BAMS Staff Newsletter
May 17, 2015 - Volume 2, Issue 32
It's a Great Day to Be Great!
Bessie Allen Middle School - SLO & Goals
Building SLO:
By June of 2015, 80% of students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade will show growth in their opinion writing sample rubric score from the September 2014 writing benchmark based on the school developed writing rubric (adapted from the Smarter Balanced writing rubric).
Goal Update: Here are the results from our mid-year assessment
6th Grade - 61% of students showed growth; overall achievement increased 14%
7th Grade - 69% of students showed growth; overall achievement increased 12%
8th Grade - 57% of students showed growth; overall achievement increased 3%
School wide - 62% of students showed growth
Building Goals:
DPI School of Recognition
PBIS School of Merit
Routinely Take Literacy Risks
Be a CEO
Driving Question for 2014-2015:
What have we changed with our instruction to prepare our students for the Badger Exam assessment (and other higher level thinking opportunities)?
Goals for SSR and SSW
- Provide a time for every student in our building to read and write.
- Ensure this time is a positive part of our students' day.
News and Notes
- HS Exams - Class finals at the HS will not effect our schedule. They are testing during the block days.
- Thank you to Connie for leading the Honor's Reception planning! Great work!!!! Also, thank you to others that have been helping to plan a great event. I'm excited for tomorrow night to celebrate our students.
- Please let me know about dates and needs for our iPad collection. The goal will be the same as last year; have all devices cleaned and ready so the 2015-2016 rollout is smooth.
- STAR Make-ups - Please remember that grade level teams are responsible for all STAR make-ups. Thank you for administering these tests. Many of us have already been analyzing the data. The Data Wall in the Team Room will be updated soon.
- The last benchmark assessment for the year will be the all-school writing sample taking place on May 13th. Thank you for all of the work that has gone into this. We will use the same process for scoring these samples. Many educators are using these results for their SLO.
- Please be thinking about adding final notes and comments to student RtI folders. This documentation process is huge to support next year's teachers. This task will be on the end of the year checkout list which will be coming from Joan soon.
Out of the Office
- May 18th - 1:45-2:35pm - Honor's Study Hall
- May 17th - PLTW Middle School Visits - All-day
- May 20th - 8:30-10am - BAMS BCT Meeting
- May 26th - 8-11am - Admin Team Meeting - DMR
Oriole Way - Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe
- There is still time this year to have positive moments with our students before the year is out. It will be sad to see our students leave for the summer.
- The Oriole Way Team reviewed SAS and BOQ surveys to determine improvement areas for next year. We have 3 areas (rewards, discipline, implementation) we are going to focus on for next year. The team will be meeting over the summer to develop action steps to accomplish our goals.
- How many BAMS Bucks have you given out this month?
- How many GREAT forms have you filled out this month?
- NEXT Meeting - May 27th, 7am
OASYS and Teacher Effectiveness
- SLO - Due by May 15th or when data is available
- End of Year Conferences for Year 3/New Educators - Due by May 31st
Click Here for a link to Teacher Effectiveness Info from CESA 6
Click Here for a Teacher Effectiveness Calendar for EDUCATORS/SPECIALISTS
Dates to Remember
May 18 - BAMS Honors Reception 6pm
May 20 - 5th Graders Visit BAMS, 9-11am
May 22 - Pep Assembly 1:45pm *5th Graders in attendance
May 25 - No School
May 27 - 7th Grade Field Trip - Brewers Game
May 27 - Staff Meeting 2:50-3:30pm
May 28 - Oriole Leaders Meeting 10:40-11:40am
June 2 - 5th/6th Grade Track Meet PM
June 3 - 8th Grade vs. Faculty Basketball Game *tentative
June 4 - 6th Grade Field Trip - Medieval Times
June 4 - 8th Grade Field Trip - Mt. Olympus
June 5 - Last Day of 6th Grade Exploratory Rotation
June 5 - BAMS Got Talent Show 7:45am-9am
June 5 - Last Day of School - Early Release
June 8 - End of the Year Grades Due 7am
*See Google Doc titled "2014-2015 BAMS Yearly Calendar" for a look at events for the entire year.
Staff Meeting Agenda
Staff Meeting: May 27th - 2:50-3:30pm - DMR
Agenda:
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Next Meeting: August 25th, 8am - DMR
Parent Link Messages
We use a system called Parent Link to send mass messages to families. Please let me know if you need anything communicated.
Messages sent this week:
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