Weekly Staff Letter
October 30th - November 2nd
High Quality Work Protocol (PD November 12th)
We will be conducting our High-Quality Work Protocol session on November 12. Some steps to help you prepare:
Determine the product you will share. This is a longer-term project (e.g. the product at the conclusion of a case study or a longer writing project).
Select three students’ products to share for the High-Quality Work Protocol Session. Each of the three products should be “accomplished”/ meet the standards based on the scoring tool. NOTE: We only need three samples per project. If your team is submitting work from the same project, three work samples from all of your classes will be sufficient.
Bring accompanying rubrics/tools. Bring the rubric that accompanies the product and any tools, such as organizers, that were used in supporting students to develop this piece of work. You do not need to bring lesson plans.
We will be conducting this protocol so that we as a staff...
- can engage in discussion to develop a shared understanding and vision of quality.
- identify patterns related to quality across student work.
- create a body of evidence as a school to showcase how student work has changed and improved over time.
If you have questions about the purpose or the process, please email Jaime, or feel free to talk with Dana or Kelly
Week at a Glance
Tuesday, October 30th:
Student-Led Conferences
Wednesday, October 31th: (Morning Meeting Today)
Lift-Up Food Drive CREW Competition begins today
No RTI today - Make sure grade books are up to speed. (should have a minimum of 4 habit grades for the 2nd semester.)
Thursday, November 1st:
9:00-12:00 - 6th Grade Fieldwork to Solvay
Friday, November 2nd:
7th/8th Planetarium in the Gym
6:30 - 8:30 Dance in Cafeteria
STAFF TO DO:
- Do your students know what the Learning Mindsets are? Have you included them in your class somehow?
- Be thinking about the High Quality work you will be bringing for the Nov 12th PD
- Should have at least 4 Habit grades in IC by the end of the day on Wednesday.
- No RTI this week. Use this time to make sure your grade books are up to speed and get a little ahead.
Morning Meeting Schedule
Please LINK your morning meeting agenda to the "18-19 Crew/MM Schedule."
CREWs are only responsible for the Friday Morning Meeting and announcements for the week. We also encourage you to take your CREW and practice in the cafeteria during CREW time this week.
Dana's Schedule
Tuesday: At GVMS
Wednesday: At GVMS
Thursday: At GVMS
Friday: At GVMS
Kelly's Schedule
Tuesday: At GVMS (7:30 - 8:30 Kiwanis Meeting)
Wednesday: At GVMS
Thursday - Friday: CB/PL Design Network Fall Convening in Buena Vista with Carter, M. Gregory, Spies
Saturday: CAMILE Conference in Boulder - SLC presentation with M. Gregory