The Bailey Times
February 11, 2019
Our new Playground is almost open!
I am waiting to hear back when we can start playing on it and will let you know ASAP! We have one snag and that is the spiral slide that has to be replaced due to spacing issues!
Please talk with your kids about playing on the new playground and to "respect the equipment" as well as not climbing on the green tops or jumping off the high areas, etc.!
Strategy 5: Multiple Exposures
If you want students to internalize new information, you need to expose them to it several times.
When exploring how to enhance students’ vocabulary, Robert Marzano found that it was critical for teachers to expose students to the same word multiple times. When each exposure was coupled with an explicit comment about the word and its meaning, students’ vocabulary acquisition doubled.
John Hattie picks up on the significance of multiple exposures by revealing the critical importance of techniques such as rehearsal and review. Put simply, rehearsal means going over the material until you can remember it, while review involves going over things you have learned previously.
He also stresses the merit of giving students time to practice doing the things they have learned to do. When spaced out over time, Hattie found that having students practice things led to a 26 percentile improvement in their marks.
On a more cautious note, Hattie warned that practice without feedback can be dangerous as it leads to students internalizing the wrong things.
Strategy 6: Have Students Apply Their Knowledge
Robert Marzano found that helping students apply their knowledge deepens their understanding.
Knowledge application is a deductive process whereby students apply general principles to specific case studies or problems. Marzano found that teaching students how to think deductively and giving them guided practice in doing so helps them generalize their learning beyond the particular topic or task at hand.
Hattie confirmed that deductive processes (i.e. general principle applied to a specific situation) are much more effective than inductive teaching (i.e. asking students to discover general principles from observing specific situations).
Knowledge application also involves problem-solving. Robert Marzano’s synthesis of research revealed that problem-solving had a large effect (d = 0.54) on students’ understanding. Marzano believes that problems should require students to apply previously learned knowledge and skills – and Hattie agrees.
When problem-solving is used in this way, Hattie found a similar effect size (d = 0.61) to Marzano. However, when a problem is used to stimulate discovery learning, the opposite is true (d = 0.15). Hattie also emphasized the importance of teaching students how to solve problems, e.g. understand the problem → come up with a plan of action → implement the plan → review the results.
The Wild Card - Wrapping up our Book Study at our Feb. 21st Faculty Meeting
DON'T FORGET TO TURN IN YOUR BOOK STUDY SHEET WITH YOUR DATES AND SIGNATURE AT THE BOTTOM! I NEED THIS TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE IN MLP!
Please let me hear from one of the leaders of each group to make sure that everyone is on the same page and you are clear about what the expectation is for your group! I have only heard from two groups so far!
Timeline for all Evaluations (Certificated and Classified)/Summative Conferences - Professionalism Logs - need to be working on them!
1. All 2nd-semester teacher evaluations will be completed and in TNCompass no later than April 12, 2019.
2. All Professionalism Logs are due in TNCompass by April 12th (I will send you info in an email) Conferences will be set up for all teachers during the last weeks of April and first weeks of May in order to have them completed by May 21st.
3. All Professionalism/Summative conference will be completed and in TNCompass by May 21, 2019
Classified - All evaluations for classified staff will be completed by April 29, 2019. You evaluator will be contacting you about your conference date.
Don't forget money is due by Thursday Morning! We hope to have a big turnout as a THANK YOU to CEF for all that they do for our school as well as Collierville Schools! Please give your registration stuff to Deanna Jones - It is due by Feb. 14th!
Coffee Chats 7:45 -8:45
February 12th - "Wildcard-Technology Cafe" - Open to your technology needs whether it is learning a new program, running updates, or taking technology to the next step - Moore PDR
If you would like to host a coffee chat please let me know and get on the calendar.
Take a moment and read through the articles or blogs that I have looked at this past week! Maybe one will be of interest to you!
Month at a Glance
Collierville Career Fair 4:30 - 6:00 at CHS (If you have any friends looking for jobs this is a great way to start the process of getting into Collierville)
February 12th
Wildcard-Technology Cafe" - Open to your technology needs whether it is learning a new program, running updates, or taking technology to the next step - Moore
February 15th
Parent Conferences 1:00 - 4:00
1/2 day for Students - dismiss at 12:30
February 18th
Holiday - Out of School
February 21st
Faculty Meeting @7:30 in the library - The Wildcard Presentations
February 26th and 27th
Out of Building with my Mother at Vanderbilt
February 28th
5th grade visits WCMS 9:30 - 11:00
March 1st
Battle of the Books
5th Grade BioTech Day
March 5th
PTA Meeting at 6:00 in the cafe
POP Up Book Shop
March 6th
Principal's Meeting
March 7th
CEF Trivia Teacher Night 6:00
March 8th
Vocabulary Parade
March 21st
Faculty Meeting at 7:30 in library
BSE is the focus school at the Board Meeting 6:30 at the community room at CHS
March 28th
PTA Bingo Night 6:00 Cafe
Memphis In May
March 29th
Memphis In May
April 1st - 5th
Teacher Appreciation Week
April 4th
Kindergarten Orientation Night
April 6th
Race for the Ville 7:00
April 9th
Barnes and Noble Book Fair 5:00 - 7:00