Conrad/Thomas Jefferson Tribune
WEEK OF OCTOBER 21-25, 2019
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP/NORTHWEST GOALS & CORE VALUES
A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Illustrious Leaders,
What a great week of ongoing Professional Development opportunities that our Cluster has had from Office Managers to CICs and teachers! WOW! how exciting!
I would like to thank our Principals and Assistant Principals who modeled setting the expectations that PD is important by attending our cluster teacher PD today!. It starts with the leader, which is why I have made it a personal/professional goal to ensure that I too am setting that expectation by being present at every SWAG and PD session offered in our Cluster. Lastly, I can truly say that we ALL have been Sharpening our Saws-Habit 7.
As we continue with our ongoing power meetings, ensure that you are monitoring implementation of what is discussed on Look Forward meetings! The 2nd six weeks data will be the pivotal point in what instructional moves should be made in order to ensure Good First Instruction. The goal is to ensure that your campuses are showing growth from the first six weeks. If your campuses are not showing growth, there is a gap and you MUST approach things differently. Remember, you can not do the same thing and get different results. Change is inevitable.
Here is to a productive week of teaching, learning, growing and leading!
Ms. Torres
Emmett Conrad/Thomas Jefferson Executive Director
WEEKLY UPDATES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
- ED & ILCs campus visit @ Jill Stone-PLCs and campus walks
- ED & ILCs campus visit @ Joe May-PLCs and campus walks
- K-2 Fluency Training @ Joe May-8:30-11:30
- ED and ILCs campus visit @ Walnut Hill
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
- ED and ILCs campus visit @ Joe May
- Principal TEI Congruence meeting @ Joe May-9:00 a.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
- Strategy Steering Committee w/Bachman Lake-Ms. Torres, Mr. Burak & Mr. Jaramillo-9:30-12:30
Changing the Odds Conference-ILCs and Principals
United 2 Learn Community Campus day applications DUE TODAY!
ED and ILCs campus visit @Burnet
- ED and ILCs campus visit @ Stephen Foster
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
- Changing the Odds Conference-ILCs and Principals
- PEIMS SNAPSHOT DUE DATE!
- ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FORMS DUE TODAY!
- Ms. Torres @ Business Conference
- Barrios and Loskot @ NCX for LEAD interviews
SWAG NIGHT @ JOE MAY ES OCTOBER 29th
THE LEADER IN ME
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO RESOURCES
Thinking Maps ~ October ~ The Double Bubble
Thinking Maps Lead to Authentic Student Writing
CONRAD/THOMAS JEFFERSON WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Students Working Hard at Jill Stone
Happy Bosses Day Ms. Torres ~ Thank You for All You DO !
National Principal Month Celebration
Congratulations Walnut Hill and Jack Lowe ~ 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools
BAS K- 2 PD at Joe May October 18th
ELAR and SLAR PD at Joe May ~ IFL, Journaling , Levels of Thinking and SWAG
Science PD at Joe May October 18th
Jefferson & Conread Office Managers Working Together
UPDATE-TEI NEWS FOR TEACHERS!
THE CORE 4
Dallas ISD is 20,000 staff members strong, and each one is vital to the work being accomplished in the district. Through the district’s commitment to exemplary customer service, each member is focused on serving 157,000 students and their families by delivering professional, high-quality service in everything we do.
At the heart of great customer service for each district employee are the four tenets of customer service--the Core 4: focused, fast, flexible, and friendly. These principles, also, are key to forging a positive culture within the organization as they are applied, internally, colleague to colleague, as well as to students, families, taxpayers, and the entire community.
It is a strong commitment that goes beyond the conversation about what exemplary customer service looks like becoming the norm for the way we operate in the district every day.
COMPLIANCE VIDEOS
The window for both the annual policy acknowledgement and the compliance training videos, will open on September 3, 2019. October 31, 2019 is the deadline to complete both the annual policy acknowledgement and the compliance training. See the WAIP 08/01/19.
FUTURE IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
2020 LEADER IN ME SYMPOSIUM
BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (K-2)
SWAG NIGHTS (K-5) & Specials Teachers
SWAG SPECIALIST TEAM LEADS
PRINCIPALS OF LEARNING FOCUS
Reading ILC Corner
Why is Guided Reading Important?
Both good and struggling readers benefit from guided reading. Whole group instruction has its place in literacy programs, but there are great benefits to students who are given the opportunity to have differentiated, teacher-led instruction in a small group setting. There, the teacher's goal is to assist students in developing an understanding of what they are reading, and also to encourage students to apply strategies they will need to become independent readers.
Use the Button below to read the full article.
Math ILC Corner
Grade 3-5 Math Focus
Properties of Multiplication to Generate Strategies
Expiration Rules in Division
Science ILC Corner
FALL 2019 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Oracle Finance Systems and Payroll classes are also available. ATS is now offering a new Open Lab for iExpense. The attached schedule of classes is on our website at: https://www.dallasisd.org/ATS.
See the WAIP 7/18/2019 for more information
IMPORTANT LINKS & INFORMATION TO READ
100% Scholar Participation in Clubs or Extracurricular Activities in Pre-K-5th Grades
OCTOBER
29-NEW Principal Meeting
31-United 2 Learn Community day applications due!
31-Last day to take and pass Compliance Videos
NOVEMBER
1- End of Six Weeks
4-Practice Lab @ Teaching Trust to work with a TT Coach-for 45 minutes(if you want a 90 min lab, you could schedule a block for your team to attend- 5:30-8:15 p.m.
7-Network Day
JANUARY, 2020
9-Network Day
FEBRUARY
21-State of the District Address @ Omni Hotel-@10:00
27-Network Day
MARCH
28-United 2 Learn-Community day
APRIL
16-Network Day
JUNE
4-Network Day
10-Principal Luncheon
MARSHALL MEMO #807
The Effect of Teachers’ Race and Experience on Student Achievement
In this article in Educational Researcher, Katie Vinopal (The Ohio State University) and Stephen Holt (University at Albany, SUNY) report the results of their study on the impact of teachers’ race and level of experience on student achievement. “A growing body of research has documented the important benefits teachers of color bring to students of color,” say Vinopal and Holt, “including higher expectations.” Studies have also found that teachers become more effective with more years of classroom experience. Here’s what the researchers found about the interaction of these two variables:
• Rookie African-American teachers had higher expectations of their black students than beginning white teachers, but as black teachers became more experienced, their expectations of black students decreased – but were still slightly higher than the expectations of experienced white teachers.
• Rookie white teachers had lower expectations of their African-American students than more-experienced colleagues. This was especially true in lower-income and lower-achieving schools, which tend to be staffed by less-experienced teachers and have high staff turnover.
• These findings reinforce the importance of better preservice training and inservice PD on implicit bias and multicultural curriculum to counteract preconceived notions of students’ potential. “For a student with college-going talent who, for whatever reason, has not considered college a viable destination,” say Vinopal and Holt, “meeting a teacher capable of seeing their potential and planting the seeds of academic confidence could be the crucial difference.”
• As white teachers gain experience, their expectations of black students rise. For principals and superintendents in high-need schools, the implication is clear: hire and retain more experienced teachers.
• “The recruitment and retention of black teachers should continue to be a primary goal,” say Vinopal and Holt. “However… even with aggressive action, a meaningful reduction in the diversity gap between teachers and students is unlikely to happen for decades. In the meantime, our results suggest that increasing the experience level of non-black teachers teaching black students can at least moderate the racial mismatch expectations gap, ultimately reducing the negative effects of the current lack of racial representation among teachers.”
EMMETT J. CONRAD/THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
- Jack Lowe Elementary: Principal, Sandra Barrios
- Jill Stone : Principals, Rosalinda Pratt & Selena Deboskie
- Highland Meadows: Principal, JoAnna Bahena
- David G. Burnet Elementary: Principal, Sonia Loskot
- Leonides Cigarroa Elementary : Principal, Douglas Burak
- Stephen C. Foster Elementary: Principal, Irma De La Guardia
- Joe May Elementary: Principal, Rosseven Nava
- K.B. Polk Elementary: Principal, Kourtnei Billups
- Julian T. Saldivar: Principal, Edgar Jaramillo
- Walnut Hill Elementary: Principal, Phillip Potter
- McShan Elementary: Principal, Joseph Medaris