Staff Proclamation
February 8, 2019
DGS Staff Norms
DGS Royal Staff Members ARE:
- Are student-centered.
- Are open-minded.
- Are risk-takers.
- Respect all staff roles & responsibilities.
- Create comfortable learning & working environments.
- Demonstrate cross-curricular collaboration & communication
On the Docket
Monday, February 11, 2019
- COGAT Testing Begins for 2nd and 4th Grade
- Kathy Holtman's Birthday
- Tech Tips in the Cafeteria Royal Court Space. Learn how to use the green screen and wevideo!
- I will be at an admin meeting at the district office at 9am
- DHS Cookie Sales 1:30pm
- Enrichment Eagles 2:45-3:45pm
- Vision and Hearing Re-Screen. A small number of students that did not pass the first time will be pulled to be retested
- Spelling Bee 9:30am. This is optional for K-2 to attend. All 3-5th graders should attend. Students and audience members will be in the bleachers
- PLCS: Building Based PLC with grade level agenda items. Please review your STAR Common Core Standards reports that I placed in mailboxes. Remember to complete a PLC Log.
- BIST Training at DVMS for the vision team. I will be sending separate information to those participating.
- RTI Referrals DUE
- Institute. Please see information sent from Heather regarding this.
- Breakout Sessions Overview
- Session Guide
8:00-9:15 Welcome & Keynote: Shifting the Culture of the Classroom with Joy Kirr 9:15-9:30 Transition 9:30-10:30 Breakout I 10:30-10:45 Transition 10:45-11:45 Breakout II 11:45-12:00 Transition
Keynote Speaker
Staff Meeting Topics for the Remainder of the School Year
Illinois Assessment of Readiness
We will begin the IAR (replacing PARCC) beginning April 2nd. I will be working with the 3-5th Grade teachers to establish a schedule. There are some links for important information listed below.
The 5Ws of the new IAREvaluation Information
As a reminder, we are ready to schedule formal observations for those of you getting evaluated. That information is listed below. If you are a tenured staff member that is not getting evaluated, you should complete the PGP portion in iObservation and schedule a meeting with me to discuss your professional goals for the year. The timeline for those is also included below. As always, please let me know if you have questions!
- Professional Growth Plans – September 15
- Formal Observation #1 – September-October
- Formal Observation #2 – November-December
- Mid-Year PGP Update – December
- Informal Observations – Throughout Year
- Non-Tenured Evidence Submission – December 21
- Non-Tenured Summative Evaluations Done- February 1
- Tenured Evidence Submission DUE- February 1
- Summative Evaluations – April 15
- Non-Certified Staff Evaluations Done- May 3
- PGP’s Finished – May 15