Staff Newsletter
August 2017
First Week
Our students enjoyed their time learning about the Solar Eclipse and all students remained safe throughout the day with your help.
Our sports team(s) traveled safely and our varsity football team came back with their first win of 2017.
Thank you for your hard work during our first week with the students.
Upcoming Home Games
District Curriculum Committee
- Develop a shared understanding of the currently-present curriculum management framework in our District
- Work with Superintendent to propose policy revisions and adoptions that directly clarify areas of curriculum design and delivery
- Work with Superintendent and Board to inquire with parents and community businesses what they believe to be essential for students to know and be able to do
- Provide an inventory of written curriculum K-12 for core (English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science) and then non-core (Career Technical Courses, Foreign Language, Physical Education, Music) subjects
- Provide an inventory of supported curriculum resources in use in core and then non-core courses across all grades, dates of adoption, and staff perceptions of effectiveness
- Investigate best practices for the evaluation related to the effectiveness of written and supported curriculum when appropriate to support recommendations
- Report findings to the Board at regular intervals
- Make recommendations to Superintendent and Board regarding the areas that need to be improved, including suggested priorities
These tasks constitute a multi-month commitment and will likely take the preponderance of the 2017/18 school year to complete.
DCC members include:
- Patty Dalrymple, M.A. in C & I
- Steven Boren, Board Member
- RaeLynn Schkade, Board Member
- Lexie Malika, Enrolled in M.A. in C & I
- Susan Wampler, Lead Teacher BES
- Sally Anderson, Consultant
- Ryan Cantrell, Superintendent
- Dale Burk, Principal
The DCC will meet monthly or bi-monthly and provide their progress updates, reports and recommendations to the BGV School Board during regularly-scheduled board meetings.
* C & I = Curriculum & Instruction
Executive Leadership Team
This fall, our 6-person team (Mrs. Aquiso, Mr. Burk, Mrs. Wampler, Ms. Metcalf, Mrs. Dalrymple and Mr. Cantrell) will meet to discuss options for our upcoming 2017/18 focus. When these 2017/18 B.H.A.G.'s are identified, our ELT will share them with the BGV staff to ensure the efforts of the ELT is being communicated clearly with those whom we serve.
As many of you know, I (Ryan) believe strongly in the Servant as Leader Model (Greenleaf, 1998). My goal is to use the ELT to meet the needs of our District and spread the Servant as Leader Model throughout our BGV culture.