Meat & Potatoes
January 25th - January 29th
Communication
Up & Coming Events
Tuesday - Progress Report Grades Due
Wednesday - Early Release
Wednesday - AVID Parent Night
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Rocco's Corner
Please click the link above for directions entering TAC referrals. We will only pilot this for three more weeks. On almost every team I have seen teachers succeed in TAC referral entry and many helping each other when needed, thank you. Some are entering behavior incidents there as well and I am pleased to see their success. While that is not expected should this pilot program become accepted, we will document all behavior interventions within that one database, TAC. I have found some glitches in the system and Ms. McDermott and I are reporting them to Ms. Long.
Speaking of discipline, our consistency, swift and strong response and our efforts in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, have all contributed to a 27% decrease in the number of referred incidents, comparing the first semester of 2014 to that of 2015.
Content Mastery
Use the CM Calendar! I have spoken with individual teachers concerning this matter, but am noticing that it is something that is not happening consistently across campus. This is not only import (not to mention a professional courtesy) so that CM can plan, but for Adrienne and I as well. Mrs. Harris is a certified teacher and we pull her often when we need sub coverage. I check the CM Calendar to make sure she is available and run into problems when we don't have things on the calendar.
Counselor's Corner
As soon as we get confirmation regarding the electives which will be offered next year, we will set up days to talk to the 5th grade students about elective choices.
Please mark your calendar for February 24. We will have an Open House and Book Fair after school for our future 5th graders to come and tour the building. No need to do anything special it will just be nice to be visible in your room or with your team.
I appreciate everyone who stopped by or emailed me ideas about how to make STAAR testing organized and efficient. I know with us working together it will be a breeze.
Don't forget that progress report grades are dues on Tuesday.
AVID
Demonstration Dates:
Feb 16 Mock Validation visit (dress rehearsal)
Mar 10 Validation Day (Not confirmed yet by Validation team. Mar 8 is our backup date)
**There is a folder in the Teacher Scratch Drive named AVID Success Class. It is full of AVID resources for teachers.