Attended Middlesex Valley Superintendent’s Association meeting with the Superintendent.
Worked with the PreK-12 Math review team with Kateri Thunder in facilitating the first meeting of the curriculum review team for math. Worked on the success criteria for our work with the various pathways.
Visited four elementary schools.
Attended Book Tasting at the high school with Shannon Janovitz and Bonnie Nichols.
Halloween Parade from BECC
Attended Halloween Dance at Memorial ES and BHS South Asian Student Association’s garba at MSMS.
Met with Shereen Tyrell to know about internship opportunities for high school students.
Facilitated K-12 Science meeting to finish Chemical Hygiene Plan.
Met with the Department Chair of English instruction to discuss curriculum review plans for the future and the BHS Skills Book 2023-2024.
Met with the Director of Health and Physical Education and the Director of Mental Health to talk about the job expectations and about next steps regarding the human sexuality curriculum.
Sat on the interview committee for the Lexikeet Coordinator and Translator stipend.
Sat on the interview committee for the Director of Childcare position.
Attended the I Love U Guys’ Foundation meeting with the district leadership team and principals.
Attended Veteran Day’s Assembly at MSMS, featuring speaker Jeremy Brooks (School Committee Member).
Planned professional development with the school attorney on bullying and harassment for the district leadership team, principals, and assistant principals.
Student Information Office - Created exports from Aspen for Ellevation (EL app).
Registered 35+ students from October 1 - present.
26 students from other countries.
Certified DESE state reporting for all 3 reports due December 8.
Translated elementary report cards into 4 additional languages.
Updated translated registration packets through Lexikeet.
Preparing for Kindergarten registration.
Math - Attended the NCSM (National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics).
Professional development with Math Specialists.
FW- Last school for Updates on Math instruction around Let’s Investigate and Number talk Routines in the classroom.
ST MATH- Data dives with Math Specialists, principals, and administrators.
ST MATH - reviewed report of Correlation of MCAS scores and ST MATH.
Coaching- Model lessons in new teachers and teachers who have changed grade levels across elementary schools.
ELA- Keys to Literacy content writing follow up at MSMS with teachers including math, science, and social studies.Content Writing initial training for year 2 teachers.
Facilitate and planned Literacy Night with reading specialists and Assistant Superintendent for Learning.
Elementary Teacher Understanding Dyslexia PD (this is a one-day training that we offered twice last year and are offering again for new teachers).
Science / Social Studies: Pictures here
Filmed “Critters Up Close” BCAT show about live animals and how they are connected to schools and programming.
Presented at the Burlington Garden Club and accepted a donation to fund planting supplies at the elementary schools.
Burlington K-5 Science was part of the National Science Foundation, Northwestern University & University of Michigan’s study on Building Systems for Elementary Science (2023 Final Report) & Progress Report Building Systems for Elementary Science (2022 Report). It was a 5 study that explored efforts to reform elementary science instruction in 13 school districts across the United States.
Attended the MSELA conference (MA Science Leaders Association) and attended workshops focusing on supporting students with disabilities.
Facilitated 4 beekeeping programs, Kindergarten owl & creepy crawly animal programs, visiting, and presentations in many classrooms across the elementary schools.
3rd graders at Memorial, PG, and FH wrapped up their Forces & Motion Units by applying their understanding of magnetic forces, gravity, and friction to their maglev train system prototypes.
Francis Wyman 3rd graders wrapped up their “Burlington Past & Present” unit by interviewing town meeting members and town employees including School Committee Chair Martha Simon.
1st graders investigating plant parts with living plant dissections, celery investigations and planting seeds.
“Wild Wednesday PD” after school for teachers for 2nd grade matter unit and 4th grade Energy unit, included introduction to curriculum revisions enhancing support for vocabulary acquisition, writing, speaking, and listening skills.
Digital Learning - Developed a new PreK-5 Digital Literacy and Computer Science Goals roadmap.
Participated in the EdTech Leader Network Virtual meeting.
Participated in the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) webinar on AI and School Administrators.
Met with Educational Technology leaders from Milton and Westwood Public Schools to plan for this spring’s technology evaluation in Westwood.
Taught CSforALL lessons to students in grades PreK-5.
Taught Digital Literacy lessons featuring Seesaw, Nearpod, and Apple Classroom.
Attended planning meeting for the elementary school Computer Science Family Night in February.
Posted new on-demand learning opportunities and courses from Newsela for all BPS staff.

NOVEMBER 2023