Pleasant Valley Staff Newsletter
Week of December 9, 2019
Our mission is to empower and inspire a community of lifelong learners and leaders.
Our District Goals
1. We will practice fiscal responsibility.
2. We will improve student achievement.
3. We will increase our transparency throughout our communities.
December’s LIM Monthly Focus Habit #3 Put First Things First- Work First, Then Play
The Habit of Integrity and Execution
Plan and focus first on your BIG ROCKS!
Remember as you are teaching the habits throughout the first semester that each of the 7 Habits is based on:
-A Principle of effectiveness.
-An effective paradigm (see) that is aligned with the principle.
-Paradigm: the way we see, understand, and interpret the world; our mental map.
-Behavior (do) that produces an effective Result (get).
*Remember the See-Do-Get Cycle!
The results we get in life depend on what we see. What we do in life depends on how we see the world around us.
For the next three and a half weeks we will all practice and teach Habit 3- Put First Things First. This is the habit of integrity and execution.
Principle: Effectiveness requires the integrity to act on your priorities.
Paradigm: Effective- I put important things first. Ineffective- I put urgent things first
Habit 3 Big Ideas
The Compass vs. The Clock
Big Rocks
Planning
Tips for Weekly Planning
When? Before the week begins.
Where? Someplace quiet.
How long? 20-30 minutes.
Three steps for weekly planning
1. Review your mission and roles
2. Choose your "Big Rocks"- Big rocks come from conscience, mission, goals, and key projects.
Big rocks can be tasks, appointments, areas of focus.
3. Schedule the week
Three steps for daily planning
1. Check the day's schedule
2. Make a realistic list
3. Prioritize your list
Concept: Time Matrix
Quadrant 1 represents crisis and requires necessary attention- its urgent but not necessarily
important.
Quadrant 2 represents long term effectiveness
Quadrant 3 represents short term unnecessary interruptions
Quadrant 4 represents waste and excess
The second quadrant is the quadrant that you want to invest your time and focus your energies in order to grow and be the most effective. This is the place to schedule your BIG ROCKS! Use your time to plan, prepare, prevent a crisis, and build relationships. Plan weekly, then daily!
Remember to use the resources in our shared Google PV Staff folder if you need ideas or an anchor. Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-2I1VrA_LvhNXoyQkZvUWJvWlE
Be thoughtful of what you are saying, doing, and being as students look to us as their models.
Updated AIMSweb Winter and Spring Procedures
From Curriculum and Instruction:
Due to new procedures/probe recommendations per Aimsweb, our choice of 1st grade ELA testing probes are impossible to complete as previously planned. Please see the link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FKtPKVEzD07kPmaNivv71h2PbYviBBy4/edit UPDATED 12_9_2019 K-8 Vendor Assessment Fact Sheet for the specific changes we will need to follow in yellow and/or crossed out.
Here is the "short" version":
- ELA- First grade will ONLY be giving 1 ELA test -ORF for Winter and Spring. ( the system will not allow us to access LWSF anymore) There are NO CHANGES to Kdg tests.
- Math - AIMSweb WILL NOT allow us to not give the 7-12 min per student Concept and Applications test and still get a composite score for math. Currently, we are NOT requiring you to give this assessment; however, if you would like to do so to get composite scores and more information about your students' math skills, feel free. *If you do, please let us know how it went!
Communication of Staff Absences
Our Week...
12.9-13 PTA Santa Holiday Shop
12.9 BFT @ 8:45 am Boka's Office
12.10 Staff Meeting- On your own to work on Public School Works
12.11 BLT Academic @ 7:45 Feeney's Room
12.11 Choir Dress Rehearsal for school @ 10:00 am Lower Gym (KG attendance is optional)
12.11 Choir Concert @ 7:00 pm Lower Gym
12.12 4th Grade Holiday Concert @10 Valley Forge
12.13 Fundraiser Hummer Limo Lunch Reward to Dairy Queen 11:20 am and 12:25 pm
Looking Ahead...
12.16 Fundraiser Money Machine Reward Upper Gym * See JoAnn's email from 12.5 or the newsletter email attachment for studnents' names and times
12.17 Garden Club Meeting @ 3:30 Room # 133A
12.18 Grade 2 Capstone @ 1:00 Lower Gym
12.18 BLT Climate @ 7:45 Kokely's Room
12.18 Please park in the back parking lot- We have 2 STEM Capstones on this day!
12.19 Winter Staff Luncheon @ 11:30-1:45 pm Faculty Lounge
12.19 Holiday Class Parties
12.20 End of the 2nd quarter- no School for Students
12.20 Professional Learning for Staff AM Individual Prep PM
12.22-1.3 Winter Break
1.6 Classes Resumes
1.8 Candid and Club Yearbook Pictures
1.8-22 Winter Benchmarking
1.10 Student Leadership Celebration @ 2:15
1.12 BFT Meeting @ 8:45 Boka's Office
1.14 Staff Meeting @ 8:15 Lower Gym
1.15 BLT Climate Meeting @ 7:45 Kokely's Room
1.15 PTA Meeting @ 7:00 Faculty Lounge
1.15-21 Dental Sealants Program Room 133
1.17 Fire Drill @ 11:00
1.17 Valley Forge PTSA Father/Daughter Dance @ 6:00-8:30 Valley Forge High School
1.20 Dr. Martin King's Jr. Birthday- No school
Important Links
Elementary Curriculum Folder
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ACq1KerGN8VWUk9PVA
ELA K-5 Curriculum Maps
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u36HP8Gl_yYmUQysdu8iT_ib0mzYMfvU
Anticipatory Sets Ideas/Resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vmTu7I3B1TLWvBOCPLCvLFSKDU5ShNyM
Data Day
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XO7mZo9ZOZkHci3l8SkqOuygFH_NKrEK
TBT Folder
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/122w2faMIEQJJfBVfFnxL2SnoWKjckCVl
OTES DWSGM Vocabulary Resource
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1969aCuEFTU8q53O6_RUFJLrOP9xct8HP
Student Leadership Selection Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CqkaQT20mqkpc-6cdKhuQKgBBJJ5As7yFe7fH8lWGa0/edit?usp=sharing
Committees and CICO
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_GRbqaYoWy-If0vsFHm3LOV-0m4xMTVWtxIiJbj_BJk/edit#gid=0
7 Habits Resource
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-2I1VrA_LvhNXoyQkZvUWJvWlE?usp=sharing
Brain Pop with BrainPOP Jr. & EL support!
username: pvstars
password: pvstars#1
Gifted Resources
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0cHEDgUpSmRRkZSYnhwMVlQOUk
Title I Informational PPT
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VRLtcW-uPhj5YyIkeAQhk0iK-TSzWc_6
Electronic Referral PPT
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q6f3DIfcEWj1H_d3yDtot2ChsyOLJZ9C35Oqa_YYRNc/edit?usp=sharing