Staff Weekly Warrior
November 26th, 2018
This Week
Tuesday- November 27th(JV Boy's Basketball@home, JV girl's away,
Wednesday- November 28th(JB-AC mtg 8-11, Faculty Meeting- mandatory Allergy training, 8th-grade Open House at LHS 6:30-8:30)
Thursday- November 29th(Culture Fair in LRC,
Friday- November 30th(Social Studies Conference) many teachers out
Saturday- Dec 1st 8:45 8th grade Entrance Exam at LHS
Staff Evaluations
- Tenured teachers- please book your 1formal evaluation prior to Winter Break with your evaluator.
- Non-Tenured teachers- You are also able to book your 2nd observation prior to winter break. The 2nd observation should be set up with Shirley if Johnny observed you first or with Johnny if Shirley observed your first. If not before the break, the observation should be in the first few weeks of January
Team Leader Notes
7th Grade--PT Conferences--we like not having to teach the next day but we’d like the Friday be our normal work hours-
The sign up system for conferences needs to be modified. How can we do it with Skyward? Can we include room numbers for parents and a place for parents to put their student’s name.
Technology is still awful in many of our rooms. Students are losing patience with technology. What is the plan? Steve has contacted the companies and is trying to problem solve. The worst times of logging in are more than 9 and 2. Teachers are also experiencing problems with connections. (JB will bring back to AC and Steve to find a solution to the continued problems. Even though changes have been made, the network issues have not improved)
Internal Subbing--6th grade has gone through one half rotations since Oct 16th. JB will start requesting 1/2 day subs for dates even for dates that there are only one meeting
White Pines/Alt White pines--would like to schedule a time to discuss Paid time for teachers should it happen again. This would include DC trip as well.
Why are we paying for busses for field trips?
12/5 2nd graders are coming to watch Shrek--no small gym available Period 2-ish until lunch time
Team Leader- Answers
- Conferences should be DLT question- a member of that team should bring up the staffs thoughts
- We are examing skyward for next year for PTC sign up
- JB will schedule half-day subs in the future for single IEP days
- JB supports possible pay for Whitepines/DC- probably a contract item
- We have to pay for the gas and the driver, it helps our transportation budget remain balanced.
- Steve is still working on Internet Issues, has contacted Cisco
Effective Feedback Follow Up
One aspect of feedback can be praise. Here is an article from one of my favorite Twitter accounts.
Cult of Pedagogy- The Trouble with Amazing: Giving Praise that Matters
Supervision this week...
Location A---- Picciola, C.
Location B---- Anderson, M
Location C---- Brown, N
Location D---- Ehn, M
Location E----Saulys, L
Location F---- Kennedy, D
Office---- Hilburger, K
It is an expectation that each teacher is in the hallway in the morning. Please be sure to encourage students to walk on the right-hand side of the hall.
PARCC Data Meetings during PLC for Math/ELA teachers only
sd113A Educational Foundation Fundraiser
- Sign up to play against the Harlem Wizards we need 25 staff from all thee schools. (Tom Gaw)
- Buy tickets and bring your family
- Work the event, scoreboard, crowd help
- Be sure to share details with your family and friends and push the event with the students.
More details to follow.