The Weekly
February 21-25
What are my colleagues learning about?
Jo Boaler: Mathematical Mindsets
20 of your colleagues are taking a course with British mathematics education professor Jo Boaler from Stanford University. We're learning about how to develop math brains in the classroom.
Sneek peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3icoSeGqQtY
Sneek peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3icoSeGqQtY
Kristina Smekens: Literacy Stations, Vocabulary, Comprehension, 6 Traits of Writing
We're learning how to create the most comprehensive reading and writing block for deep learning and mastery.
Sneak peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmQyzBqhG-8
Sneak peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmQyzBqhG-8
Eric Jensen: Poverty and Brain Development
We're learning about how living in poverty affects the brain's development through poor nutrition, stress, less-impactful relationships, and lower vocabulary. We're also learning how to combat that in the classroom.
Sneak peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSshAsUpeTI
Sneak peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSshAsUpeTI
K-Prep Spring 2016
Star Reading Winter 2016
Star Math Winter 2017
PGES at a Glance
February's Focus
- Monitor your SGG and update your WIG board.
- Schedule/complete post observation if your eval is scheduled this month.
- Mid year meetings continue. We will review your PGP progress, your SGG progress, and chat about your year. Bring your leadership notebook if it is ready.
Thinking of You
- Prayers for the Kappen family.
This week's events
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
- MMM
- Erika out of building at NISL
- SBDM at 4:30
TUESDAY
- Erika out of building at NISL
- Vocab session after school
WEDNESDAY
- PLCs
THURSDAY
- Time clock training at 3:45pm in library
- Yes Team Leader Meeting
- No Faculty Meeting
- Yes Lighthouse Meeting
FRIDAY
- Paraed meetings
- Rachel out at coach meeting
Action Team Updates
All Teams
Lighthouse
Family and Staff Education
Leadership Notebooks
Club Day
Leadership Events
Scoreboards and WIGS
Environment
PR
Monday Morning Meeting
Student Leadership
Direct Lessons--may rename Student Learning
- Create or update your team mission statement and share.
Lighthouse
- Meets weekly on Thursdays
Family and Staff Education
- Focus on how the faculty meeting time is spent.
- Survey staff on voice and choice.
Leadership Notebooks
- Adding support for teachers for the teacher leadership notebooks.
- Create teacher notebook models.
- Process for goal reflection and resetting goals during the year.
Club Day
- Create a sub list of parents. Instruct teachers how to find a sub.
- Instruct every club leader to create sub plans.
Leadership Events
- Prioritize which events to leaderize.
- Start planning next Leadership Day.
- Look at a spring event to celebrate goals, WIGs and growth.
Scoreboards and WIGS
- Focus on making sure the WIG boards are understandable in 5 seconds.
- Communicate with the Leadership Notebook Team.
- Explore the use of a universal student data tracker.
- Focus on sustainable progress.
- Do a deep diver refresher with Sara and the LNB team in April.
Environment
- Alcoves for Music and Art will be painted.
- Beginning of the year environment prep.
- Environment Club will be redoing Yacht Club.
- Ask Crossroads to paint our alcoves in spring.
PR
- Begin focusing on how parents are using the habits at home or how kids are using the habits at home.
- More purposeful posts.
- Make sure all grade levels and all students are featured.
- Add more videos.
Monday Morning Meeting
- Create a mission statement
- Build the habits and paradigms into meetings.
- Empower kids to lead the MMM.
Student Leadership
- Brainstorming new job opportunities.
- Finding time to train students when they are hired mid-year.
- Creating a new application to reflect new jobs.
Direct Lessons--may rename Student Learning
- Create a timeline for staff for the 2nd half of the year.
- Work on procedural lesson plans for LEAD posters.
- Develop a purpose and mission statement.