SOAR Report
Week of October 17, 2016
Wendell Phillips Vision
WHERE AND WHEN TO BE THERE!!!!
Monday, October 17
IPS PD Day-
Tuesday, October 18
Grade 5/6 Math Benchmark Analysis PLC
Grade 3/4 Math Benchmark Analysis PLC
Grade K/1 ELA PLC
Grade 2 Math PLC
Wednesday, October 19
Grade 5/6 Math Benchmark Analysis PLC
Grade 3/4 Math Benchmark Analysis PLC
Grade K/1 ELA PLC
Grade 2 Math PLC
AIO Visit- 11:20-12:20
Report Cards Go Home!
Thursday, October 20
Principal's Meeting- Wirth Off Campus All Day
Friday, October 21st
Honor Roll Assembly- Related Arts Block
NEWS & NOTES
Our vision should be known by all. In breaking this down, our learning environment will be:
- Positive- set the tone in our classrooms by building relationships and reinforcing positive behavior
- Engaging- instruction will be interactive and driven by student needs. This means intentional planning through posted I CAN statements aligned to daily lessons.
- Rigorous- Our instruction needs to be challenging and aligned to standards. Deconstructing standards into skills and teaching how to apply the skills is the end game. Critical thinkers are the desired outcome.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) rules and procedures must be taught to mastery when we return from Fall Break. We will have not seen our students for 17 days....and in this time, they will have forgotten what we taught them first quarter. These procedures are located in the Staff Handbook and it is expected you will reteach them during Morning Meeting time and prior to entering common areas (hallways, cafeteria, restroom, etc.) throughout the day. Additionally, to provide consistency, please use the SOAR acronym to reinforce the rules in each area. You may have heard me repeating this in the hallways the last few days.....we need to be using the same language to reinforce SOAR procedures. This also tells them what we want them to do...not reinforcing what they aren't doing. New Cardinal Cash will be ordered to reinforce positive student choices.
Engaging instruction requires planning relevant and real-world instruction. Students need to know the value of what they are learning. Make sure ALL activities are differentiated and meeting the needs for the diverse learners in your classroom. Check out the link about Project-Based Learning (PBL) in the DIY PD Section....this is a great tool to incorporate relevancy and real-world application of skills into instruction.
RIGOR will be a hot topic in our PLC's. As we review assessments and backwards plan, make sure instruction aligns to the rigor of the assessment. Scaffolding this instruction is crucial to get our students where they need to be, which is mastery of the standards. This growth should be evident in your data walls.
I have attached the revised master schedule to reflect concerns lifted up by the Leadership Team. Please review and know where you need to be when we return from break on Tuesday, October 18th. Please make the adjustments to the schedules in your room, including having all instructional blocks identified in your schedule (not just Reading to reflect all Balanced Literacy components).
All grades must be into TAC by midnight Sept. 30th. Report cards will be delivered home on Wednesday, October 19th. Honor Roll Assemblies will be held on Friday, October 21st during Related Arts blocks for each grade. Please see the section on Grading in the Staff Handbook for information about the Honor Roll Assembly expectations.
Data Walls will be a focus of our instructional visit by our AIO, Mr. Jesse Pratt. Please review the data wall feedback email sent on Tuesday evening for expectations.
The building will be open the entire break....but please be mindful that our hard working team of Mr. Franklin, Ms. Davis, and others will be working to get our building clean and ready for students to return.