EAST PAULDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
October 15, 2017
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
UPCOMING EVENTS
10/16 - 10/20/17 - CONFERENCE WEEK
10/20/17 - Walkthrough #2 Due
10/23-10/27/17 - RED RIBBON WEEK
10/23/17 - Social Studies Title II Day
10/23/17 - SBIT @ 7:30am in 816
10/24/17 - 8th Grade Reality Fair
10/24/17 - PTSA Halloween Dance - 4:00-5:30pm
10/26-10/27/17 - 8th Grade Field Trip to Savannah
11/2/17 - PL - Learning Commons Teacher Orientation - in the Media Center
11/3/17 - RTI Meetings - During Planning
11/3/17 - PBIS Walkthrough
11/6/17 - RTI Meetings -6th Grade Only if needed
11/7/17 - District PL Day - No Students
11/7/17 - Paraprofessional PLC - 816
11/9/17 - Veterans Day Chorus Concert @ EPHS - 7:00pm
11/10/17 - Leadership Team Meeting - 7:30am - 816
11/15/17 - Time with Principal - 816 - All Day
11/16/17 - Dodgeball Tournament - 4-8pm
11/17/17 - Formative Observations Due
11/20-11/24/17 - Thanksgiving Break
11/29/17 - EPMS Focus Walk
CONFERENCE WEEK INFO
Please note the schedule for front office coverage and administrator support for conference week. The Front Office Staff and Counselors will be here until 5pm each day. Administrators will be here until 7:30 on Monday and Tuesday and 5:30 on Wednesday and Thursday. If you have a conference after 6:30pm on any day, please inform the administrator working that day.
Additionally, if you need admin support in a meeting, please make sure that you follow up on Monday to ensure that someone will be there. We have had a very busy end to the week, and we don't want to miss anyone's request.
Monday - Divin, Alverson
Tuesday - Aarons, Raley
Wednesday - McDaniel, Jacobs
Thursday - Hubbard, All Admin
TKES OBSERVATIONS
I am excited about what we are seeing in your classrooms, and I appreciate the effort you are making to continue to grow as an educator. Continue to stretch yourselves as a practicing professional and remember that our profession is just that, a practice. Students are unpredictable and you have to be willing to try new things to Engage, Prepare, Motivate, and Support them.
If you are CONSISTENT in your practices, those practices shine no matter how good or bad they are. Intentional planning has to become a consistent practice.
2017-2018 School Improvement Plan
STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES
1. Teachers will utilize academic vocabulary and anchor charts to increase student achievement in the classroom.2. Teachers will provide specific daily learning targets as a tool to direct student focus for each class period and monitor student progress via feedback and assessments.
WHERE ARE WE NOW
We are collecting data during formal and informal observations for all strategies within our SIP. As the year progresses, we should see gains within the environment and teacher behaviors. Student behaviors will only increase as you model and promote expectations.
Within your Daily Snapshot, you should be identifying what you determine as your daily learning target. At this time, some of you may be writing this as an EQ, and there is nothing wrong with that. The most important things to remember with your learning targets is that students are aware of them, they align with the standards you are teaching, and the instruction or activity you have planned supports the learning target.
MONITORING
TKES Observations have began. Within our feedback, you may see comments referencing how we see your supporting our SIP initiatives.
- Updated Daily Snapshots
- Notebook for Archived Snapshots
- Evidence of Collaboration Among Grade Level Contents (this doesn't mean same)
- Early Stages of Development and Use of Anchor Charts
- Attempts at Learning Targets
UPCOMING PL
ELA, Math, and Science Title II Days have been completed, and we have witnessed some great conversations and true growth. We will wrap up our Title II Days this coming week.
Once we complete our Title II Days, we will give you some Thursdays back to focus on your planning. However, we will be pulling you at least one Thursday to complete some classroom observations to help us provide feedback and determine next steps.
Please take some time to thank Mrs. Burford. She has concentrated a lot of effort developing and delivering our PL.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
10/11 - Laurie Parker
10/14 - Monique Prince
10/15 - Andy Aarons
10/16 - Kara Bechtel
10/19 - Jill Barron
10/22 - Scott Calta
10/23 - Cherie Divin
10/29 - Courtney Burchfield
10/30 - Leigh Stone
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Contact Information for Tom Alverson
Email: talverson@paulding.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Domain/29
Phone: 678-350-8027
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