Article of the Week
"Start the Year with Collaboration"
More and more educational research points to student to student discourse as a major component of making learning stick for students. The article this week discusses strategies for making this an effective part of any classroom routine. The sound of students engaged in thoughtful dialogue about the intended lesson is the music that makes the school setting magical.
Hattie's Mindframe Focus
Mindframe #4: I see assessment as feedback about my impact
Feedback has a high-impact influence on learning (Hattie, 2009)as teachers give students valuable information about how well they are performing in their learning journeys and what their next steps should be. However, it is important that this process is reciprocal and that teachers use information about their students’ learning as feedback on the impact of their teaching.
Hattie notes that from the age of 8, children are good at predicting the scores they will get in tests. They then perform to their own expectations. So, for any assessment situation, whether formative or summative, we should be asking ourselves what the results can tell us about the impact of our teaching, and most importantly, what we are going to do next?
Grades Posted in IC for mid-quarter
After 3 weeks into the 1st quarter, it is time to turn our attention to posting mid-quarter grades for the standards that students have been working in so far. Please have student progress grades posted by next Monday (10/2) morning. As a reminder, posted grades should reflect what the recent evidence suggests student knowledge/performance in relation to the rubric, is at this point in time. Posted grades should be updated from here on out as the quarter progresses. If you have any questions about this process, please send me a note to meet to discuss further.
Google Read and Write
Mr. Fischer shared a document that highlights the Google Read and Write tool. This is a tool that will be accessible for all students. It is a powerful tool that can be used in either google docs or websites. More on this tool to come.
Important...Must Complete!!
All employees must be sure that the following three items are complete:
-Employee Handbook Form signed and returned
-Online Health Assessment completed following biometric screening
-Bloodborne Pathogens video viewed and quiz passed
If you have not completed any of the above, please move these items to the top of your priority list.
IE Groups
IE groups will shift slightly in 7th and 8th grades starting on Monday. Please review the updated IE Schedule and share with students prior to IE on Monday.
Fire Drill this Week
We will be having a fire drill sometime this week. Please review the fire exit procedures with all of your students.
Watch DOGS
The elementary school has started a Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) program. The program invites dads into our school for a day to give students more positive male role models in their school experience. We had our first Watch DOG here last week, and we have many more on the schedule. Our first Watch DOG had a great day, and so did the students. If you see a male walking around our building with a white shirt on with the Watch DOG logo, that is what this is all about.
Duty Next Week
Bus - Hazard
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