Panther Press: Inside Edition
Excellence, Everywhere, Everyday
Instructional Highlights
Ms. Watanabe
Ms. Lemmons
Dr. Banks
Campus Walkthroughs
Observation Feedback Conferences:
Teachers are to bring either their laptops to capture notes and action steps or if you are pen to paper individual, identify a composition type book, where conference notes are kept. These notes are to be brought to every conference.
Leaders will come to meetings with their resources and conference notes as well.
Preparedness is essential for ALL.
There will be a standardized form that will be used by all leaders to capture the conference feedback and next steps, incorporating the Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Feedback Model of See It. Name It. Do It and the T-Tess Rubric.
Grading Requirements
- Teachers shall take a minimum of two formative assessment grades per week per 3 week grading period. (total of 6 grades for progress report 1)
- Additionally, three summative assessment grades shall be included per 9 week grading period.
- District assessments will count as a grade.
Lesson Plan Expectations
As a reminder, the lesson frame should be two clear statements. The "We will..." should align to the standard and overall objective of the class. The "I will..." should be a concrete task that students are completing to show they have mastered the objective.
Here is an exemplar lesson plan for your reference.
Testing Schedule
- 17th-20th Writing Calibrations
- 23rd English 1 Scoring
- 24th English 2 Scoring
- 30th Writing Calibration 1 Data must be in Aware by 4:00pm
Passes
Please make sure you are not holding scholars over in your class and writing a pass to the next class.
Thank you for honoring the schedule of all scholars and respecting the instruction prepared by your colleagues!
Work Requests and Work Quotes
Please note the following when requesting work in your classroom or in the building:
All work requests and work quotes for maintenance, grounds, or custodial staff require an Eduphoria work (ticket) request to be submitted. In the event of an emergency, you may contact Ms. Amy Kile at ext. 6522 to report the emergency and then follow up with an Eduphoria work request.
Examples of an emergency include, but not limited to:
Gas odor in the building
Broken exterior glass
Broken water line
An exterior door will not lock
An electrical outlet is sparking
If in doubt, pleases make the call.
Event Equipment
Are you hosting an event? Do you require tables and chair? Please see the process below for requesting tables and chairs. Please note: you MUST follow their process or you risk (very high risk) of not having what you need to make your event fabulous!
1. Please request your needs via Eduphoria
2. The request must be made at least 2 weeks in advance. Why?
- A) to ensure the warehouse has what you need.
- B) to ensure your request is scheduled for delivery.
3. There is a campus level approval process. I will deny if you are outside of the timeframe.
4. When the event is over, you MUST have the items ready for pick-up at the location and the time as indicated on the request form. Please note, not following this vital part will place you at risk for not being able to use equipment in the future. Why does this matter?
- A) The warehouse services the entire district
- B) They are responsible for fulfilling requests for other campuses
- C) When they are not able to retrieve items back as scheduled, they can not fulfill other requests in a timely manner.
Here's to having an amazing event with ALL the items you need!
Building Improvements - Coming Soon!
The great community of Duncanville approved a bond. As a result, WE ARE GETTING PAINT!
- The painting will happen over the many breaks that are ahead of us.
- Please keep an eye out for notifications to begin removing items from your walls.
- First wave of painting will happen October 4th and October 7th!
Transportation
Tutoring buses will be available Mondays and Wednesdays. The buses will be available to pick up scholars on the west side at 4:30pm.
Scholars must have a tutoring pass to a) stay after school for tutoring and b) ride the tutoring bus. If a scholar is not equipped with a pass, they will not be able to ride the tutoring bus.
Teacher Duty Expectations
Why duty? It's your morning, lunch, and afternoon power zone! This is a great time to proactively connect with scholars while assisting with maintaining the safety and security of the campus.
This is a non-negotiable! You are required to be on your duty help support the safety and security efforts of the campus.
- Morning Duty: 7am - 7:15am.
- Lunch Duty: The last 15 minutes of your designated lunch period.
- After School: 3:00pm - 3:15pm
All teachers are on duty every passing period. This means, please be visible at your door - Meet, Greet, and Check!
Team 3: YOU ARE UP! September 16th - September 27th!
Monthly Drills
Excellent job on the last drill. We successfully cleared the entire building in 9 minutes and completed the reverse evacuation in 5!
Red binders are available. Many of you have picked them up! If you are still in need of a red emergency/sub binder, please see Ms. Gonzales in A114!
Staff Parking
- Staff parking is located in lot A.
- You may also use unmarked parking spots on the westside.
- Please do not park in the natatorium marked spots.
- Please only use the handicap parking spots if YOU are the person in need of the parking space. It's not enough to have a tag.
- Parking at Sandra Meadows is designated for coaching staff that utilize Sandra Meadows.
- Parking in the horseshoe, maintenance, softball, baseball, and soccer areas have been secured for coaches and teachers closest to those lots.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
From: Associates of Curriculum, Instruction, and Operations
Email: Tstaats@duncanvilleisd.org
Website: https://www.duncanvilleisd.org/duncanvillehs
Location: 900 West Camp Wisdom Road, Duncanville, TX, USA
Phone: 972-708-3700