EAST PAULDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
January 2, 2017
Quote of the week
WHATEVER YOURS IS....ONE DAY AT TIME!
UPCOMING EVENTS
1/4 - Teacher Workday - Posting Window Closes
1/4 - Faculty Meeting & Breakfast - 8:30am - CAFE
1/4 - Mentor Meeting - 9:30 - 816
1/4 - 8th Grade Teachers HS Registration Training with Mrs. Howey - PM Meeting
1/6 - EMBRACER Data Due
1/9 - SBIT - 7:45 - 816
1/9 - MI/RI Round #2 - See Schedule Below
1/12 - FACULTY MEETING CANCELLED
1/13 - January CFA Deadline
1/13 - DATA Teams PL
1/16 - MLK Day - School Holiday
1/18 - EPMS Spelling Bee
1/18 - Fire Drill - Time TBD
1/20 - Honor Roll Celebrations
1/20 - Presidential Inauguration
1/20 - Reading Strategy PL - 816
1/24 - Leadership Team Meeting - 7:30 in 816 (Updated)
1/24 - Science Benchmark Testing Window Begins
1/26 - 8th Grade Parent Night (EPHS District) (4:45, 6:00, and 7:15)
1/27 - January Data Team Meeting Due
1/31 - EPMS FOCUS WALK
2/1 - Early Release - Faculty Meeting - 2:00
2/3 - PCSD District Spelling Bee
2/9 - Valentine's Dance 4:00-5:30
2/17 - February CFA Due
2/20-2/24 - Winter Break
1/4 - Faculty Meeting & Breakfast - 8:30am - CAFE
1/4 - Mentor Meeting - 9:30 - 816
1/4 - 8th Grade Teachers HS Registration Training with Mrs. Howey - PM Meeting
1/6 - EMBRACER Data Due
1/9 - SBIT - 7:45 - 816
1/9 - MI/RI Round #2 - See Schedule Below
1/12 - FACULTY MEETING CANCELLED
1/13 - January CFA Deadline
1/13 - DATA Teams PL
1/16 - MLK Day - School Holiday
1/18 - EPMS Spelling Bee
1/18 - Fire Drill - Time TBD
1/20 - Honor Roll Celebrations
1/20 - Presidential Inauguration
1/20 - Reading Strategy PL - 816
1/24 - Leadership Team Meeting - 7:30 in 816 (Updated)
1/24 - Science Benchmark Testing Window Begins
1/26 - 8th Grade Parent Night (EPHS District) (4:45, 6:00, and 7:15)
1/27 - January Data Team Meeting Due
1/31 - EPMS FOCUS WALK
2/1 - Early Release - Faculty Meeting - 2:00
2/3 - PCSD District Spelling Bee
2/9 - Valentine's Dance 4:00-5:30
2/17 - February CFA Due
2/20-2/24 - Winter Break
ENERGY SHUTDOWN
CONGRATULATIONS!!
We scored 100% on our Christmas Break Energy Shutdown. The only way to improve upon that is to earn 100% again in February.
Thank you for being Energy Shutdown Rock Stars!!
We scored 100% on our Christmas Break Energy Shutdown. The only way to improve upon that is to earn 100% again in February.
Thank you for being Energy Shutdown Rock Stars!!
RI/MI Screener Schedule
Round 2 is upon us! Encourage your students to take these assessments seriously. Speak to them academically and give them the "why"!
#observeme
Peter Hall and Alisa Simeral, authors of Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders, define a true professional learning community as "a collective of educators who strive to perform at their ultimate potential working together to learn, grow, and improve the professional practice of teaching in order to maximize student learning."
Begin to think of 2 or 3 things of which you would like feedback from your colleagues. A challenge will be issued during our faculty meeting on Wednesday.
Begin to think of 2 or 3 things of which you would like feedback from your colleagues. A challenge will be issued during our faculty meeting on Wednesday.
CLIMBING THE LADDER
You don't climb a ladder by skipping steps. If you try, you could miss something important that can cause you to fall. Let's begin the process of climbing this ladder....ONE STEP AT A TIME!
Absence Analysis
Below is the absence analysis for the month of December. Thank you for making your attendance a priority the month of December. This was one of our best months, and you have earned your attendance incentive. Breakfast will be provided on January 4th to welcome you into 2017!
If you earned perfect attendance jeans passes for November and you were unable to use them in December, you may use them in January!
I am proud of our staff and the priority we place on teachers being here every day!
If you earned perfect attendance jeans passes for November and you were unable to use them in December, you may use them in January!
I am proud of our staff and the priority we place on teachers being here every day!
Our SIP and Great, Every Day Practices
1. We will increase the number of students at or above Lexile levels on the Universal Screener.
2. We will increase the number of students who score proficient or higher by 10% on the EMBRACER writing protocol.
3. We will decrease the amount of students in all grades who fail 2 or more classes for the EOY average.
While we have a plan to increase student learning in specific areas; effective collaboration, planning, instruction, and assessment should be a daily focus. How are you doing in these key areas?
1. There is a connection between the activities in class to our SIP goals (specifically reading and writing).
2. There is evidence of collaboration within grade level departments. Daily snapshots are explicit and provide a clear focus.
3. A 3 part lesson model is used (opening, work session, and student led closings). Some of you communicate this on your board in the form of an agenda.
4. Students are actively engaged in a student centered learning environment. Learning is accomplished through "doing", not "sitting and getting".
5. Students understand the purpose of the EQ, how it connects to what they are doing in class, and how what they are learning is applicable in the "real world".
2. We will increase the number of students who score proficient or higher by 10% on the EMBRACER writing protocol.
3. We will decrease the amount of students in all grades who fail 2 or more classes for the EOY average.
While we have a plan to increase student learning in specific areas; effective collaboration, planning, instruction, and assessment should be a daily focus. How are you doing in these key areas?
1. There is a connection between the activities in class to our SIP goals (specifically reading and writing).
2. There is evidence of collaboration within grade level departments. Daily snapshots are explicit and provide a clear focus.
3. A 3 part lesson model is used (opening, work session, and student led closings). Some of you communicate this on your board in the form of an agenda.
4. Students are actively engaged in a student centered learning environment. Learning is accomplished through "doing", not "sitting and getting".
5. Students understand the purpose of the EQ, how it connects to what they are doing in class, and how what they are learning is applicable in the "real world".
Happy Birthday to our New Year Babies!
1-7 - Michelle Mello
1/11 - Aimee Kinzer
1/21 - Stephanie Carpenter
1/27 - Vaughn Irby
1/28 - Sandra Floyd
1/11 - Aimee Kinzer
1/21 - Stephanie Carpenter
1/27 - Vaughn Irby
1/28 - Sandra Floyd
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Email: talverson@paulding.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Domain/29
Phone: 678-350-8027
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