TO DO:
Our County partners in suicide prevention ask you to take a moment to review our internal protocol regarding suicide or attempted suicide.
Information:
We kicked off our first Disciplinary Literacy training this Monday with almost 50 middle and high school teachers. So far, the feedback has been positive! If you or your teachers have constructive input about how Dean and his team (Jackie and Alex) can improve the next training, please let them know! It is important that our teachers walk away feeling supported and prepared with strategies that support reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in EVERY content area! To keep you in the loop, Dean prepared this handy Disciplinary Literacy Talking Points doc. It provides a summary of the concepts and strategies discussed in the Oct 14 training and some questions ADMINISTRATORS can ask these teachers to keep thinking about and implementation of these practices moving forward. Your role as an instructional leader in this work is essential!
In August we agreed on the HS Individual Teacher Work Time SIW Dates. After further clarification with our Collective Bargaining Team, we have removed the June SIW date. In short, you gained one more SIW to use for building activities! Here are the dates: Sept 11, Oct 2, Nov 6, Dec 4, Jan 29, Feb 19, March 4, April 1, and May 6. Please treat this time like you would a workday. In other words, administrators can not set meetings on those days.
I have appreciated hearing about the School Design Plan work you are doing with your staff and the particular focus on closing the gaps we see between our historically underserved and served! Here are the SDP Templates: Future Ready, Thriving Citizen, Academic Excellence for you to record the work of your team.
Calendar:
10/21-HS Admin Meeting 7:00am @ MHS* – The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle. We are going to spend time discussing the first three chapters of the book at this meeting.
10/31-HS Principal Meeting 7:00 Jackson’s Corner eastside
11/18-HS Admin Meeting 7:00am @MVHS – The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle. We are going to spend time discussing chapters 4-6 of the book at this meeting.