North High School
Staff Bulletin - October 28, 2019
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Literacy Goal: North High School will raise the percent of students proficient on the Open Response from fall to spring by 10% in 2019-2020.
Actions Being Taken to Improve Literacy
- Daily Writing - Writing activities every day to boost our student writing
- Departments with different responsibilities in teaching areas of the OR Rubric
- Advisory students tracking their progress on OR
- Working on quality task creation and examining student work from those tasks
Math Goal: North High School will raise the percent of students proficient on the High School Math Assessment from fall to spring by 10% in 2019-2020.
- Understanding and applying the Common Core's 8 Mathematical Practices in all classrooms
- Advisory students tracking their progress on the BME Assessment
- Develop an auxillary leadership team to focus on math data assessments
- Working on quality task creation and examining student work from those tasks
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Classroom Implementation Protocol Observations Set for the Week
We will once again be completing CIP Walkthroughs starting this week. Reminder, we are looking for the following:
· Higher Order Thinking Questions, Responses, and Statements (from adults and students)
· Depth of Knowledge (concept v. topic based)
· Student Understanding (can they answer the question, “What are you learning?” and refer to the target)
· Substantive Conversations (No Dialogue, Dialogue, or Substantive Conversation – How deep is the conversation going?)
· Value Beyond School (Student must explicitly state it without being prompted. Happens less than 10% of the time)
Individual feedback will not be provided. The goal is for us to visit each teacher twice (preferably the same block). The purpose of collecting this information is to provide us with a snapshot of our building and not individual teachers. If you have not been trained in AIW yet, don’t worry. We use this data to direct station rotations and focused professional development.
The following people are trained in CIP and you may see them in your classroom:
· Brant Bemus
· Ryan Dumkrieger
· Maggie Elgert
· Chris Koch
· Crista Limoges
· Laura Stevenson
· Joni Swenson
· Tracy Vander Wilt
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Last Week's Average Daily Attendance: 92.39% (-0.33%)
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End of Quarter - October 29
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TV and Marquee Information
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Daily Announcements
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Weekly Strategy Challenge - Practice This Strategy In Class!
Strategy - Implementing Professional Development
So far this year, each of the strategies in the bulletin have been "Check for Understanding" strategies. The challenge this week is to use Nearpod for a quick formative assessment.
It's quick. It's easy. It's engaging. When you use it, take a pic and share your students doing so and tag #SCNStars, @SiouxCityNorth, and @Nearpod in the post.
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School Life - A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words
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CPR Courses Begin
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Advisory Calendar of Events
Tuesday:
Chart Art/Drama/Play Production OR Data
Wednesday:
No Events Scheduled
Thursday:
No Events Scheduled
Friday:
Senior - Cancer Care Package Creation (Starting at 9:00 AM; those signed up)
Current CPR Training:
Select Seniors
Upcoming CPR Training - 11/5 to 11/15:
Tracy Gilbert (S209)
C. Brown (335)
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Upcoming Dates
Below are currently scheduled events that will take place during the school day. These will interrupt academic work.
Wednesday, October 30 - Fall ASVAB Testing
Thursday, November 7 - SportsWorld Presentation 9:00-9:51 AM
Tuesday, November 19 - Audrie and Daisy Film for Freshman (8:35-10:35)
Wedenesday, December 11 - Senior College and Career Readiness Survey (homeroom only, should not be an interruption).
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Monday Morning Music
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Reminders and Checklists
All Staff:
- Safe School Training is released. Here is the link: https://siouxcityschools-ia.safeschools.com/ There are five training's on this year's module. Total time indicated is 129 minutes. Due dates are varied.
Certified Staff:
- Sign up for duties with Chris. If you sign up now, you will have a choice. If you wait, you will be assigned to an open duty.