Kitley Friday News
December 15, 2017
Kitley Staff,
Thanks to everyone for another great week! Thanks to Mr. Everingham, Mr. Fellerman, and our amazing third graders for a great performance last night! Only a few more days for first semester...hard to believe! I hope you all have a relaxing holiday season and look forward to seeing everyone back for a great 2018!
Please see below for #wearekitley Twitter pictures from this week, blurbs on our three goals, and important information and dates for next week. You will find our plans for Tuesday and Wednesday towards the bottom.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Joe
#wearekitley
School Goals
School Culture
Re-modeling behavior expectations after winter break
Getting back into the swing of school routines and rules after winter break can be difficult for children who have enjoyed two weeks of relaxed rules, alter bedtimes, homework-free evenings and play dates.
An effective way to start the new year is to revisit behavior expectations taught at the beginning of the school year using Interactive Modeling. This method from Responsive Classroom is associated with greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement and school climate.
Interactive Modeling is a straightforward, quickly paced, seven-step process that’s effective for teaching children any academic or social skill, routine or procedure that you want them to do in a specific way. With Interactive Modeling, students:
- Learn exactly why the skill, routine or procedure is important to their learning and the respectful, smooth functioning of the classroom.
- Are asked what they noticed about the teacher’s modeling (rather than told by their teacher what to notice).
- See a few classmates additionally model the routine or procedure after the teacher’s initial modeling
- Practice the routine or procedure right away.
- Receive immediate feedback and coaching from their teacher while they practice.
Responsive Classroom (www.responsiveclassroom.org)
Building Readers
Student Growth
In Visible Learning for Teachers, John Hattie (2012) states: "What a student brings to the classroom each year is very much related to his or her achievement in previous years: brighter students tend to achieve more and not-so-bright students achieve less. Our job as teachers is to mess this up, by planning ways in which to accelerate the growth of those who start behind, so that they can most efficiently attain the curriculum and learning objectives of the lesson alongside the brightest students."
Important Information and Dates
- My cell phone number is 765.491.6879. Please feel free to text or call me anytime. You can follow me on twitter @indybrown7. You can reach Courtney at 317.670.7531. You can follow her on twitter @c_lumbley. Be sure to also follow our school twitter handle @KitleyCougars.
Monday the 18th
- Kelly and Lauren out at conference
- IA Holiday Breakfast and PD at 9:00am
- Joe in Principals meeting from 9:30am-11:30am
Tuesday the 19th
- PD at 7:45am
- Leadership Team meeting from 9:15am-10:45am
Wednesday the 20th
- Solutions Team meeting at 8:30am
- Holiday party at 9:00am
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Wednesday the 3rd
- PLC at 7:45am
Thursday the 4th
Friday the 5th
- All Pro Dad's at 7:45am
- Cougar Clubs
PD and PLC next week
December 19th
All staff will meet in the Media Center for professional development on the holidays.December 20th
No PLC
January 3rd
All staff will meet in the LGI room to plan Morning Meetings for the first couple of weeks in January. This is a great way to reset and establish PBIS procedures and expectations.
Kitley Elementary School
Email: Joseph.Brown@ftcsc.k12.in.us
Website: http://www.ftcsc.k12.in.us/kitley
Location: 8735 Indian Creek Road South, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Phone: (317) 803-5300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kitley-Elementary-School-545121212189288/
Twitter: @KitleyCougars