Blue Haze Bulletin
Weekly Staff Newsletter: Week 5
Week FIVE!
Team Leaders
- classroom walkthroughs
- providing teacher feedback
- facilitating PLCs
- conducting journal observations
- facilitate coaching conversations
- refine and reinforce instructional goals of team
- conduct Team Lead Instructional Rounds
Team Leaders will not conduct formal observations, but focus more on these 7 key elements:
- Invest time to get to know colleagues
- Understand people's roles, goals, and challenges
- Set clear context and expectations
- Observe the work closely enough to have relevant and substantive feedback
- Provide timely, candid and specific feedback regarding observations
- Stimulate learning, growth and performance improvement by asking effective learning questions--offer suggestions as necessary
- Build capacity in colleagues through support and empowerment
I will communicate with Team Leaders frequently to discuss team celebrations, areas of growth, ideas, questions, etc. Thank you, leads, for your commitment to excellence!
How to Use Others' Feedback to Learn and Grow, by Sheila Heen
Clocks/Time
Food for Thought!
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/22-powerful-closure-activities-todd-finley
Upcoming Dates!
THIS WEEK WE BEGIN OPEN MORNINGS FOR 2nd-4th. IT WILL BE HECTIC AS WE BEGIN THESE NEW PROCEDURES...PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO HELP OUR BEARS LEARN NEW MORNING PROCEDURES!
Mon, 9/19: Team Leader Mtg, PLC Room
Tues, 9/20: Mary's Baby Girl Shower in Utopia
Wednesday, 9/21: DEAR Time during Morning Meetings, Staff Mtg: 15-20 min ALL STAFF (Business/HR Procedures w/Mr. Bitters), then CERTIFIED STAFF for another 10 min (Ms. Lightsey)
Mon, 9/26: WSISD Mad Scientist Night
Wednesday, 9/28: DEAR Time during Morning Meetings, Staff Mtg CERTIFIED STAFF ONLY, Yearbook Picture Day
Mon, 10/3: Guided Reading Begins, Team Leader Mtg, PLC Room
Wed, 10/5: BHE BOOK BLITZ (CERTIFIED STAFF ONLY, during Staff Mtg time), DEAR Time during Morning Meetings
Fri, 10/7: Student Work Boards/Reading DUE by End of Day
Mon, 10/10: HOLIDAY/COLUMBUS DAY
Tues, 10/11: PD Day (More details TBA)
Wed, 10/12: Team Lesson Planning Collaboration, Team Lead Classrooms
Thurs, 10/13: PTA Meeting/2nd Grade Music Program 6:00
Fri, 10/14: 1st Six Weeks Assemblies
Mon, 10/17: Team Lead Mtg, PLC Room, WSISD Healthy Families Rally, 6:00
Wed, 10/19: Staff Mtg (Attendees TBD), 4th Grade to Nature Center
Fri, 10/20: 3rd Grade to Zoo