Staff Proclamation
August 16, 2019
Examples of Living Our Mission
- Starting a school year is a team effort! I love how everyone has been on deck this week to support our Royals in coming back to school. Thanks to EVERYONE who is in the halls greeting kids, helping get new kids to their rooms or designated locations, supporting each other in the new year and more! It takes a family!
On the Docket
Monday, August 19, 2019
- BIST Reminder: Make sure you are making kids accountable for responding to greetings everytime!
- STAR Benchmarking begins. You can view more details about test administration below. You will do these in your rooms with the chromebooks. All benchmarking needs to be completed August 29th for both reading and math. You can choose and communicate with parents the days you are testing your students.
- Happy Birthday Carly (Sunday)
- Happy Birthday Genia
- Happy Birthday Jessica
- Happy Birthday Rachel Klein
- RTI Review Meetings (Michelle W and Mikela, please note that I added a student from each of your classrooms based on information from their previous schools).
- BIST Reminder: Remember to make sure you are in the halls and greeting students at the start of the day or that you have a student greeter assigned. If you are available, be present in the halls in the morning for arrival!
- Fire Drill #2
- Board of Education Meeting 6pm at DHS
- PLCS: Grade level agendas. Please submit your meeting agendas and notes in canvas under the "Elementary PLCS" tile > Discussions > your grade level/content area. Your template should follow:
- Agenda
- Minutes/Notes
- Questions/Comments for the Principal or District Office
- Action Steps Before Next Week
Thursday, August 22, 2019
- Staff Meeting 2:50pm in the Resource Room
Friday, August 23, 2019
- Classroom Mission Statements Due to Mandy. A printed copy is best!
- Law Enforcement/Lock Down Drill at approximately 9:30am
Evaluation Important Dates
Professional Growth Plans- September 15
Formal Observation #1 – September-October
Formal Observation #2 – November-December
Informal Observations – Throughout Year
Non-Tenured Evidence Submission – December 20
Non-Tenured Summative Evaluations due for Personnel Meeting Done- January 31
Non-Tenured Summative; March 2nd
Tenured Evidence Submission January 31
Summative Evaluations – April 15
Non-Certified Staff Evaluations Done- May 1
PGP’s Finished – May 15
Evaluation Dates
We will be using the Evaluise System this year. I will be placing copies of some resource guides in everyone's mailboxes. We will have a meeting on August 29th after school to review that information as well as go over the dates and expectations for evaluation. Since Evaluise is new to everyone, it will be important for you all to get the information at that meeting.
Some resources for you:
Royals are Readers
Master Calendar
Each of you should have access to the DGS Master Calendar. Please be sure to check it frequently so you are aware of events and activities.
The meeting calendar with PLC topics, staff meeting dates, and links to agendas will be on the front page of the master calendar document. This includes SIP days, RTI meetings, ILT meetings, ect.
Each teacher has a tab along the bottom of the calendar. Once you have your classroom schedules finalized, please be sure to add that to your tab along the bottom of the master calendar.
DGS Staff Resources and Dashboard
I would bookmark/star this so you can access it when you need it. Please note this has items like updated classroom fund balances, the daily transportation list, the master calendar and more.
Safety Reminders
- You will be receiving an updated flip chart for your classrooms regarding safety information. Please review it. Also, I suggest programming my cell phone, George's cell phone and Lisa's cell phone in your phones. You will also be receiving a red packet of emergency information. I suggest reading through this and including it with your sub plans.
- When you leave your classrooms, please shut off the lights and shut the door. Ensuring that the hallways look uniform is a safety precaution.
- Ensure you review your fire, lock down and severe weather plans with your students
- There is a new Trauma Bag outside the gym by the AED machine. This would be used in the event of a massive injury. Any smaller first aide issues should be sent to the office.
- Each of you will receive a bag of bandaids and 'ouch report' forms. Please use these in your classrooms as needed. Students should not be sent to the office for minor things like paper cuts, hang nails, scratches, ect. Use your professional judgement.
Student Snacks
Yellow Office Passes
Transportation Changes Spreadsheet
Lisa will continue to give you a print out until Wednesday of next week. After that, you will be responsible for checking it online HERE
Yellow Office Folders
Please send the folders down regardless if there is anything in it. These are also in your mailboxes if you haven't cleared it out yet.
Bist Bytes
Thanks to Michelle Weiss for preparing the processing cards digital file. Steve W and Kate are working on getting these cut and put on a ring for you. They will be put in your mailboxes by the end of the day.
For the first week of school, please ensure you are completing the following:
Greet your students at the classroom door EVERY DAY and/or establish a classroom greeter
Ensure students respond to an adult greeting every time from the beginning
Create a Classroom Mission Statement
Ensure a DGS Behavior Expectations Matrix is visible in your classroom
Introduce your Whole Brain Teaching 5 Rules and 3 Life Goals
Introduce Hurtful vs Disruptive Behaviors
Make a T chart with students to identify hurtful and disruptive behaviors. All other “rules” should fall under these two categories. Tell students that the goal of these two rules is to make sure our classroom is safe so they can count on you (and other adults in the building) to address them when they are hurtful or disruptive. Display the BIST Goals for Life poster. Read each goal and ask students to restate the goals in their own words. Using the Goals for Life Poster, identify what goal is not being met in each behavior on the Hurtful/Disruptive poster
Brainstorm and Discuss Gateway Behaviors and Caring Confrontations
Caring Confrontation-address behaviors without embarrassing students.
Teach students how you will ask them to change their behaviors (individually, not in front of the class, when possible), what their response should be, and what will happen if they do not change their behavior.
ICE-
I see…(you are talking and disrupting other students).
Can you…(stop talking during this lesson)
Even though...(it might be tempting to talk to your friend).
Teach kids to say YES in a respectful way (not yeah). Give students the opportunity to PRACTICE responding in an appropriate way.
If they cannot respond appropriately, or if they respond with the appropriate “yes” but the behavior does not change, they move to the safe seat.
Don’t let ANYTHING slide in the beginning…Gateway behaviors (talking, tapping, etc.) can lead to more disruptive and/or hurtful behaviors.
STAR Testing Information
Star Testing begins August 19th. Please plan on having all testing done by August 29th.
All testing can be done in your classrooms with the student Chromebooks.
Students can access Renaissance by going to the district website and clicking "students' at the top of the page. An icon will be there for them to click on. You can view this at https://www.dunlapcusd.net/students
TESTING REMINDERS:
- PERA changes will have evaluations tied to SGP growth between the fall and spring benchmark.
- Our school goal is to ensure our SGP is 66 or above. We will include this on our communications to parents as well on our school data center. SGP scores over 65 will constitute an excellent rating. Those scores between 35-65 will constitute a proficient rating.
- You must test students within the testing window to have your testing results included in district and building level data reports.
- Kristen Hawes or Kaiann Holt can assist you in student make ups
- Remember, that if a student needs to retake a test, you must do that the same day.
- Below are the pre-test instructions for each test. Please ensure you review these in your PLC and with your students.
- You can provide parents information in your newsletter or online platforms by providing the link to the parent's guide to STAR Assessments
- Thank you for proctoring and monitoring student testing during the test taking sessions. Please review the testing instructions with students and walk around and monitor students as they test. Your presence is important. We will use these results to analyze student growth. It is important to remind students of the importance of the assessment as well.
- I will print parent reports for you to send home with students with Progress Reports on September 13th.
The Chocolate Touch
You can view the schedule for reading HERE
Hard copies are also in mailboxes.
I encourage classroom teachers to work with their Royal Families or other grade levels across the district to coordinate reading times or book chats about the book!
I have also created a Google Site with resources for you that you can access HERE
Discipline Dashboard (Data will be maintained here)
Maintenance Requests
This helps George, Nancy, and Tom Grimm track building and district requests.
You can ask verbally for a request, but also be sure to send the email. It can be as simple as "Please move desk to stage in my classroom" or "Air Conditioning is leaking."