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Week of October 5, 2015- October 9, 2015
Data Driven Decisions!
Our tentative schedule will begin each day at 9:00:
- 5th-4th on Tuesday (Beltran, Nuñez, Scott, Tarrant, Rojas, Contreras, Young, Brown)
- 3rd-2nd on Wednesday (Bezares, Vineyard, Leal, Allen, Berry, Lujan, Serrano, Contreras, Hubschman, Whitlow)
- 1st-Kinder on Thursday (Ramirez, Steer, DeLaPaz, Cotie, Avalos, Mendoza, Morales, Alvarez, Barclay, Morris)
Agenda:
- Identify and print reports we will use for Data Meetings
- Review MAP Reading/Math data, Dora data, ISIP Español, DRA/EDL, Class work samples or any BOY class baseline assessments given.
- Introduce class data spreadsheet, student goal setting worksheet, student data profile page
- Review current Tier 2 students (students below 21% or below district cut scores)
- Identify new Tier 2 students (students below 21% or below district cut scores)
- Create and adjust action plans for Tier 2 students
- Discuss documentation for Tier 2 students
Please let your Admin Team know if we can assist in any way for Parent Teacher Conferences. Here are some helpful tips as you prepare for conferences:
Watchdog Dad Kick-off!
Campus Reminders
- Students should not bring footballs, soccer balls, etc. from home for recess
- Make an extra effort to communicate with parents to try to get them in for parent teacher conferences.
District Communication
Fair Day
Each year, the State Fair of Texas provides complimentary admission tickets to students and full-time Garland ISD employees. Printing Services will begin delivering tickets this week to campuses and departments.
The State Fair generates GISD tickets based on Oracle employee counts. Campuses and departments will receive one ticket for each employee listed in Oracle as working at that location. Tickets for custodial and Student Nutrition Service employees will be delivered to the Padgett Building.
GISD Fair Day is October 12 and student tickets are being delivered the week of October 5. Big Tex kicks off festivities this Friday and the fair will run through October 18.
Enjoy your tickets.
Dyslexia Awareness Month
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. The dyslexia department will be hosting several workshops for all GISD staff. In addition, we will be kicking off the month by hosting Experience Dyslexia, a Learning Disabilities simulation on October 1st. This event is open to all Garland ISD employees, parents, and community members. Please share the attached flyer with your departments and campuses. Registration for this event is mandatory. All workshops and events will be held at the Valle Family Student Services Center.
Register in SCHED:
Experience Dyslexia (October 1) Dyslexia 101 (October 6)
Dyslexia Parent Meeting (October 8) Dyslexia 101 (October 22)
Dyslexia Parent Meeting (Spanish) (October 27)
Successmaker update
Next week, we will have a representative from Pearson Learning onsite to assist with setting up Successmaker to work on our new servers.
Once the system is ready, CTAs will need to update the program on all campus lab PCs by next Wednesday/Thursday. Then, CTAs will need to set up classes rather quickly in order to get ready for Bilingual/ESL program access as early as Monday, October 5th.
We have scheduled open labs at Technology for Friday, October 2nd for CTAs to come and work to create the classes and assign content for your buildings. No sign up necessary. Labs will be open from 7:30-4:00.
If you think of questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are here for you!
Pam Holcomb
Elementary Technology Coordinator O-972.487.4951 C-214.336.9526
Social Studies textbook implementation
To assist with the implementation of new Social Studies textbooks and resources, the following trainings are currently scheduled. Additional training opportunities will be offered in the future.
Alternatively, campuses may request PLC or department embedded training opportunities by contacting Amy Mount at almount@garlandisd.net to schedule.
Best Practices for the New Social Studies Weekly for Grades 4 and 5 o 9/29/2015 – 4-5:30 – PDC B11 – Click Here to Register
For teachers unable to attend face-to-face sessions, web-based training opportunities are available from the publishing companies.
For Social Studies Weekly Professional Development on Demand, click here.