Dear Colleagues,

NIS Fitness Room will be open :
– from Tuesday 2 June 2020 to 19 June 2020
– Open to NIS staff only (no students, no outside visitors)
– Operating Hours: 0530h to 1630h
– Limit maximum of 15 participants at any time
– Social Distancing of 1.5m should be observed
– Ensure applying disinfecting liquid after use of equipment

Have a great workout

Arek Owczarek
Deputy Director – Operations and Finance

Managebac Training

Managebac Level II training will be offered today, Tuesday and Wednesday from 1300 in D218. (Note: You must complete Level I training and the accompanying quiz in order to take Level II).

The instructional portion of the training will be around 20-30 minutes, but Cindy and Joe will be available for the duration of the lunch break to answer questions and facilitate deeper dives. All MS/US teachers must attend at least one session prior to the end of the school year (and before taking any other levels of Managebac training). Level II will cover the following:

Reporting – an introduction to how the gradebook functions in Managebac and connects with the various assessment tasks you’ve created, as well as how this looks on the student side.

Teachers will be able to:

1. Understand how Formative and Summative assessments are represented in the Gradebook tab
2. Understand how Managebac displays feedback on tasks to students
3. Navigate through the Gradebook tab including student progress section
4. Understand how tasks are represented on the Student portfolio (including the “Learning Goals” feature)

We look forward to hosting you in D218 at 1300! Special thanks to Danny for the use of his classroom.

Good morning and a reminder that Monday Briefing will be held in the PAC today at Break. See you there!

Dear All,

Please see attached SLT meeting minutes of week35 for your information.

SLT – May 27

Managebac Training

Managebac Level II training will be offered today from 1300 in D218. (Note: You must complete Level I training and the accompanying quiz in order to take Level II).

The instructional portion of the training will be around 20-30 minutes, but Cindy and Joe will be available for the duration of the lunch break to answer questions and facilitate deeper dives. All MS/US teachers must attend at least one session prior to the end of the school year (and before taking any other levels of Managebac training). Level II will cover the following:

Reporting – an introduction to how the gradebook functions in Managebac and connects with the various assessment tasks you’ve created, as well as how this looks on the student side.

Teachers will be able to:

1. Understand how Formative and Summative assessments are represented in the Gradebook tab
2. Understand how Managebac displays feedback on tasks to students
3. Navigate through the Gradebook tab including student progress section
4. Understand how tasks are represented on the Student portfolio (including the “Learning Goals” feature)

We look forward to hosting you in D218 at 1300! Special thanks to Danny for the use of his classroom.

Crispy Crunchy Shark!!

Managebac Training

Our final Managebac Level I training will be offered today from 1300 in D218. The instructional portion of the training will be around 20-30 minutes, but Cindy and Joe will be available for the duration of the lunch break to answer questions and facilitate deeper dives. All MS/US teachers must attend at least one session prior to the end of the school year (and before taking any other levels of Managebac training). Level I will cover the following:

Assessment – connecting the unit plans that have been created in Managebac to assessment tasks and learning activities, including how to navigate between these elements.

Teachers will be able to:

1. Create/Modify/Delete categories of assessment tasks (i.e. quizzes, tests, projects, etc.)
2. Create/Modify/Delete types of assessment tasks (i.e. Formative vs. Summative)
   a. Create/Modify/Delete task-specific clarifications related to assessment tasks
3. Add resources to Units and Tasks and edit the organization of them
4. Understand how the Resource/Stream feature works
5. Connect Task submissions to Turnitin Feedback Studio
6. Develop an understanding of basic navigation within Managebac

We look forward to hosting you in D218 at 1300! Special thanks to Danny for the use of his classroom.

Considering the majority of our staff, including outsourced staff, come to school with a health form in hard copy, we will stop the online Staff Health & Travel Survey from Sat May 30.

Managebac Training

Don’t forget about the Managebac training sessions for all MYP and DP teachers during lunchtime to prepare for using it in the fall. We will be offering 3 levels of training in order to ensure teachers are prepared for this change, and awarding digital badges to recognize mastery levels.

Managebac Level II training will be offered today from 1300 in D218. (Note: You must complete Level I training and the accompanying quiz in order to take Level II).

The instructional portion of the training will be around 20-30 minutes, but Cindy and Joe will be available for the duration of the lunch break to answer questions and facilitate deeper dives. All MS/US teachers must attend at least one session prior to the end of the school year (and before taking any other levels of Managebac training). Level II will cover the following:

Reporting – an introduction to how the gradebook functions in Managebac and connects with the various assessment tasks you’ve created, as well as how this looks on the student side.

Teachers will be able to:

1. Understand how Formative and Summative assessments are represented in the Gradebook tab
2. Understand how Managebac displays feedback on tasks to students
3. Navigate through the Gradebook tab including student progress section
4. Understand how tasks are represented on the Student portfolio (including the “Learning Goals” feature)

We look forward to hosting you in D218 at 1300! Special thanks to Danny for the use of his classroom.