UHMS Rising Phoenix
Uplift Hampton Middle School February 17, 2020
"Be Committed, Be Consistent, Be Courageous"
Dr. Martin Luther King said it so eloquently, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.” As we navigate the work, remember that everything that we do has a purpose. Our campus expectations are designed to fulfil the Uplift mission. We revisit the expectations weekly so that we know what is expected of us each day. When things get tough, chat with your campus best friend and seek solutions. Your opinions matter, share them with leadership, so that change, or adjustments can be made! We recognize and value the work that you perform day in and day out. “Believe in yourself, learn and never stop wanting a better world,” (Mary Mcleod Bethune) which includes a better Hampton!
We recognize the work that you do,
Priscilla, Chataqua, Chrissy, and Jabez
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March Parent/Scholar/ Teacher Conferences: Wednesday, March 25th is our official half day parent conference day. Scholars will be dismissed at 12:30pm. Conferences can begin at 2:00pm. Do not schedule conferences before 2pm. If you would like to get a head start on conferences, you may start Monday, March 2nd at the earliest. Any scholar who is failing reading and/or math or is a scholar in danger of not being promoted to the next grade should have parent conferences sooner rather than later and the required documentation of that meeting with parent signatures. Look ahead to ensure you can meet with every scholar’s family who is not passing your course. All scholars in danger of retention must have an SST meeting. You may obtain SST paperwork from Cynthia.
Parents must sign your in on the Parent-Teacher Conference Log or you must document all phone calls and attempts on the parent log. Make sure that you are preparing in advance to set up conferences with any parents that you have had trouble getting a hold of and reach out if translations are needed. Conferences may NOT be scheduled during the following times:
· Coaching Debriefs (check your calendar and come prepared)
· MYP/Data Meeting
· Grade Level meetings
· Content Planning Meetings
· Professional Development Meetings
· One to One Meetings with your Evaluator
Gallup Survey: Thank you again for your engagement with the Gallup Survey and providing us with feedback in January. Our team has taken your feedback and made intentional moves to ensure the UHMS becomes a great place to work. The next survey will be from Tuesday, February 18th – Friday, February 27th. Please take a few minutes to complete the Gallup Survey. If we have at least 90% of our staff complete the survey, we will earn a sweet treat. Everyone who takes the survey may collect a jeans day pass from Priscilla to be used at your discretion. We will take your word for it because there is no way for us to know who took it.
From CMO
TALENT ACQUISITION: Primary Teacher Job Fair - The Talent Acquisition team will be hosting a Primary Teacher Job Fair on Wednesday, March 18. If you know of any wonderful educators who would love to work at our schools next school year, share the event info with them.
Date: Wednesday, March 18
Location: Uplift Williams (Secondary building)
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Register Here
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION TEAM: Secondary - SECONDARY VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLES ON FEBRUARY 26TH
Quarter 3 Virtual Roundtables (VRTs) are coming up on Wednesday, February 26th from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM. These roundtables are required to minimize discrepancies in the way teachers evaluate scholar work network wide.
February 26 Roundtable (3:30pm-4:30pm)
· 6-10 ELA (CA 3 Norming)
· 6-7, 9-10 Math (RPA Norming)
· 6-10 Science (CA 3 Norming)
· 6-10 Humanities (RPA Norming)
· 6-10 Spanish (CA 3 Norming)
· No roundtable for Arts, PE, TECH, and SPED (All will be in TELPAS training)
· 8th grade math will work on Carnegie
CTLs will share relevant calendar invites with their content cohorts. If your teachers do not have an invite or a link to the VRT Skype session, please have them reach out to their CTL and/or the Curriculum & Instruction Specialist on the TLT.
Winter MAP
Two Weeks At A Glance
Shout Outs
· Tammy and Stedmon for having scholars use Cornell notes, compare and contrast, start class with writing, and focused and on task during walk-throughs
· Daniela for putting up the bulletin board by the admin offices
· De’onna for being the only one to get the Treasure in last week’s memo
· Tiffany for the staff Valentine treats on Friday
· Laurasia for guiding the Student Council through the Valentine Pep Rally
· Cynthia and Shenika for constantly coming up with solutions and new ideas to make UHMS better
· Ranae for making sure Valentine scholar sales went off without a hitch!
STAAR Goals
Listening for Gist and Detail in Reading
Gist is defined as the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details. In the context of language learning and teaching, Gist is defined as the general meaning or purpose of a text, either written or spoken.
Listening for Gist is when the learner tries to understand what is happening even if he or she can’t understand every phrase or sentence. The learner is trying to pick up key words, intonation, and other clues to make a guess at the meaning. For example words such as cap, towel, waves, board and sunny have their own meanings but when you hear the words in a listening passage, they help you understand that the context in which they are used is the context of a beach trip.
Sometimes finding the gist can be easy because this is found at the beginning of the passage but sometimes it is not too easy and it is necessary to listen to the whole conversation to understand its general meaning.
Examples of Gist Questions
· What’s the subject of the passage?
· What problem are they discussing?
· What does the speaker think about the topic?
· What’s the topic of the passage?
· Look at the Pictures, what are the speaker talking about?
· What’s the main idea of the passage?
· What’s the purpose of the passage?
· What’s the main point of the passage?
February Expectations for Increasing Rigor
Literacy Instruction: Reading and writing occurs in every Core class daily and in Electives at least monthly
· Every period starts with some form of writing. Writing is the most difficult thing you can have the brain do
· All Core classes are using Close Reading Strategies
· Scholars read and use textbooks and other complex readings daily
Teaching Strategies: 100% of teachers will use these 3 strategies to help scholars Interact with New Knowledge
· Compare and contrast
· Note Taking – Identify critical Information
· Chunk content into “digestible bites”
Lesson Execution: Teachers execute high quality lesson plans daily
· Teacher teaches with lesson plan in hand or close by
· Teacher has evidence of high-quality scholar work based on lesson plans
February Expectations for a Brilliant School Culture
Communicate Learning Goals
- Provide clear learning objectives and IB Rubrics
- Track scholar progress - data walls should be up and complete
- Celebrate Scholar Success
Hero Usage: Teachers are utilizing HERO to track scholar behaviors and habits.
- 100% of UHMS scholars have at least 1 positive HERO recognition
- 100% of UHMS teachers have used the HERO system to give positive praise (Precise Praise)
Staff Climate
- 100% of the teachers have someone at work they can talk to “best friend”
- 100% of teachers have at least 1 administrator they can talk to openly and honestly
- 100% of teachers can give a feeling word at huddle by the end of the month
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Here's How to Reach Us!
Priscilla Parhms 469.236.2900 pparhms@uplifteducation.org
Chrissy Cormier 214.326.3002 ccormier@uplifteducation.org
Chataqua Mangum 972.897.4659 cmangum@uplifteducation.org
Jabez Deacon 414.562.7592 jdeacon@uplifteducation.org
8915 S. Hampton Rd. Dallas, TX 75232
(972) 421-1982 https://www.uplifteducation.org/Domain/47