There are two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n ~Albert Einstein<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 20% EBISS Day Recap<\/b><\/p>\n Thank you everyone for making our new EBISS day schedule work. \u00a0I am sure we can make some tweaks here and there to make it run more smoothly, but for our first run I think we all deserve some kudos. \u00a0If you see a part of the schedule we can do differently to gain some efficiency or improve in any way, please let me know. Some general feedback for all groups; I tried to pay close attention to the amount of time we spent talking about students in the red zone versus students other zones. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n SLGGs, Minis, Evaluations<\/b><\/p>\n As I mentioned in an earlier update, the requirements in this area are remaining similar to last year. \u00a03 min-observations for teachers in off year and 6 mini-observations for teachers in evaluation year.\u00a0 \u00a0Everyone does SLGGs.<\/span><\/p>\n Linked below is our typical SLGG form used over the past couple years; \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n SLGG Form<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n If you plan to write your own goals, the following form can be use;<\/span><\/p>\n SLGG Template<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Linked below is a quality checklist that can be used to help create the goals.<\/span><\/p>\n SLGG Quality Checklist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Deadline: Your completed SLGG forms are due to me by Friday 10\/19.\u00a0 The consequence for missing this deadline will be a public Fortnite Dance at the Fall Festival….OK not really, but that would be pretty funny!<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SRO Training<\/b><\/p>\n Just a heads up. \u00a0I submitted the following three dates for our bi-annual mandatory Standard Protocol Response training with our School Resource Officer, Jim Krueger. \u00a0I will let you know when the final date is confirmed but this is a meeting I would like all staff to attend so please put this on your radar.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Safe TOUCH<\/b><\/p>\n I need to get moving with our Safe TOUCH lessons soon. \u00a0I will hold a parent information night on; Tuesday 10\/16 5:00-6:00pm. \u00a0After that I can get started on the lessons for each classes.<\/span><\/p>\n 4 lessons, 30 minutes each. \u00a0Ideally these are 4 consecutive days, but we can be flexible if necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Design Team Updates<\/b><\/p>\n Academic Excellence<\/span><\/p>\n Thank you for a thoughtful and productive afternoon spent on math on Wednesday. \u00a0I really appreciate your openness to sharing and pushing your own limits. Your \u201clook fors\u201d will be great conversation pieces for our mini follow up conversations. \u00a0I\u2019ll do my best to capture these form the observer-perspective and share them back with you,<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1gIX5xASbuI-HJ7TnS0v2X0OjF7gKWlC7yWQESVK61EI\/edit?usp=sharing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thriving Citizen<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1GIYh-TzCfV-7swUfiq6bPWazeFz-AgBUDD360QnbgEY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Future Ready<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1idNZUUufycECXwzs90vXetuSqClEGJtmmAR1kn-zvZU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TAG Update<\/b><\/p>\n Although I have not yet received the official list from the district, I wanted to provide this list sooner rather than later to allow you time to be prepared for conferences. \u00a0Linked below you will find an updated list for students already identified for TAG, in the process of being identified, as well as students are likely to be identified since they scored in the 97th percentile or higher for SBAC in Spring. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2018-2019 TAG List (and potential TAG)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n For students who scored in the 97th %ile or better in both ELA and Math, I have already started the identification process and we should receive their purple folders soon. \u00a0For students, who have one score in the 97th or higher, we should now seek out the second piece of evidence for their identification. Ideally this will be in the form of a teacher referral (linked below). \u00a0Please see me if you have questions about this process.<\/span><\/p>\n TAG Teacher Referral<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n If you ever have a parent request testing for TAG, please be sure to let me know immediately. \u00a0Just as a reminder, our district primarily uses the following assessments for TAG identification;<\/span><\/p>\n Basic TAG Message to parents (What we do for TAG identified students.)<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe differentiate to meet the rate and level of all students in the classroom using available curriculum resources, in addition to the open-ended environment of Storyline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n TAG Parent Letter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ve also linked one of the district PEP forms below. \u00a0If you would prefer a different PEP form, please let me know, as there are several from which to choose.<\/span><\/p>\n PEP Form<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Click below to see the Highland Staff Calendar.<\/p>\n Google Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Inspiration My source of inspiration this week comes from our Mindful Educators course; stop and pay attention. \u00a0The leaves are turning colors. \u00a0The temperature is changing. 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