EAST PAULDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
August 17, 2017
Make sure you are communicating with parents if you continue to have problems with student behavior.
UPCOMING EVENTS
8/21/17 - Eclipse Day - Extended Release - 4:30pm
8/21/17 - SBIT - 7:45 in 816
8/23/17 - Fall Picture Day - During Connections - Faculty Pic at 7:55am
8/24/17 - Professional Learning - Room 502 - Pre-Conference, PLPs, and PLGs
8/25/17 - 8th Grade Science and Social Studies Reading Strategies PL @ Moses MS
8/25/17 - 1st Official Day of TKES Observation Season
8/28/17 - Fire Drill #2 - 9:00am
8/29/17 - PTSA Back to School Dance - 4:00-5:30
8/31/17 - Professional Learning - Ghost Walks - SIP Pre-Data
9/1/17 - RTI Meetings - Planning
9/4/17 - Labor Day Holiday
9/7/17 - PL - Vocabulary & Data Teams
9/8/17 - Leadership Team Meeting - 7:30am - 816
9/11/17 - Severe Weather Drill - 1:00pm
9/12/17 - PTSA Meeting #1 - "A Taste of EPMS" - Social Media Dangers Presentation - 6:30pm-8:30pm
9/13/17 - 2 Hour Early Release - Faculty Meeting 2:00pm - Cafeteria
9/14/17 - PL - In-House Focus Walk - Planning - 816
9/18/17 - Fall Chorus Concert - 7:00pm at EPHS
9/21/17 - Math/ELA PL - Learnzillion - 816
9/21/17 - PTSA Trivia Night - 6:30pm
9/22/17 - TKES Walk-through #1 Due
9/25/17 - 9/29/17 - FALL BREAK
Eclipse
Classroom Visitors - Reminder
Thank you for always providing our students with a protected instructional environment; ensuring that their privacy is protected and instructional time is sacred with a focus on their needs.
THANK YOU!
However, what matters the most and what drives in-building PL more than anything is YOU . . . your mindset, your mentality, and your willingness to truly engage and want to grow. Thank you for bringing a positive mentality and holding each other accountable to the expectations of greatness many of you have worked so hard to establish.
I am looking forward to joining you as WE ALL work TOGETHER to learn TOGETHER to make our school and our classrooms work better for our students.
Below are some of the photos from our past two PL days and a link that discusses the 5 traits of most successful teams. Keep working within your grade level content areas to build an unstoppable team!
2017-2018 School Improvement Plan
STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES
1. Teachers will utilize academic vocabulary and anchor charts to increase student achievement in the classroom.2. Teachers will provide specific daily learning targets as a tool to direct student focus for each class period and monitor student progress via feedback and assessments.
WHERE ARE WE NOW
At the end of our initial Anchor Chart PL with Darlene Pitts, we established two expectations for the beginning weeks of school.
1. Determine where in your room you will place your anchor charts that will be optimal for student use.
2. Develop a system for how you will archive them so that you and your students can utilize them throughout the year.
Within your Daily Snapshot, you should be identifying what you determine as your daily learning target. At this time, some of you may be writing this as an EQ, and there is nothing wrong with that. The most important things to remember with your learning targets is that students are aware of them, they align with the standards you are teaching, and the instruction or activity you have planned supports the learning target.
MONITORING
TKES Observations will begin by the end of the week. Until then, you will see us in and out of your rooms where we will be looking for:
- Updated Daily Snapshots
- Notebook for Archived Snapshots
- Evidence of Collaboration Among Grade Level Contents (this doesn't mean same)
- Anchor Charts
- Attempts at Learning Targets
UPCOMING PL
The next scheduled PL that will specifically support our SIP will occur on 8/31. During this time, we will take some time to walk through our classrooms and collect some pre-data for our SIP. This is our first opportunity to practice giving/receiving feedback on our classrooms and/or instruction.
ATTENDANCE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR AUGUST BABIES!
8/19 - MaLissa Hogan
8//22 - Yvette Ford
8/25 - Joelle Whitener
8/25 - Claudia Phillips
8/26 - Kenny Norton
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Contact Information for Tom Alverson
Email: talverson@paulding.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Domain/29
Phone: 678-350-8027
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