New Gym Construction
- Assuming permitting all works as planned our start date is Wednesday November 1st.
- Once we start, the parking lot and the entire west side of the school will be fenced.
- We will work with the contractors to keep an open lane to Brad’s office for deliveries.
- We currently have one space already marked as handicapped parking. The rest of those spaces should also be reserved for temporary parking only.
- Once the fence is up, our access to and from the front and back of the school will be limited. Our path of access shifts to the east side of the school.
Lockdown Drill – Lockdown; Locks, Lights, Out of Sight
We will be holding an annual lockdown drill next week on Wednesday morning. During this drill please do the following;
- Listen for the announcement.
- As you move to lock your door, calmly instruct students to hide away from the door.
- Close your door blind. Do not worry about closing your window blinds.
- Turn off the lights.
- Stay out of sight with your students.
- Throughout the drill provide some explanation for why we are practicing this drill to your students that is appropriate for their age.
Shoshone Visit
The link below will take you to the schedule. Please ignore the notes on the side as those are my reminders.
Conferences
I hope you all enjoyed smooth conferences. I am curious to hear what you got out of these conferences. What did you learn? Were there any surprises? Were there any disappointments? Is there a conversation you wish you could redo? If you are feeling up to it, please have a conversation with me and respond to some or all of these questions.
Message from Dave Van Loo regarding easyCBM colors.
Recently we updated the colors assigned to different levels of student performance in easyCBM. These updates better reflect linkages between easyCBM CCSS benchmark measures and Smarter Balanced assessments. Colors from prior years were potentially confusing or misleading because they were based on the older OAKS assessments and easyCBM assessments, rather than the newer CCSS-aligned assessments.
Current color codings are:
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Green (70th percentile and above): Students performing at this level are very likely to meet grade level standards as measured on Smarter Balanced.
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Red (20th percentile and below): Student performance at this level is in the bottom 20% nationally. These are the students needing the most substantial support.
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Above Red – Below Yellow (21st – 69th percentile): This is a “strategic” zone with a wide range. For context, roughly half of students at the 50th percentile are expected to meet grade level standards on Smarter Balanced. Obviously, students performing closer to the 70th percentile are more likely to do well on Smarter Balanced and students closer to the 20th percentile are more likely to struggle.
Data from easyCBM are intended to be one piece of information to assist schools in making thoughtful decisions about their instructional practices and resource allocation. Please let me know what questions you have.
2017-2018 TAG Update
This info was shared via email earlier but it’s linked here for future reference.
Math Thoughts
The following article is another spin on integrating growth mindset into what we do, not just say. We have incredibly powerful evidence of the impact of feedback versus grades and yet there is little change to our system. What’s the difference between engaging in problem-solving versus just solving a problem? Learn more in this quick article and have a little fun reflecting on the content.
How to Integrate Growth Mindset Messages Into Every Part of Math Class
Catherine Good has experienced stereotype threat herself, although she didn’t know it at the time. She started her academic…
Read it on ww2.kqed.org
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