AD Connect
2-19-18
Frame It
As I visit PLC’s, I continue to be impressed with the work you are conducting in your PLC’s. You and your teachers are tackling important issues, discussing challenges, and proposing next steps. In some cases, teachers walk away with clear expectations. To ensure this is a consistent practice, I encourage you to create a lesson frame for your PLC meetings. The “we will” statement will communicate to teachers what the PLC focus is, and the “I will” statement will outline exactly what the teacher is expected to do after the PLC as a result of the work conducted in the meeting.
The following lesson frame does just that:
We will review student work samples and identify student misconceptions in the most frequently missed items on the Mock Reading STAAR.
I will develop one reteach mini-lesson and a practice workstation to address the misconception and will reassess using a STAAR formatted question.
The first five minutes of the next PLC is a great opportunity to review the data collected, share most effective practices, and determine any needed follow-up.
As a result of framing the lesson, your teachers are clear about expectations, your PLC’s end with an action step, you have held teachers responsible for following thru, and your meetings become productive work sessions directly impacting student learning
Parent Activities
Many of you have great ideas for parent involvement that you have implemented. Please respond to all and let us know that activities that you have conducted. (i.e. Daddy Daughter dance; muffins with mom; Coffee with the principal; etc.)
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Drills
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Reminder: March Area meetings
March after Team GISD...Hiring 101 Collab
Interview Candidates...Pretty Please
1st contained
3rd Self Contained
4th Math and Science
If you know of great certified subs or student teachers that are ready to go, please send the names and resumes to Angelee and myself.
Thank you so much in advance.
Deborah Henson's Retirement
2018 Student Heroes Award
The State Board of Education (SBOE) is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Student Heroes Award. The Student Heroes program recognizes Texas public school students in prekindergarten through high school who do outstanding works of service to benefit their fellow students, schools, and their communities. One student from each of the 15 State Board of Education (SBOE) districts will be selected for this award, and recipients will be announced in May 2018.
Student Hero Award memo from the WAIP
What About Second Grade
You’ve analyzed your 3rd-5th Mock STAAR and MOY MAP data. You’ve planned for re-teach/spiral review and in some cases have readjusted your plans for Tier I intervention time to support your areas of challenge. What can second grade teachers do to ensure they are supporting the efforts of intermediate teachers? Continuing with the balanced literacy implementation is an important responsibility; we need strong readers! But we can also strategically target instruction to ensure greater STAAR success in third grade.
Identify the lowest scoring standards in 3rd grade reading and math.
Utilize the TEKS Scaffold in the Lead4ward app to identify scaffolded SE’s in second grade
Informally assess your second graders proficiency in these areas
Group students according to need and use small group instructional time and Tier 1 intervention time to provide additional learning activities supporting these standards
Positive Office Referral
This is part of a response from an Armstrong parent after she received a positive “office referral” from the campus principal. It’s a great reminder of how a quick phone call can have such a profound impact on parent perception.
I just missed your call! I was putting little sister, _____, down for a nap. Thank you SO much for taking time out of your busy day to highlight and reward students who are trying hard every day to be a good role model and set an example for their peers. We work hard at home to shepherd her and we always try to emphasize the value of looking at the positive. _____ adores you and _____. Our family couldn’t have asked for a more nurturing and compassionate environment….
Education Psychology 101
Remember your education psychology course and the research on classical conditioning? Positive reinforcement focuses on rewarding appropriate behavior - this increases the likelihood of this behavior happening again. Most psychologists agree that the predominant approach with feedback should be a positive one. As a follow-up to last week’s message on positive feedback, tangible rewards can serve as reinforcers of your teachers good work:
Choose positive reinforcers/rewards- i.e. activities or items, you can provide staff for targeted behaviors.
Time and schedule the reinforcers - if someone is learning something new - continuous and immediate reward is a good strategy.
Reward good performance, as well as good outcomes/winning.
Reward effort.
Reward goal attainment; teacher goal setting, even short term, can provide increased opportunities for recognition.
Below are reinforcement strategies to consider beyond your coaching conversations:
Use PA announcements
Write handwritten thank you notes
Create a weekly or monthly showcase of quality teacher work, include the teacher’s photo
Decorate a teacher’s door
Cover duties
Upcoming Events
February 19- Staff Development Day
February 22- Deborah Henson’s Retirement
February 26- TELPAS Testing Window Opens, 5th Grading Period Begins
March 5- Area Meeting
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Tuesday: Campus Visits
Wednesday: PBL Conference; Centerville QR
Thursday: PBL Conference
Friday: PBL Conference; Hickman QR