Friday Faculty Focus
News and Notes about #BeBCMS-SY 19- Issue 18
#DecemberDoneRight
We are well into December and it is going GREAT! Thank you for an ELITE start to MAP testing, even with "The Day The Lights Went Out In Georgia" to start our week! #HourOfCode was absolutely AMAZING! Look for us to expand this ELITE activity!
Up and Coming:
- SMILE! Be Happy! #BeELITEInYour20SquareFeet: Your body language talks! LOVE what you GET to do every day!
- Scholars of the Month: Past Due: Announced Monday-- Pizza Parties for October and Nov. scholars will be 12/18.
- CLUBS are coming! Clubs will begin in January. We will run a Friday CLUB Schedule. Scholars will begin to preference club choices at lunch.
- Interested in teaching the ELITE Summer Experience? We need you! Dates are the first four weeks in June (No Fridays) 9-2 (Teacher 8-3 or 830-330) Please let me know here if you are interested: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVLHh8DYQQraYl3dH9JTPd30pt6P3PZWnNmvOeuWVWbF9mhg/viewform?usp=sf_link
- Innovation Center: MAP DATA ANALYSIS will be Tuesday at 7:40 in the data room
- Absences: When you are absent, you need to contact me via text or email. You then need to put the absence in AESOP. You then need to fill out a leave form from Ms. Amonda. Failure to work this process may result in you having to take the day unpaid. Please follow our procedures for absences.
- TKES observations have started. PLEASE make sure you are checking and signing off on your observations. Please sign off on your observations. Mid-Year meetings will begin in December.
- Tighten UP: We need to tighten up our Boards with current Standards and Learning Targets.Lesson plans/designs need to be visible and easily accessible. If your plans change, that's OKAY :), but your board needs to reflect that
- Lesson plans are due, in hard copy form, to the binder by Friday at 4:00. The binder will be in the data room on Fridays. You will be getting feedback on your lesson designs aligning with your teaching in the classroom.
- WIN team is 30 minutes drop and read and it is an EVERYONE expectation. Have a book and be ready to READ! There are lots of variations to this-- so be creative!
- Please make sure your weekly communication to your parents is ready. This needs to be up to date weekly. Email Mr. Kicklighter to put it on the website.
- Social Media: Please be aware of what you are posting on social media. When we have issues at school, and YES we sometimes have issues, we don't post them on social media. We have enough on our plate working to grow our scholars and grow our school-- we don't need to create more issues for ourselves. As a teammate and as a professional, I ask that you think twice before you air the dirty laundry on Facebook.
Staff Shout Outs!
- To Mr. Kicklighter for assistance with #HourOfCode and MAP
- To Ms. Ferreira for assistance with MAP
- To our amazing LUNCH staff for getting lunches prepared on Monday!
Important Events! (The •1)
#CelebrateMonday - 12/10, MAP TESTING 7th MATH, Scholars of the Month (Nov.) announced
#TurnUPTuesday- 12/11- MAP TESTING 6th MATH, RCD, Basketball AWAY
#WinWednesday-12/12- MAP TESTING 7th LU, RCD
#ThankfulThursday- 12/13: MAP TESTING 6th LU, Basketball HOME
#FocusFriday-12/14, MAP TESTING 8th LU
Coming UP
- December 17-21 #BeBCMS #BeMerry Week of Merry!
- December 21st Staff All Day we EAT pitch in!
- Save the Date! Redskins on the Rise Community Day: Saturday, March 2, 2019
- PBIS events: End of Quarter 2/Semester 1 Celebration: Dec. 21st: Ideas due to Ms. Solomon and Mr. Scott by 11/16
Sign Up for Athletics Here:
3 events min. per semester! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Tzr1q9QiufUUWn_veX6FIjE6poQEaIofGAZhDXd0ow/edit?usp=sharing
Understanding the buckets and how to WIN at GAPS is our focus! Targets are set!
What I'm Reading.... (The •5)
Daring to Lead by Brene Brown ...
"When we have the courage to walk into our story and OWN it, we get to write the ending.
And when we don't own our stories of failure, setbacks, and hurt-- they own us."
Powerful. Forward, Always Forward.
xo
#ReadersAreLeaders
#LoveTheProcess
Focus on......... Literacy (The •15)
#BeBCMS Moral Imperatives:
a. Come to School- BE AMAZING- Go Home! Repeat
b. Bell to Bell instruction
c. ALL instruction/teaching will be on grade level and standards-based
d. Take a STAND for teaching and learning. Get up!
Focus On:(The Innovation Center Work)
Literacy
We will increase our student's ability to earn a 3 or higher on Extended Response. The extended response includes:
Coherence
Idea development
Organization of thoughts
We defined LIteracy at BCMS as:
- Reading
- Writing
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking (Reasoning)
We will begin to look at our inter-rater reliability at our 11/28 Innovation Center!
Lexile Reading Bands:
997-1070- 6th grade
1045-1120- 7th grade
1097-1185- 8th grade
Map Data Updates: READING
6th grade
7th grade
8th grade
PBIS Update: Data and Discipline
Let me know if you have a SMARTIES for SMARTIES class that needs to be recognized!
August 2017 28 Majors 201 Minors
August 2018 23 Majors 195 Minors
17% decrease in MAJOR referral behavior
September 2017 24 Majors , 225 MINORS
Septebmer 2018: 45 MAJORS, 227 MINORS
October 2017: 59 MAJORS, 195 MINORS
October 2018: 63 MAJORS, 292 MINORS
November 2017:
30 Majors
89 Minors
November 2018:
53 Majors
217 Minors
December to date:
December 2018
5 referrals
December 2017
33 referrals
Keep it up!
We have ten more days in semester one. What can you do to make it elite?
Linking Studies: MAP and GMAS: ALD relationships
#TweetOfTheWeek
mie Dean @BehaviorQueen Nov 16
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I am thankful for the teachers that love the challenging ones. Who smile anyway. Who give fifth chances. Who give respect even when it is not earned. I see you. Enjoy this break. You deserve to relax & reboot. Come back ready to try again...b/c your kids need you. #teachers
You can find me @missliz31 and @BryanCountyMS
Hashtags for this year:
#BeBCMS
#IChoose...
#LifeInAMiddleSchool
#TheTreeThatBCMSBuilt
Dress up days coming soon....the last week before a holiday
Staff All You Can Eat day 12/21
Secret Santa Reveal
Popcorn Bar
Candy Bar
Prizes and Give Aways....it's the most wonderful time of the year! Stay tuned!
#BeBCMS
#BeELITEInYour20SquareFeet
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