enriching, exciting, and getting kids thrilled to be in school again!

We are looking for summer school teachers to offer programming this summer.  We will offer elective credit to the courses.  The courses can be anything that interests you, and classes will be limited no more than 15 students per class.  

We are looking for teachers to teach elective classes in:

• Arts:  Creative Writing, Art (visual, performing, or movement), Poetry, Storytelling, Photography etc.
• Social Justice:  Community Organizing, Protest Art, Social Media Campaigns, Etc.
• STEM:  Finance, Engineering, Drones, Rockets, 
• EntrepreneurialMedia:  Podcasting, YouTubing, Social Media Management, Documentary Film Making
• Open Call:  Have an Idea?  Submit it!!
  
  

Days:  11JUL-29JUL , Mondays-Thursdays ONLY

Hours (Max) 5 hrs per day 

    (90 min classes with an hour prep for each class up to two classes a day)

    Total possible hours = 60 hours    Minimum possible hours = 30 hours

Regents Prep 2022.  This summer we hope to offer Regents Prep in Algebra I, Geometry, Living Environment, Earth Science, US History, and English.  

Regents Prep consists of working with students on Regents Test prep to prepare them to take and pass the August Regent Exams AND then proctoring and grading those exams.

• Days:  08AUG-17AUG, Mondays - Thursdays ONLY
• Hours: 5 hrs per day (max) (90 min classes w/ hour prep per class, max of 2 classes per day)
• Total Possible Hours = 35 hours

 Summer Staffing.  Our summer programs require out-of-classroom staffing.  We are looking for folks to

• Supervise UAI Summer Camp (must have Admin License) and/or Regents Prep
• Coordinate UAI Summer Camp (teacher license ok) and/or Regents Prep
• Supervise SYEP Program (teacher/counselor/para license ok)
• Provide Waitlist Management and Student Recruitment Support (teacher/counselor/para license ok)

Week of March 7th

UAI Staff News

Volume IX

Issue 25

March 7th 2022

Updates To NYCDOE COVID Policies.    As you know, the mayor and chancellor have lifted COVID restrictions in schools.  Inevitably, this will cause anxiety & concern for some while inspiring relief in others.  

When COVID first broke in March of 2020, the 7 day average at its peak saw over 5400 new cases daily with an average of 829 deaths each today.  It was a scary time and place.

In the last two years, we have been on a definite roller coaster with this pandemic, but ultimately, one day, like all things, even this pandemic must pass.

Today, we are certainly in a different place with the pandemic than we were when it first broke out, or even where we were in December/January.  Daily infection is very low and the severely sick or dying as a result of COVID infection is very low, particularly among those who are fully vaccinated.  

Despite this new reality, folks' anxieties will no doubt remain high.  Please be conscious of that and to the extent possible please be kind and aware of yourself, be sensitive to your colleagues and to your students' concerns as we work through this next transition.  As a reminder, 

• Masks are optional.  There is no longer a mandate to wear masks in schools (except when returning from isolation due to a positive COVID 19 test result).  We cannot ask others to put on their masks.  If folks wish to wear masks (either for themselves or for others), that is ok.  If folks decide not to wear masks, again, that is their choice and is within policy.  Please avoid moves that may unintentionally isolate or malign individual decisions. For example, don't have assigned seats for those with/without masks.  We do not want to set up situations that may unintentionally create a system or situation of inequity or non-inclusion. 
  
  As a reminder, you still have the option to remain masked, with KN-95 masks and/or face shields that will continue to be provided by UAI.
  
  
• Physical Distancing is Optional.  You are now free to configure classrooms that maintain 3' distance between students.  You are welcome to maintain your original configurations, but you're also able to shift to more collaborative configurations, now.  

We will continue to keep you updated of positive cases and subsequent exposures and isolations as we receive them.  Please do not hesitate to reach out to Kiri, Annie, or Jen with any concerns or questions you may have!

Important dates this month.  

• Monday, 07MAR22:  First Monday of the Month Staff Meeting
• Monday, 14MAR22:  Second Monday of the Month Staff Meeting
• Wednesday, 16MAR22:  Evening Remote Parent Conferences 5-8PM
• Friday, 18MAR22:  Afternoon Zoom Parent Conferences 12-2:50PM
• Monday, 21MAR22: Staff Meeting:  Committee Report
• Wednesday, 23MAR22:  PSAT/SAT Day for grades 10 & 11; Trip day for all other grades
• Monday, 28MAR22:  MP3 Power Up Week Begins
• Monday, 28MAR22: Staff Meeting:  Committee Report
• Tues-Thur 29Mar-31Mar22:  NYS Middle School ELA Exams
• Friday, 01APR22:  MP3 Ends

Committee Updates

Scheduling Committee. The scheduling committee met to review the feedback on Learning Labs and Advisory.  You can see the agenda and notes here.  If you have any additional feedback, please do share your feedback with any member of the scheduling committee (Brodie, Marsha, Jelissa, Liza or Kiri).  Here are the major decisions from Wednesday's meeting:

• Advisory will meet twice a week AND Learning Labs will be formed by Advisories

• This addresses the “teaching familiar kids”

• Advisors already know their families and their academic history and needs

• This would also give advisors time to conference with their own kids

• We will be asking All Advisors to ask Advisory questions at Parent Conferences. 

• Scheduling Committee Members will run Focus Groups on LL and ADV during their own Advisories and Learning Lab

The Hiring Committee.  Our next fair is On March 12, 2022.  Please SHARE OUT THIS FLIER to anyone you know who may be looking for a job in teaching next year!   

• You can always view our notes and decisions on THIS DOC. 
  Here's a summary or our work last week.
• The hiring committee conducted 5 demo lessons this past week.  Here are the results
• 3/5 of these demos were people of color
• 5/5 of these demos were women
• 2/5 were math, 1 social studies, 1 english, 1 science
• Decisions:
• 1/5 were hired, 2/5 are still being considered, 2/5 are a pass (but share)
• Hired 1 social studies teacher
• Still thinking on the math teachers
• Sharing out the english and science teachers to other schools
• 3/5 candidates hired or still being considered are people of color

Equity Team.  Please see the meeting agenda and notes to review the highlights of our discussion.  Here are the draft goals for the Equity Team:

Circles Committee. No Updates this week.

Consultation Committee.  Next meeting is on Thursday 03MAR22 at 3PM in room 403.  See consultation committee notes.   Goals for this committee are still TBD

Instructional Leadership Team. Draft Goals are still TBD

Announcements

Resetting Flex Time.   Monday Schedule for the Remainder for the Year

1. 07MAR - Staff Circles Committee
2. 14MAR - Staff Circles Committee
3. 21MAR - Co-Planning Team Meetings - In Person with Instructional Leaders
4. 28MAR - Co-Planning Team Meetings - In Person with Instructional Leaders
5. 04APR  - Staff Circles Committee
6. 11APR  - All Committee Benchmarking Report
   18APR - SPRING VACATION
7. 25APR - Co-Planning Team Meetings - In Person with Instructional Leaders
   02MAY - NO SCHOOL (Eid al-Fitr)
8. 09MAY - Staff Circles Committee
9. 16MAY - Staff Circles Committee
10. 23MAY - Scheduling Committee
    30MAY - NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)
11. 06JUN - Staff Circles Committee
12. 13JUN - All Committee Final Benchmarking Report
13. 20JUN - Staff Work Time- Room Packing & Readying for Summer
14. 27JUN - Final Full Staff Meeting - Staff Celebration!

<<REPOST>>. MP3, MP4, and June Summer School.  MP3 like MP1 and MP2 will have a power up week (starting March 28th), and MP3 will end of Friday, April 1st.  

MP4 begins on Monday, April 4th and will end on Friday June 17th.  Power-Up Week for MP4 will be extended in calendar time due to all the breaks & testing in June.  MP4 Power UP will be the month of June.

• Week of 06JUN - 3 days (Tues 07JUN is a Clerical Day, Thur 09JUN is a PD Day)  
• Week of 13JUN
• 2 days for all (Regents Week begins on 15Jun)
• Special Programming for MS begins on 15JUN (see June Summer School below)

June Summer School will replace mandatory academic summer school.  July summer school will focus on enrichment opportunities and foundational skill building for students who are still closing learning gaps.  June Summer School will be time dedicated to students who need extra time to make up work for failed classes.

• HS Mandated June Summer School Students - will be required to attend school in person during ALL regents testing days.  HS Teachers will have special programs to work directly with those students who are failing their classes in place of Regents Week programs.  Additionally, per session will be available to all staff who provide extra support and tutoring for those students in need of extra support.
• MS Mandated June Summer School (grades 6/7) - will have special programming beginning 15JUN

To Do This Week

PAY ATTENTION TO THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS
This is the stuff that requires your attention AND it's stuff you need to do!

Take Skedula Attendance For ALL CLASSES.  Now that we are not asking advisors to make attendance outreach, we are heavily relying on all teachers to accurately take attendance IN SKEDULA.  Now that Skedula is back to working, please make sure that Skedula attendance is accurately reflected for each period.

Celebrate, Validate, and Include.  During outreach time this week, find time to call the homes of at least 5 students who

• Make you really love coming to UAI everyday AND/OR
• Have really impressed you in their growth over this year AND/OR
• Play a strong leadership role in your class or advisory AND/OR
• Inspire you to be their cheerleader - always AND/OR
• Do (or are) anything else that inspires you in some way..

Call home.  Share your thoughts with their families.  Focus on the specific concrete examples of how they are wonderful and why they are important to UAI and your class.  

Challenge yourself to also think about one thing your most challenging students do that merits a celebration.  Pull them aside in class or in the hall to share it quickly.  Give a call or send a text home to let their family know, too.

Upload Grades into Skedula.  This year, we will not have report cards given out during parent conferences.  Instead (like in the fall), we will be reviewing student progress, using Skedula, to help communicate with families.  Please make sure both your attendance and grades are up today date.  All grades and attendance data MUST BE ACCURATE as of 16MAR, the first of the parent conference dates.

Per Session Postings

Please complete THS PER SESSION INTEREST FORM and email Kiri to let her know that you are applying for a per session position.

2022 UAI SUMMER Camp.  This summer will build on what we started last summer in our effort to create highly engaging and challenging summer programming for our students.  Mandatory make-up programs have been moved into June and we are replacing the punitive form of summer school with programming that is aimed at enriching, exciting, and getting kids thrilled to be in school again!

We are looking for summer school teachers to offer programming this summer.  We will offer elective credit to the courses.  The courses can be anything that interests you, and classes will be limited no more than 15 students per class.  

We are looking for teachers to teach elective classes in:

• Arts:  Creative Writing, Art (visual, performing, or movement), Poetry, Storytelling, Photography etc.
• Social Justice:  Community Organizing, Protest Art, Social Media Campaigns, Etc.
• STEM:  Finance, Engineering, Drones, Rockets, 
• EntrepreneurialMedia:  Podcasting, YouTubing, Social Media Management, Documentary Film Making
• Open Call:  Have an Idea?  Submit it!!
  
  

Days:  11JUL-29JUL , Mondays-Thursdays ONLY

Hours (Max) 5 hrs per day 

    (90 min classes with an hour prep for each class up to two classes a day)

    Total possible hours = 60 hours    Minimum possible hours = 30 hours

Regents Prep 2022.  This summer we hope to offer Regents Prep in Algebra I, Geometry, Living Environment, Earth Science, US History, and English.  

Regents Prep consists of working with students on Regents Test prep to prepare them to take and pass the August Regent Exams AND then proctoring and grading those exams.

• Days:  08AUG-17AUG, Mondays - Thursdays ONLY
• Hours: 5 hrs per day (max) (90 min classes w/ hour prep per class, max of 2 classes per day)
• Total Possible Hours = 35 hours

 Summer Staffing.  Our summer programs require out-of-classroom staffing.  We are looking for folks to

• Supervise UAI Summer Camp (must have Admin License) and/or Regents Prep
• Coordinate UAI Summer Camp (teacher license ok) and/or Regents Prep
• Supervise SYEP Program (teacher/counselor/para license ok)
• Provide Waitlist Management and Student Recruitment Support (teacher/counselor/para license ok)