In the Loop
McDowell School News 1.22.16
What's Up?
Bus Duty - 1/25-1/29
Evans - EW Office
Wilkins - Kickball Field
Upcoming..........
2/12/16 - Valentine Parties 2:30-3:30PM
Important Dates
2/17 - Jesse Ruben Community Concert @ 7:00PM @ HMS Auditorium. Ticket sale information coming.
2/18 - Jesse Ruben McDowell visit in the morning. Concert at EW from 1:15PM-2:15PM
More information to follow.
Birthdays - None this week
GENTLE REMINDERS
- For the remainder of the year we are going to incorporate some professional development in our staff meetings. Kristen Evans has created a survey via Survey Monkey which you should have received (certified staff). This will give you the opportunity to rank some areas of interest to you. In the comment section please include areas of interest not listed. In February, I will be in contact with you if you are needed at the planning meeting.
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In addition, please invite me to the next PLC meeting where the agenda is data. (See Below)
Importantly, I want to attend the meeting where the area bolded is discussed.
7.12 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
Time will be included in the MBU (teachers’) work day that will provide for collaboration, monitoring of data and other activities focused on improvement in student performance. Professional Learning Community (“PLC”) time may be used for professional development or training with approval of the Building Principal. One (1) PLC meeting per month will be dedicated to analysis of student data (individually or collectively in small group).
The MBUs will share with the PLC a summary of the data analyzed, observations regarding the data, and impact on instruction.
Finally, if you are in the full OTES model; meaning you have had the observation already, it is time to schedule your final observation. Please schedule with ME this week if at all possible for the observation to occur before Bissextile Day. (first teacher who responds with the meaning of Bissextile Day gets a free Starbucks)
If you have not been observed this year, your time is also coming! Please schedule a half hour observation with ME to be completed in March 2016.
This, that, and, of course, the other
- ELA Testing Schedule:
4/26, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29 - ELA Testing
5/3 - AIR MATH
5/5, 5/6 - Testing Make-ups - I am attaching a link regarding a student from McDowell who is now a 4th grader. We just found out that Nick Marez had open heart surgery this week. He was featured on the news as a "pint sized hockey player" recently having heart surgery. Take a look.
For enjoyment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTRmyXX6ipU
Oddly, I have had trouble opening this but I sent to my home account and it opened. Not sure what's up, there is nothing inappropriate in the video????