Lovett Notes
A Newsletter for Lovett Staff
Calendar Updates
Wednesday September 20
10:30-1:00 GLP and Associates Retirement Specialist; Lounge
Thursday September 21
8:05 am Room Parent Meeting; Cafeteria
Friday September 22
No School for Students
Magnet Applications Begin
Teacher Service Day
Active Demandingness...what's your strategy to get the most out of your students?
This week, let's really dig into how we our challenging students. Remember during pre-service we discussed active demandingness and there were four quadrants with the most effective being "The warm demander" Check out the description below of "The warm demander"
- Explicit focus on building rapport and trust. Expresses warmth through non-verbal ways like smiling, touch, warm or firm tone of voice, and good natured teasing
- Shows personal regard for students by inquiring about important people in their lives
- Earns the right to demand engagement and effort.
- Very competent with the technical side of instruction
- Holds high standards and offer emotional support and instructional scaffolding to dependent learners for reaching the standards.
- Encourages productive struggle
- Viewed by students as caring because of personal regard and "tough love" stance
September 22 Teacher Workday
Teachers have the option to fulfill the September 22, 2017 service day by completing at least six (6) hours of previously earned, uncompensated PD hours. A form will be emailed to you to submit your hours. This form, along with proof of PD completion, will be kept on‐file. Time should be reported in OneSource as "off campus duty".
EDIT 8/6/17: The only restrictions are that the PD time cannot have been compensated by HISD (including stipends) and that the PD should have taken place after the last day of school for teachers for last school year (5/26/17) and before the Fall Holiday (9/22/17). Forms should be submitted to Mrs. Thompson by September 20th. If you have PD hours on the 21st that you are completing, please add to the form. Once documentation of hours are received, leaves will be approved in One Source.