October Staff Meeting Plan
I am really excited about the upcoming opportunities for staff collaboration. See details below. On the 26th, we will outline our plan for using the SLO process as more of a focus for us throughout the year to focus our energy and efforts on boosting student achievement where we need it the most.
October 19th - This meeting will be for teachers on a Summary Year. We will go through a thorough review of the expectations and process. Time will be devoted to getting a head start and completing some of the necessary requirements of the Summary Year.
October 26th - This meeting will be for all staff members. Our focus will be on finalizing SLO's and PPG's and how we will be using the data from this focus throughout the year to give a super boost to student achievement in the important area that you chose. We will also review any manager items that are timely.
SLO/PPG Timeline
All teachers should have a solid draft that is approved by a principal by the end of business on November 4th. Feel free to schedule a meeting with me to review your SLO, or be ready to discuss during our bi-weekly meeting time.
What it's all about...
According to John Hattie (2012)...
Visible teaching and learning occurs when learning is the explicit and transparent goal, when it is appropriately challenging, and when the teacher and the student both (in various ways) seek to ascertain whether and to what degree the challenging goal is attained. Visible teaching and learning occurs when there is deliberate practice aimed at attaining mastery of the goal, when there is feedback given and sought, and when there are active, passionate, and engaging people (teacher, students, peers) participating in the act of learning (pp. 17-18).
Our improvement focus will remain embedded in efforts to improve the teaching and learning that happens in each classroom. Our focus will be to refine our practices on: using solid learning goals, activities that support attainment or goals, assessments in place to measure the learning of these goals, and classroom planning in place to address students that do not meet the goals.
Student of the Month BreakfastWe will be having our first Student of the Month Breakfast on Thursday (10/20). Thank you to Mrs. Anderson, Ms. Pittner, Mrs. Rogness, and Mr. Williams for presenting this month. Congratulations to this month's recognition recipients.
Kate Lendobeja Mika Bush Grace Hutchinson Hunter Kutz
Cash Stewart Raschel Taylor Cabo Cittadino Abby Walsh
Carelli Cup Update
After 2 events last Friday, the race for the Carelli Cup became even more interesting. At this time the 7th graders are holding on to a slim lead, while the 8th and 6th graders are charging hard for 2nd place. The standings are below. The next event will be at our End of 1st Quarter Assembly on Thursday, 11/3 (we'll start at about 2:15 or so).
Standings:
7th Grade - 20
8th Grade - 14
6th Grade - 14
Fire Drill in October
We will be having another fire drill coming up sometime before the end of October. As always, please be sure that each of your sections understand the procedures for either fire, tornado, hold, or lockdown situations. Please let me know if any questions arose after the last fire drill.
Halloween Dance 10/28
The PAD Parent's Club will be sponsoring their annual Halloween Dance for our students. The Elementary Dance will be from 6:00 to 7:30, and the Middle School Dance will run from 7:30 to 9:00. The group asked if any teachers would be willing to attend and help chaperone, while joining in on the fun. If you are interested, there will be free pizza and drink waiting for you. Visit this SITE to sign up.
Twitter Find of the Week
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8 issues that can arise in whole-class discussions (& how to remedy them): http://edut.to/2digjDP .
Duty Next Week
Bus - Pittner
Data
Building Goal Update
Unexcused Tardies (through 6 weeks of Quarter 1)
16-17 - 69 students - 190 total
15-16 - 97 students - 300 total
14-15 - 76 students - 153 total
Attendance Rates (through 6 weeks of Quarter 1)
16-17 - 96.39%
15-16 - 96.36%
14-15 - 95.87%
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