Bronco Bulletin
September 4, 2015
Blended Learning...What is it?
Learning about Lab Safety.
Going with the flow!
Notes please...
REQUIRED E-Courses
A reminder that all teachers and staff members are REQUIRED to complete the Beginning-of-the-Year E-Courses. The deadline to complete these course is SEPTEMBER 15th. The links are listed below. **Exception is PDAS 1 hour update.
1. Sexual Harassment Law Training (2015-2016)
https://eduphoria.pasadenaisd.org/wshop/default.aspx?cid=42076
2. F.E.R.P.A. and the Public Information Act Training- (2015-2016)
https://eduphoria.pasadenaisd.org/wshop/default.aspx?cid=42073
3. Bullying Training (2015-2016)
https://eduphoria.pasadenaisd.org/wshop/default.aspx?cid=42071
4. Ethics, Confidentially, Responsible Use (2015-2016)
https://eduphoria.pasadenaisd.org/wshop/default.aspx?cid=42072
5. Required Annual Health Services Update (2015-2016)
https://eduphoria.pasadenaisd.org/wshop/default.aspx?cid=42070
6. PDAS Update (General) 2015-2016
This is the one hour required update for PDAS. Click on the Course Content tab to begin the e-course.
https://eduphoria.pasadenaisd.org/wshop/default.aspx?cid=42074
7. Reporting Child Abuse (2015-2016)
This course provides information to all employees on the legal requirements of reporting child abuse.
https://eduphoria.pasadenaisd.org/wshop/default.aspx?cid=42075
Professional Learning Communities
It is important to remember that we are all coming from different campuses with different experiences planning. To allow for curriculum discussion and planning, we purposefully scheduled common planning periods for each core areas. It is important to respect one another, their ideas and their opinions. It is okay to respectfully disagree or offer a suggestions on teaching an idea or concept, but planning meetings should not be spent being counter productive. We expect all teachers to act like the trained professionals you are and work toward a common goal of educating ALL of our students. Remember the 4 key questions when planning with your team:
1. What is it the students are supposed to learn?
2. How are students going to learn it?
3. How do we know if students have learned it?
4. What do we need to do if a students hasn't learned it?
Take some time to reflect and ask yourselves about your planning meetings thus far. Has your team been focusing on the above 4 questions. If not, how will you refocus yourselves to ensure the curriculum and student learning is the focus of the meeting.
The Week at a Glance...
- 9/7 Labor Day -- No School
- 9/8 Book Fair Opens
- 9/8 Tech Tuesday -- Rescheduled
- 9/10 Kendrick Open House -- 5:30-7:30
- 9/11 Lesson Plans Due
- 9/11 Progress Report Grades due by 3:00
- 9/11 Deadline for PDAS 1 Hour Update completion
- 9/11 Orchestra Instrument Drive -- 5:00-7:00
- 9/12 Band Instrument Drive -- 9:00-12:00
Where's My Administrator?
- 9/9 Axtell out (all day), Pena out (all day), Morton out (all day)
- 9/9 Barras (9:00-10:30)
- 9/10 Messenger out (all day), Rios out (all day), Compton out (all day)
- 9/11 Pena out (a.m. only)