Magers Memo
January 18th, 2019
Updates:
Next Week:
- No School Monday!
- Tuesday: Please wear your "Team Nolan" shirts to support Katie. We will take a staff picture in the morning on the gym stage at 8:20 a.m. Jeans day for all.
- See below: Staff Meeting on Tuesday (brief-30 minute meeting).
- I will be out in the morning until 11 for PL meeting and at 3:00 on Wednesday for a doctors appointment.
- Thursday is the 100th day of school!!!
- Friday, Misty will be hosting the AP Cadre meeting at Sherwood-FYI
- If you have already completed the CPI Training, your training will be in the Conference Room at the same time the staff will be meeting and will be Conscious Discipline Training.
- Remind: If you have Verizon and you use the texting service (not the app
notifications) for the Remind Service, you'll need to download the app instead by Jan 28. Most of you probably use the app but if you don't, you need to go to your app store and load the Remind app. (it's free). You'll need to do this if you want to continue getting remind messages from me. Again, this only applies to Verizon customers who use texting service (instead of the app notifications).
By January 28th:
7.3 In the 2019 data collection window, Professional Needs Assessment question 11, strategies for guiding students to take responsibility for their own learning, will increase from 43% to 80%. Bright Bytes question, Teachers ask students to collect and analyze data (4C’s strand) will increase from 31% at least monthly to 75%.
Tower Indicator: Standard 7: Student Led Assessment Strategies Quality Indicator 3: Assessment data to improve learning.
The Proficient Teacher (5,6):
*Uses assessment strategies and timely descriptive feedback to involve learners in some personal goal setting and self-assessment activities
*Purposefully teaches students to use assessment data to think about their own learning, including setting personal learning goals.
*Adjusts and adapts strategies for teaching students how to use assessment data in thinking about their own learning, including setting personal goals, based on unique student strengths, needs and learning styles.
Evidence of Practice:
*Orientates students on the various formats of assessments and creates connections on how each assessment format demands particular types of knowledge or skills.
*Instructs students on how to reflect on their own learning as a result of data from various assessment strategies and set personal learning goals.
*Demonstrates adjustments and adaptations for facilitating students’ use of assessment data to impact their own learning.
Staff Meeting: Bond Presentation for Staff
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019, 04:00 PM
Sherwood
Turner Reading Award
Please share with your school team members. Nominations are now open for the 2019 Turner Reading Awards for outstanding SPS reading teachers.
For more information, you may go to our website www.supportsps.org then click on the 2019 Turner Reading Awards page link for the nomination criteria and nomination form link.
Thank you!
Pamela
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
January 7, 2019 Foundation for Springfield Public Schools
Phone:417-523-0030 Cell:417-234-4364
E-Mail: planderson@spsmail.org
Foundation for SPS seeking nominations for 2019 Turner Reading Awards for Outstanding SPS Reading Teachers
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Do you know an outstanding reading teacher in Springfield Public Schools (SPS) who deserves recognition? Here’s the perfect opportunity to nominate them for the top, annual award for certified, SPS reading teachers.
The Foundation for Springfield Public Schools is currently taking nominations for the 2019 Turner Reading Awards. The Turner Reading Awards annually recognizes five outstanding reading teachers within Springfield Public Schools.
This will mark the 18th year for the Turner Reading Awards, established and supported by the Turner family of Springfield. The awards include a cash prize for all five winning teachers and their schools. Teachers are rewarded who show excellence in teaching reading and literature in the classroom, and instill in students a love of learning to read. Full nomination criteria and the Turner Reading Award nomination form are posted online at www.supportsps.org on the 2019 Turner Reading Awards page.
Nominations will be accepted from anyone in the community. The nomination deadline is February 1, 2019. The Turner Reading Awards are managed and administered by the Foundation for Springfield Public Schools. For more information contact the Foundation office at 417.523.0144.
HRA Coming!
Our HRA will be on February 7th, 2019 this year from 7 – 8:45 AM. It was the earliest I could get us in (SORRY).
All employees that complete the HRA will again receive the $50 incentive. All HRA’s completed in December 2018, January & February 2019 will provide 12 months of reimbursement in the Fitness Center Reimbursement Program.
Employees can sign up for their HRA: Click Here
MAP Practice Items:
MAP Literacy Resources
What test taking strategies have your students been introduced to? Below are several strategies that will help students as they prepare for assessments.
The purpose of this document is to provide examples of high-quality, open-ended constructed response and selected response items to support classroom instruction and assessment aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards..
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Valentines Day Party Information Here: Friday, February 15th
Valentine boxes will NOT be included in the party. If you want students to do V-day boxes or valentines, do this in your classroom. Please collaborate with your grade level partners and make sure you all do the same thing in regards to boxes and valentines.
Stations will include:
1.) Large bounce slide
2.) Bounce house
3.) Food/Snack on the stage
4.) Heart walk (like a cake walk-candy prize instead of cake)
5.) Bingo (instead of craft-students will use Smarties-in the music room)
6.) Game Station (several games for S's to choose from-not board games...active games)
Your responsibilities:
- Divide students in 6 groups.
- 3-5: Please allow students to be in groups with students from other classes so that they do get to see friends who may not be in their class. Feel free to structure this however is best for you. I know most of you try to include some friends in each group...
- PTA will give you 6 different disposable colored bracelets to have students put on (1 color for each group) prior to coming to the party.
- Have students leave shoes in their classrooms-wear socks to the party.