Horace Mann High School
News and Notes
Staff reminders
Students have two freebie tardies per semester. After two teachers please assign detentions and have students serve with you. Complete minor form for detentions.
Please make sure attendance is taken each hour. Thank you for helping Becky and Matt and I keep accurate attendance-especially when parents are calling looking for students.
Kindergarten-Halloween walk through visit
Hi,
The kindergartners would love to parade through BA and HM on Thursday, Oct 27th around 10:00. We would walk through the halls in our costumes from BA to HM, resting in the Commons if there is a class switch, and then back through BA home to ELC...weather permitting. We have approx. 90 students that would like to say BOO and walk in their costumes! I will send a reminder as the date gets closer. If you would prefer us not going down a certain hallway please let me know.
(We are doing it early due to FLC doing their dress up day then and the PTO is having their party that evening.)
Students and Computers
Goals
DISTRICT GOALS
#1. All Students Get Better at Literacy!
#1. Engaging and Effective Instruction!
#1. Create and Maintain a Happy (Positive Emotional) Environment!
HORACE MANN HIGH SCHOOL SLO
By Spring of 2017, 11th grade class average will meet the state average on the ACT.
By Spring of 2018, 11th grade class average will meet or surpass the state average on the ACT.
By Spring of 2019, 11th grade class average will surpass the state average on the ACTEDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS
Thank you Kurt for sharing the electronic link and feel free to add your own questions.
https://goo.gl/forms/4G2V8eWTfz5T265W2
Survey is due by October 28th.
PPG and Slo plan due by October 15th(let me know if you need until October 28th)
Don't forget to create a file where you start keeping artifacts you will use later.
Also take a look at your Professional Goal Setting Plan
Directions: (Taken from my learning plan)
Professional Goal-Setting Plan
This form is a tool to assist in developing a Professional Goal Setting Plan. Complete steps one, two, and three below. Note: Summative scoring rubrics for the SLO and six standards are provided for your information.
Step 1: Complete the SLO Process
If the SLO is team-based, the names of all team members should be included. NOTE: Each team member will individually submit and score the team goal.
Step 2: Complete the Self-Assessment of Professional Practice
Educators reflect on the effectiveness and adequacy of their practices based on each performance standard. At the standard or indicator level for each standard, educators identify at least one area of strength and at least one area for growth. To identify an area of strength or area for growth at the standard or indicator level click on the appropriate cell to highlight, then click on reflection to explain.Step 3: Professional Practice Goal (PPG)
After educators review the SLO process and self reflection, the educators develop one PPG annually that when aligned to the SLO may increase success in student learning. A PPG is a goal focused on an educator's practice.
Submission of this form is required annually. Educators in the summary year of a district's evaluation cycle should submit this form prior to the professional goal setting conference. Your district may or may not require a goal setting conference on non-summary
Dates I am out of the office and reminders
October 10th-Oriole Way meeting after school-join us!
October 11th-Teaching and Learning meeting with admin 9-10 a.m.
October 12th-ELL Meeting 7:45 a.m., Admin meeting in DMR.
October 14th-Brady is having dental surgery and I will be with him.
We are scheduled to take the ATODA survey February 16th for all 10th and 11th graders. We will do this at noon, in place of those homerooms with a few minutes into 5/6 class.
Homeroom, Oriole time
Please let me know of any other changes.
Any feedback on homerooms are working out is appreciated.
Oriole Way Reading and Writing
Writing
* Defend Your Thinking
* Know Your Purpose
* Revise and Edit Your Work
*Persevere
Reading
* Defend Your Thinking
* Know Main Ideas
* Dig Deeper
* Persevere
Learning Targets and Questioning
Thank you for continuing to work on level of questioning!
October
Oct 17th 3pm-7pm HS Commons
October 19th 3pm-6:30 p.m HS Commons
We use and open format in the HS and have a teacher at a table in the commons for parents to choose who they will come and see.
Thank you for using Oriole Way and Orange Frog conversations with parents-our hope is to get parents to attend these conferences and to stay in touch with us.
Orange Frog
We will share next week at faculty meeting.
Have a great weekend!