Wilson Ranger Post
January 9, 2017
Feb 9th - PBL Tour
They will be here in the afternoon. We would love for them to have the opportunity to observe different grade levels in different stages of the PBL process.
Please let Mary know what PBL unit you will be in and what you will be working on. Also, if you have some artifacts (realia or digital) that would be good to share, please pass that information along as well.
Accountability Talking Points
Here are the talking points he mentioned:
* The A-F system misrepresents a large proportion of what happens in schools by reducing a domain, school or district to a single mark, especially since data being used are from a testing window fraught with testing vendor errors.
* A single mark for an evaluated area can’t fully capture the complexity of schooling, therefore not giving the public useful or accurate information about their schools.
* One score in an evaluated area can’t tell the whole story of a campus. The rating system is neither simple nor transparent. A high grade for a school may be masking underlying problems, whereas a low grade for a school may not give credit to those learners who are achieving at higher levels.
* Based on information from multiple data points, our district and campuses are proud of the achievements of our learners and the instruction of our educators.
* We use multiple data points to ensure we are providing a quality education for each and every one of our learners.
* The need to have high expectations and a will to support all learners in reaching their best is imperative, and that’s what we do in Coppell ISD.
Jan 10th - Red and Black Day!
The District jeans and CEF Red & Black shirt day will still be on the 1st Tuesday of each month.
January 10th will be the Jeans and CEF shirt day for this month. Please remind your staff to send a photo of 5 or less friends and tweet it with #coppellisdef to win Sonic drinks.
At Wilson, we celebrate CEF on the 1st and 3rd weeks so for the month of Jan...1/10 and 1/24 will be our days!
Your Grade Level Goal
One suggestion is to add progress on common assessments and not just BOY, MOY and EOY to help your team see your successes along the way.
Garden Training
December - January Staff Birthdays
Jessica Young - 12/19
Tatiana Zvolanek - 12/20
Carol Ortega - 12/22
Chris Nester - 12/26
Kristy Cash - 1/10
Karli Kautz - 1/24