Volume 2, No. 9 April 2014 STEM MEETING A STEM meeting for
principals of both Cohorts I and II will be held on April 1st from
10:00 am to Noon in the Terrace Room at the Diocesan Center. NEW
PRINCIPAL PROGRAM On Wednesday, April 9, 2014, new principals will
meet for the fourth quarterly inservice program. The meeting, which
will start at 9:00am and conclude by 11:30am, will be held at the
Diocesan Pastoral Center in Clifton. FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE The
Faculty Advisory Committee for Elementary and Secondary Schools
will meet on April 9, 2014, from 2:00 to 3:00pm at the John-Paul II
Center in Clifton. REGION 1 MEETING There will be a Region 1
Principals Meeting on Monday, April 7th, at Holy Spirit School,
Pequannock, from 12:303:30 PM. Lunch will be provided. Topic will
be the unit template and its use. Principals are asked to bring 1-2
teachers with them that have attended ACE meeting. STEM WORKSHOP
Stevens Institute of Technology will provide a STEM workshop for
grades 3-5 from 9:00am to 2:30pm on Thursday, April 10th, at the
John Paul II Center in Clifton. The day will begin in the cafeteria
with breakfast at 8:30am, and lunch will be provided. RSVP by April
7th to [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Members of the Professional Development
Committee will meet at DePaul Catholic High School on Thursday,
April 10th, from 9:30AM to 3:30pm, and on Wednesday, April 30th,
from 12:00 Noon to 3:30pm. SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS There
will be a joint luncheon meeting for secondary school presidents
and principals on April 10, 2014, at DePaul Catholic High School,
from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Submit agenda items to Br. William
[email protected] by April 4th. TEACHER EVALUATION
COMMITTEE The Teacher Evaluation Committee will meet on April 29th,
at 7:30am, in the Molloy Center of St. Philip School in Clifton.
This will be a working session on developing the draft for the
teacher evaluation. RSVP by April 27th, to
[email protected]. REGION 4 MEETING Region 4
will hold its meeting on Wednesday, April 30th, from 1:303:00 PM at
St. Cecilia School, Rockaway. AMENDED CALENDAR A reminder that the
amended calendar is due by April 30th. The form to be used by
schools to submit an amended calendar can be accessed here. Note
that an amended calendar must be submitted by each school whether
or not the school missed days. If no days were missed, simply
indicate that on the amended calendar form.
2014-2015 CALENDARS Principals are reminded that the 2014-2015
school calendars are to be submitted to the Catholic Schools Office
by May 16, 2014, at the latest. The directions and form for
completing and submitting the schools 2014-2015 calendar for
approval can be found here. Principals can also access the form by
going to the Principal's Library on patdioschools.org (in the
Administrator's section). When the form is finished, save it and
email it as an attachment to [email protected], or fax
to 973-779-0083 or send via surface mail. PICTURES OF SCHOOLS The
Catholic Schools Office is requesting a picture of each school in
the diocese. These pictures will be used to enhance the Catholic
Schools Office new website and will be posted online. Please submit
a photo that best represents your school. Pictures should be
current and show-off the school in a positive manner. Photos can be
forwarded to Edward Card at [email protected]. ACE
WORKSHOPS IN JUNE Each school is to dedicate two full days of
year-end meetings for teachers to develop unit plans according to
the ACE differentiated unit structure. Since we will ask teachers
from schools who have used the template to provide assistance where
needed, we will need to know each schools dates by April 11th. Send
them to [email protected]. Note that these
two full days in each school will replace the ACE Curriculum
Workshop scheduled for June 23rd through June 26th. PERMISSION FORM
The form entitled, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OF THE PATERSON DIOCESE
PERMISSION TO PUBLISH STUDENTS PHOTOGRAPH OR WORK has been
modified. The revised form closely resembles the previous one and
can be found in the principals library on patdioschools.org or by
clicking here. This form should be implemented in the 2014-2015
school year.
MAY PRINCIPALS MEETING There will be a meeting for all
principals and presidents on May 6, 2014, at the Pope John Paul II
Center in Clifton. From 9am to Noon, elementary principals will
meet about Standards Based Grading. At noon lunch will be served.
At 1:00pm, all elementary principals as well as secondary
principals and presidents will meet. The program will focus on
plans for the 2014-2015 school year. The meeting will conclude by
3:00pm at the latest. High school presidents and principals are
welcome to come for lunch at noon. AdvancED REPORT The AdvancED
Progress Report has been completed and submitted. Click on this
link to read the Report in its entirety. INSTANT ALERT PROVIDER The
Catholic Schools Office is investigating a new instant alert
solution. The frontrunner is Alert Solutions, the only completely
embedded communication suite within Pearsons PowerSchool student
information system and a cutting-edge approach to school
communication which allows for instant alerts and the emailing of
forms and report cards from within PowerSchool. Additional
information will be forthcoming. Questions should be directed to
Edward Card at 973-777-8818 X232 or
[email protected]. ACTION ALERT The NJ Catholic
Conference asks all to voice their concern to the Governor and to
their legislators that legislation (A-373) was passed assuring that
every public school would be equipped with additional safety
precautions (emergency lights and panic alarm systems linked to
local law enforcement), but no such legislation will be provided
for non-public schools.
