Staff Proclamation
December 21, 2018
DGS Staff Norms
DGS Royal Staff Members ARE:
- Are student-centered.
- Are open-minded.
- Are risk-takers.
- Respect all staff roles & responsibilities.
- Create comfortable learning & working environments.
- Demonstrate cross-curricular collaboration & communication
On the Docket
Monday, January 7, 2019
- Wear your New Year's Eve hats, headbands, and noisemakers and join me in the hallways and foyer to welcome back students as they arrive back to school! Some signs and additional headbands will be available if you need them. Meet at 7:25am if you would like to participate. Let's Ring in 2019 with energy and excitement for our kids!
- STAR Math Testing Window Opens
- Admin Team Meeting. I will be at the district office at 9am
- DHS Cookie Sales 1:30pm
- Enrichment Eagles 2:45-3:45pm
- Parent's Club Meeting 7pm
- All grades need to be updated in Powerschool for Q2. Lisa will print off report cards and get them to you. IEP Updates and Progress Monitoring updates should also be sent home with Report Cards
- DGS Night at Pizza 150. A portion of sales will be donated to DGS
- January Principal Read Alouds. Be sure to sign up on the Google Calendar
- DEA Monthly Rep Meeting 2:50pm
- DGS Spirit Day. Wear DGS attire or Blue/Gold. Popcorn will be served
- Principals on Parade. I will be visiting HGES in the morning.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
- DGS Night at Bradley Basketball
From the Royal Families to Yours
IF you would like to participate, please feel free to text or email me a family picture of your family. These don't have to be professional pictures. It could be a candid picture, ect.
I will schedule posts to be featured through out winter break! I know the DGS families and community will love to see the pictures of our staff.
This is optional, but encouraged.
Winter Weather Reminders
- Students will have outdoor recess if the weather Real Feel is above 15 degrees Fahrenheit. I use the AccuWeather app to determine the temperature, so if you are unsure, you can check that as well.
- If students are going to play in the snow, have the following:
K-3: Snow Boots and Snow Pants to play in the grass or woodchips/playground area, Blacktop only if they have shoes
4-5 Snow Boots to play in the grass or woodchips/playground area, Blacktop only if they have shoes
STAR Testing
All testing needs to be complete by January 18th
- Kindergarten will take their STAR Early Literacy Test during regularly scheduled TECH Time
- First-Fifth Grade will use open lab time or Chromebooks (at their discretion) on their own time and maintain regularly scheduled tech instructional times.
If you are using the lab, please sign up for an open lab time to accommodate the testing time you will need in the lab.
You can access STAR/AR through the Dunlap District Homepage at http://www.dunlapcusd.net/Pages/Splash.aspx
Scroll to the very bottom and click on Accelerated Reader under the Parents column. It will direct you to https://hosted80.renlearn.com/183044/ where kids can access their test using their logins
If any of this needs to be changed, please let me know.
TESTING REMINDERS:
· PERA changes will have evaluations tied to SGP growth between the fall and THIS
SPRING’S BENCHMARK.
· Our school goal is to ensure our SGP is 66 or above. We will include this on our communications to parents as well on our school data center. In the future, SGP scores over 65 will constitute an excellent rating. Those scores between 35-65 will constitute a proficient rating when we compare Fall and Spring benchmarks
· You must test students within the testing window to have your testing results included in district and building level data reports.
· Kristen Hawes and KaiAnn can assist you in student make ups
· Remember, that if a student needs to retake a test, you must do that the same day. Students should NOT take multiple retakes of the test.
· Thank you for proctoring and monitoring student testing during the test taking sessions. Please review the testing instructions with students and walk around and monitor students as they test. Your presence is important. We will use these results to analyze student growth. It is important to remind students of the importance of the assessment as well.
AR Status of the School
SeeSaw Usage Reports
30 Day Pirate Hook Chalennge
You can read more at http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/09/11/the-30-day-pirate-challenge-hooks-everywhere/. This challenge focuses on using simple, but memorable hooks from Teach Like a Pirate to engage and excite kids in the learning. Hooks can be as simple as adding an element of music to a lesson, changing the location of your lesson from your classroom to another area of the building, or adding props, costumes, or mystery to your lesson. Tweet your progress to #323learns and #TLAP
This is a great personal challenge to take on coming back from break to spice up your lessons and keep yourself and students engaged!
Evaluation Information
As a reminder, we are ready to schedule formal observations for those of you getting evaluated. That information is listed below. If you are a tenured staff member that is not getting evaluated, you should complete the PGP portion in iObservation and schedule a meeting with me to discuss your professional goals for the year. The timeline for those is also included below. As always, please let me know if you have questions!
- Professional Growth Plans – September 15
- Formal Observation #1 – September-October
- Formal Observation #2 – November-December
- Mid-Year PGP Update – December
- Informal Observations – Throughout Year
- Non-Tenured Evidence Submission – December 21
- Non-Tenured Summative Evaluations Done- February 1
- Tenured Evidence Submission DUE- February 1
- Summative Evaluations – April 15
- Non-Certified Staff Evaluations Done- May 3
- PGP’s Finished – May 15