Staff Proclamation
January 25, 2019
DGS Staff Norms
DGS Royal Staff Members ARE:
- Are student-centered.
- Are open-minded.
- Are risk-takers.
- Respect all staff roles & responsibilities.
- Create comfortable learning & working environments.
- Demonstrate cross-curricular collaboration & communication
On the Docket
Please be sure to check the google calendar for changes to some dates due to snow days. I adjusted them and you should have received an updated invite.
Monday, January 28, 2019
- Great Kindness Challenge Begins
- NW IEP 2:45pm
- First Grade Field Trip to HULT
- 2nd/3rd Grade Music Assembly 10am
- Enrichment Eagles 2:45-3:45pm
- Royal Path (Sensory Path) planning meeting 2:50pm in the office
- 2nd/3rd Grade Music Program 6:30pm
- 100th Day of School
- Miss Nancy's Birthday
- 2nd Grade Chocolate Day
- 100th Day Style Show for Kindergarten 10am
- Box Lunches from Avanti's. Make sure you have signed up in the teacher's lounge.
- A tech coach will be in the computer lab to do a Great Kindness Challenge green screen project. Please visit them during your prep or lunch time. You will have a learning opportunity to see how to incorporate the green screen and we video in your classrooms. Aides and support staff are encourage to come as well.
- I'll be at an elementary principals meeting at 1pm.
- PLCS:We are scheduled to complete BESSTWeb, but because of the Wednesday Snow Day, we need to make up the CFA review that was planned. Heather is re-working the schedule and we will have details out to you when they are ready about what work will need to be accomplished on this day. Look for that in a separate email.
- I will be at an admin academy on teacher evaluation the entire day at the PROE Center.
- Vision and Hearing Screenings in the Library
- Wear Blue and Gold or Kindness Shirts if you purchased it
- Tenured Staff Evaluation Evidence is DUE
- Carnival Kick Off at Morning Announcements (they may go a little long)
- World Read Aloud Day. Sign up for principal read aloud on Google Calendar
- Britney will be visiting Washington School District to observe their implementation of 1:1 technology in the afternoon
- All School Reading Event 2:05 pm in the gym. We have some guest readers planned to read several kindness themed read alouds.
Office Snacks
The office would like to remind everyone that snacks are available for students who have forgotten to bring one, or who you know do not have the resources to bring a snack.
Please use your judgement in allowing students to come ask for a snack. If a student does not have a resource need and is repeatedly forgetting a snack, please make a contact home to inform their parents of your classroom snack policy. We have had a tremendous increase in snack requests in the last week and we won't be able to keep up with the need at this pace. Students should not be coming to the office to get a snack because they don't like what their parents sent, want an additional snack after they ate their own, or for other similar reasons.
This is likely due to the fact that they are delicious snacks.
PLC Logs
STAR Reports
Great Kindness Challenge
Here is the link to the staff edition of the GKC letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u7SQuvcvkIJfHZpeHiZgzZqSpIkbR6FKIqOifg563TA/edit?usp=sharing
Within the letter is a link to sign up for a classroom lesson time. Here is the link as well: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KU0xRpU7FWpSpPiuJEMNXB64oKpp3cy7tRYNAVZSy1g/edit?usp=sharing
Please remember to bring a teddy bear or two or three to donate to the Children's Hospital. In doing so, you will earn a Free Jeans "pass" for all Wednesdays until the end of February.
There is a bin outside the office to place your Teddy Bears. There will also be information sent home for students to participate. Let's fill the foyer with Teddy Bears to show our LOVE for the kids at the Children's Hospital!
Winter Weather Reminders
- Students will have outdoor recess if the weather Real Feel is above 15 degrees Fahrenheit. I use the AccuWeather app to determine the temperature, so if you are unsure, you can check that as well.
- If students are going to play in the snow, have the following:
K-3: Snow Boots and Snow Pants to play in the grass or woodchips/playground area, Blacktop only if they have shoes
4-5 Snow Boots to play in the grass or woodchips/playground area, Blacktop only if they have shoes
Evaluation Information
As a reminder, we are ready to schedule formal observations for those of you getting evaluated. That information is listed below. If you are a tenured staff member that is not getting evaluated, you should complete the PGP portion in iObservation and schedule a meeting with me to discuss your professional goals for the year. The timeline for those is also included below. As always, please let me know if you have questions!
- Professional Growth Plans – September 15
- Formal Observation #1 – September-October
- Formal Observation #2 – November-December
- Mid-Year PGP Update – December
- Informal Observations – Throughout Year
- Non-Tenured Evidence Submission – December 21
- Non-Tenured Summative Evaluations Done- February 1
- Tenured Evidence Submission DUE- February 1
- Summative Evaluations – April 15
- Non-Certified Staff Evaluations Done- May 3
- PGP’s Finished – May 15