DES Hearts and Mind Update
Week of March 21
Our Mission
To provide an educational foundation of academic excellence that promotes responsible social, civic, and ethical conduct.
Non-negotiable Goal
To be the highest achieving elementary in the county
Beliefs
A commitment to continuous improvement
This Week's Highlights - Specials Schedule Week 5
Google Classroom Assignment: Read Chapter 7 from THE LEADER IN ME and post a comment by April 25
Monday, March 21 —
The start of a 4-day week
Tuesday, March 22 —
Good Luck Addie Tresnak! County-wide Spelling Bee tonight 6:30
Mini Volleyball Clinic ~ Grades 4,5,6 ~ Girls 3:35-5:00
Wednesday, March 23 –
- School Improvement Meeting 3:45-5:00
- Prospective Family Open House 5:00-6:00
- M-STEP Parent Information 5:00-6:00
Thursday, March 24 –
Jump Rope for Heart Kick-off 2:45-3:15
Mini Volleyball Clinic ~ Grades 4,5,6 ~ Girls 3:35-5:00
Friday, March 25 –
Good Friday - NO SCHOOL today or Monday
Coming Up:
March 23 - Prospective Family Open House
March 22-24 - Fire Prevention Classes
March 25-28 Good Friday – Easter Monday – No Classes
March 31 - Preschool/Kindergarten Roundup
April 4–8 Spring Break – No Classes
April 15 End of Marking Period
April 21 Parent Teacher Conferences - Elementary and High School
April 27 - Prospective Family Open House
May 30 Memorial Day - No Classes
June 14-16 Exams - Half Day for Students
June 16 Final Scheduled Day for School - End of Second Semester
PTA News
Amy Rozanski & Patricia Kruk, Co-Vice President
Holly Grogan, Secretary
Jessica Gall, Treasurer
Next Meeting: April 11 at 6:30 in the library
Teacher Corner
M-STEP News
Curriculum: (hard copies are in binders located in Mission Control)
ELA – Treasures Literacy Program (implementing Writer’s Workshop)
Math – GO Math (National version)
Social Studies – MC3
Science – Battle Creek Science
Staff Meetings:
Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30 a.m.
Wednesday, May 11 at 7:30 a.m.
- Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30 a.m.
Report Cards and Progress Reports:
3rd Marking Period
Feb 1 - Apr 15
March 4 - Progress Report grade due @ noon
March 8 – Progress Reports distributed
April 19 – Marking Period 3 grades due @ noon
April 21– Reports cards distributed
4th Marking Period
Apr 18 - June 16
May 13 - Progress Report grade due @ noon
May 17 – Progress Reports distributed
June 16 @ checkout
ALL report cards will be mailed out on June 24
Emergency Drills:
Three Lockdowns (one during lunch/recess)
September 23
November 18
one unscheduled
Five Fire Drills (three before Dec 1 and one during lunch/recess)
September 22
October 5 during lunch/recess
three unscheduled
Two Tornado Drills (one in March)
March 1
one unscheduled
½ Day PM Specials Schedule
12:00 p.m = 9:00 a.m.
12:45 p.m. = 9:45 a.m.
1:30 p.m. = 10:30 a.m.
2:15 p.m. = 11:15 a.m.
School Improvement Goals:
SCHOOLS:
School System Review (SSR) OR Interim Self-Assessment or Self Assessment
DUE March 18
School Improvement Plan (SIP)
DUE September 1
DISTRICTS:
District System Review (DSR) OR District Interim Self Assessment or Self Assessment
DUE April 22
2015-2016 SIP Goals
Goal 1: Behavior
2-year Trend:
Office referrals (90% goal with less than 3 office referrals for the year)
Goal 2: Reading
Baseline Year
3-6 Reading (76% goal) - M-STEP result = 70%
K-6 AIMS results (85% summative goal)
Goal 3: Writing
Baseline Year
3-6 Writing (62% goal) - M-STEP result = 59%
Writing Tracker (100% goal)
Goal 4: Math
Baseline Year
3-6 Math (53% goal) - M-STEP result = 16%
AIMSweb Math (85% summative goal)
Goal 5: Social Studies
Baseline Year
5th gr Social Studies (46% goal) - M-STEP result = 5%
Locally developed common grade level assessment (85% summative goal)
Goal 6: Science
Baseline Year
4th gr Science (43% goal) - M-STEP result = 13%
Locally developed common grade level assessment (85% summative goal)
PLC Schedule:
Full Day 1: 9-1-15
Breakfast: 7:30-8:00 (high school)
8:00-11:00 PGC Dashboard presentation, Safe Schools online training modules
11:00-12:00 Lunch (high school)
12:00-3:00 UDL (Laura Taylor -- pm only)
Laura Taylor
Technology Integration Specialist
Michigan's Integrated Technology Supports
(C) 231-357-9699
Full Day 2: 9-2-15
Location: Dryden Jr/Sr High School
7:30-8:00 Breakfast (high school)
8:00-11:00 Stages (Teacher Evaluation Tool)
PLC Day 1: 9-16-15
Location: Elementary
Go Math presentation (Marty Pott, Account Executive) Webinar Overview
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
909 Davis Street
Evanston, IL 60201
Office: 847.424.3644
Toll-Free: 877.212.7562 x3644
Fax: 847.556.0874
PLC Day 2: 9-30-15
Location: Elementary
Linda Funsch
What is a classroom number talk?
A number talk: key components
Benefits of sharing and discussing computation strategies
How do I prepare for number talks?
Four procedures and expectations essential to number talks
Anticipating how to record student thinking
Six ways to develop accountability
Starting with five small steps
PLC Day 3: 10-14-15
Location: Computer Lab
3:45-3:55 Creating Learning Environment - CITW (Karen Roys)
3:55-4:00 Directions for activities
Location: On Own
4:00-4:30 CIA teams
3rd-6th: Lucy Calkins Chapters 1-3 Writing Pathways Jigsaw
K-2nd and Specials: Reviewing RAZ Kids and Reading A-Z
Location: Computer Lab
4:30-5:00 3rd-6th CIA Team Jigsaw Presentation
PLC Day 4: 10-28-15
Location: Elementary
Linda Funsch
· Welcome: Subitizing (K/1) Number Talk Warm-Up
· Sharing: Successes & Challenges
· Article & Discussion: “Number Talks Build Numerical Reasoning”, by Sherry D. Parrish
· “Real Classroom” videos:
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/kindergarten-counting-cardinality-lesson (8mins)
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-participation-strategy
· Planning: teachers plan number talks for the week
o What is the “struggle”?
o Anticipate
§ Solutions
§ Questions
o Prepare representations
o Practice with colleagues
· Report out
PLC Day 5: 11-18-15
Location: Mrs. Shweickert’s Room
Melissa Wing - Writer’s Workshop (Natalie, Laura, Lynette, Susan, Janelle, Tracy, Karen, Courtney, Kyrie)
Review of the Workshop Model
Bring the unit that you are currently teaching
Bring a few student work samples to discuss
Bring your Questions/Issues for Q&A
Location: Library
Dave Treder - initial analysis of Student Achievement data including M-STEP results (Kim, Kathleen, Pam, Jill)
- Results will be shared out with SIT and staff
PLC Day 6: 12-9-15
Location: Computer Lab
Moby Max
Math Team update regarding today’s meeting
Watch Moby Max Advanced Tutorial
Discuss logistics/parameters of Moby Max student requirements
Extra Credit vs Required
How many minutes per day or average per week?
Review parent letter
How it is used in the Computer lab
Other
- Bulk Update Curriculum settings for Math and Fact Master
PLC Day 7: 1-13-16
Location: Library
Linda Funsch -- Building Math Fluency
Welcome, Sharing, Brief Review
Principles and Approaches to Differentiating Math Instruction
Two Core Strategies (with a Focus on Open Questions)
- Explore Open Questions with Colleagues
PLC Day 8: 2-3-16
Location: Library
Writing for Grants
Donors Choose - Joe Chouinard
- CIA Teams - AIMSweb Mid-Year Data Review
PLC Day 9: 2-17-16
Location: Library
3:45-4:30 CIA Teams
disaggregating mid-year AIMSweb Math Screener
overall by grade level
individual tests
4:30-5:00 Shareout
10 minutes per group
4:30-4:40 1st/2nd
4:40-4:50 3rd/4th
4:50-5:00 5th/6th
Strengths identified
Weaknesses identified
- Suggestions for improving student scores
PLC Day 10: 3-2-16 Cancelled (agenda completed at School Improvement mtg on 3-3-16)
Location: Library
3:45-4:30 CIA Teams
School Systems Review (SSR)
20 minutes per strand (4 strands)
Strand I - Teaching for Learning (10 indicators)
Strand II - Leadership for Learning (8 indicators)
Strand III - Professional Learning Culture (4 indicators)
- Strand IV - School, Family and Community Relations (4 indicators)
PLC Day 11: 3-16-16
Location: Elementary
3:45-5:00 CIA Teams and Parents (Lori Hall, Amy Rozanski, Shawna Penn, Heather Knuth)
Data Analysis
Perception
Demographic
System
- Student Achievement
PLC Day 12: 3-30-16
Location: Elementary
Linda Funsch
Melissa Wing
Writers and Math Workshop
PLC Day 13: 4-20-16
Location: Elementary
Review/Update Title I Parent Involvement Plan
CIA Teams & Parents (Four groups and 18 sections)
Copy of current plan
- Big paper, sticky notes
PLC Day 14: 5-4-16
Location: Elementary
Linda Funsch (tentative)
Melissa Wing
Writers and Math Workshop
PLC Day 15: 5-18-16
Location: Elementary
7 Habits Book Study
CIA teams (curriculum mapping, identifying power standards, revising CGLAs, vertical and horizontal content area meetings)
Creating Learning Environment - CITW (Karen Roys)
Committees
- Karen*, Susan, Lynette, Natalie, Kathleen, Melissa, Janelle
Child Study
- Karen*, Pam, Kathleen, Natalie, Beth, Jen, Mindy
K-2 CIA chair - Susan
3-4 CIA chair - Janelle
5-6 CIA chair - Kathleen
Specials CIA chair - Melissa
Content Area Building Level Leads
ELA
Susan Raymer
Karen Roys (GISD rep)
Math
Lynette Unruh
Kathleen Schweickert (GISD rep)
Science
Tracy Maday (GISD rep)
Social Studies
Kim Hudson (GISD rep)
District Improvement Team
Lynette Unruh
START Team - Best Practices for students with ASD
Pam Haddad trained 2015-2016
Lynette Unruh trained 2015-2016
Tracy Maday trained 2015-2016
Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)
Robert Downey - CPI, CPR, Epipen, AED
Amy Rozanski, Rita Drexler - CPR, Epipen, AED
Melissa Margrif - First Aid, CPR, AED, Epipen
Drew Davis - CPR, Epipen, AED
Kim Lewis - CPR, Epipen, AED