We hope you and your students have had an exciting week to kick off the 2022-23 school year! As we continue to focus on Equity in and outside of the classroom, we are happy to share the new “DPS In Your Language” cards. These cards allow families and community members to request translation and interpretation services in their preferred language by simply showing a card to school staff. The laminated cards fit inside a wallet, with English on one side and one of more than 200 languages on the other. We encourage you to share these cards with your school community. “DPS In Your Language” cards will be delivered to schools by Multilingual Education liaisons and instructional specialists by Sept. 15. To request additional cards or cards in additional languages, please contact Ingrid Porras-Gonzalez.

Thank you for helping us provide welcoming environments for all our families, this year and beyond.

We officially launched “DPS Thrives: A Strategic Roadmap to the Denver Public Schools Experience” with an accompanying executive summary. The Strategic Roadmap was built in collaboration and partnership with Team DPS and the community. In this Strategic Roadmap, we envision a new DPS experience that centers our students, with an intentional commitment to our marginalized students, while also elevating the experience of our adults. Together, we will turn our vision that Every Learner Thrives into a reality. For more information, visit The Commons.

Professional Development Unit applications for the 2022-23 school year are being accepted now, with increased incentives for PDU design. Submit your application by Sept. 1 for approval by Sept. 30. The second application deadline is Oct. 12. Please reference the PDU Proposal Template and PDU Application Instructions on how to submit an application. Additional information on PDUs can be found on the Professional Learning page on The Commons. Direct questions to Carmen Stagg.

DoTS has released several improvements to provide a more customer-friendly interface at DoTS Help and enable more efficient access to Infinite Campus and SchoolMessenger. 

We encourage you to view this process map to understand the incident lifecycle and to use DoTS Help for all tech support needs.

DPS has again been awarded a Concurrent Enrollment (CE) Expansion and Innovation Grant in the amount of $50,000. Funds from this grant are available by request for Concurrent Enrollment teachers and students and can be spent in three ways: tuition assistance for teachers, cost of books and fees for CE students and professional development. Apply for grant funding today -- click here for more information and the link to apply. All requests will be reviewed, and funding is not guaranteed.

Join us Tuesday, Sept. 6 from 4-5:30 p.m. or Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 4-5:30 p.m. for Replenish Workshops. Replenish is a yearlong workshop series designed specifically for educators. It's based on current workplace research, personal development principles and philosophy from the ancient wisdom traditions. The work focuses on you, and it empowers you to go back to your school or team and lead for an invigorated adult culture. Both sessions are held at Mindspark in Lakewood’s Belmar area. The cost to register is only $250 for a year of monthly learning sessions. For more information and to register, click here, email maggie@rileyresults.com or text 303-956-3472.

For digital access to Amplify curriculum via Clever, the IC/Clever synchronization should be near the end of completion. Teachers who still do not have access to the appropriate grade levels on the Amplify platform via Clever, as well as school leaders who would like accounts, please fill out this form to elevate the need to Amplify tech partners.

For hands-on materials requests for middle school, click here. For elementary materials, click here. To order consumable student investigation notebooks, please contact Amplify sales rep Dan Flores at dflores@amplify.com, or reach out to your curriculum specialists regarding bulk copies from Ricoh. For more information, contact Eva Bridgeforth (K-5) and Keyerria Howard (6-8).

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