Bobcat Staff Pride
Sunset Valley Elementary
The Principal's Den- from One Cool Cat to Another
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I am working with KISD PTA Council President Carolyn Salvesen to help form the SVE PTA. We are planning a parent Meet & Greet sometime towards the end of May. The event will take place at Basswood Elementary. There are two possible dates, May 24th or May 26th. Once the date is finalized, I will let you know. I would love for everyone to come so that parents can get a "first look" of the people that represent the best, most incredible, teachers & staff in the district!! You know...the bobCATs Meow!
Anna and I have been busy interviewing these last few weeks. I have officially invited one 1st grade teacher and one 3rd grade teacher. Once they accept the official offer from HR, I will be able to share their names. I will also be calling references this week and hope to invite at least one Kindergarten teacher and two more 1st grade teachers. The next interviews that we are setting up will be for our librarian, art, theater & IST positions. Anna and I have met two amazing candidates for Art and Theater. We still have a couple more interviews to go before making our final decision.
Sunset Valley will be participating in Instructional Rounds and ICLE (Rigor/Relevance Framework) next school year. If you are interested in joining the SVE teams, just shoot me an email. Both teams will be participating in teacher walkthroughs/observations on our campus and with our assigned campuses. Our "sister" campus for Instructional Rounds is Park Glen Elementary. The Instructional Rounds network team for SVE has not been shared yet. Our ICLE partners have not been shared with me yet. More information on ICLE can be found at http://www.leadered.com/
- Instructional Rounds network team - we meet with several campuses 2-3 during the year. This is scheduled & led by the district's Curriculum & Instruction. We typically have 3 teachers on this team.
- Instructional Rounds "sister" team - we meet at least once per semester with our Sister Team (Park Glen Elementary). This is scheduled by the principals of each campus. We typically have 2-3 members on this team.
- District ICLE (Rigor/Relevance Framework) - we meet 2-4 times during the year with our assigned campuses. This is scheduled by C & I and led by a consultant from ICLE. The teams are made up of administrators and members of the learning function. The teachers on this team are observed by the team and then participate in a discussion after being observed. We typically have 3 teachers who agree to being observed.
- Campus ICLE (Rigor/Relevance Framework) - we will all be trained on using the framework and we will all have the opportunity to observe other teachers in our building.
Important Dates to Remember
May 24 OR May 26 - Parent/PTA Meet & Greet @ Basswood
Friday, June 17 - Staff Meet & Greet
Thursday, August 18 - Meet the Teacher
Tuesday, August 23 - 1st Day of School
Sunset Valley Bobcat Meet & Greet
Friday, Jun 17, 2016, 05:00 PM
9700 Barksdale Drive, Fort Worth, TX, United States
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Campus start & end times for 2016-17
- High Schools: 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- Middle Schools: 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- Intermediate Schools: 7:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Elementary Schools: 7:55 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
Early Learning Center AM: 8:10 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.
Early Learning Center PM: 12:25 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.
Members of OUR Bobcat Pride...so far. :)
Office Staff
Kristen Eriksen, Principal
Anna Michaels, Assistant Principal
Debbie Rush, Campus Secretary
Jennifer Cowan, Counselor
Sonya Sanford, Receptionist
Ruthann Kiefer, Attendance/Office Aid
Teachers...so far :)
- 3 classrooms in Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades
- 2 classrooms in 6th grade
Kindergarten
Lisa Adame-Self
An Amazing Kindergarten Teacher - coming soon
An Amazing Kindergarten Teacher - coming soon
1st grade
An Amazing 1st grade Teacher - coming soon
An Amazing 1st grade Teacher - coming soon
An Amazing 1st grade Teacher - coming soon
2nd grade
An Amazing 2nd grade Teacher - coming soon
Kim Van Kalker, 2nd grade
Megan Pavelka, 2nd grade
3rd grade
Gina Smith, 3rd grade
Katie Huff, 3rd grade
Amber Wynn, 3rd grade
4th grade
Laurie Perkins, 4th grade
Sandy Gremmels
Marcy Tate
5th grade
Carolyn Dannis, Math
An Amazing 5th grade Teacher - coming soon
An Amazing 5th grade Teacher - coming soon
6th grade & Special Education
An Amazing 6th grade Teacher - coming soon
An Amazing 6th grade Teacher - coming soon
Kim Taylor, Special Education Resource
Special Education & Fine Arts
Suzanne Sauls, Special Education Resource Aide
Jennifer Alcocer, Band Director
Joe Dunson, PE
Fine Arts
An Amazing Art Teacher - coming soon
Becky Puckett, Music
An Amazing Theater Teacher - coming soon
What's New ?
Our hallways and offices will be named as follows:
- "A" rooms - office & administration area
- "B" rooms - Library & Special's rooms
- "C" rooms - co-curr & cafe
- "K" rooms - Kindergarten
- "1", "2", "3", "4" rooms - 1st - 6th grade rooms (for example room 102 is a 1st grade classroom or room 303 is a 3rd grade classroom.)
Photos
To give you an idea...
Front of School
top of main stairwell
stairwell
Receptionist
Office Hallway
Workroom in office area.
Conference Room in office area
Counselor's office
Principal's office
Secretary's office
Clinic
Teacher workroom
Another angle of the teacher workroom
Mail room/Staff Lounge
Cafeteria
Stage in Cafeteria
Art Room
Gym
Library
Library Circulation desk
Network Printer
Typical storage room
Life Skills/Medically Fragile
Side Stairwells
Upstairs printer
Student Restrooms
Typical classroom
Here's an idea of what your classroom furniture & teacher workstation will look like
text @9bc72 to 81010
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