West Goshen News
February 8, 2016
Week in Review...
Special Valentine Surprise
Strep outbreak
Sharing student evidence
West Goshen Way Assembly
The West Goshen Way
Getting the crowd pumped up
T-shirt winners
McDonald's lunch
Excited winners
Two special lunch winners
2nd Grade Reading Camp
Lesson Plans
Also, remember that the expectation is that guided reading is happening in each classroom. In order for us to reach our school goal, quality reading instruction has to be happening. I will be popping in during reading block times to see how things are going. This gives me a chance to see the great instruction that is happening, what tweaks need to be made in scheduling, and how our students are moving toward our school goal!
TLT Update
This coming week we are going to dig into our NWEA numbers to see how we are progressing toward our school goal. We will make some goals moving forward so we can accomplish our overall school goal by the end of the year!
Grade Level Planning
Staffing for 2016-17
5th grade May Madness Basketball
Elementary Principals,
It is time for us to start organizing our 5th Grade “May Madness” Basketball League for boys, as well as for girls. I’m copying Coach Krebs as well, since he’ll be organizing it from the girls side. This program will run for three weeks in May only. In the past we ran this program for four weeks but with this year’s calendar we do not want it to carry over into the last week of school. Therefore, we’d like to allow coaches to practice three times per week if they would like, but only practice for two weeks rather than three weeks.
Here is a schedule we are proposing:
· May 2-6, practice 2 or 3 times
· May 9-13, practice 2 or 3 times
· May 17 & 20, boys tournament & consolation games (at GHS), 6:00 & 7:00
· May 16 & 19, girls tournament & consolation games (at GHS), 6:00 & 7:00
The first thing we need to do is get our list of coaches. Please email myself and/or Coach Krebs with the name of a person in your building that would volunteer to coach the team. We really encourage a staff member to get involved as it builds great community for your school. This person helps recruit players and communicate with the students. If you do not have a staff member willing to do it please let us know so we can work on recruiting coaches for your team.
Thank you. I look forward to hearing from each of you soon.
Mark your calendars...
A sad good-bye...
Central Office Updates:
Admin Cabinet Newsletter
Week of February 1, 2016
Today’s Focus: Teams
“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
– Andrew Carnegie
Reflections to Guide Your Journey
What is your personal and/or professional vision?
How do you communicate this vision effectively to others? How can you improve this?
How does your personal vision align with your team or organization?
ISTEP Links
These links were put together by my colleagues down in Southern Indiana and your staff may find them very resourceful. All items are from the doe website, however they are in a user-friendly format. They work best in the browser format.
Lisa Dercach
Outreach Coordinator-Region 7
Indiana Department of Education
ISTEP Grade 3-8
ISTEP Grade 10 newsletter
CPR/AED Class Offered
Susan Stiffney will be teaching a CPR/AED class on Feb 17 at Goshen High School from 4 to 5 pm. It costs $20. If you are interested, please email sstiffney@goshenschools.org
There will be 2 more classes in May.
TAP Updates
Administrators and Master Teachers: Due to the many training events and other priorities during the month of February and March, we will NOT be meeting as a District Leadership Team. Instead, we are hoping that you will use the next several weeks to continue to apply your new learning related to cluster, evaluations, and differentiation. Pattie and Erin will continue to coach and support master teachers. Angela, Alan and Tammy will work to support administrators in these efforts. Thanks for all your work to sustain TAP with fidelity!
TELL Survey: Once again we will be gathering survey information from educators across the district using the TELL survey. The process will be the same, although it is likely that the communication will come for the administration office instead of from CELL. The survey window for 2016 will be: April 11 – May 16th. Mark your calendars!
Upcoming Dates:
8th:
7:30 - Data Meetings
3:05-4:30 - TLT meeting
9th:
STI Window - 6 week assessments (If snow days are used, Ext. Response window will be Feb. 16 & 17)
Before School - Related Arts Cluster
11th: No School - if not used for snow make-up day
12th: No School - if not used for snow make-up day
15th: No School - President's Day
16th: (Follow the Monday specials times but Tuesday class schedule)
7:30 - Data Meetings
Before School - Related Arts Cluster
After School - 4th/5th Grade Cluster
17th:
Before School - K/1st Grade Cluster
After School - 2nd/3rd Grade Cluster
18th:
3:05-4:30 - TLT meeting
6:00 - Fine Arts Program at GMS (Program starts at 6:30)
19th:
8:45-10:30 - Principal's meeting (Lori gone)
22nd:
7:30 - Data Meetings
3:05-4:30 - TLT meeting
23rd:
Before School - Related Arts Cluster
After School - 4th/5th Grade Cluster
24th:
Before School - K/1st Grade Cluster
After School - 2nd/3rd Grade Cluster
25th:
9:00 - Staffing Meeting with Dr. Woodworth (Lori gone)
5-7 pm - PTO McTeacher Night
29th:
ISTEP+ Part 1 Window Opens Feb. 29-March 11
3:00 - TLT meeting
March
1st:
Before School - Related Arts Cluster
After School - 4th/5th Grade Cluster
2nd
Before School - K/1st Grade Cluster
After School - 2nd/3rd Grade Cluster