Raymore Update: 9/4/13
News For & About our Raymore Staff Family & PLC
"If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out!" ~Louis Armstrong
Here to all the talent & heart you each have within you...thank you for sharing it with kids here each day in our school family!
Read-A-Thon Starts Monday!
Combers KC, a Head Lice Treatment & Prevention Salon to partner with Kristin for head checks next Mon/Tues!
Twins in matching shirts and black pants!
Animals Eating... An activity to unite our PLC 8/30!
On the Day that John Was Born at PLC PD 8/30!
Mrs. Doerhoff's Conscious Discipline Goal-tracking folder!
Mrs. Goodwin's visual routine for snack time!
Kelly Myers presenting a powerful Conscious Discipline session!
Ms. Clark's student describing their LT rubric progress & demo'ing in their art project!
3rd grade Learning Targets in Mrs. Geib's room
Learning targets & inspiration from Coach Heil
Wish You Well-An Update from GG
Next Network Gold Seal Lessons & Next Navigator login info
The Next Navigator login is:
UN: michelle.hofmann@raypec.org
PW: password
Rigor & Relevance Handbook (1st Ed)
This is a great resource with some familiar pages for us as we continue forward with learning how to ensure all learning activities are of Rigor & Relevance to our learners here.
Click HERE for the bi-monthly newsletter from Smarter Balanced: Sample performance events, etc.
Facts to Reassure Parents About Common Core
Reminders & Key Info:
- Mary and Tara will be here next Tuesday for collab regarding our curriculum. Bring your device & any curriculum documents you'd like. Meet in the conf. room.
- Please send pics of ways you're using your new devices! Snap photos of your colleagues too.
- Be sure to check the RE Staff Calendar in Google Calendar. Is it showing up on your iPad? See Seth ASAP if not.
- Make sure our School Website http://raymoretigers.weebly.com and Twitter addresses @raymoretigers are in your email signature
- REVISED! Post schedules in RE Shared Folder inside “Teacher Schedules” folder by 9/9; also keep one posted outside your door. Update prior to initiating schedule changes.
- REVISED! Lesson plans should also each Monday by 8:20 am as of 9/9 be uploaded into the RE Shared Folder inside the “Teacher Lesson Plans” folder.
- Only with a team effort each year will we succeed with seeing to fruition an 8:20 am arrival time. Kudos to some of you calling parents! One parent today stated that was a very helpful reminder! Apple has contacted parents of riders and begin corrected pick-up times starting this week. A couple of day care vans are still learning processes too and we are working with them.
- CORRECTED! SpEd/RegEd collab will begin 9/16 (Phillips) & 9/18 (Cain); stay tuned for others
- Make sure Seth has your websites for Weebly
- Tiger Time social skills/counseling groups begin Sept. 9
- Early Release day Sept. 11; Focuses: PLC Collab: MLS planning, data analysis, RTI/Tiger Time
- REVISED: Tiger Time academic DI flex-groups in each classroom will now begin Mon, Sept. 30. MTW=ELA & Th-F=MA
- As of Sept. 30, 31 school days or 18% of year is over. We still get 82% of the year to ensure all our kids success with learning goals!
- Sept 20: All teachers with their teams (however you define team (e.g. AMP, TLC, Gr4, etc.) send home a "Flipped" curriculum information presentation to parents; incorporate some form of video, voice-over, etc. ; post on Weebly
- Sept. 30: All PDPs must be submitted online in Talent Ed. Information about focus areas of rigor/relevance/engagement coming.
- October 1st: Old email stops forwarding, etc.
- Quarter 2
- Co-teaching in classrooms with devices begins when Seth and Sherri are off-rotation. Devices go into student carts and teachers facilitate student use.
- Upgraded wireless likely to be complete here at RE by beg. of Nov.
- Projection solution for iPads soon to follow (AirServer is the likely solution)
From the Digital Transformation Stakeholder Teams: Beliefs & Definition about Highly Engaged Learners
Reflection: It isn't about the device...for we can use any "smart" device in "dumb" ways as discussed at ISTE and all over the net. It's HOW we use our tools (tech included) to create the conditions under which EACH student engages deeply in learning experiences of the highest rigor and relevance! Remember: Donuts, recess, cartoons and Saturday sleep-overs are "fun." Our aim is engagement! How will you/we ensure that each day for each child?