McCowan Middle School
Mission: Maximize Success
WEEK OF 03/05/2019
PRINICPAL'S MESSAGE
HOW TO PLAN FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING...
For the novice teacher, planning a lesson for effective teaching can be a challenging and difficult exercise with many different angles and perspectives. The lesson plan provides the road map through the teaching period, and helps the teacher to stay on course both in achieving the learning outcomes and in managing the allotted time. Experienced teachers may carry plans in their heads, but for student teachers a detailed written plan that highlights what is to be taught and why it is to be taught gives confidence and ensures an effective teaching and learning experience.
Step 1
State your objective at the beginning of the lesson plan.
Step 2
Decide which parts of the lesson will be teacher directed, and how the teacher's input will be presented.
Step 3
Maximize student learning by planning tasks and activities. These allow students to demonstrate understanding of the lesson and help them to apply critical or creative thinking.
Step 4
Plan how the student's progress will be monitored during the lesson.
Step 5
Plan a short review session at the end of the teaching period where the information and tasks of the lesson can be revised.
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McCOWAN'S INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
LESSON PLANS
SOAR Tutorials
We will begin tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:15. If interested in assisting, please contact Ms. Sanders
Attendance
8TH GRADE FREE DRESS DAY
Teacher Duty
Be mindful of your morning duty day and teachers should report to duty by 7:30 am. Attached you will find a coy of the current duty schedule.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yIFRZYCy1tHonJJxk2lL4Q99Hud74AuR7a0AwV5tduY/edit?usp=sharing
Professionalism
- Ensure parents are receiving a follow-up within 24 hours from the initial contact.
- Professional conversation should be the standard from you in communicating with students.
- When discussing students' information, ensure other students are not privilege to this conversation.
This Week At A Glance
03/06 - SOAR Tutorials 4:00 - 5:15
03/07 - SOAR Tutorials 4:00 - 5:15
03/07 - SUPER SCIENCE NIGTH - DHS 6PM - ACADEMY CAFE`
03/09 - Super Saturday School - 9:00 - 12:00
03/11 - 3/15 - SPRING BREAK
Join PTSA
Please join the McCowan Middle School PTA
ALL TEACHERS JOINING PTA OR HAVE JOINED WILL BE ALLOWED TO WEAR JEANS ON WEDNESDAYS WITH A DESOTO OR MCCOWAN SPIRIT SHIRT OR A COLLEGE SHIRT!!!!
Let's make our goal of 100%!!!