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Collaboration is a time for staff at all schools to work together
to improve teaching and learning. The school day is altered
- through 45 minute early dismissals each week - to give district
staff time outside the classroom to research new teaching
methods, to examine and revise curriculum and to set goals
for improving student achievement. Collaboration time may
also be used for grade level or department meetings, staff
training, preparing for conferences and for the coordination
of curriculum from one grade to the next.
All schools will dismiss 45 minutes early
on Wednesdays
to allow for collaboration time. Arranging all schools’
collaboration sessions on the same day weekly makes the schedule
more predictable for parents, students and staff.
The elementary schools, with the exception
of Crestview, will generally hold their collaboration meetings
before school. At Valley Southwoods, collaboration time will
be split between before and after school sessions. Other district
schools will hold collaboration sessions after students are
dismissed.
KIDS
WEST, the district’s before and after school child
care program, offers childcare for parents on collaboration
day even if you child is not a regular participant. Transportation
pick-up and drop-off times will also be modified according to
collaboration schedules. |
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