June 8, 2018 Friday Memo - Seattle Public Schools

Superintendent Larry Nyland June 6, 2018 1

To: School Board From: Superintendent Nyland Date: Friday, June 8, 2018 RE: Superintendent Friday Update (based largely on Superintendent Comments at the June 6,

2018, School Board meeting)

Celebrations: Graduations: In less than a couple of weeks, our district, community, families and students will be celebrating graduation ceremonies. We are so proud of our Seattle Public Schools (SPS) graduates! Congratulations to school staff and leadership, parents, mentors and all of our graduates. I know I speak for the board in our appreciation for all the work that goes into making each student a success. We look forward to participating in many of the upcoming events. The full list of graduation locations and times can be found on our district webpage.

Although graduations are usually just about celebrations, we are particularly thinking of our Franklin High School seniors as they are working through the difficult news. Last weekend, Ryan DeLaCruz was shot and killed while at a city park. The Franklin seniors will be honoring him in a variety of ways. Today, students created a "human orange ribbon" along Rainier Avenue. Orange is the symbolic color for reducing gun violence, so each of us wore an orange ribbon and many of us joined Franklin students' Call to Action event at 11 a.m. today at the school. We (myself and the board) also wore orange on Wednesday night in support of Ryan, Ryan's family and our students.

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month! On the morning of June 1, staff, students, families and community members joined Directors Harris and DeWolf, along with Clover Codd, Assistant Superintendent of human resources, to raise the LGBTQ and Transgender Pride flags at the John Stanford Center. The crowd gathered in the midst of morning commute traffic and construction noise to celebrate and kickoff the month of Pride! Please remember to join staff, families and students for the City's pride parade on June 24. You can march with our big yellow school bus or cheer on students from the sidelines. This is a great way to demonstrate our commitment to inclusive, welcoming and safe learning environments for all of our students. More information will be posted on our homepage next week.

Recognitions at the June 6 School Board meeting: On Wednesday night, we recognized a number of different students for a variety of accomplishments: • 2017-18 Athletic Champions: What an amazing group of athletes! It was a pleasure recognizing the

excellence of these SPS sports teams and individual athletes. All our student athletes play their very best inevery game while working hard in their classes, but we offer special congratulations to those who reach thestate championships for their sport or as academic champions. I would also like to say thank you to thecoaches, families and all the other people who have supported these student athletes. There have been manystudies showing the benefits of high school sports in contributing to student success. Congratulations to ourathletes on their outstanding achievement! Associate Superintendent for Capital, Facilities and EnrollmentFlip Herndon said a few words about these high achieving teams at Wednesday’s board meeting. See theattachment for the list of our 2017-18 Athletic Champions.

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(Pictured: School Board Directors, Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland and the 2017-18 State Champion Athletes)

• 2018 Seal of Biliteracy Recipients: Congratulations to our graduating seniors who have demonstrated their

language skills through world language credit testing or by passing Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams. They were honored for having received the State Seal of Biliteracy. The seal is intended to highlight the benefits in today’s world of speaking, reading and writing English and at least one other language. Michele Aoki, our International Education Administrator, recognized our students who have successfully achieved a Seal of Biliteracy, noting that students represented 12 high schools: Ballard, Chief Sealth International, Cleveland, Franklin, Garfield, Ingraham, Nathan Hale, Rainier Beach, Roosevelt, Seattle World School, South Lake, and West Seattle High School. See the attachment for the full list of recipients and languages.

(Pictured: School Board Directors, Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland and the Seal of Biliteracy Recipients)

• Garfield Chess Team: Executive Director of Schools Sarah Pritchett, Principal Howard and Chess Team

Coach Jeff Nomura recognized the GHS chess team for placing 12th in the National High School Chess Championship!



(Pictured: School Board Directors, Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland and the Garfield HS Chess Team)

• National Board Certified Teachers: Executive Director for Curriculum Instruction Support Cashel Toner

shared information about the National Board Certified Teachers process. National Board Certified Teachers are highly accomplished educators who meet high and rigorous standards set by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. National Board Certification is achieved upon successful completion of a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet high standards based on what teachers should know and be able to do. SPS has 550 employees who have achieved certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, including 106 teachers who successfully completed the certification process this year. Congratulations to these teachers! See the attachment for the full list of teachers.

In this update, I am sharing: 1. Recent highlights that support our Strategic Plan and related Superintendent Specific, Measurable,

Attainable, Realistic/Relevant and Time Bound (SMART) goals 2. Good News 3. Community Engagement/Highlights

Strategic Plan - 2017-18 Superintendent SMART Goals Update: The SPS Strategic Plan includes three major areas: Educational Excellence and Equity; Improving Systems; and School, Family and Community Engagement. Thank you to the School Board for focusing our SMART goals on these areas during the past several years. 1. Educational Excellence and Equity: We are committed to building shared understanding across

schools and district silos, on how to eliminate opportunity gaps (EOG), ensure opportunities for greatness (EOG 2.0) and accelerate learning for all students. During the past year, we worked to better communicate the urgency of EOG while affirming our collective belief in every student’s potential. We are guided by these three values:

o Belief in every student; no matter what; no exceptions o Recognition that relationships matter; and they must be meaningful and sustainable relationships

with at least one caring adult in the school o Commitment to knowing each student’s story, strength and need; and providing strength-based

interventions and supports Sundae Challenge/Competition: On Wednesday night, I invited Susan Grant, our Career and Technical Education (CTE) specialist, to provide highlights from our recent CTE culinary partnership and districtwide summit (Molly Moon ice cream challenge, school lunch challenge and SPS culinary summit). She also



highlighted that students toured our central kitchen and made menu recommendations. She was joined by Franklin students and a representative from Molly Moon. Board Retreat: Thank you to the Board members and SPS leadership staff for spending the past Saturday at a board retreat. It was a great day and they covered many important topics, including relationship building between staff and the board; and district-level SWOT analysis. 2. Improve Systems: We continue to make progress toward building effective systems in support of

schools. Preparing for next year’s budget and working toward full funding remains a top priority. • Budget: The budget for 2018-19 will be introduced on June 27. While a balanced budget was reached

for 2018-19, McCleary is not fully funded, and SPS is still projecting deficits beginning in 2019-20. • State Auditors Exit Conference: Overall a good audit was reported to the board by the State Auditor's

Office. While there were two findings noted, SAO made sure to say that both areas had been addressed and changes made by administration that were already in progress addressed concerns.

• Building Excellence (BEX V): During our BEX V work session we explored about the rising costs of construction and the challenges with responding to both our capacity issues and our building condition issues. We have another work session scheduled for June 25 and will continue the discussion around prioritizing and identifying building capital projects and technology investments.

3. School, Family, and Community Engagement: Goal No. 3 focuses on our ability to better listen,

engage and communicate with our families and stakeholders. Communication Survey: In support of levy planning and in response to outcomes from the Family Engagement Task Force, a communications survey went out to families and staff last week. The survey will close on June 12. Data from the survey will help shape communication/engagement levy strategies and support continued communication improvements in the department. The survey will be complemented by phone interviews, home language meetings in June, and 1:1 interviews.

Good News: We have lots of great news from around the district and our schools! Here are highlights: Congratulations to several SPS high schools for recently being recognized as among the top schools in Washington state in the annual report by the U.S. News and World Report! Here is the list of schools: Roosevelt, Garfield, Ballard, Nathan Hale, Cleveland, Franklin and The Center School. L4L Doctoral Graduates: Congratulations to the following leaders for earning their doctorates from the University of Washington’s Leadership for Learning Program with a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies. We are proud of their accomplishments. The L4L program is recognized nationally as a leader among universities in preparing systems-level leaders who are equity driven and results oriented. In addition to completing their doctorates, all of these leaders completed their superintendent internships within Seattle Public Schools: Kelly Aramaki, Maria Breuder, Marni Campbell, Helen Joung, Mia Williams, Sarah Pritchett and Keisha Scarlett. Upcoming Community Engagement/Highlights: • Magnolia Elementary Boundaries Community Meetings are held to discuss updated information

about setting boundaries for Magnolia Elementary School. o June 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m., McClure Middle School Gymnasium, 1915 1st Ave. W



o June 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Catharine Blaine School Lunchroom, 2550-34th Ave. W o Special Education PTSA Meeting, June 13, 7-9 p.m. in the John Stanford Center for

Educational Excellence (JSCEE) auditorium, 2445 3rd Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98134: "The Seattle Special Education PTSA is made up of Seattle area parents, educators, friends, and students with disabilities. We strive to be a racially, culturally, and socio-economically inclusive group that is representative of the students we serve. We have regular meetings throughout the school year. These meetings are often attended by SPS Special Education administrators (sharing new information and answering questions from parents and staff) and feature guest speakers from a variety of areas related to special education. Please consider joining them.

• Maple & Van Asselt boundary change community meeting, June 14, 6:30-8 p.m., Maple Elementary School, 495 Corson Ave. S. This is a community meeting to share information about the timing of a Maple and Van Asselt boundary change.

• Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) Meeting, June 18, 4:30-6 p.m., John Stanford Center, Room 2750. Learn more about the Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) on our District webpage.

• Seattle Pride Parade, June 24, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. All are welcome to march with SPS staff and families in the parade beginning at 11 a.m. Read more about our participation in the Seattle Pride Parade.

• Equity and Race Advisory Committee Meeting, June 25, 5-7 p.m., JSCEE Auditorium. Attachments:

• 2017-18 State Athletic Champions list • 2018 Seal of Biliteracy Recipients list • National Board Certified Teachers list

Thank you, Larry Associate Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Update: Included in this packet please find Associate Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Michael Tolley’s update for this week. Chief Engagement Officer Update: Included in this packet please find Chief Engagement Officer Carri Campbell’s update for this week. Chief Information Officer Update: Included in this packet please find Chief Information Officer John Krull’s update for this week.


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Honoring our 2017-18 Athletic Champions

What an amazing group of athletes!

It is my great pleasure to recognize the excellence of these Seattle Public Schools sports teams and individual athletes. All our student athletes play their very best in every game while working hard in their classes, but we offer special congratulations to those who reach the state championships for their sport or as academic champions. Each of you can be proud of your achievements and the recognition you bring to your schools.

I’d also like to say thank you to the coaches, families and all the other people who have supported these student athletes. Without your dedication and commitment to the teams and players, we would not be recognizing them tonight.

There have been many studies showing the benefits of high school sports in contributing to student success. I do believe that student athletics allow you to achieve important things both in and out of the classroom. You work hard in practice and in games, but I also hope that you have fun.

Congratulations on your outstanding achievements.

Sincerely,

Larry Nyland, Superintendent

State Champion Teams

Garfield, Boys Basketball Head Coach: Brandon Roy

Garfield, Boys Soccer Head Coach: Carlos Enriquez

Nathan Hale, Ultimate Head Coach: Mike Heffron

Academic State Champions

Nathan Hale Girls’ Volleyball Head Coach: Gene Burt

Individual State Champions Track and Field

Boys

Elijah Jackson, Chief Sealth, Long Jump Head Coach: Lorna Considine

Elijah Jackson, Chief Sealth, Triple Jump Head Coach: Lorna Considine

Chad Cohen, Ballard, Pole Vault Head Coach: Bob Mirenzi

Cass Elliott, West Seattle, 300 Meter Hurdles Head Coach: Will Harrison

Girls

Chloe Cunliffe, West Seattle, Pole VaultState Record

Head Coach: Will Harrison

Lyric Harris, Garfield, Triple JumpHead Coach: Kwajalein Griffen

Phoebe Salowey, Ingraham, 100 Meter HurdlesHead Coaches: Kurt Spann and Bob Swift


Seattle Public Schools AthleticsStudies show that students participating in athletics have higher GPAs, better attendance, lower dropout rates, fewer disciplinary problems, higher graduation rates, and better success in college than non-participants.

This is done by providing healthy, supervised after-school activities for students. Athletic participation teaches teamwork, goal setting, discipline, sportsmanship, leadership, and other valuable life-skills, helping students become contributing members of their school and community as well as providing an important alternative to anti-social behaviors.

Our vision at Seattle Public Schools Athletics is excellence in academics and athletics by connecting kids to academics through an exceptional athletic pro-gram. To meet this vision, our mission and goals are:

Transform: Providing an exemplary athletic program with maximum student participation

Enable: Utilizing the individual and group skills and knowledge of our athletic coaches, teaching staff, and community to encourage excellence both in the classroom and on the playing field.

Operate: Coordination of operating an all encompassing athletic program in both the middle school and high school levels.

Productivity: Encourage academic and athletic excellence for all participating students.

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games, Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted with the game-wining shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. That is why I succeed.”

— Michael Jordan, Olympic Basketball Team Gold Medalist and

NBA Champion

“When anyone tells me I can’t do anything... I’m just not listening any more.”

— Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic Track and Field Gold Medalist and

World Record Holder in the 100 and 200 meters


Congratulations!

Seattle School Board Recognition

June 6, 2018 JSCEE

4:30 pm

Seal of Biliteracy Recipients – June 2018 (Count will increase after AP and IB test results come in July)

Language Count Amharic 18 Chinese-Mandarin 17 French 35 Japanese 36 Spanish 205 Tagalog 14 Tigrinya 11 Vietnamese 17 12 additional languages* 34 Grand Total 387

* Additional languages include: Arabic, Cambodian, Cantonese, Fur, Japanese, Lao, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Thai, Tigrinya, Ukrainian


Ballard High School

Theo Asman Cameron Clonch Andrea Connot Lillian Corsi Jennifer Espin Espinoza Raeanne Espinoza Olivia Evidon Angeline Fry Maia Gryskiewicz Sarah Hudson Amirah Karam Natasha Lawson Sarah Martin Hanna McNamara Ana Mendoza Ramos Gabriel Nichols-McAusland Hanna Parker Noah Parker Sophia Rice Maiya Smith Alex Sornsin McKenna Taylor Leander Vandefen Hannah Wetterau William Zahner Chief Sealth International High School

Abdirahman Abdi Vianca Aceves Guerra Ladan Adan Samuel Almasan Laura Barajas Castro Arvin Cabanilla Nathalie Pearl Caraang Ariana Cendejas Arevalo Phan Chau Celeste Fabian Tania Galvan Karolyna Garcia Karyna Garcia Aynte Hassan Ramlo Hassan Suhayb Iman Kevalin Inthisith Jesus Jeronimo Gotoo Yareidy Macias Miranda McCormick Salma Mohamed Gerson Morales Dan Nguyen

Hieu Nguyen Mitzi Olivera Mendoza Yen Pham Albert Roque Nicolas Salazar Brown Carlos Sanchez Yvette Soltero Miya Spry Luwam Teckie Kevin Vega Naraly Zavala Cleveland STEM High School

Dulce Briseno Esparza Coleen Ivy Crisanto Jeidy Morales Gomez Danh Nguyen Y Nguyen Jacqueline Ramos Jair Sanchez Franklin High School

Abdullah Abdullahi Gada Ahmed Abeba Bogale Eldridge Ann Borja Jessca Dennice De Francia Kathy Deng Meron Duchisho Frehiwot Firdaweke Tigest Firdaweke Donna Giron Murga Asha Hassan Fadha Hassan Jemaye Hussen Yen Huynh Drake Imanishi Chi La Han La Thu Le Michelle Ma Heng Qiang Mai Jonald Mariano Bilan Mohamed Ha Nguyen Pei Xian Rong Ai Tong Ruan Yi Ting Tan Meryl Tumaneng Phuong Vong Ai Ling Wu Xue Xin Xu

Hao Lin Ye Askalemariam Yitbarek Hassan Yusuf Xiao Min Zhen Ying Chong Zhen Garfield High School

Bashir Abdel-Fattah Chiyo Emi Aoki-Kramer Erika Baker Claire Boudour Elizabeth Bui Ciela Sophia Chavez-Gilbride Emma Cooper Nicholas Dayton Alexandra De Fermin Cortes Alice Derieux Chagnard Nora Elkerton Anna Feldman Sophia Gudeman Benjamin Kass-Mullet Tyra Krivonak Minmin Liu Carlin MacCorkle Miki Masumoto Hailey Mathers Ana Matsubara Anita Mei Jessica Morales Patrick Mungai James Nichols Aviva Palencia Nina Paretsky Chau Pham Marlowe Pody Sonia Rosales Jonathan Sabath Hawa Said Madeline Scott Kathleen Scully Kertena Shikur Maile Soo Latifa Souleyman Elena Stark Adrian Steele Menna Street Lukas Strobel Omar Sullivan Robsen Tadesse Mulegeta Tewolde Nigel Veach Ying Xin Wen Miya Woo

Jessica Woon Issabella Zito Ingraham High School

Elizabeth Baer Emma Becker Mia Blissett Mari Bohn Carter Brinchmann Dawson Burke Celeste Burke-Conte Jori Carter Francessa Casper Nina Conejo Morales Niall Creegan Claire Curran Corwin Dark Coulter Dittman Anastasiya Dobrydnyk Gloria Dominguez Pinelo Isabelle Donsbach Madeleine Elias Jailyn Fonseca Mendoza Leobardo Franco Laureano Edith Freeman Lucy Frothingham Benito Garcia Sarmiento Milena Gebrezgabiher Emma Geloff Hayden Gizinski Nicholas Glover Morgan Graham Clara Grim Raena Haile Rumiela Haile Lindsey Hauck Alicia Heia Louise Heller Claire Hodges Formosa Huang Ethan Hume Tessa Ilgenfritz Cameron Jewett Kaley Joss Anika Karp Tegan Keyes Maya Konings Anna Kungl Michael Lans Joshua Lavin Gabriel Levy Julianna Lorenzo Maya Maaytah Birch MacLeod


Ethan Major William Marek Keira McDonnell Kellen McGibbon Zoe Mertz Madison Miles Eva Miller Kimi Moore George Nakahara Nolan Nash Andrew Nelson Maya Noble Rui Ou Colin Ovens Andrew Palmer Adriana Pappas Enzo Piacitelli Marlene Probst Casey Raymond Evelyn Reding Kyla Mae Reyes Esther Rhee Graham Robinson Galen Roca Briseida Ruelas De Haro Phoebe Salowey Juliana Sherer Juliana Silldorff Peter Silverstein Jordan Sims Jacqueline Snell Ian Stiehl Harper Swenson Smret Tewolde Alexander Tolmie Michael Ulrich Carlos Vasquez Garcia Irene Wade Alexander Wang Toko Weaver Jimmy Wei Tyler Wong Jenna Yee Nathaniel Yee Felicity Zhang Iris Zhou Catherine Zhu

Nathan Hale High School

Sophia Alperovich Mastewal Ayanaw Ribka Ayele Tsion Ballo Yesenia Briseno Jimenez Vera Cohen Kai Handelman Iris Jones Mihret Lelago Monaliza Mahray Surafel Muche Yared Nega Lucy Nguyen Shih-Chieh Shen Thanyanat Sinkroh Furtuna Tekle Rainier Beach High School

Lhea Jolina Alcon Aldrin Aquino Haymanot Duchisho Fatima Elmi Jewel Karen Francisco Gikanga Kamau Meron Mekonnen Fatuma Meshalla Asha Mohamud Vu Nguyen Andualem Tekile Lidya Tesema Anh Truong Yosef Yirdaw Roosevelt High School

Apinya Abrahamsen Dashell Adams Roxanne Alabastro Mateo Arbelaez Arizala Scott Asbury Erika Atkins Isabel Bailey Kendall Barton Laine Baumgarten Katherine Benmar Jules Bennett Constance Bernard Jackson Bohrer

Adriana Brooke-Pike Matthew Buchanan Oscar Charla Aaron Chen Sage Choi Samantha Cohen Riley Collins Calvin Davis Olivia Davis Mehran Divsar Isabela Escobedo Ivan Foster Karen Gaffney Anna Galbraith Edward Galindo Lopez Joseph Garlid Even Gebru Adrian Gervassi-Saga Gabriella Green Elliot Halpern Jaden Heller Mikka Hoffman Yusuf Hunt Anatoly Iremonger Austin Isgrig Vedrana Ivezic Carolyn Jatul Emilie Johnson Elliot Jones Grace Jones Michael Kinahan Nate Koidahl Joshua Kutz Nataly Lara Annika Lee Lucy Levine Yu Yang Liang Emily Louden Mara Louter Jamie Makaratad Keisuke Maki Anna Manley Logan McNeil Anna McPhee Sophia Meshinchi Marcus Mesnik-Greene Mariana Molina Quintero Jackson Morgan Eve Moynihan Eve Moynihan Flannery Carolyn Mullin Ariel Myrtil

Julia Nunes Zoe Nussbaum Mason Peng Stephanie Ruth Phillips Abigail Powell Sarah Quamma Daphne Raigrodski Bryan Rhinehart Riley Sawyer Finnegan Schneider Margeaux Scholz Maya Shapiro Anna Shmulevich Jadin Stewart Lila Stocking Julia Swanson Johanna Synovec Garima Thapa Sai Gayatri Trejo Mazzanti Maggie Udd Ryan Watson Zain Wedemeyer Clyde Wight Claire Wolf Elise Wong Ada Wright Harriet Wright Maureen Ye Shun Yu Yu Weiye Yu Seattle World School

Hiwot Beyene Nafisa Dahir Rayin Po South Lake High School

Alvin Perez West Seattle High School

Alan Chirino-Alamo Karla Hernandez Gallegos Anh Le Hailong Wang Yixuan Wang Apisith Wonglakorn


CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS!

National Board Certified Teachers are highly accomplished educators who meet high and rigorous standards set by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. National Board Certification is achieved upon successful completion of a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet high standards based on what teachers should know and be able to do.

• The Certification process takes between one and five years. • Candidates complete 4 components that are reviewed by trained teachers in their

certificate areas. • The assessments include four portfolio entries that feature teaching practice and six

constructed response exercises that assess content knowledge.

SPS has 550 employees who have achieved certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, including 106 teachers who successfully completed the certification process this year.

List of Teachers: ANNE ALIVERTI PRISCILLA ALLEN ESTHER ANDREWS ISABELLE AUTY PETER AVRIETT ALISON AYELSWORTH LUKE AZINGER ASHLEY BAKKER MARK BALLINGER MONICA BARAJAS KELLY BARKER EILEEN BARRACOSO JANET BAUTISTA KIMBERLY BERMAN JULIA BRADY-FINKE SHIRA BREWER


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Submitted by Michael Tolley 6/7/18 1

Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018 To: Dr. Larry Nyland, Superintendent From: Michael F. Tolley, Associate Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Re: Friday Memo for June 8, 2018

TEACHING AND LEARNING

CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT & INSTRUCTION

K-8 Science Instructional Materials Adoption Update:

This is the second update to the School Board on the Kindergarten through Grade 8 (K-8) portion of the Kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) science adoption process. In this update, recent milestones are discussed and demographics for the Instructional Materials Adoption Committees are shared.

The Science team met with the Instructional Materials Committee (IMC) in early May and received approval on the adoption process timeline and communication plan. The IMC also provided feedback on the draft version of the Racial Equity Analysis Tool completed for the adoption process.

Applications for the two Science Instructional Materials Adoption Committees – one for Kindergarten through Grade 5 (K-5) and one for Grades 6 through 8 (6-8) were accepted starting in mid-May and ran through the end of the month. The science team collected the applications and collated demographics on the candidate pool. At the second IMC meeting, the committee agreed upon selection criteria to ensure equal voice and inclusion of as many stakeholders as possible during the adoption process. Aside from an established requirement of attending the first, all-day Adoption Committee meeting, this involved limiting the number of staff candidates from each school (one primary and one intermediate teacher representative per school at the elementary level, and one teacher representative per school at the middle school level). The IMC recommended accepting all family and community applicants. Schools with multiple staff applicants were asked to self-select their representative.

Currently the committees have the following demographics (Note: some candidates chose not to provide optional information):

K-5 Committee (40 total candidates:)

Gender/Ethnicity

• Female 77.1% • Male 22.9% • White 77.1% • Non-White 25.7%

School Representation

• Title 1 Schools 20.0%



• HCC Schools 17.1% • Dual-Language Schools 5.7%

6-8 Committee (31 total candidates:)

Gender/Ethnicity

• Female 60.0% • Male 36.7% • White 70.0% • Non-White 30.0%

School Representation

• Title I Schools 26.7% • HCC Schools 13.3% • Dual-Language Schools 10.0%

Since the IMC remained concerned about gaps in stakeholder representation, the committee directed the Science team to extend their recruiting efforts for an additional week to target specific stakeholders in an effort to increase the diversity of representation on the committee. Recruitment will continue until Friday, June 8th.

At the second IMC meeting, the committee also approved the Racial Equity Analysis Tool (revised based on IMC input), which was then made publicly available on the SPS Science Adoption website.

The Instructional Materials Adoption Committees will hold a joint inaugural meeting on Saturday, June 9th. The committees will review the Racial Equity Analysis Tool and will review the draft version of the instructional materials review criteria, with the goal of finalizing the review criteria so that it may be posted publicly before the review process begins in earnest. Members of the committees will also study the Washington State Science Learning Standards (WSSLS), formally adopted by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in 2013 from the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). As the Adoption Committees continue to do their work, members of the Board are invited to attend the meetings.

Next steps include coordinating with the Procurement Department to issue the Request for Information (RFI) to gather initial materials and information from vendor candidates. Future meetings of the Adoption Committees will center around applying the review criteria to program candidates to narrow the field to a list of semi-finalists. The intent is to publicly display these semi-finalists at key locations across the district and to collect feedback from the public with a Needs Assessment Survey through the beginning of October 2018. The timeline leads to a field test of the semi-finalists in selected classrooms throughout the district by January of 2019.

The full timeline will be made available at the C&I Meeting on June 12th.

Supporting documents, including materials being provided to the Instructional Materials Adoption Committee members, are available on the SPS Science Adoption website. Please send any additional requests to MaryMargaret Welch at [email protected].



Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) Testing Incidence:

On Thursday, May 31st, the district assessment team was made aware of a possible testing incident at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School. In this instance, students received additional resources and guidance that are not allowed in a secure state testing environment.

District staff have met with the building principal and their Executive Director and are in the process of collecting written statements from the other individuals involved. Once all information is gathered, the assessment department will write an incident report and send to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

The district takes testing procedures, protocols and security very seriously. We are currently reviewing this situation in our effort to identify improvement areas for future staff and test proctor trainings.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2018-2019:

Twenty (20) schools within the Seattle Public School District have been selected to participate in the 2019 administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP is the largest nationally representative assessment of students in the United States. NAEP is administered by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

By June 22nd, school leaders at these Seattle schools will be notified by OSPI that they had been selected to participate in NAEP and provided with an assessment date. The selected schools include:

Elementary and K-8: Dunlap, Fairmount Park, Kimball, John Stanford, Thurgood Marshall, Viewlands, West Seattle, K-8: Blaine, Hazel Wolf, Licton Springs, Pathfinder, TOPS Middle School: Aki Kurose, Eckstein, Hamilton, Madison, Washington, Whitman High School: Nathan Hale, Ballard

The participation of these schools will provide information on what students in the United States know and can do in various subjects such as mathematics, reading, science and writing. School districts that receive Title I funding are required to participate in NAEP assessments if they are selected for the NAEP sample. NAEP only reports on results for different demographic groups rather than for individual students. It is designed to cause minimal disruption of classroom instruction. Each school will be assigned a NAEP representative to coordinate with test administration.



Creative Advantage and Ethnic Studies:

The Creative Advantage*, our city-wide initiative to establish equitable access to arts education for every student in Seattle Public Schools, just received a $35,000 grant from the Laird Norton Family Foundation to integrate Ethnic Studies Secondary Language Arts and/or Social Studies with Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed techniques, which use theatre as social action to increase dialogue, liberate individuals, and change lives. Visual & Performing Arts will partner with teachers and artists using the Ethnic Studies Guiding Principles such as critical examination, decentering euro-centric perspectives, communal co-construction, etc. to develop curriculum where students explore selected texts and history through theatre.

*In our Visual & Performing Arts area of the Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction Division (CAI), we have an initiative called The Creative Advantage, which strives to establish equitable access to the arts for every SPS student. It’s a partnership with College and Career Readiness, Strategy and Partnerships (which includes Race and Equity), the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture, arts organizations, and teaching artists.

Jump Start Training Outfit Kindergarten Teachers to Transition:

Fifty-four (54) elementary and Kindergarten through Grade 8 (K-8) schools will provide a gentle “Jump Start” to thousands of Kindergarteners each morning of the week of August 20th-24th. In preparation for the Jump Start professional development held on May 24th and May 29th, the Early Learning Department staff re-tooled Jump Start materials to underscore how the program supports the Seattle Public Schools’ commitment to equitable, culturally responsive access to learning. At the trainings, each school received an instructional support kit containing a Washington State Full-Day Kindergarten Guide, a binder including Jump Start guiding principles and beliefs, sample instructional lessons on science, PE, math, literacy, arts integration, and family engagement, plus selected picture books and manipulatives to support lessons.

When staff members were asked about what important ideas they would take away from the training, they reflected that “Jump Start’s purpose is to welcome families and build positive connections.” The teacher’s role is to “Make learning fun,” “hands-on,” “play-based,” so children are “able to create” and “feel comfortable.” Many teachers noted “Jump Start is not a high-pressure assessment time.” They discussed the need for teams to include bilingual staff to support English Language learning students and special education staff so that children with special needs are equally successful in this critical transition time. Early Learner Fitness (ELF) PE lessons were a hit, and teachers left excited about how they might incorporate more science, movement, and arts into lessons and transitions. They want to embed these activities not just into Jump Start, but weave them into instruction throughout the year.

Jump Start teacher “leads” who attended the training are now tasked with convening planning meetings to share these resources with fellow team members at their schools. Meanwhile, a Welcome letter signed by Superintendent Denise Juneau is set to be mailed to all newly registered kindergarten families and includes transition resources and Jump Start information.


Submitted by Carri Campbell on June 8, 2018

Date: June 8, 2018 To: Dr. Larry Nyland, superintendent From: Chief Engagement Officer Carri Campbell

Director of Community and Family Partnerships James Bush Re: Friday Memo for June 8, 2018

Strategic Plan Goal 3: School, Family and Community Engagement

2018 National Student Attendance, Engagement and Success Center On May 9 and 10, Family and Community Partnerships Director James Bush, represented Seattle Public Schools at the 2018 National Convening of the National Student Attendance, Engagement, and Success Center (NSAESC) in Baltimore, Md. The convening provided knowledge, tools and resources for partners, school districts and other agencies to support increased student engagement, attendance, motivation, success and hope. In turn, the resources and tools are being shared with district and school staff to assist them as they seek innovative new practices and approaches for our students. NSAESC is one of the lead organizations seeking to support Success Mentorship and a wide variety of attendance initiatives that SPS has implemented (e.g., My Brother/Sisters’ Keeper and SHA Attendance Partnership).

Seattle Council PTSA General Meeting On June 4, School Board President Leslie Harris, incoming Superintendent Denise Juneau, Chief Engagement Officer Carri Campbell, Family & Community Partnership Director James Bush, Family Partnership Manager Anita Koyier-Mwamba and Native American Education Program Manager Gail Morris attended the final Seattle Council Parent Teacher Student Association (SCPTSA) meeting of the 2017-18 academic year at Washington Middle School. The SCPTSA elected Chandra Hampson to serve as the 2018-19 president replacing incumbent Sebrena Burr. Incumbent President Burr presented Sacajawea PTA with the 2018 National PTA Diversity and Inclusion Award. Additionally, she introduced incoming Superintendent Denise Juneau, who shared her background and participated in a brief Q & A with participants. SPS is committed to continuing the positive partnership with SCPTSA moving forward.

(Pictured: Director Harris, Incoming Superintendent Denise Juneau, SPS staff, and SCPTSA leadership)

2017-18 Seattle Promise Data Sharing On June 1, SPS Community Partnerships, DEEL and Seattle Colleges met to discuss the initial data sharing needs and processes required to facilitate a successful Seattle Promise Initiative. The partners agreed to a collaborative approach and are currently working on the next steps for establishing data sharing agreements between the three parties. DEEL and Seattle Colleges will be engaging in a program design effort during the remainder of 2018 to further inform the data sharing agreements involved in the initiative.


Submitted by John Krull on June 8, 2018 Page 1

Date: Friday, June 08, 2018 To: Dr. Larry Nyland, Superintendent From: John Krull, Chief Information Officer Re: Friday Memo for June 08, 2018 Department of Technology Services (DoTS) Budget Management Project In support of Strategic Plan Goal 2 to improve systems, the Budget Management Project is a comprehensive transformation of business processes and technology solutions across multiple departments and disciplines for budgeting, position and staffing control. There are six product workstreams: Prepare Base Budget, Central and School Budget Entry, Position and Staffing Management with Control, Budget Finalization, Integrations, and Reporting. The project is divided into 2 Phases. Phase 1 went live in January 2018 and included the full budgeting of all Central Orgs in the newly implemented Questica budgeting software, consolidating the school budget from School Planning Online Tool (SPOT) to Questica, providing a consolidated budget from Questica for budget recommendation to the Board. In August, the budget will be transferred from Questica to SAP to establish the first position budget. This is the foundation needed to meet the position and staffing control objectives. The SPOT system to perform position changes during the budget cycle has been closed out and is ready for decommission. In parallel to completing phase 1 implementation deliverables and delivering the district budget, phase 2 activities are being performed. Phase 2 will have the entire budget completed in Questica and create a position budget for all schools. In addition, the entire Position Change Request (PCR) process and technology is being redesigned. Complex business requirements are 50% finalized for 10 different scenarios. The developer to assist with the PCR redesign will be onsite on June 11 along with a separate consultant to do the budget revision development work. Naviance Career and College Planning Tool Scheduled to Go Live Naviance, a Career and College planning application that enables middle and high school students to match their skills and interests to post-secondary options is scheduled to go live district-wide September 17, 2018 for students in grades 8-12. In preparation, families can opt their students out from using Naviance through updating their preferences in The Source during a current window which began June 4 and lasts until June 22. Another opt-out period will occur September 4 through September 12. Training for school staff is scheduled at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence the week of August 27. Technology Support for Paraprofessionals With the laptop roll-out to all certificated staff, confusion about support for other SEA represented groups arose, particularly for substitutes and paraprofessionals. The CIO, John Krull, met with SEA leaders, John Donaghy, Executive Director, Micheal Melonson: Paraprofessional


Submitted by John Krull on June 8, 2018 Page 2

President, and Peter Henry: President Substitutes Association, on May 1 to go over how other groups are being supported and plans for the future. We clarified that presently, all paraprofessional staff use the presentation station computer located in each classroom, not the teacher workstation that was replaced with a laptop. We developed a plan where Mr. Melonson would work with the Department of Technology Services (DoTS) to deploy extra computers for paraprofessional where needed since some of the surplus teacher desktops are still serviceable. Mr. Krull confirmed progress on the plan with Mr. Melonson during the Board meeting Wed. June 6th. Throughout the planning for the upcoming Buildings Excellence Levy (BEX V) new laptops for paraprofessionals to help support their instruction and learning are prioritized and under consideration. School Visits In support of Strategic Plan Goal 3 to engage with schools, Chief Information Officer, John Krull visited Madison Middle School the week of May 21, 2018. On Thursday May 24, Mr. Krull met with Technology Support Specialists, Michael Sprouse and Abbey Knaus, to tour Madison Middle School. While touring Madison, Mr. Krull visited with teachers, administrators, and the librarians to discuss technology in the school. Neil Rockwell, Career and Technical Education (CTE) teacher, showed Mr. Krull his 3-D printer, and talked about how the students were using the printer to demonstrate their knowledge through a practical hands-on experience. In addition to meeting with Neil, Mr. Krull met with Curt Gerston, Digital Multimedia teacher. Mr. Gerston explained the need to create a Mac lab where he could teacher his students about digital multimedia – photography, video editing, and much more. The devices that were initially purchased could no longer support the software required for the course. Mr. Gerston, in conjunction with DOTS and the school, were able to replace the lab over Spring Break. Mr. Gerston further explained how much of an impact this replacement made on his curriculum and his students. Mr. Krull was also able to spend some time with the Librarian, Stacia Bell. Ms. Bell had noticed how the main library computer lab was getting less and less use over the past few years. As a Blended Learning teacher, Stacia, has been working to envision the library space to make it more inviting and useful for her students. Before concluding his visit, Mr. Krull was able to hear her vision – switching from a desktop lab to a laptop cart model, creating a maker space for the students, and creating a soft seating area where the students could work collaboratively on projects.


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June 8, 2018 Friday Memo - Seattle Public Schools