Hi everyone ~ We are in October already! I can’t believe it. I always look forward to October because routines and structure seem to resonate with the students and the entire school settles down a bit and begins the year.
We have a great week planned ahead of us with lots of things going on. Claire will be out tomorrow am at a training and Maria and I will be out in the afternoon at Leadership. We have a staff meeting on Tuesday to go over the Walk-A-thon and Walk ‘n Bike to School Day. SIW will be GLTs.
I want t0 touch base about evaluations for this year. We will conduct six mini-observations on each of you for the year using the same format as last year. Probationary teachers will have two formal observations and four mini-observations. The big change is that only half of staff is required to do summative evaluations at the end of the year. We will let you know who that is later. For our mini-observations, we would like to focus on growth areas you selected in your summatives from last year. Our goal is to create more meaning in the observations for the year, rather than try to cover the many standards in our evaluation process. Hence, the first post-conference conversation will be about a growth area you want to focus on. It’s OK if it doesn’t match up to your Summative evaluation, but you may want to review it from last year before we meet with you.
Primary grades, if you are interested in having a COCC Student Intern come to your class and receive hours, please contact Maria and she can arrange that.
I have noticed a lot of furniture in hallways and I would like to clean that out and clear some of the clutter. Please let Shawn know if you want to keep any of it or move back into your class. Let’s try and keep the hallways cleared and looking good.
If you are getting a warning to change your District password, the process is so simple, but necessary. Here is some helpful instructions to help with that. Password Update
Remember to check the calendar for all the daily goings-on and have a great rest of your Sunday!
Dan