And the Oscar for best teacher, assistant and dancers goes to....
Allison, Margie & Gold Rush Elementary School! Yahoo!
March 2014
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Reminders
• Please be aware that our SPED teachers and aides will be proctoring TCAP the next two weeks, which will affect the services they are able to provide. Thank you for your understanding!
• See a description of the professional development sessions offered this week. If anyone would be willing to have the Restorative Practices session in your classroom please let Libby know.
• Parent/teacher conferences are Thursday, March 13th, and Tuesday, March 18th.
• TCAP dates:
March 4, 5, 6, 11 & 12 - 3rd Grade Writing & Math
March 4, 5, 6, 11 & 12- 4th & 5th Grade Reading, Writing & Math
March 17-20 - Make Ups
March 17-20 - Make Ups
Opportunities
Educational programming at the PACE center is offering two student matinees: Dokto Kaboom (science) on March 9 and Junie B. Jones (literature) on March 20th. If you are interested please contact Kirstin Fletcher at kfletcher@parkeronline.org.
Go For the GOLD!
• Thank you to all of our EAs who helped prep our TCAP books!
• Thank you Karen O’Day for hosting indoor recess!
Happy Birthday!
Janet Hurley – March 5th
Kelli Hanrahan – March 7th
Golden Nuggets!
Lounge Duty: Steckler/Woolums Friday Treats: SPED/SPED EAs
Morning Announcements: Hawk
Morning Supervision: Shepperd, Marchese, Nelson, Braden, Hurley, Brands
Remember your lovely orange vest!
Professional Development Sessions Offered this Week
4 Cs rubrics & Implementation:
Kristi Barta @8:15 on Tuesday @ Gold Mine Rm.
Share teacher and student friendly 21st century rubrics and simple ways to implement them in the classroom.
Restorative Practices
Libby Bergner @8:15 on Wednesday - location TBD.
Learn how you can use Restorative Practices proactively to build classroom and school community. Learn how to incorporate affective statements and questions when communicating and collaborating with students, staff, and families.
Leadership Team Notes
Budget Information:
What we are
working with:
* 665 student allocation versus 725 * About 223,000 (3 teachers)
* Increased cost per teacher
* .2 reduction in school psychologist* Unable to provide
additional time per district
* .5 reduction in district funding for our assistant
principal
Goal:
* Preserve as many staff as possible as people
have the greatest impact on student achievement
Proposal:
* Small class size
o K = 29 (full day), 24 (2)
o 1 = 25 (4)
o 2 = 24 (4), 25 (1)
o 3 = 23 (4), 24(1)
o 4 = 24 (4), 25(1)
o 5 = 23 (4), 24 (1) * Difficult Class
* Continued Specials: Art, Music, PE, Tech
* 1 Fulltime AP
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Assessment Days vs. Goal Setting:
* Consider two assessment days two weeks into the school year rather than two goal setting days
* This would allow us to assess students more efficiently and avoid sub days
* Consider having students meet the teacher the Friday before the first week of school from 2-4PM followed by an ice cream social
* Teacher can have small groups of students come in on the assessment days to complete the DRA and AIMsweb
School Schedule:
* We are considering a 2 hour uninterrupted literacy block in the AM for K-2 and the same 2 hour afternoon block for 3-5 in the afternoon to better serve special education students.
