QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” ~ Julia Child
TO DOs
- Look at the HDMS calendar for any updates or events happening in the upcoming week
- Safety team- Passing period fire drill scheduled for 12/3 after 6th period; safety team will share details during the 12/3 staff meeting. The safety team is asking that teachers take one minute every class period on 12/3 to remind students of the protocol if there is fire alarm during passing period; while students will likely catch on that a drill during passing period is coming, we are not telling them the specific time.
- New round of Scrub Ins coming. Check out this link to be reminded of the ‘why’ and see who is opening their classroom and teaching practice to support sharing ideas and growth.
- Quarter two duty assignments: The quick link on the home page of the blog has been updated with quarter two duty assignments. Thanks in advance for punctually being at your duty location; staff presence throughout the school is tightly correlated with school safety. Please consider using this time to catch students doing the right thing and rewarding them with a Diamondbuck. Also, thanks for continuing to sweep the hallways during the passing period prior to your prep each day!
- Check out our new online HDMS staff store! (Thanks Gina!) Staff can order online yourselves. You can choose to have it shipped to your house or shipped to HDMS.
- Click below to see the notes from our 4 SIW Work Teams.
- Culture of Care https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mo6NtpWRnrb2XjxHQHiSOh1788u8c_Ef?usp=sharing
- Advisory team meeting notes. Next meeting: Friday, December 13th, 8:00-8:30am in foods room; all are welcome to attend.
- PBIS- team meeting notes. Next meeting: Thursday, December 5th, 8:00-8:30am in Bedell’s room; all are welcome to attend.
- AVID https://docs.google.com/document/d/12-JQy8i1CstjGpwwNOXhXaxF6mV2KdULuj_BezTzNiM/edit?usp=sharing
ADVISORY UPDATE
- 12/4: AVID binder checks; rubrics and documents will be in the Staff Google Classroom. Details will be provided during the morning staff meeting on 12/3.
- Talking points for our move to say our pledge in both Spanish and English.
- Offers a more equitable representation of our Spanish-speaking community (in the range of 300 people on campus)
- Gives an opportunity for our 160 Dual Immersion students to shine by being chosen to speak on the ‘all call’
- Provides an opportunity for our 100 Spanish 1 students to improve and apply their skills (as they listen, speak and read along)
CONTINUED CULTURE OF CARE PD
The goal of the Empathy Step is to gather information from the child about his/her concern or perspective on the unsolved problem you’re discussing (preferably proactively). For many adults, this is the most difficult part of Plan B, as they often find that they are unsure of what to ask next. So here’s a brief summary of different strategies for “drilling” for information:
ASKING ABOUT WHY THE PROBLEM OCCURS UNDER SOME CONDITIONS AND NOT OTHERS
EXAMPLE: “You seem to be doing really well in your work group in math…but not so well in your work group in social studies…what’s getting in the way in social studies?”
ASKING THE CHILD WHAT S/HE’S THINKING IN THE MIDST OF THE UNSOLVED PROBLEM
Notice, this is different than asking the child what s/he is feeling, which doesn’t usually provide much information about the child’s concern or perspective on an unsolved problem.
EXAMPLE: “What were you thinking when Mrs. Thompson told the class to get to work on the science quiz?”
AVID CONTINUED PD
WICOR, incorporates teaching/learning methodologies in the critical areas of Writing to Learn, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading to Learn.
WICOR provides a learning model that educators can use to guide students in comprehending concepts and articulating ideas at increasingly complex levels (scaffolding) within developmental, general education, and discipline-based texts.
How are you incorporating these elements into your lessons?
- W = Writing
- I = Inquiry
- C = Collaboration
- O = Organization
- R = Reading
BITS AND BOBS
- During Wednesday whole school announcements on the PA, students will now be saying our pledge in Spanish as well as English. We will alternate which language we say first each week. Please see your ICCL, Paul or I and we can give you more background info if you want.
- Please be aware of how much you are using our copiers and printers. Print Shop is the most cost efficient way to get printing done and ends up saving HDMS money! Plan ahead and use Print Shop please!
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