Back to School Kick Off

Welcome Back Concord

Dear Concord Family,

First I want to thank you for your positivism and professionalism as we navigate

through the change and construction. Check out the vacuuming skills by Kim. I appreciate your teamwork to get us ready for kiddos. We will get through this. The inspector came yesterday and we got the all clear for kids to be in the building so now we are legal:)

Remember to be patient with everyone working to get the building ready. Please know all requests will be prioritized. Please be patient

Technology Requests emailed to  support@edinaschools.org
Maintenance/ Building Requests for our Custodians
New Furniture/ Building Items/ Safety Requests can be added here- notice different tabs

Our theme for this school year is Try Everything from Zootopia. Some of you may have watched the movie, but here is a clip to familiarize yourself with the song.  Please take some time to listen to this song and think about how this message can be personalized for you as an educator and for your students.  Here are the  Lyrics for Try Everything as a reference.  I want to caution you it is not about trying everything because research shows if we focus on a few high impact initiatives we will have more success.  We will share what this song means to you and your students when we come together in August.  

Here is our presentation for Monday and Tuesday. Please bring a chromebook or device as we will be working on Google Docs.

Please note updates in the schedule.

AUGUST 28

BUILDING IN-SERVICE/CLASSROOM PREP

WHEN	WHAT	WHERE	WHO
8:00-8:30	Continental Breakfast/Meet and Greet	Cafeteria	All Staff
8:30- 11:30	Welcome Back- Try Everything Theme Please bring a device as we will be using Google Docs.	Cafeteria	All Staff
12:00	Lunch- Provided by PTO	Cafeteria	Licensed Staff
1- 4:00	Classroom Prep	Classrooms	Licensed Staff

AUGUST 29

BUILDING IN-SERVICE/CLASSROOM PREP

WHEN	WHAT	WHERE	WHO
8:00- 10:00	Roundtable Discussions with PLC Teams School Improvement Plan Sharing Climate/ Culture- New Behavior Expectations- Overview, grade level PLC Please bring a device.	Cafeteria	Licensed Staff Vertical PLC
10-11	Speed Dating/ Transition What? Teachers will share information to support students in their transition. How?  Teachers will have 5 minutes with each teacher to discuss student needs in a professional manner. Please bring class lists. K-1   2-3   4-5 1-2  3-4	Cafeteria	Licensed staff
11:00	Lunch- On Your Own		Licensed Staff
12:00- 4:00	Classroom Prep Meghan Eberhart will be in the building for tech support from 12:30-4.	Classrooms	Licensed Staff

AUGUST 30

ALL DISTRICT STAFF IN-SERVICE- AM
There will be a bus leaving Concord at 7:15 am. This is the preferred method of trasportation as parking is limited. The bus will return immediately after out of Door 5.

PLC TIME- PM

WHEN	WHAT	WHERE	WHO
7:00- 7:55	Social and Continental Breakfast (Optional) There will be a photobooth:)	Fick Auditorium (EHS)	All Staff
7:55	Edina High School Marching Band	Fick Auditorium (EHS)	All Staff
8:00-10:00	Welcome and District Updates	Fick Auditorium (EHS)	All Staff
10-12	Paraprofessional Kickoff	EPAC (EHS)	Paraprofessionals
10:15-1	5th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Update- Lunch Provided	Edina High School Room TBD	5th Grade teachers and Principals
11- 4:00	Collaborative or Individual Planning Lunch on your own	Concord	Licensed Staff

AUGUST 31 7:30-3:30

*** Day is adjusted due to open house

WHEN	WHAT	WHERE	WHO
7:30-9:30	Open House- Please make sure you are in your classrooms to greet people. if you are an itinerant staff, please post the hours you will be available.	Classrooms	Licensed Staff
9:30-3:30	PLC- Develop Norms for your team  Process Update expectations for common spaces and post- Make a copy and customize Add specific reading, math, writing, and pull out times to the master schedule. My goal is for a consitent schedule at a grade level. Plan flexible seating expectations Team Inquiry into the Blog Update websites. K-5 FAST Training Recertification Update annually-  (K-5 Teachers, K Paras, Reading and Math Teachers)              1-5- Oral Fluency              K-1, para, psych, reading, math- All                       foundational subtests Begin collaborative planning	Concord Collaborative Spaces	Licensed Staff
11:45	Awards Luncheon	Edina Community Center Room 350	Recipients

September 1

CLASSROOM PREP

WHEN	WHAT	WHERE	WHO
8:00-4	Collaborative or Individual Planning Lunch on your own	Concord	Licensed Staff

There is a considerable amount of time for us to move into our new spaces and collaborate in our PLC’s.  I know the importance of this so we will ensure our time together is focused and purposeful on building our strong Concord Family, focusing around our School Improvement Plan and sharing our work for our common school wide behavior expectations.  

Please COMMENT with a THANK YOU or SHOUT OUT for a colleague for helping you get moved in!!!!