FMS Staff Bulletin (#26)
February 19-23
Purpose Statements Are An Expectation EVERYDAY!
Use STOIC In Your Zones Every Period
No School on February 26 (Staff does not report)
Media Coverage
IPI Walks This Week
The following procedure will be used to collect data:
Systematically move from classroom to classroom based upon the floor plan of the school.
Observe all learning settings proportionately across the school.
Code student learning during the first moments of initial entry into classroom as if your code was based on a digital picture of the students upon entry.
Focus on students, not the teacher.
Code the predominant engagement pattern
Collect a large volume of data points throughout the entire school day
If you need a refresher on the IPI Levels, please see the picture below.
Period 2-Coming Up
- February 21: Missing Work Lists (Will be emailed out Tuesday night)
- February 22: Safe & Civil School Lesson through Office Mix (Will be emailed out on Tuesday)
- February 27: Grade level determines. Also, please remind students where they will go for their next rotation.
The document below is informational for you and goes with our Safe & Civil Schools work. The lesson scheduled for February 22 will center around the use of Positive Teacher Sweepers. Please see the document for your own reference. You'll also find a hard copy in your mailbox when you get to school on Monday.
Upcoming District Interviews
LCA Talking Points
Licensure
Parent-Teacher Conferences
Details
- Monday, February 12th from 3:00-8:30PM (Dinner provided by PTA)
- Tuesday, February 20th from 3:00-8:30PM (Dinner provided by Office Staff)
The link to sign up for conferences will be activated Monday, January 29th and will close at midnight on Friday, February 9th. In the next couple weeks teachers will receive access to block off times for dinner/breaks.
Floor Work-March 3 & 4
Other Information
Taking Attendance
I would like to provide a little background on the emphasis we've placed with attendance the past couple weeks and why some of you might receive a friendly reminder from Nicole Weaver in Attendance. The object is not for us to get you in a "gotcha moment". Please see the main reasons below:
- Student Safety is #1. We need to know where students are. When a student's attendance is not accurate it puts us in a bind trying to locate a student or when they show up absent in one class, but not in another. Students marked absent generates responses and contacts from the school. Again, if this is not accurate those calls don't go out.
- Our district is working to provide buildings with more accurate data to help drive decisions for our Tier Teams. One of these data points include that we have teachers taking attendance each period. Looking at this data we have identified areas in our building needing attention.
Thank you for your help with the attendance. Please see me if you have any questions.
Iowa Assessment Update
Iowa Assessments are still a couple months out, April 2-12 to be exact. However, there are some changes that will impact staff and students.
Safe & Civil: Supervision
PLEASE ADD YOUR SUPERVISION ZONES AND INSTRUCTION TO YOUR SUB NOTES
Upcoming Friday PLs
- Friday, February 23: Double Dot Day (See District Training locations from Curriculum Facilitators. This will be emailed out early next week)
- Friday, March 2: IPI Walk #2 Data Analysis
This Week
Monday
- IPI Walk #2
- 6th Grade Team Meeting, Room 320
Tuesday
- IPI Walk #2
- Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3:00-8:30PM
Wednesday
- Middle School Principals' Meeting (Sean & Lucas Out in AM)
- IPI Walk #2
- 8th Grade Team Meeting, Room 232
- Franklin Foundations Team, 3:30
Thursday
- IPI Walk #2
- KITE Team Meeting, Room 218
Friday
- Staff PL: See District Schedule (at the time this bulletin was sent out there was no schedule made available to me)
Lucas Ptacek
Email: lptacek@cr.k12.ia.us
Website: franklin.cr.k12.ia.us
Location: 300 20th Street Northeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Phone: (319) 558-3694
Twitter: @FranklinBolts