Blair Bulletin
We are making an impact
Inspiration of the week
THE BLAIR WAY- School-wide monthly focus:
- Increase your usage your " Paws"itives" with precise praise, remember 4 positives to one re-direct. Depositing positive framing to allow to build relationships.
- Positive calls home, 3 celebration calls a week and document, don't let the first time you talk to parents be at Parent Teacher Conferences coming up. It is building relationships so we can maximize our conferences to talk about progress.
Grade level focus during your common prep time or one committed time this week
ESAIL walkthrough: Do you want to know about what the look for's are for Math/ Literacy ESAIL walkthrough? What does beginning, approaching and meeting mean? Where are is your class falling this year, and what are your next steps for your scholars?
Share out with your team some ideas, learning from each other is powerful! We are all learning together.
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2016-17 Literacy ESAIL Continuum
2016-17 Math Big Rocks/ESAIL Continuum
Kinder class in intervention
Instructional assistant working with small groups with learning target with lesson plan present2/3 Literacy time
Special ed teacher pushing in to the general ed classroom working with small group and with instruction happening, not just support.4th grade Dual Language
- Mini-lesson on meta-linguistic practices
- Transition expectations on the board to ensure for quick transitions and maximizing instructional time.
Guided Groups: How you use your continuum's to intentionally plan for LT for guided groups ( share planners that you use to document and support intentionally planning targeted instruction. ASW lesson planning and planners are key in ensuring INTENTIONAL planning and INSTRUCTION is happening not just checking in and supporting. Keep sharing there is AWESOME small group instruction is happening!! Great resources on BB9 so you don't have to recreate the wheel.
Conferring
BLAIR’s VISION and 5 Strategies Moving forward and putting into action school improvement MAKING the IMPACT to get double digit GAINS:
College Focus--
Teaming--
- Innovation and Diversity -
4. Maximizing our instructional time-
Research has demonstrated that student achievement is higher in classes where instructional time is maximized (see, for example, Taylor et al., 1999; Walberg, 1984). The effective teacher prioritizes instruction, a process that is accomplished partially through allocation of time. One illustration of how effective teachers best use the scarce commodity of time is in smoothly orchestrated classroom transitions; they remain involved with the students during the entire class period from start to finish, allowing for no idle or down time.
Routines, Procedures, & Transitions
Instructional Pacing
Classroom Management
Effective time management is one of the skills necessary for success in school as well as in everyday life and in the work world. Students need time to practice, rehearse, review, apply, and connect new learning and relate it to their everyday lives. Teachers who effectively manage time give their students the best opportunity to learn and to develop personal habits that lead to wise use of time.
Allocated time. The total time for teacher instruction and student learning
Instructional time. The time teachers are actively teaching
Engaged time. The time students are involved in a task
Academic learning time. The time teachers can prove that students learned the content or mastered the skill
Please read the article really highlights what our 100% goal is: Read the entire Article
5. Relationships and Connections with families and Community.
This Week : Maximizing every minute :BLAIR STAFF google Calendar
B Week
Monday, Oct. 17 - Follow Up PST, 9:45-10:30am, Room 208
- Newscast crew, 12:15-1:00pm
- Weekly Office Mtg, 2:15-2:45pm
- Student Council Meeting, 3:45-4:30pm, Room 210
Tuesday, Oct. 18 - Community Learning - Core Instruction, 7:45-8:30am
- SST meeting, Rtl, PBIS, Data Work, 12-1pm
- Newscast crew, 12:15-1:00pm
- Wednesday, Oct. 19 - Happy Birthday - Tahereh
- ESAIL walk through, 9-10am
- K/1 Team Meeting, 11:15-11:55am, Room 117
- ESAIL walk through, 1-2pm
- DL Leadership PLC, 2-4pm
- Blair Does Broadway, 3rd,4th, 5th grade, 3:45-4:45pm
Thursday, Oct. 20 - PLC Meetings, 7:45-8:45am
- TACO BAR, staff luncheon
- Newscast crew, 12:15-1:00pm
Friday, Oct. 21 - SPIRIT DAY---Community Events Team Meeting, 7:45-8:30am
- Pawsitive Winners, 8:40-8:50am, Office
- Elementary Numeracy EC's, Bethesda, 9am=12pm
- Elementary Numeracy EC's, Meadowbrook, 12-3pm
- Newscast crew, 12:15-1:00pm
- Halloween Family Night "Book Fair", 5:30-7:30pm
Reminders/ Important updates
ALL teachers/ certified staff should be completing Self- rating in the My Learning Plan and discussing with their focus coach, remember all Summary year should invite me to the meetings before the week of Oct. 24th. All Self-Rating and SLO/ PPG need to be submitted by Oct. 31st. Click here for EE year at a glance resource.