Staff Weekly
Published March 8, 2020
Spring Photo Day is Thursday. We'll call the kids down.
20-21 Calendar Vote is Monday During Circle
6th Grade Orientation--March 24
9:30: Kickoff in gym with band and choir
10:00-11:00: Rotations including full building tours
11:00: 5th graders depart
SEE SCHEDULE AND STUDENT LISTS IN LINK BELOW
Vertical Planning Days
Tuesday, March 24: Sped Team
Wednesday, March 25: Math Team
Thursday, March 26: Science Team
Friday, March 27: Social Studies Team
What are we doing?
1. Completing final units.
2. Revising previous units.
3. Creating common assessments.
4. Looking at placement decisions for 20.21
5. Visiting classrooms a-la PINEAPPLE CHART!!
UA...I need to know if you need a common planning session.
Upcoming Deadlines
March 18th: Grades in IC, Work Skills scores entered in Google Doc.
March 19th: Placement exams taken by all student hoping to take advanced ELA or math next year.
May 1st: Summer assignments submitted to Bowles (reading, math, writing)
This Week's Observation Schedule
Monday: McDonald Post, Davis Post, Skidmore Formative
Wednesday: Maley Post
Thursday: Fay Post
If you think you are missing from above, just give me a shout.
This Week's Meetings and Stuff
Monday: Faculty Circle in Frey's room (calendar vote and SEL preview), American Fidelity Makeup Day
Tuesday: Bowles and Kegley at Principal's Meeting and Cluster Meeting
Wednesday: Biometric Screening in AM, Band Assessment in PM, Detwiler visiting classes, Weekly Custodial Meeting, PLCS TODAY ONLY
Thursday: Spring Photo Day (we will call kids), Advanced ELA Placement exam during 7th and 8th, St. Patricks Day Staff Party, PLCS CANCELLED TODAY
Friday: No school, no school, no school, no school.
Admin team checks in daily from 2:45-3pm to catch up on the day.
Faculty Meetings (Circles and Vertical)
Circles occur every Monday at 2:45-3:00.
No March meeting full-hour meeting.
April: Vertical Meetings ALL ON ONE DAY--purpose is scheduling/room assignments (April 16)--SBDM staff vote on this day as well
May: Vertical Meetings at scheduled times--purpose is evaluating our goals for the year, making new goals for next year including a method of charting our progress
2020 Planning Meetings (1, 2, 5, 7)
MARCH
March 11: Fine-tuning SBG
March 17: Behavior PLC
APRIL
April 1: Behavior PLC
April 2, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 30: Hold for final unit planning, unit adjustment, proficiency scale adjustment, common assessment creation
MAY
Hold for anything K-Prep or end of year related and ATMs