4.24.2026 FBUSD Staff Blog
Students come every Monday to volunteer at
Fort Bragg Food Bank
They pack the kids' bags, sort and pack vegetables, fill dog and cat food crates, help in the kitchen, and work the pantry line. We appreciate their hard work and support.
Noyo Food Forest Earth Day Festival
The MTSS Team secured grant funds for a library of resources available to staff to check out. Resources include items ranging from magnet tiles to Snap Circuits to board games!
Happy School Library Month!!
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Deadline to Register: May 1, 2026
Learning and Enrichment Week in August, which includes a range of topics that may be a strong fit for teachers and administrators. Please take a look at the attached schedule as you consider your planning.
Monday, Aug 3 - The Teaching Edge Conference: Implementing UDL through Classic Teacher Moves (Firm Goals/Flexible Means); Collaborative Activities to Shift the Thinking to Students, Language & Literacy in primary grades, and Communication through Improv with Ukiah Players Theater.
Tuesday, Aug 4 - Integrated English Language Development with trainers from the California Association of Bilingual Education.
Wednesday, Aug 5 - Native American Studies Model Curriculum with Maggie Peters and MCOE Ed Specialists. Educators will explore the purpose and decolonizing vision of the NASMC while gaining the practical skills needed to navigate grade-specific resources and model lessons. By the end of the session, participants will have begun integrating units into their yearly curriculum and should feel supported to return for continued collaborative planning. Target audience: TK-8th grade educators.
Wednesday, Aug 5 - Principals Network Kickoff
Thursday, Aug 6 - Facilitated Planning - teachers who attended one or more of the previous days can come and plan how they will integrate what they learned into their daily practice. Integrate EL strategies, model lessons from NASMC, UDL principles, and more! Support from MCOE staff and grade level colleagues!
Thursday & Friday, Aug 6 & 7 - New Teacher Bootcamp - two days of teaching basics - setting up a classroom environment, teacher clarity, classroom management, responding to student needs, all with a UDL and MLL lens
Friday, Aug 7 - Enhancing Pedagogy with Generative AI: participants will gain functional, content, pedagogical, and ethical skills to effectively and responsibly to use generative AI in classroom instruction. This session includes follow up impenttion support between Aug - Dec. Target audience: 3rd-12th-grade educators.
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FREE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Virtual • June 16, 2026
California Literacy Conference 2026
FREE Registration
Join educators from across California and beyond for a one-day virtual literacy conference featuring nationally recognized authors, researchers, and practitioners. This powerful event brings together evidence-based instruction, leadership, and equity-centered conversations that support literacy success for all students.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
GO TO https://educationspeakersnetwork.com/california-literacy-2025/
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Teach Lake County’s NEW Summer Preservice Program offers an option that allows teachers to complete preservice coursework over the summer, before the school year begins.
Program features include:
May–July timeline
Fully asynchronous coursework
100% online participation
Designed for Multiple Subject and Education Specialist candidates
Multiple Subject candidates continue their internship with Teach Lake County, while Education Specialist candidates transition to one of our partner programs.
This program is ideal for:
- Candidates who want to condense PreService coursework into a summer intensive
- Late spring or summer hires who need to be intern-ready by Fall 2026
- Individuals who missed the fall PreService start
- Candidates who must have an Intern credential by Fall 2026
This information session covers:
- Program structure and expectations
- Eligibility and timeline options
- The pathway from summer PreService to Internship
- Application steps and deadlines
A bachelor’s degree is required to apply. Candidates should be pursuing a Multiple Subject or Education Specialist credential. No Single Subject pathway is available at this time.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree
- One-year commitment to complete the program
- Continued employment within the county for at least 3 years after program completion
Benefits:
- Upon completion of the program, you will have your preliminary teaching credential
- $34,000 stipend to support living expenses, tuition costs, and other expenses associated with program participation.
- You may be eligible to work up to half-time while in the program. This is dependent on district availability.
You can find out more about Teacher Residency Programs at this website.
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A cohort project that interweaves language arts, socioemotional learning, and climate science with environmental literacy.
Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/CREECNorthNaturesNarrative. More about the California Regional Environmental Education Community (CREEC) Network here: https://creec.org/
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- April 27th - May 1st - 🍔🍪Nutrition Employees Week! 🍕🍉
- April 29th 2:30 - 6:30 PM - 🌈Redwood Elementary TK and K Enrollment Night! 🌈
- May 1st 6:00 PM - 💃FBMS Dance! 💃
- American Fidelity Log-in
- Deferred Net Pay Authorization Form (12 Paychecks)
- Direct Deposit Authorization
- DCEC Handbook
- DCEC Book List
- Employee Accident/Injury Report Form
- Employee Workers' Compensation Claim
- Employee Handbook
- Employee Payroll Portal
- Employee Resources webpage
- IT Help Ticket
- Keenan website
- Salary Schedules
- Supplemental Timesheet
- Volunteer Driver Clearance Forms
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