PL Monthly Huddle Every month, a week after the PL Lighthouse goes out, we'll host the monthly huddle meeting via Zoom. During this time, we'll answer any questions and provide additional supports related to that monthly blast. While it's not required that you join the Zoom Huddle for the entire hour, know that it's time dedicated for you to join informally to get answers to your questions and/or request additional supports needed. September's PL Monthly Huddle is scheduled for Monday, September 10th from 11:00AM-12:00PM. Calendar invites have been sent to PL campus coordinators and main contacts, but know that anyone with questions is welcome to join using the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9139807686. Required action items have been highlighted in pink in the announcements that follow.  Edcamp [September 8th] Edcamp Personalize DISD is a free event for PL Cohort teachers that delivers learning opportunities for educators that is spontaneous without pre-organized sessions or content.
Design Studio [September 20th] Our first design studio will be held on Thursday, September 20th from 8:30AM-4:00 PM and will be held at Edison Learning Center [2940 Singleton Blvd.,Dallas, TX 75212]. The agenda for the day will be shared with those who join the PL Monthly Huddle Monday, September 10th from 11:00AM-12:00PM (see above for the link to join the Zoom huddle). Seeing the agenda on the 10th might also help you identify the right team members who should join for the day.
MAP Testing Thank you for ensuring that your campus MAP administrators attended training held in the past two weeks. We had 100% participation across all PL cohort schools! To access the original email regarding MAP this year, click here. Online modules have been created for you (and feel free to share with teachers as you see fit) via Unified Classroom. Click here to join the course and use the code: 34QF6. If you have any MAP related questions or would like support on the first day you're testing this fall, please reach out to Ciane Grossman at [email protected]. Unified Classroom PL Cohort Support If you're interested in learning more about Unified Classroom and how to use it for your campus learning management system (LMS) this year, plan to attend a workshop for PL cohort schools on Wednesday, September 19th from 8:30 AM-12:00 PM held at PL Headquarters (9400 North Central Expressway, Suite 415). To register, sign up here (once you RSVP, it will trigger a calendar invite). Software Usage Request [Action item] Please help us take inventory of all of the software being used across the cohort by sharing what your campus uses or wishes to use by sharing/updating your campus tab in this spreadsheet here. Kristen is in the process of working alongside the IT department to help ensure existing and approved software programs that are compatible with Clever and Unified Classroom are working. And, also making sure that all data sharing agreement and legal agreements are updated and in place. Please update no later than Thursday, September 20th and/or add to this spreadsheet as they come up. 2018-19 Conferences If you’re planning to attend any conferences this school year, let the central PL team know! Here are a few of our favorite conferences and the ones we submitted to Special Revenue Funds Department to get on the approval list for out of state travel.
2018-19 Learning Excursions If you're interested in joining any centrally planned learning excursions, which are school visits to other innovative schools across the country, please complete the interest form here. Once we've received your interest request, we'll follow up with confirmed opportunities. Please note that if you're interested in joining, campuses will be expected to cover travel costs to join. Here are the tentative learning excursions for this year:
Public School Choice 5.0 Call for Proposals is Now Open If you're an emerging PL campus and are planning to apply to be an innovation or transformation campus, make sure to submit your Letter of Intent by Friday, September 14th at 11:59PM. For more information visit https://www.dallasisd.org/Page/34294 and select "Design a School". We'll be hosting an info night for interested emerging PL campuses to answer any questions related to the application and process, Tuesday, September 25th from 4:00- 5:30 PM at PL Headquarters (9400 North Central Expressway, Suite 415). PL Educator Tours We are in the process of finalizing final dates for our Dallas ISD PL Educator Tours for this school year. By this Friday, September 7th, we'll have updated the information and Eventbrite registrations for monthly visits at www.thepltoolbox.com/educatortours. In previous years, the central PL team has managed all registration and communication with visitors to alleviate the amount of time spent coordinating visits and responding to requests. We're happy to and plan on continuing this support, but feel free to reach out to Kristen if you want to discuss more. Each month we host PL Educator Tours at a different campus and open registration to anyone who signs up to attend. These are designed for teachers/administrators both internally and nationally to come see the amazing things happening across the cohort. To date we've hosted 563 visitors since 2015! If anyone reaches out to visit, please feel free to share the link above and ask them to join on the pre-scheduled tour(s) for your campus. PL Impact Report
In May 2018, we released our first-ever PL Impact Report. To learn more and read the full impact report, check out www.thepltoolbox.com/impactreport. In the next coming weeks, the central PL team will deliver printed copies for you to share with your staff and/or have available in the office for parents and/or visitors to campus.
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