EBISS meetings next week
We made some changes to our upcoming EBISS meetings, so please be sure to check the calendar.
We tend to cover a lot of material in these meetings, but I would like to encourage you to narrow down the scope just a bit and stay focussed on the following;
- Are we providing the right instruction/intervention for the students in question?
- Are those students making adequate or better progress?
- If the answer is “no” to either question, then what will we change?
Campus Safety
Understandably, there is a microscope on campus safety right now. I asked Scott Bojanowski (our district safety coordinator) to come observe our school at a few different times to provide some feedback for us. Scott was very complimentary of our school culture and it seemed clear to him that everyone in very much in tune with keeping our campus secure and safe without making it feel like a locked-down prison. Based on the layout of our school, number of doors and gates, he feels like we have a good system for our start and end of the day and it seems apparent our parents respect that system well.
I also want to point out the district provided a one-page “IN AN EMERGENCY, WHEN YOU HEAR IT. DO IT.” document which should be posted by your desk or door. It is a great simple document describing the variety of responses for emergency situations. If you no longer have this document, please let me know so we can get more.
Off campus for Ensworth visit on Monday
On Monday I will be off campus in the morning for a visit to Ensworth as part of my commitment to our Design Team Trio (Ensworth, Pine Ridge and us). I should be back by lunch time and I a not that far away.
Mini-Observations
As my calendar continues to fill up I am finding it really challenging to keep my classroom time focused on math time. In order to give myself a fair shot at completing my minis on schedule I will be using other content areas as mini opportunities. I will continue to take notes on most all my class visits and if you can help me with finding a good time to have a follow up conversation about the learning, I’d appreciate it.
If you are due for your evaluation this year, then you will need to complete the self-reflection in the TalentEd program. I would appreciate it if you could put this on your radar to complete soon after spring break. If you have questions about this please see me or send me a quick note.
Latino Family Night
Wednesday night I attended the district Latino Family Night Information Night. These events are intended to provide more information about choice options, course options, and other resources in the district available to all families. This is the second time we, as a district have attempted these outreach efforts however it still did not feel like it was effective at providing solid information on magnet schools. The good news is this; I shared an idea (Marieka’s idea) with a few other folks about creating a different fair-type of format and they were on-board with the idea. I’m looking forward to our next opportunity to share our school in a way that might prove more effective in generating connection
Health Curriculum
If you would be interested in joining a district team to review and select a district health curriculum please let me know. Skip Offernhauser will be leading a team on this task starting this spring.
Visiting Teachers
I know this is a little early but I would like to put this on your radar now. We will have some more teachers visiting us from Sherwood on Monday, May 21st. They plan to drive out on the 20th stay the night and then spend the day here. I am hoping we can provide another restructured day to allow them to see several grade levels and classrooms throughout the visit.
Yearbook Reminder
This is a reminder to be thinking about your class yearbook photos.
Please put them in the google folder before April 2nd.
Here is a link to the google folders for yearbook pictures.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14JMuQ68jWPUQ9d6bxlOexhQVSTfyFPPN?usp=sharing
Calendar
Please take a moment to glance at the calendar. – Calendar Link