Week of April 15th

UAI Staff News

Volume VI

Issue 32

April 15th, 2019

(31 Instructional Days Remaining)

Announcements

Deputy Superintendent Visit.  Our visit with Deputy Superintendent Debbie Afanadour was a good one!  While we didn't get any specific feedback, yet, she was generally impressed with our classroom practice, our school community, and our growth and achievement.  The work we are doing around bias was particularly aligned to the goals of our Affinity Superintendency.  Being able to share the work we've done all year around this was a particular high point.  One particular piece of feedback that she left with us was how impressed she was with the teacher team meeting with Zach, Suzannah, and Kelly.  They did an amazing job showing how we think about and approach lesson planning.  Many thanks to all we visited (I'll be sharing individual feedback with you guys in emails)!  Many thanks to everyone who put their best on display for that day!

Spring Break is Almost Here.  By Thursday, we will have completed 40 uninterrupted days of instruction!  It was a long 8 weeks, but we did it!!  When we return from break, May will be upon us, and before you know it, we'll be out for summer!  This Thursday we will be doing a rapid dismissal at 2:20PM.  There will be no after school on Thursday.

Staff Out This Week

• Monday 15APR:  
• No One

• Tuesday 16APR: 
• Kiri Out - UA Principals' Meeting

• Wednesday 17APR:  
• Danielle Ro, Kelly P, and Judy - Trip to DC
• Brodie leaves early - LEAP PD
• Jennifer JR out - personal business

• Thursday 18APR: 
• No One

To Do This Week

Monday PD.  This Monday will be our next session on understanding bias in our classrooms.  We will be continuing the work we started last Monday, integrating the feedback we got from folks to incorporate more time for discussion.  We'll all meet together in 409 at 3PM. Here's the plan

• Monday, 15APR19.  Understanding the Impact of Our Biases in Our Classrooms
• Monday, 29APR19.   Strategies to Limit the Impact of Bias in the Classroom
• Monday, 06MAY19.  Monthly Grade Team Meetings and Planning for May 9th Conferences
• Monday, 13MAY19.  Planning to Limit the Impact of Bias in Our Classrooms Part I
• Monday, 20MAY19.  Planning to Limit the Impact of Bias in Our Classrooms Part II

Tuesday Outreach.  May 9th is our next parent conference.  That conference will be focused on meeting with students who are failing as of MP5.  MP5 ends on Thursday, and report cards will be due the Wednesday we return.  Please use Tuesday time to contact any students that are currently failing your class.  Please use prep time this week to update Skedula so that families and students have access to their performance data in your classes.  When you contact home, here are some points to address with their families:

• How is there attendance to class?
• How well are they participating in class, what can be improved?
• How well are they performing on class assessments?  What can families do to help?
• How well are they doing on class assignments?  What can families to do help?

As a reminder,  for Promotion In Doubt records, we need to document our interventions.  Your contact home is part of that intervention.  Please make sure to enter your outreach into Skedula.  

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