Wow! What a week it has been so far. I want to thank all of our staff for their hard work and flexibility in a week that is full of transition. There were many adjustments that we had to make, and I appreciate the easy-going nature of the people in this building to make adjustments seamlessly. Thank you.
This week has been a learning process for me, I have made notes about the adjustments needed for next year, so that we can continually get better. Here are some items for your attention about the week, and things to come.
Classrooms
I am really trying to be a presence in the classrooms. I am impressed by the things that are going on in our classrooms. It is very evident that our teachers work hard to plan good, solid instruction. I have seen "bell to bell" (as much as you can without bells) instruction utilizing every minute of class time for our students. Another solid area that I have noticed is the quality of student to student conversations that are taking place. This is a great way for students to give and get feedback on their thought process. It is my hope that I can continue to be in classrooms during the day as much as possible.
PUMA Pride Training Camp
Kudos to all staff members on running a successful Training Camp. It was really a lot of fun to witness our MS students step up and be leaders for our elementary students. I appreciate the work that our MS staff did to prep our students to shine in these leadership positions. I received many compliments about the awesome performance of our MS students. From here on out, please continue to monitor and remind students about the PUMA Pride expectations around the school if you notice a student that may need a little reminder.
Handbook Signature Forms
These forms should have been distributed to all of our Homeroom teachers. As soon as you have finished reviewing the Handbook, please have students take this home and get it signed by a parent/guarding. These signed forms are very important for us to have on file. As an incentive, I will provide each homeroom that has returned all forms with a snack.
I/E Plans for Next Week
Beginning Monday, we will begin the schedule of Enrichment activities for our students. On Monday, we will have a silent, sustained reading period. Please remind kids in the morning that they will need to bring a book to read during this time. The I/E lesson plan outline will be shared shortly, but will follow a similar format as last year. For 7th and 8th grade, Friday will be a Homeroom day. Students will meet in their homeroom groups, and Mrs. Morton will provide a lesson to implement during that time period on Fridays. We will begin the process of assigning our Intervention/Enrichment groups towards the end of next week, so that we can target the needs of our students.
MS Breakfast Update
The Nutrition/Breakfast break got off to a little bit of a rocky start, but it appears that we have the system running a little more smoothly. We have 3 separate times (6th - 8:35)(7th - 9:50)(8th - 9:05). If there are any concerns or issues with the breakfast for students, please let me know. Thank you for your patience and flexibility.
SLO/PPG's
We will be starting to focus on setting our SLO and PPG for this school year. Please start to put some initial thoughts together about the SMART SLO goal that you would like to implement this year. We will be administering the STAR assessment on Tuesday (Math) and Wednesday (Reading). These assessments can help some of you to form your SLO. Others may have to rely on some other sources of data to set their SLO. We will be meeting about these soon.
On the PPG front...please start to think of a component of Danielson's framework that you may want to focus on improving this school year. Our individual meetings will be instrumental in framing this goal.
Relationships
A week has gone by, and I have talked to many happy students who are excited about their awesome teachers. Kudos to all of you for establishing the groundwork for getting all of our students to achieve past their expectations in the months ahead. Continuing to express interest in our students and their outside interests is like investing money in their piggy banks, that we can later pull out when we need to adjust/correct behavior. Adjusting and correcting behavior is so much easier and more effective when a strong relationship is already established between teacher and student.
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Week 1...Almost in the Books
Wow! What a week it has been so far. I want to thank all of our staff for their hard work and flexibility in a week that is full of transition. There were many adjustments that we had to make, and I appreciate the easy-going nature of the people in this building to make adjustments seamlessly. Thank you.
This week has been a learning process for me, I have made notes about the adjustments needed for next year, so that we can continually get better. Here are some items for your attention about the week, and things to come.
Classrooms
I am really trying to be a presence in the classrooms. I am impressed by the things that are going on in our classrooms. It is very evident that our teachers work hard to plan good, solid instruction. I have seen "bell to bell" (as much as you can without bells) instruction utilizing every minute of class time for our students. Another solid area that I have noticed is the quality of student to student conversations that are taking place. This is a great way for students to give and get feedback on their thought process. It is my hope that I can continue to be in classrooms during the day as much as possible.
PUMA Pride Training Camp
Kudos to all staff members on running a successful Training Camp. It was really a lot of fun to witness our MS students step up and be leaders for our elementary students. I appreciate the work that our MS staff did to prep our students to shine in these leadership positions. I received many compliments about the awesome performance of our MS students. From here on out, please continue to monitor and remind students about the PUMA Pride expectations around the school if you notice a student that may need a little reminder.
Handbook Signature Forms
These forms should have been distributed to all of our Homeroom teachers. As soon as you have finished reviewing the Handbook, please have students take this home and get it signed by a parent/guarding. These signed forms are very important for us to have on file. As an incentive, I will provide each homeroom that has returned all forms with a snack.
I/E Plans for Next Week
Beginning Monday, we will begin the schedule of Enrichment activities for our students. On Monday, we will have a silent, sustained reading period. Please remind kids in the morning that they will need to bring a book to read during this time. The I/E lesson plan outline will be shared shortly, but will follow a similar format as last year. For 7th and 8th grade, Friday will be a Homeroom day. Students will meet in their homeroom groups, and Mrs. Morton will provide a lesson to implement during that time period on Fridays. We will begin the process of assigning our Intervention/Enrichment groups towards the end of next week, so that we can target the needs of our students.
MS Breakfast Update
The Nutrition/Breakfast break got off to a little bit of a rocky start, but it appears that we have the system running a little more smoothly. We have 3 separate times (6th - 8:35)(7th - 9:50)(8th - 9:05). If there are any concerns or issues with the breakfast for students, please let me know. Thank you for your patience and flexibility.
SLO/PPG's
We will be starting to focus on setting our SLO and PPG for this school year. Please start to put some initial thoughts together about the SMART SLO goal that you would like to implement this year. We will be administering the STAR assessment on Tuesday (Math) and Wednesday (Reading). These assessments can help some of you to form your SLO. Others may have to rely on some other sources of data to set their SLO. We will be meeting about these soon.
On the PPG front...please start to think of a component of Danielson's framework that you may want to focus on improving this school year. Our individual meetings will be instrumental in framing this goal.
Relationships
A week has gone by, and I have talked to many happy students who are excited about their awesome teachers. Kudos to all of you for establishing the groundwork for getting all of our students to achieve past their expectations in the months ahead. Continuing to express interest in our students and their outside interests is like investing money in their piggy banks, that we can later pull out when we need to adjust/correct behavior. Adjusting and correcting behavior is so much easier and more effective when a strong relationship is already established between teacher and student.
This week has been a learning process for me, I have made notes about the adjustments needed for next year, so that we can continually get better. Here are some items for your attention about the week, and things to come.
Classrooms
I am really trying to be a presence in the classrooms. I am impressed by the things that are going on in our classrooms. It is very evident that our teachers work hard to plan good, solid instruction. I have seen "bell to bell" (as much as you can without bells) instruction utilizing every minute of class time for our students. Another solid area that I have noticed is the quality of student to student conversations that are taking place. This is a great way for students to give and get feedback on their thought process. It is my hope that I can continue to be in classrooms during the day as much as possible.
PUMA Pride Training Camp
Kudos to all staff members on running a successful Training Camp. It was really a lot of fun to witness our MS students step up and be leaders for our elementary students. I appreciate the work that our MS staff did to prep our students to shine in these leadership positions. I received many compliments about the awesome performance of our MS students. From here on out, please continue to monitor and remind students about the PUMA Pride expectations around the school if you notice a student that may need a little reminder.
Handbook Signature Forms
These forms should have been distributed to all of our Homeroom teachers. As soon as you have finished reviewing the Handbook, please have students take this home and get it signed by a parent/guarding. These signed forms are very important for us to have on file. As an incentive, I will provide each homeroom that has returned all forms with a snack.
I/E Plans for Next Week
Beginning Monday, we will begin the schedule of Enrichment activities for our students. On Monday, we will have a silent, sustained reading period. Please remind kids in the morning that they will need to bring a book to read during this time. The I/E lesson plan outline will be shared shortly, but will follow a similar format as last year. For 7th and 8th grade, Friday will be a Homeroom day. Students will meet in their homeroom groups, and Mrs. Morton will provide a lesson to implement during that time period on Fridays. We will begin the process of assigning our Intervention/Enrichment groups towards the end of next week, so that we can target the needs of our students.
MS Breakfast Update
The Nutrition/Breakfast break got off to a little bit of a rocky start, but it appears that we have the system running a little more smoothly. We have 3 separate times (6th - 8:35)(7th - 9:50)(8th - 9:05). If there are any concerns or issues with the breakfast for students, please let me know. Thank you for your patience and flexibility.
SLO/PPG's
We will be starting to focus on setting our SLO and PPG for this school year. Please start to put some initial thoughts together about the SMART SLO goal that you would like to implement this year. We will be administering the STAR assessment on Tuesday (Math) and Wednesday (Reading). These assessments can help some of you to form your SLO. Others may have to rely on some other sources of data to set their SLO. We will be meeting about these soon.
On the PPG front...please start to think of a component of Danielson's framework that you may want to focus on improving this school year. Our individual meetings will be instrumental in framing this goal.
Relationships
A week has gone by, and I have talked to many happy students who are excited about their awesome teachers. Kudos to all of you for establishing the groundwork for getting all of our students to achieve past their expectations in the months ahead. Continuing to express interest in our students and their outside interests is like investing money in their piggy banks, that we can later pull out when we need to adjust/correct behavior. Adjusting and correcting behavior is so much easier and more effective when a strong relationship is already established between teacher and student.
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