Staff Weekly
Published February 23, 2020
NxGL2 Summit
This is where I'll be:
https://server.kasa.org/KASA/KASAMember/Leadership_Development/NxGL2_Summit.aspx
These are my notes from the day:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uaKTzjelbrTuVQ8GM426jovAXXXnluEJYvDulDj68sI/edit?usp=sharing
Calendar Information
Living Calendar
The calendar is in Sheets. When you are in a cell, use Alt+Enter to put text on the next line.
This is also accessible from the Bally Site on the Living Calendar page...or click this link.
Upcoming Deadlines
March 6-10: Placement exams for advanced ELA and Math completed in Mastery Connect.
March 17th: Placement exams taken by all student hoping to take advanced ELA or math next year.
March 18th: Grades in IC, Work Skills scores entered in Google DocMay 10th: Summer assignments submitted to Bowles (reading, math, writing)
Waving Days for Next Year
Based on your feedback from the waiver survey, these will be my recommendations to council:
1. Swap August 10th and 11th. PD on Monday, Opening Day on Tuesday, Student Opening Day on Wednesday.
2. Swap May 2021 PD Day for August 7th.
3. Waive one P day for Curriculum Night and We Are Bally Night. To occur end of August for curriculum night and mid-September for We Are Bally Night.
4. Waive one P day for 3 hour parent-teacher conferences in October. (end of month on a Thursday)
5. Waive one P day for 3 hour student led conferences in March. (end of month on a Thursday)
After council approves the recommended calendar waiver, Sara and Erin will conduct a vote. Your vote will be to either accept the council's recommendations or not. If you don't vote for the recommendations the calendar will stay as written. There will be no further votes.
These waivers mean that you will not work any of the "off days" we have in the 20-21 calendar. We will finish our PD days before school starts.
Schedule Changes This Week
1 hour reverse delay on Friday (pep rally)
PBIS reward during SEL on Wednesday.
Schedules are on the Bally Staff Site.
This Week's Observation Schedule
Tuesday: Kron Summative, Fay Formative, Dillon Post, Stephens Summative
Thursday: Laura and Lindsay Formative, Steinbrunner Formative, Kocin Summative, Herrmann Summative, Peek Summative
Friday: Wood Summative, Michels Summative, Davis Summative
This Week's Meetings
Monday: Faculty Circle Returns, Science Team
Tuesday: Social Studies Team, PBIS Tier 1
Wednesday: PBIS Tier2/3, Weekly Custodial Meeting
Thursday: Office staff meeting at 10:45, Conferences 4-7
Admin team checks in daily from 2:45-3pm to catch up on the day.
Unit Planning Days
UA--I'd like to do a half day for you guys as well. We'll try to make this happen. I'd like you to be able to participate in an activity the rest of the building will be doing on their unit planning days.
Faculty Meetings (Circles and Vertical)
February: Vertical Meetings at scheduled times
March: Vertical Meetings ALL ON ONE DAY--purpose is SBG school calibration (March 12)
April: Vertical Meetings ALL ON ONE DAY--purpose is scheduling/room assignments (April 16)
MAY: Vertical Meetings at scheduled times
2020 Planning Meetings (1, 2, 5, 7)
FEBRUARY
February 25 and 27: Unit Planning (everyone attends)
MARCH
March 3: Calibrate a 1
March 4: Calibrate a 2
March 5: Calibrate a 3
March 11, 12: Fine-tuning SBG
March 17: Behavior PLC
Rather than PLC days for unit planning, we will do a full day sub day for each group of teachers. 5 hours will be dedicated to unit planning and proficiency scale cration, 1 hour will be dedicated to PIneapple Charting (more info to come).
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