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January 9 - 13
Building Open
Professional Development Hours
Interventions
Meagan Golafshan will be working with students in grades 3, 4 and 5.
We are asking you to schedule SSC meetings for students with failing averages in Reading and Math on the last report card.
For 3rd, 4th and 5th grades, we are also asking you to have an SSC for students who fail the practice STAAR tests. You will discuss with parents the specific interventions you are putting in place, and schedule a follow up meeting to discuss progress.
Library
Randomness
Twitter Challenge for Teachers
All of the challenges will be due February 10th - and your sheet will need to be turned in to me by that date. Each week, I will also provide the challenge(s) for that week and the due date.
Due January 9th
Task 1
For those of you who do not have a twitter account – please set one up. Also, if you do not have a picture on your Twitter handle – please figure out how to change your egghead picture to something different. Write the name of your twitter handle on the Twitter Challenge paper
Task 2
Follow @Reddprincipal
Most of you were able to complete tasks 1 and 2 on the January staff development day.
Although there are due dates on the Challenge, please feel free to work ahead and get the tasks done sooner.
Teacher of the Year
The SBISD annual Teacher of the Year competition will begin on January 9, 2016. As has been the case over the past three years, all staff, parents and students will be able to submit nominations for the 2017 Elementary and Secondary Teacher of the Year. The competition once again will be conducted online for nominations, voting and any run-off voting that may be necessary.
2017 Campus/District Teacher of the Year (TOY) Timeline:
• Monday, Jan. 9 – Nominations open
• Friday, Jan. 20 – Nomination Deadline
• Jan 23 - 27 –TOY Nominated Teachers list link provided to principals for review and
announcement at Campus Level
• Wednesday 2/1- Friday 2/3 - Online Voting by campus via email link
• Week of Feb 6-10 Run-off voting as necessary
• Week of Feb 10 – Principals notified of their campus winners
• Week of Feb 13 – Principals announce campus winners & notify Community Relations when announced
• Week of Feb 20 – District announces all campus winners
• Week of Feb 20 – TOYs receive email from Community Relations with district information
• Friday, March 10 –District TOY Application deadline
• Thursday, March 23 – Finalists Announced
• April 6/7—Finalist Interviews
• TBA - Service Awards/Announcement of Winners
My One Word
Instead of making New Year's Resolutions, I now choose One Word to guide me through the year. Here is some information directly from the Myoneword.org website:
"If you’re like most people, each January goes something like this: You choose a problematic behavior that has plagued you for years and vow to reverse it. In fact, you can probably think of two or three undesirable habits—make that four or five.
Thus begins the litany of imperfections to be perfected commonly known as “New Year’s Resolutions.” All of which are typically off your radar by February.
“My One Word” is an experiment designed to move you beyond this cycle. The challenge is simple: lose the long list of changes you want to make this year and instead pick ONE WORD.
This process provides clarity by taking all your big plans for life change and narrowing them down into a single focus. Just one word that centers on your character and creates a vision for your future. So, we invite you to join us and pick one word for the next twelve months."