Willard Middle School
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Announcements
Please make the following a priority this week if you have not gotten these things done. For those that have, thank you for taking the time to get these items completed.
- All teachers need to have their poster size goal sheet visible for students. It is important students see the staff modeling goal setting along side of them.
- This week make sure students have hung up work on their displays outside of ACTION classes. Make sure that you have updated any students that may have left your class or added during 2nd semester. If you need some ideas, be sure to look around the building.
Goals
Be sure to take a glance at the action steps you created on your goal boards and take a step forward. Remember by taking one step forward you've already outperformed millions that have made excuses!
Leader in Me Moments - Relationships at Work
Handling Peer Resentment.
It’s the nature of reactive people to absolve themselves of responsibility. It is so much safer to say, “I am not responsible”. If I say, “I am responsible,” I might have to say, “I am irresponsible.” It would be very hard for me to say that I have the power to choose my response and that the response I have chosen has resulted in involvement in a negative, collusive environment, especially if for years I have absolved myself of responsibility for the results in the name of someone else’s weaknesses.
ACTION Class Reminders
The ACTION calendar is located in the Staff Folder 2018-19. Here is a link to that document.
Reminders
- By Feb 28th, every students needs to have one artifact linked per habit on the 7 Habits Tree under the Resources section in the digital notebook. This can be an activity they have done, pictures, projects, or anything they have done that links to the habits either directly or if they used one of the habits to do the activity.
Monday
- Big Rock Calendar
- Fill out the FOCUS/Tutoring Form
- Work time in digital leadership notebooks - This is a good time to check each student's notebook or utilize accountability partners. Here is a link to a checklist I made if you would like to utilize it with students.
Tuesday
- Q2 Matrix lesson
- Work on ACTION class goals
Wednesday
- Work on ACTION class goals
Thursday
- Work on ACTION class goals
Friday
- Leadership Day
- Work on ACTION class goals or if you volunteered to help with Leadership Day you will be doing the activities you signed up for.
- Work time in digital leadership notebooks - This is a good time to check each student's notebook or utilize accountability partners. Here is a link to a checklist I made if you would like to utilize it with students.
Important Dates
Monday, February 18th
- Faculty Meeting after school in the library
- During ACTION class, the following will practice for Leadership Day: all classes/students involved in the opening and closing for the day which is listed on the schedule from 7:45 - 8:15 and 10:00 - 10:30 need to go to the lower gym at the start of ACITON class ready to practice their part. The following speakers need to come to the office to practice their speaking: tour guides from Poland's class, speaker for WIGS and team points from Mrs. Smith's class, speaker for morning show Wooderson's class, speaker for school store McCoy's class, speakers for mural Treadway's class. I will go over this in the meeting on Monday after school to clarify any questions.
- Tutoring in the library - Stone
Wednesday, February 20th
- 6:45 AM - Lighthouse meeting in the training room - everyone is welcome to attend
- Amy will be out from 11-2 at COC principals meeting visiting Nixa Junior High
Thursday, February 21st
- Happy Birthday to Jerry Hall!
- Amelia and Amy will be out all day at the Leader in Me Symposium in Springfield - Duane Cox will be interning for us this day (thanks Duane!). If you need something, call the office.
- Tutoring in the library - Urban
- Board of Education Appreciation Night
Friday, February 22nd
- Leadership Day - make sure to look over the schedule carefully (it is also in the staff folder in inside the bell schedule folder). We will go over any questions during faculty meeting on Monday.