Welcome Back Staff Meeting

August 2013

Thank You!!

Thank you for all your hard work with S.S. curriculum development this summer

Thank you to the summer reading camp teachers who helped extend the school year

Thank you for your flexibility as we put the final touches on this year’s schedule and as we make decisions about when to start switching for groups

Everyone’s room looks FANTASTIC!

What can I take away?

Again no recess or lunch duty this year

No milk charts to keep track of

Any other things that seem like a waste of time or are redundant?

Do you like scheduling your own MAP or would you prefer to have a schedule?

To Do

Please write/type the standard #’s on your lesson plans for reading, math, science, and s.s.

P.E. will need to include any health standards covered

Please put P.E./Health on your schedules

Please sign-up for school beacon and also reminders 101 text to 314-720-8825 in the msg. type @teacherrem

Please continue to log behavior in PowerSchool I will retrain with grades 3-6 during recess

L to J

Everything same as last year

Here are your All Time Best notes for the bulletin board as well as personal bests stickies

Take some time to come up with a really good celebration that can be done publically so everyone can enjoy it

Homework

Respectful assignments

Consistency

Student Council

Consists of sixth grade students.

Students campaign during August. Their campaign should be based on one of the 8 keys that they feel is their strongest trait.

Present their campaign to students in the little gym (mornings before school)

Election to be held first of September

Student Recognition

Continue Pup of the Week

A.R. will be determined by student council so nothing formal here at first

I will also have students begin helping with announcements in the morning

I will announce any kind of pat on the back that you would like to give to students

Student recognitions will go on the website

NeSA Test Scores

2012Read Math SciNot/Met %

Not/Met%

Not/Met%

3rd 24/76 33/67

4th 43/57 36/64

5th 19/81 10/90 24/76

6th 27/74 31/70

7th 48/52 33/67

8th 37/63 33/67 44/56

11th 32/69 58/42 42/58

2013Read Math SciNot/Met %

Not/Met %

Not/Met %

3rd 10/90 31/69

4th 25/75 40/60

5th 20/80 25/75 54/46

6th 30/70 25/75

7th 30/69 22/79

8th 36/64 45/55 41/59

11th 60/40 44/56 40/60

Fidelity Checks

We will continue to video

We will be looking for opportunities for you to offer feedback to each other

I will be offering feedback

My goal is quality control Instruction/feedback occurring any time

students are in your room (even study hall)

Increased emphasis on what students are doing

Table of Specs and DOK

Information from Roxanne on her experiences using the Table of Specs and DOK

Using these tools to help with lesson planning

http://www.education.ne.gov/assessment/index.html

Field Trips

Mark down your top 3 choices for STUHR and turn those into me.

I will schedule the trips and then give you confirmation on date and time.

Be sure to turn in the field trip form in your binders to Sue Bombeck!! She will need to know for lunch purposes.

I would like all field trips scheduled ASAP