Smoke Signals: Staff Edition
December 5-9
This week's events:
All Week:
- 11/28-12/9 - Feed the Pig, see email from Mrs. Taylor for more info.
Monday, 12/5:
- Special Education team, extra lunch day
Tuesday, 12/6 -
- Specials Team, extra lunch day (Tentative, pending weather)
- 3:30 - 4:00 - CAT Meeting #2
- 4:00 - 6:00 - Shackelford Staff Christmas party, bring a wrapped Christmas ornament or decoration, $10 limit.
Wednesday, 12/7:
- 10:00 am - HJH Band Performance for 5th grade
- Office Staff and anyone else who has not had an extra lunch day
Thursday, 12/8-
- 8:00 am and 6:30 pm, 3rd grade program
- 1st, 3rd, & 5th grades extra recess days (Tentative, pending weather - we will have the extra recess day on the warmest day of the week - right now, looks like Tuesday but I'll keep an eye on the weather.)
Friday, 12/9-
- 5th grade math & science DCA Data meeting
- 6:00 Shackelford Movie Night
Coming up next...
Week 3
December 12 - RTI Meetings, turn in names by Wednesday, 12/7
December 13 - Night of Wonder
December 14 - DLT Meeting, Burkhalter off campus
December 15 - Campus Christmas party - parties determined by grade level
December 16 - Campus Holiday Sing Along, cafeteria 8:00, early release day
Christmas Break - December 17-January 1
12/20 - PTO Spirit Night at Urban Air - staff attendance NOT required though you are certainly welcome! More information to come.
January 2, 2017
This will be a professional development day on campus
January 2, 2017 Professional Development Day
8:00 – 8:30 – breakfast & welcome
8:30 – 9:30 –session 1
9:45-10:45 – session 2
11:00-12:00 –session 3
12:00 – 1:00 – lunch
1:00 – 1:30 – grade level leader meeting
1:30 – 4:00 – team meetings, team planning, can plan with others from different campuses if you choose to.
Staff members will be divided into 3 groups and attend the following sessions:
- Instruction and updates for the spring - Burkhalter
- AP & Counselor updates with a focus on discipline and PBIS - East & Taylor
- Technology Training - Ashley Cieri
A detailed schedule with groups and rotations will be coming soon.
During the spring semester, we will also schedule professional development sessions related to Education Galaxy & Math Interventions, Guided Reading & LLI, ELL students, Handling Difficult Behaviors presented by a district behavior specialist, and additional technology training.
Thank you to those who took the time to complete my survey and give feedback about professional development! You will all get a prize in your box from me :-) --Theresa