Team Talk
The Road To Distinctions Week Of January 11, 2016
Culture and Climate
On the other hand, climate consist of the sharing of ideas, collaboration, egalitarianism, practicality, acceptability, readiness, realistic approach, and innovation.
So identifying a school culture is a complex undertaking. Culture is the most powerful leverage for bringing about change in a school, or for any organization for that matter.
School climate is the communication of its norms, beliefs, and values through various behaviors and interactions of staff, administration, students, support staff, and the outside community.
Why is school culture so important? What research tells us:
"Positive learning can only take place in a positive culture. A healthy school culture will affect more student and teacher success than any other reform or school improvement effort currently being employed".
We have recently received our climate survey results from the fall semester. In the coming weeks we will do some sense making of the results of the survey in an effort to take our campus to the next level, the earning of distinctions.
Effort
Go Mustangs!
Girl Power Symposium
Adult Learning
It's always good for teachers to see their colleagues best practices. Others will be called upon in the future to share more best practices.
Thank you!
"I Am Roosevelt, The Power of One"
Do your actions embody our core beliefs, values, and vision?
Values:
Sense of urgency
Commitment
Development of the craft
Vision
Franklin D. Roosevelt will improve the quality of instruction for all scholars by committing to developing, supporting, and monitoring systems that will transform our community to embody a culture that leads our scholars to college and post- secondary success.
Spot Observation Look For's
Classroom doors should be unlocked and open to allow us to enter your classrooms for observations with minimum distractions. Also, list the SE that is aligned with the lesson objective for the day.
Test time will be her before we know so lets make the best use of our time.
Time is not our friend.
- Good First Instruction
- LO/DOL alignment matching the TEKS/SE
- Student engagement
- Maximizing of instruction
It is suggested that you continue to review the rubric not just for the spot observation indicators, but domain 2.4 checking for academic understanding and 2.6 for activating higher order thinking skills.
Parent Conference Night
Monday January 11th is parent conference night. A light snack will be provided for teachers directly after school in the Mustang Cafe. If your classroom is on the second floor, third floor, or basement you will meet your parents in the cafeteria.
Teacher of The Month
Help me in congratulating Ms. Moore as our teacher of the month. When you see her, give her a pat on the back.
Attendance Matters
As we begin the second semester keep in mind that the best chance for the success of our school is you. Teacher and student attendance is critical to our success. Please make every effort to be in attendance and report chronically absent students to the administrative team to allow the attendance committee to intervene.
In addition, please submit your attendance every period every day. We lose funding when attendance is not submitted.
Pathway To Impact
This week's PLC's will be a continuation from last week. This week we will extend to include academic vocabulary as well as test distractors to better prepare our campus for success.
Your on time arrival is appreciated and expected.
Thanks!
Let's continue to blaze a pathway that will have a profound impact for our scholars.
Key Action 1
Improve the quality of Instruction and increase student achievement through effective and purposeful lesson planning. (Linked to district key action# 2. Implement the TEI system, tying teacher evaluations to student achievement results).
Key Action 2
Key Action 3
Biology Goal
Algebra I Goal
Algebra I re-tester Goal
English Re-testers Goal
English I Goal
English II Goal
Happening Now
1-11 B Day
Parent conference night 4:00-8:00 lite snack will be provided.
Report Cards issued
Spot Observations
PLC's
1-12 A Day
Spot Observations
PLC's
SRI Testing
1-13 B Day
Spot Observations
PLC's
1-14 A Day
Spot Observations
PLC's
ILT Meeting PLC Room 4:30-5:15
1-15 B Day
Spot Observations
No PLC's
As new events arise they will be added.
Coming up
1-18
MLK Day No School
1-19 A Day
Spot Observations
PLC
1-20 B Day
Spot Observations
PLC
Mock EOC Test 5 hour window English I
1-21
Spot Observations
PLC
Mock EOC Test 5 hour window English II
1-22
Spot Observations
No PLC