Interviewed and met staff, directors, parents, School Committee members, Town Select Board Member, and building-level administration for assistant superintendent’s entry plan.
Begin to sort data for entry plans.
Attended Summer Central and Summer Enrichment.
Hosted Responsive Classroom for other districts.
Revamped Mentor Program. Hired 3rd Mentor Leader.
Administrators and secretaries received PD training on Parent Square.
23 students attended University of MASS Lowell Engineering Program.
BEST Program
Elementary Music Curriculum alignment
Working on planning Convocation with superintendent and Instructional Team.
Worked on planning Administrative Retreat with Instructional team.
Worked on planning New Teacher Orientation with Mentor team.
Met with Cindy Marchand and Bill Lupini to plan next steps for supervision and evaluation with the larger team.
Began discussions with building level administrators, math department chairs, and elementary math coach on looking at PreK-12 math progression with the focus on Algebra I.
Attended MASS Summer Superintendent’s Conference with superintendent and Marshall Simonds Middle School Principal.
Prepared and framed additional prints of art masterworks for the “BHS Art Museum project” collection, many of which were selected by high school art students for inclusion. The project began two years ago. The works will hang in the hallways and common spaces of the high school, some with museum cards written by art students.
Summer curriculum work:
Science & Social Studies Curriculum
EdTech - creating and preparing new PreK-5 Computer Science curriculum and lessons. This school year we will be debuting our CSforALL lessons for all students in grades 3-5.
EdTech - develop 2023/2024 Family Technology Orientation for Grades 6-12
EdTech - updating and adding to BPS Digital Learning site. This includes hundreds of videos for staff and family members
EdTech - developing new On-Demand professional development courses via Google Classroom. Our first course is now available and features Nearpod. We will release a course on Seesaw in the fall.
EdTech - preparing all Foundational Apps for 23/24 school year. Renewals, licensing, communicating with vendors and developers. These are all available via ClassLink LaunchPad or on student iPads.
EdTech - preparing all PreK-5 CS devices for lessons and activities. This includes robotics, drones, peripherals, and consumables.
EdTech - preparing for New Staff Orientation. This includes presentations and training on foundational apps, websites, and district subscriptions.
EdTech - moving our high school Esports teams to full varsity sports. This includes coaches and scheduling for 23/24 Esports tournaments. Our club teams made it to the final four the last two seasons of the state tournament.
All State reporting submitted by deadlines
Registered 57 new students to date.
Input all new staff (includes providing Aspen and bpsk12 emails).
Provide compensation forms for Payroll.
Update transcripts.
Created new schedules for PreK and elementary.
Assisted in scheduling for MSMS & BHS.
Rolled over Aspen to new SY - including withdrawals & transfers.
Created calendars for all staff and schools.
Translated elementary report cards (4 new languages).
ParentSquare integration.

JULY/AUGUST 2023

We are ONE FAMILY. ONE TEAM. BPS C.A.R.E.S.