Wilson Ranger Post
February 20, 2017
Monday Professional Development
Enjoy your day of learning!
Visits on Campus
On Tuesday we are asking Debbie, our GE coach, to do a "mock" visit. She will give feedback sessions on those who she observes on Wednesday.
Napa Valley Elementary PBL visit - 2/22
A group from Napa Valley Elementary will be here on Wednesday to observe PBL on our campus. If you are in the middle of a project, please try to have some PBL going on in the morning if possible, and let Mr. Nester so he can bring the team by to observe.
Online Learning Session for Learners After School
We will be hosting online learning sessions for learners after school Monday - Thursday here at Wilson. We would like to offer learners the opportunity to work on the online programs designed to help them be successful. We know often there are so many opportunities and just not enough hours in the day, so we are hoping this might be a good solution!
The programs learners may work on, at your discretion, are as follows:
Istation
Imagine Learning
Think Through Math (3rd-5th)
Reflex (2nd-5th)
Prodigy
Based on the learners’ tutoring schedules and availability, you will select the days they attend.
Please add learners and the program(s) they need to work on to the google sheet here. You may add them to more than one day. As space is limited, please add your learners who aren’t getting their allotted time on these programs.
The session will last from 3:20-3:50 pm and Ms. Gomez and Ms. Hamilton will be moderating the time. They will take attendance. A cart of iPads will be available, but we would appreciate if one-to-one learners bring their iPads. Each learner will need to bring earbuds. Location is TBD based on the number of learners we have enrolled.
Please communicate with your parents the day(s) the learners will stay after school. We will begin Wednesday, February 22nd if we have learners signed up by that date.
Questions? Just ask :)
New Sound System!
February 27th Professional Learning
Please enroll in a course below:
Depth and Complexity/Questioning
Audience: All
Instructor: Carol Koslowski
Integrating the Garden: Spring Forward
Audience: All
Instructor: Rhonda Pickrell (guest garden instructor)
Audience: All
Instructor: Andi Feille
Audience: All
Instructors: Jennifer Hubble and Debra Marshall
Audience: All (3rd-5th emphasis)
Instructors: Sarah Yancey and Yolanda Williams
Audience: 3rd - 5th
Instructor: Mary Pruitt
Managing Writer’s Workshop and Write from the Beginning
Audience: All
Instructor: Chris Nester
Custodial Concerns?
The night custodial staff has turned over again. Please let Mr. Nester know if you have any custodial concerns.
GE Discipline
Through Great Expectations and Love and Logic our philosophy at Wilson is one that educates learners on how to make decisions and how those decisions effect us as well others. The goal is always that motivation should be intrinsic in lieu of extrinsic motivation. It is for this reason that we have removed items such as color charts from our classrooms, we don't have whole classroom discipline consequences, nor do we have rewards such as whole class parties for expected behaviors. We do create behavior plans on an individual basis that rely on extrinsic rewards with a gradual transition back to an intrinsic motivational system. Should you have a question about a discipline practice in regards to its alignment with such a philosophy, please speak with Chris or Mary.
Thank you,
Chris
February Staff Birthdays
Johanna Rivera - 2/2
Leigh Pang (cafe')- 2/19
Jennifer Adams - 2/21
Birthday Buddies!!!
Eric Hanson - 2/25
Heidi Rupley - 2/25
Jennifer Vasquez - 2/28