BAMS Staff Newsletter
March 9, 2015 - Volume 2, Issue 24
It's a Great Day to Be Great!
Bessie Allen Middle School - SLO & Goals
Building SLO:
By June of 2015, 80% of students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade will show growth in their opinion writing sample rubric score from the September 2014 writing benchmark based on the school developed writing rubric (adapted from the Smarter Balanced writing rubric).
Goal Update: Here are the results from our mid-year assessment
6th Grade - 61% of students showed growth; overall achievement increased 14%
7th Grade - 69% of students showed growth; overall achievement increased 12%
8th Grade - 57% of students showed growth; overall achievement increased 3%
School wide - 62% of students showed growth
Building Goals:
DPI School of Recognition
PBIS School of Merit
Routinely Take Literacy Risks
Be a CEO
Driving Question for 2014-2015:
What have we changed with our instruction to prepare our students for the Badger Exam assessment (and other higher level thinking opportunities)?
Goals for SSR and SSW
- Provide a time for every student in our building to read and write.
- Ensure this time is a positive part of our students' day.
News and Notes
- Last week was the first set of school psychologist interviews. Thank you to Sarah McDowell for representing our building on the interview team. No hire has been made at this point, but you will hear more when something becomes official.
- It is awesome to have Lee Skaar step up to help support our 6-12 Vex Robotics Club. He has been attending some meetings and learning from the current parent club leaders. Thank you, Lee!
- Badger Exam Practice Testing - The 7th and 8th grades will be doing practice testing with students this week. The 6th grade team did a great job giving out 6th graders a "first look" at the exam. More to come...
- Badger Exam Schedule Update - The School Improvement Team met to review a few schedules on Thursday. Nothing is finalized yet and we will be meeting again this week to go over more options. There are many things to think about when scheduling for this exam, but we'll come up with something that will allow us to test our students. Thank you for your patience with this process.
Out of the Office
- March 9th - 1:45-2:35pm - Honor's Study Hall
- March 10th - 9-11am - Admin Team Meeting - DMR
- March 10th - Badger Exam Proctor Info Meeting - CESA 6 - PM
- March 11th - 8:30am - BAMS BCT Meeting - The Crib
Oriole Way - Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Safe
- How many BAMS Bucks did you hand out last week?
- NEXT Meeting - March 4th, 7am
OASYS and Teacher Effectiveness
- 2 Classroom Visits - Due by May 1st *These visits will be represented in your documentation log.
- Documentation Log - Due by May 1st
- End of Year Conferences for Year 3/New Educators - Due by May 31st
Click Here for a link to Teacher Effectiveness Info from CESA 6
Click Here for a Teacher Effectiveness Calendar for EDUCATORS/SPECIALISTS
Dates to Remember
March 11th - 8th Grade Badger Exam practice with students, SSR/SSW
March 12th - 7th Grade Badger Exam practice with students, SSR/SSW
March 13th - Early Release 12:45pm-3pm
March 17th - ATOD Survey for 8th Grade Students, 10:40-11:20am
March 19th - 8th Grade Badger Exam practice with students, SSR/SSW
March 23rd - NFDL School Board Meeting, 7pm in DMR
March 25th - 7th Grade Badger Exam practice with students, SSR/SSW
March 25th - Staff Meeting 2:50-3:30pm
March 26th - 6th Grade Badger Exam practice with students, SSR/SSW
March 26th - Oriole Leaders Meeting 10:40-11:40am
March 27th - BAMS Medal of Excellence Names to Jennifer
March 27th - End of 3rd Quarter
March 30th - 3rd Quarter Grades Due 7am
March 30th - April 3rd - Spring Break
*See Google Doc titled "2014-2015 BAMS Yearly Calendar" for a look at events for the entire year.
Staff Meeting Agenda
Staff Meeting: March 13th - 12:50-1:15pm - DMR
Agenda:
Review Oriole Way Data
Badger Exam Latest
Other
Next Meeting: March 25th - 2:50-3:30pm - DMR
Parent Link Messages
We use a system called Parent Link to send mass messages to families. Please let me know if you need anything communicated.
Messages sent this week:
- NONE