JME Staff Newsletter
November 4, 2019
Week at a Glance
Monday
- 2:30 iTeam in Large Library Conference Room
- Family Dine Out Panda Express
Tuesday
- Staff Meeting 2:45 (PBiS, Zones of Regulation)
Wednesday
- 1:30 PLC
Thursday
- TAG OMSI Assembly in music room
- Candice Out 1:30 DO Leadership
Friday
- 1:20 Veteran's Day & PBiS Assembly
Fall STAR Benchmark Screening Open Until 11/08
Report Cards
- You may now begin entering grades for your students, in Synergy.
- Music Grade: Teachers need to enter the music grade for each student. Each student will be given a "2" for the Fall trimester report card (per Candice)
- Diane won't be able to start printing report cards until November 13th (attendance absences and tardies will not populate until after the official grading window date, of Nov. 12)
- As always, please send Diane an email when your report cards are done and ready to be printed
- Diane will print in the order I receive emails from teachers
- You will be given 2 copies of the student report card: one to send home and one for you to keep
- You will also be given a report card envelope labeled with the student's name
- Report Cards will go home with students on Friday, November 22nd - just prior to Parent-Teacher Conferences
Conferences
Teacher login information:
https://ptcfast.com/adminlogin.php
email address: kathryn.coltrin@orecity.k12.or.us
password: superstars
- Families can now sign up for conferences. You may share the following link with families: https://ptcfast.com/schools/John_McLoughlin_Elementary
- Parent Teacher Conferences are Monday and Tuesday, November 25 & 26. Both days are 12-hr days. (Wednesday, Nov. 27 -Friday, Nov 29 the building is closed.)
- Be prepared to share STAR data report with the family during conferences (STAR Student Progress Monitoring Report for both subjects)
- Our PTSO will provide staff with lunch and dinner on Monday, Nov 25
- Lunch on Tuesday, Nov 26 will be Costco pizza, salad, cookies, and a drink. Cost is $5.00 (please pay $5.00 - cash only - to Diane)
- Conference Meal Times - Lunch 11:00-12:00 Dinner 4:00-5:00
- Dinner on Tuesday (11/26) will be "leftovers" - or you bring your own meal
Student Behavior
At McLoughlin, we believe behavior is communication and can be taught. We believe all students can meet expectations if they have the skills and if they don't we will teach them. Here are two of the most important guiding documents for behavior.
Communication with Students: Learning Targets & Success Criteria
One of the components of our evaluation rubric is communication with students. See this link for language from the rubric. Part of this communication consists of clearly defining what the lesson objective is and what student mastery looks like otherwise called learning targets with success criteria.
Self Guided Learning Opportunities:
Video: Targeting Learning with Success CriteriaBlog: Learning Targets & Success Criteria
Article: What You Need to Know to Establish Success Criteria
SLGs & PGs- It's time!
Have you finished you SLGs? If not, please do ASAP. Please schedule a time to review your SLGs with me. There is a sign up sheet on my office door. You may sign up as a grade level or as an individual or both.
Dyslexia
Great things are happening at JME!
- Special education team has exemplary plans of support for students most vulnerable.
- Ms. Hawtin organizes our PBiS assembly agenda.
- Mr. S, music sub, creates an experience students enjoy.
- Mr. Curtiss has empathy and expectations for his students.
- Ms. Bugni provides leadership and supports student management.
- Ms. Phillips meets with parents to build strong partnerships.
- 5th grade provides a great field trip for our students.
- And so much more!