Submitted by: Clair Segal

1. Check In About the Year So Far Curricularly
   1. Celeste’s work with the 3rd and 4th grades
      1. Pod system makes it tricky to work with other grades (so no coding in K this year or touch typing with 2nd)
      2. Yearbook has been going with 4th grade, both in person and as a club when remote
      3. The exposure concerns are real and having to pivot often is exhausting for everyone and makes “burn out” a frequent occurrence
      4. Chromebook maintenance (keyboards) on new devices has been an issue (keys stop working); there’s a lot of failure on these for some reason
   2. Clair
      1. What to buy for next year– same CB model? Something elser? 
         1. I’m going to post out to the NYCIST list serve and slack
      2. What’s causing the issue where 70% of them work fine, but 30% don’t, with no consistency through devices/models
      3. The push out of apps→ is that causing issues? 
      4. Joy– maybe there’s a more consistent brand we could use? 
   3.  Programming class
      1. 5th grade once a week
         1. Lightbot→ Scratch→ CodeCombat/Ozaria
   4. Joy’s ongoing work with the HS
      1. No one has wanted to do any new curricular work this trimester but have discussed a potential new course with Ann next year
      2. The Opt-Out policy ideas from ECFS
         1. Everyone wants what the teacher needs– the cameras on– but is that what the students need. Both options disadvantage one group over another.
      3. Everyone is very burnt out
      4. Lots of issues with anxiety/social emotional health
         1. A lot of this is showing up in cameras off, and having to figure out what’s “wrong with their wifi” when nothing is actually wrong with the wifi

1. Check in About DEI Work
   1. Celeste
      1. Being conscientious of examples we use during typing lesson– identifying people of color and women in texts
      2. Showing them examples of Perseverance and technology
         1. The message on the MARS parachute
      3. Weaving in what’s happening in the world today
         1. The person who narrated the landing was female and Indian– talking with the kids about “have you seen this before/who scientists are/etc.” 
   2. Clair
      1. Restorative Justice Group work
      2. What would that look like in terms of the RUP
         1. Joy– the context of someone hurting another person
         2. A lot of our policies are “don’t do this thing that’s bad” but the harm is more abstract than “I punched someone/etc.” 
         3. A lot of the HS RUP consequences are monetary (you broke this, you have to pay for it, etc.) There’s not a lot of gray area. 
      3. Identity shares in the MS and in 5th grade in particular
   3. Joy
2. Questions that we Still Have
   1. If we still have to do some version of hybrid in the fall, what should we do differently? How can we be in more of the decision-making conversations? A lot of stuff just happened at the high school and when the audio equipment (specifically) fails I can’t help at all.
      1. A bunch of the mics don’t work/have stopped working in the HS and MS spaces
      2. Since they’re not numbered, there’s no way to report them in an effective way to help desk
   2. Clair shared a “reference chart” she created for MS with regards to tech set up in spaces – I (Celeste) will definitely want to do this for LS as well – thank you Clair! But it would be great to have a laminated “how to” in each space as well, so that whoever teachers in those spaces can troubleshoot without having to email HELP or text the hot line phone number https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jBMlW7j4F_22wumdoxHKwVqmTx_kUfdfITjjEzbJ1Ho/edit
   3. Future of printing on campus (both student and faculty)