September 2015

This Week

Tuesday
* Director visits classrooms - Focus on evidence of the GVCs

Wednesday

* 8:00-8:50 All staff lockdown training @ Gold Mine Rm

* 9:20-9:30 Lockdown drill

Thursday

* 8:00-3:30 Jenny admin meeting

* 8:30-8:50 Assistance with Mandatory Trainings @ Gold Mine Room

Friday

* Deadline: Enter DRA into IC

* 8:30-8:50 Assistance with Mandatory Trainings @ Gold Mine Room
* 9:30-10:30 K-2 Harlem Ambassadors Anti-bullying Assembly
* 10:30-11:30 3-5 Harlem Ambassadors Anti-bullying Assembly

Reminders:

• Certified Staff - Please upload the following items in InspirED when you've completed them: 1) year long grade level curriculum document completed our first week back in August 2) DRA data collection document with student goal setting & parent communication.  Please see Jenny, Kristi or Libby for help uploading documents. 

• All staff will need to complete the mandatory trainings to be in compliance with policies (district and statewide.) Here is the Link for the mandatory trainings.  Here is information on how to sign up for the abuse and neglect course:

Registering for the Abuse & Neglect Course

1. Sign up for this class in InspirEd under our building session.
2. The staff member registers for the Child Abuse & Neglect Mandatory Reporting  under their building session
1. Search for #736 in the InspirED search engine.  Look for the staff member specific building session.
3. Submit a screenshot and/or printed copy verifying completion of the quizzes and provide this documentation of completion to principal and/or assistant.

The process for completing the other mandatory training classes, Respect at Work and Standard Response Protocol, has not changed.  They may still be accessed through the links provided on the PD website or through the link to mandatory trainings above.

• Please make sure your August paycheck is correct in Workday.

• If you are interested in serving on our RtI committee, please let Libby or Stephanie Brown know. RtI meetings are held Friday mornings at 8:15.

Go For the Gold

• Thank you to all of the teachers who participated in our three-legged race!

• Thank you Karen Warner for letting us use the gym for the assembly!

• Thank you Abbey Lewis for offering to supervise our band/orchestra students!

Happy Birthday

Janis Panico – September 3^rd

Rochelle Evans – September 3^rd

Megan Fleet – September 4^th

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:             Meredith/Schwartz              Friday Treats:  Kindie/Preschool

Morning Announcements:  Lautenbach

Morning Supervision: Martino, Woolums, Schwartz, Hurley, Peters, Holtzer

Leadership Team Notes:

* Please see your leadership team representative for additional information.

August / September 2015

This Week

Monday

* Start Schedule Goal Setting Meetings

Wednesday

* 8:00-8:55 Leadership Team Mtg.

* Staff Development (Job Embedded): Scoring DRAs Consistently & Student Goal Setting

   - Bring your completed DRA Assessment google doc 

Friday

* 2:40-3:00 Digger Dash Assembly (Grades 3-5)

* 3:10-3:30 Digger Dash Assembly (Grades K-2)

* 5:00-7:00 Western Night

Reminders

• Please sign up for a goal setting time with either Janis (if Jenny is your evaluator) or Libby.

• If your class enters the building through the the front doors after extra recess, please make sure the double doors are closed after all students have entered the building.

• All reading data should be entered into your google document by staff development this Thursday and IC by September 4^th. If you need help with this see Kristi, Libby or Janet.

• There is a change in field trip pricing this year. The new online planner will be on the website for reference. In addition to $50 per hour per bus, there is a $1.78 per mile charge.

• If you are interested in serving on our RtI committee, please let Libby or Stephanie Brown know. RtI meetings are held Friday mornings at 8:15.

• All staff will need to complete the mandatory trainings to be in compliance with policies (district and statewide.) Here is the Link for the mandatory trainings.

Digger Dash Assembly

Our Digger Dash assembly will be this Friday, August 28^th. Here is the schedule:

2:40-3:00 Grades 3 – 5

3:10-3:30 Grades K-2

Opportunities

• If you are interested in supervising the band students in the mornings for a stipend, please let Libby know.  There is a stipend for this position.

• If you are interested in being the teacher representative for our SAC committee, please let Jenny know.  We meet 4 times a year with parents to share our work.

Go For the Gold

• Thank you for a successful Back to School night! The time you put into preparing is appreciated!

• Thank you Stephanie Braden for all of your help last week!

• Thank you Karen Petty for emptying the dishwasher!

• Thank you everyone for helping make our assessment days run smoothly!

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:             Castro/Russell                       Friday Treats:  Office Staff

Morning Announcements:  Rayens

Morning Supervision: Moore, Graham, Berry, Simpson, Wilson, Hawk

Certified Staff Only
1) Goal Setting Meetings

Please schedule an initial goal setting meeting with Janis.  Goal setting meetings will take approximately 40 minutes and should be completed by September 4.  In additional to our school goals of creating and implementing performance based assessments and aligning assessments and instruction to World Class Outcomes, we would like you to come with one personal goal in mind.  Together we will define your goal and action steps.

2) Selecting Your Rubric in Inspired Ed

Please select your CITE rubric in InspirEd so that we can enter your goals.

* Go to the District website. 

* Under the A-Z tab click I for InspirED and bookmark this page.

* Login using your regular user name and password

* Your profile should be displayed.

* Click save if your accurate rubric and title are correct.

  - Classroom teachers should be listed as generalist

August /September 2015

Events This Week

Tuesday

8:30 SSN Aide Meeting @ SSN Room

9:30 Fire drill

2:00-3:00 3-5 Student Council Speeches

Wednesday

Staff Development - On Your Own: Prepare for Back To School Night & Assessment Days
3:15-3:45 4 & 5 Grade Band & Orchestra Assembly
6:00-6:30 Back to School Night Session 1
6:45-7:15 Back to School Night Session 2

Thursday
8:45-3:15 Assessment Day * Take your picture between 7:30-3:15

Friday

8:45-3:15 Assessment Day * Take your picture between 8:15 - 3:15

Reminders

• All reading data should be entered into IC by September 4^th. You will need to enter this information on a copy of the google doc that Kristi sent you by August 25th so we can set goals for students at staff development.

• Please give Libby your class list indicating who has/has not turned in their two forms by Tuesday.

• Please turn in class directory form and emergency form to the office by Wednesday.

•  If you would like the paper catalogue for Scholastic Book orders please let Elizabeth Meuli know.
• An envelope was put in your box for social committee dues. Certified is $30 and classified is $15. There is a flyer explaining what the dues are used for throughout the year.

• If you are interested in serving on our RtI committee, please let Libby or Stephanie Brown know. RtI meetings are held Friday mornings at 8:15.

• All staff will need to complete the mandatory trainings to be in compliance with policies (district and statewide.) Here is the Link for the mandatory trainings.

• Click here for recess norms.

Getting Ready for Assessment Day
Click here for the schedule and assignments for Assessment Days.  If you have questions please touch base with Libby, Kristi or Jenny.  
Teachers....

* Look through your DRA kits and make sure all books are there. If not connect with your 

   teammates to see if they have extra copies.  Its a great idea to label your books with your room 

   number.

* Review the DRA & F & P Norms that were placed in your mailbox.

* Review the exemplars in your DRA manual.

* Start gathering your students' approximate starting levels.

* Grab enough student recording sheets for your kiddos (in the workroom).

Back to School Night: 

* Discuss with your grade level team common communication points (i.e. grade level practices).

* Be sure to include the following: 

  - Provide an overview of the grade level curriculum

  - Share how to best communicate with you 

  - Share your blog

  - Share homework practices 

  - Check out math resource guides to parents 

  - General classroom and school procedures

Opportunities

• If you are interested in leading the Math Olympiad with Kristi Barta on Tuesday mornings from 8:15-9:00 please let her know. This runs from October thru spring break.

• We now have access to online resources around Project Wisdom.  These are in class lessons that accompany the morning Words of Wisdom.  If you are interested in using these materials here is how to register: 

·      Go to www.ProjectWisdom.com

·      Click on register

·      Key in the following:

·      Your Project Wisdom School ID: 18894

     School Zip code: 80134

Happy Birthday

Becky Woolums – August 19^th

Go For the Gold

• Thank you for a great first week of school! Students are so happy and love their teachers!

• Thank you Karen Warner, Kerry Dazzio, Karen Petty and Alex Roberts for planning the Go For the Gold assembly on Friday!

• Thank you Janet Hurley, Karen Warner and Alex Roberts for helping with the grade level cones!

• Thank you Anita Rudman for making additions to teacher blogs and corrections to the website in Megan’s absence!

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:             Moore/Woolums                   Friday Treats:  SPED and SPED EAs

Morning Announcements:  Dalcerri

Morning Supervision:  M. Lewis, Meier, Castro, Evans, Poli, Lautenbach

August 2015

This Week
Monday - First Day of School!
9:30 EA1 Meeting @ Office Conference Room
10:30 First Grade Lunch Recess Practice (Martino & Rossi)
10:45 First Grade Lunch Recess Practice (Lewis, McMillan Zankey)

Wednesday - No Staff Development: Time to prepare for Back to School Night / Assessment Days
Friday - Go For the Gold Assembly During Specials Time (E person attends grade level time).

Reminders

• We would like all teachers to be outside for morning supervision at 8:50 for the first week of school.

• Please turn in class directory form and emergency form to the office by Wednesday.

• If you are interested in serving on our RtI committee, please let Libby or Stephanie Brown know. RtI meetings are held Friday mornings at 8:15.

• All staff will need to complete the mandatory trainings to be in compliance with the district and state by September 30th.  Here is the Link for the mandatory trainings.

• This will be the last year for PGI classes. Stipends will only be valid through June 2016.

• If you are planning to do a club this year, please let Jenny know by Friday for budgeting purposes.

• Please remember to send your Thursday folder flyers home each week.

Help!
We are missing Edukits for Levi Dombrow and Ava Anderson.  Please send it to the office if you got it by mistake.

Ideas for Back to School Night

·      Classroom procedures

·      Overview of curriculum and what to expect

·      Homework

·      Parent volunteers

·      Checking out your Math Resource books to parents. Please assign them and let families know they are $18 to replace.

Go For the Gold Assembly

Our annual Go for the Gold assembly will be Friday, August 14^th   during regular specials time. The ‘E’ teacher will bring students during the regular grade level time. Kindergarten should schedule an alternate day/time with Jenny.

9:15 – 4^th grade

9:55 – 5^th grade

1:15 – 2^nd grade

2:35 – 1^st grade

3:15 – 3^rd grade

Go For the Gold

• Thank you for an amazing week last week! We really appreciate your hard work and dedication. Our staff ROCKS!

• Thank you Kristi for organizing our staff lunch! It was a great way to end the week!

• Thank you leadership team and office for helping to plan our first week back!

Golden Nuggets

Lounge Duty:             Graham/Meier                      Friday Treats:  No treats

Morning Announcements:  Hawk

Morning Supervision:  Everyone