Week of September 8th, 2014
Announcements
Successful First Days. The first two days of school went of without a hitch thanks to all the hard work and planning of everyone in our school. In each and every classroom, I saw richly resourced rooms with kids who were eager to learn. All of the assemblies kicked off the year and set the tone for expectations and aspirations. When I touched base with each of you, there was definitely apprehension, but the normal first day stuff, which was ultimately eclipsed by the excitement of having the girls back. Congrats to Ms. Pamela in her first day as High School Dean and Ms. Colleen on her first day as Director of School Operations. These are two roles with big demands, particularly on the first days of school, and they both were amazing!
Initial Planning Conferences. During our initial planning conferences, we'll be talking about many things. These first observations will be baseline data for you, and you can choose whether or not to include them in your formal evaluations. As an AP in training, I've asked Colleen to join me on these meetings and observations. If you would rather your meetings just be me, that's perfectly fine! Just email me to let me know and I will make it so! Here's our agenda
- Review Goals & Objectives from End of Year Conferences
- Set Goals for This Year
- Review Teacher Final Ratings & Go Over Teacher Qs
- Review MOSL options and Questions
- Review LC Rubrics & Danielson Indicators
- Review MOTP Options and Make Observation Selection
- Teacher selected topics
First Grade Team and PD Meetings. Our first full staff monthly PD is on Monday. Please meet in room 409 promptly at 2:45PM to begin. We'll start by introducing the PD Pod structure and social norms. Then we'll break into grade team meetings to further discuss. In preparation for Monday's PD, please watch Cynthia's lecture on Social Connections: Revisiting Classroom Management and Discipline (login using kiris@uainstitute.org with password uailc283). Also read The Social Norms and Classroom Environment rubrics.
Important Dates
- Tuesday, 09SEP14. MOSL Committee meeting after school in room 301.
- Thursday, 11SEP14. First Cabinet Meeting in room 403
- Friday, 12SEP14. DRP Administration during 3rd & 4th Period.
- Tuesday, 16SEP14. UAI Hosts LC Leads Professional Development Day for Code Blue Leads
- Wednesday, 17SEP14. MOSL Selections Due
- Friday, 19SEP14. First High School Dance
- Tuesday, 23SEP14. Girls Inc After School Fair in the Cafeteria
- Tuesday, 23SEP14 and Wednesday, 24SEP14. High School Benchmark testing.
- Thursday, 25SEP14 and Friday 26SEP14. Rosh Hashanah. NO SCHOOL
No new per session postings this week
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