Sunday Shakedown
Weekly Memo for Washington Elementary
Principal Post:
Thank yous, appreciations, and celebrations:
- Thank you to Mallori for working above and beyond this week to assist when we were short handed. We really needed you and appreciate your help!
- Best wishes to Amy Ardire as she has carpel tunnel surgery on Tuesday and through her recovery this week
- Thanks to our club action team for making sure our first day of clubs was a success!
- Welcome to kim Elliot who will be joining us soon from Sevier and will be our new IA for our SLE program
- Good luck to Laura, who is presenting Monday at the School Counselor and Leadership Institute in Murfeesboro
- Thanks to Zak for accepting the midday shift so that we have a dedicated time each day for ourdoor maintenance.
- Thanks to our PTA for providing a wonderful gift of reading day for our students
- Thanks to Agnese Goins, our storyteller in residence, who will provide RTI Extension for 4th and 5th grade during RTI
- Thanks to Pam for working so hard to find service times four our three new EL students
- Thanks to all who participated in our college and career spirit week and for making College App Week truly a OneTribe event
- Thanks to Kayla, MaryEllen, Billie and Erik for providing Lego opportunities for students as coaches. As we have seen, this is an area of great interest for our students.
Week of September 24-28
Faculty meeting/Active Shooter Drill with KPD
Read to be ready cohort AM/PM
Fidelity monitoring with Sue McClellan
Tuesday:
Read to be Ready cohort AM/PM
Wolf at Principal's study council in Greenville
Wednesday:
RTI Meetings all day
Jenna Mischelli (student organized) See You at the Pole Day 7:45 AM
Thursday:
PBL/Science collaboratives all day
Friday:
Field day-please wear your "Good Vibes" Shirt so parents and visitors can identify staff. See schedules and assignments via emails from Lauren B.
Coming soon:
Tailgate Luncheon-October 1
Fall picture retakes -Oct 3
KCS Professional Learning Day-Oct 5
FYI and Reminders:
- Monday, September 24: Active Shooter/Intruder drill-all staff should make plans to be present (flex or comp time offered). This will be a simulation of a real active shooter event and will be staged with us in locations throughout the school to practice responses. This realistic exposure to the decision making and emotional responses that may occur during a real event are taking us a step closer to keeping all students and staff as safe as possible in the event of a true emergency.
- We will have several teachers out tomorrow and we will need all hands on deck. Five teachers out at Read to Be Ready training, and at least one other teacher out sick. These substitutes have not been entered by Michelle Bright...please make sure you have requested a sub. I will work on what to do for future days.
Camille and Wilton Carter's mom has purchased a table/desk. It was slightly damaged and they sent her a totally new desk. It is still very usable and she would like to donate it to the school if someone would like it. The picture is below. First response wins!
Please let Vicki know if you have surplus materials. It is due on the official list by Oct 5th. Mark materials clearly and notify Vicki as soon as possible.
At the beginning of the school year, you attended a presentation by Sarah Good. You can access her ELL/WIDA Presentation Survey (Responses) in your Google Drive. If you have not taken the quiz to verify your training, please do so by October 5th. If you are a general education teacher who works with an ESL student or students, please complete the course survey found on the link below:
The principals are preparing to have a discussion on field trips. As nursing responsibilities will keep them from traveling as much, we will need to plan ahead. In an effort to consider what trips are valuable and provide the most support for learning/child development, I would like you to complete a simple survey. The link is here.
Certified staff observations will start next week. To ensure that all staff are prepared for the changes in the planning view of the rubric, administrators and InDes have taken your input and created guiding questions for you to reflect upon and be ready to address in pre-conferences during an observation that uses the planning rubric. These questions are attached below and are also in the GWES Team Drive.
Please note the following things in relation to these questions:
- You may not be asked ALL of the questions, these are just a bank of questions that principals and associates will use to guide the conversation either before or after the classroom observation.
- You do NOT need to write down the answers to the questions. You should be able to articulate answers to all of them, but you don't need written responses to any of them when you come to your pre/post conference.
- Related arts will have a separate set of questions that will come out for you to work with later this week. I will NOT be observing any related arts teachers until you also have time to review and prepare for the bank of questions that are connected to your content.
- Counselors and Librarians will need to speak to how their lessons are connected to year long programming goals or broader concepts taught through out the year. You both have different rubrics than teachers and Leigh Anne and I will be working off the planning rubric that is attached to your specific positions.
- If you have questions or are in need of clarification please ask. This process is very important to our effort to grow and develop our craft in the name of success for students.
There are lots of great things happening here at Washington and the observation process helps us continue to grow to meet the needs of our students during instruction. We hope that these questions will be another layer of support as you reflect on your practice as an educator.