Staff Proclamation
Week of March 9, 2020
DGS Staff Norms
- Are student-centered.
- Are open-minded.
- Are risk-takers.
- Respect all staff roles & responsibilities.
- Create comfortable learning & working environments.
- Demonstrate cross-curricular collaboration & communication
On the Docket
Monday, March 9, 2020
- 3K Surprise Dog VIsits to go along with their reading story at 9am
- Severe Weather/Storm Drill at 10am. I will make an overhead announcement. Please direct your students to appropriate storm locations. Once you feel they have practiced, you are welcome to take them back to class. I will come around, but you don't have to wait for me to dismiss your class.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
- I'll be at the district office for our Tuesday admin meeting 9am
- DHS Cookie Sales 1:30pm
- Enrichment Eagles 2:45-4pm
- 5th grade algebra aptitude test. I will put answer documents in your mailboxes today. You will receive the test booklets the day of the test. Student should not write in the test booklets. They should only write on their answer sheets and scratch paper. Please return these scored and alphabetical to the office by Friday.
- We will be sending out a sign up for kindergarten Brigance Screening
- DHS/HGES Special Education meeting at District Office (12:30-3:30/Mandy and Rachel)
- PLCs: 3rd Grade will meet with the instructional coaches at HGES. Other grade levels will have grade level meetings at DGS with their PLC partner.
- 1st grade meeting at DO (Genia)
- Happy Birthday LISA KAMIN!
- I will be at a conference in Bloomington all day. Nicole Sivertsen will serve as principal for the day and will be available in the office
- Registration for current students opens. They will receive an email regarding this from the district
- Spring Picture Day. Only students that return a form will have their pictures taken. You can hold the picture forms in your classroom until today. When Lisa calls your classes down, just send students that have brought forms.
Friday, March 13, 2020
- 1,000th Day of School for 5th grade
- Report cards should be sent home
Happy Birthday Steve Wright on Saturday!
New Staff Member
Severe Weather Preparedness
- Interior, small rooms usually offer the best protection. Offices or bathrooms are usually favored locations.
- Interior hallways are usually another good option, but avoid getting too close to outside door openings. If the hallway has glass doors at the end, it may not be a good choice. Hallways can also become a wind tunnel with dangerous debris flying through them. A hallway that zig-zags will be less likely to create a wind tunnel and should be relatively safer than a straight hallway.
- Avoid exterior class rooms or rooms with many windows.
- Avoid large span ceiling rooms like gymnasiums, auditoriums, and cafeterias. You have to assume ceiling failure will occur.
BIST Tracking
If a student has 3 or more moves in a month, this should trigger a grade level PLC conversation and planning session for that student if you haven't already. We will be using BIST more in RTI planning meetings as well.
Evaluation Important Dates
Please start scheduling observations!
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
resources for you:
BIST Bytes
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.
Positive Office Referrals
You are welcome to celebrate the successes of students at any point this year. You can do so by filling out this FORM or by simply sending me an email that details they're specific success or positive behavior. They will get to ring the bell, sign the wall and have a selfie taken to be displayed outside the office. In most cases, I also call home to share the good news with their parents.
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."