Week of March 27th

UAI Staff News

Volume IV

Issue 27

Week of March 27th, 2017

This Week's Memories

Student Led Conferences are Almost done! By the end of the day on Friday, 50% of our students' families joined us for SLCs.  We will be using PD time on Monday (3-4:20PM) and this week's parent outreach will be used on Tuesday (3:00-4:15PM - so for this week, the 8min of calls will be folded into Tuesday) to complete SLCs.  All SLCs are scheduled with parents for 3PM.  The main office will work to make sure they filter traffic to you so that you are not doubled up for parent conferences.  Teachers who have completed SLCs and/or have none scheduled can use Monday and Tuesday time for independent work.  Click here and see the tab "SLCs for Mon & Tue" to see your schedule.

To Do's for this Week

[Week of 27MAR17] Re-establishing Ready To Learn.  Starting on Monday, deans will be visiting classrooms to remind students of school rules and expectations around headgear and electronics. Deans will be at the doors and at entry to help students prepare.  However, inevitably, students do slip by, particularly when hundreds of them are entering at the same time in the morning!  We need teachers to uphold school rules in classrooms.  Students must remove headgear and electronics must be turned off and put away.  Deans will be visiting classrooms this week to announce ready to learn guidelines and to assist teachers in developing strategies for helping students to follow school rules. Please do reach out for help if you need it.  Ignoring students who are breaking the rules can lead to bigger problems for everyone.  If we work together to conquer the small tasks, we can proactively avoid big problems.

[MP5 and Failing Students].  Conferences & Action Plans.  For all students who are failing your class and/or who have less than 90% attendance to your class, you will need to make a plan, with check-in points,  for her to turn failure around and end the year on a positive note.  Please schedule conferences with students and work with the students to establish clear, measurable goals that include specific dates for follow-up.  Here are some example student goals, 

• By April 7th, I will be on time to class at least 90% of the time (i.e. not late or absent more than once). 
• For next 10 days of class, I will complete at least 9 out of 10 classwork assignments in class.
• For the next summative assessment, I will score at least a 65%

In addition to the goal, you will need to create an action plan.  First, understand what is getting in the way of the student achieving her goal.  Is it social, is it organization?  What is the plan to address the hurdle (moving seat, setting up reminders in their phone)?  And how will she monitor progress (daily trackers, weekly trackers, peer or parent check ins)...

We don't teach students lessons through failure.  Rather, we help students learn how to be successful by overcoming failure.  This marking period is the last real marking period that students can explore and learn to master this lesson.  To help them do this, frequent check-ups with the student and her home will be necessary.  Please log calls and outcomes into Skedula as these will also serve as your record of intervention (AIS) for failing students.  Without Skedula documentation, there is no evidence of your intervention work.  So please make sure to follow through on this very important step!

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