The Bailey Times
October 23, 2017
Reward Performance School!
We are excited to be recognized as a Reward School for Performance by the State of Tennessee. This honor goes to all of you that work all aspects of our school. It takes everyone in the school to protect our culture and know that kids come first no matter what!
Here is a part of what the commissioner said:
NASHVILLE — Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced Tennessee's 2017 Reward schools today, which include the top 5 percent of schools for academic achievement and the top 5 percent for student growth. These 169 schools span 60 districts across Tennessee.
"These schools represent what is possible for students in Tennessee as they exemplify excellence in performance or progress and in some cases, both," Commissioner McQueen said. "We want to replicate this success across the state and continue to celebrate the hard work of our educators and students happening in classrooms every day." Of the 2017 Reward schools, 59 are being recognized for performance, 85 are recognized for progress, and 25 schools are Reward schools both for performance and progress. The complete list of Reward schools is below and is also posted on the department's website.
Only 59 schools were recognized for performance! That is a huge honor for all of us and the hard work you put in every day from K-5. We started this journey about 5 years ago. We looked at our practices, met with other grades to look at vertical alignment, got rid of lessons that we had done for years, looked at writing and started in Kindergarten to improve our writing skills, learned how to read data better and conduct PLC's so that they are about the students, made sure that we are actually teaching to the rigor of the standards and creating lessons that engage our students....and the list goes on! We are now looking at making sure that our students have a growth mindset and can learn to persevere no matter how hard learning might look to them! I am very proud of all of you and cannot thank you enough for sticking with me and doing the hard work. We will continue on the course we are on because we were never about taking the "test", we were about students learning and it worked!
Don't forget our celebration as a school will be November 10th! This day is about all of our staff that dedicates yourself each day to help students! We will have breakfast at 8:00 in the library, take pictures and celebrate our status as a reward school and all 5's in growth. We will then feed everyone in the school from MOE's and that includes everyone (assistants, cafeteria, plant manager, SRO, etc.)
Bailey Bear Boogie
Special Friends that make my day!
Mrs. Robbins is excited!
Evaluations
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TNReady Score Report Resource for Families
The department has a website to provide additional information about TNReady score reports in order to help families better understand their students' individual score reports, as well as next steps for supporting their students' academic progress. The website includes detailed explanations of each section of the individual score report and links to additional resources. Click here to view the website.
Social Studies 5–8 Assessment Blueprint Now Available
The social studies grades 5–8 assessment blueprint for 2017-18 is now available on the department’s website (here). As a reminder, blueprints are designed to offer teachers an overview of the test structure. Blueprints also include descriptions of TNReady item types and, if applicable, subject-specific ancillary documents, such as calculator guidance for math. Blueprints are available for all TNReady assessments (here). Please reach out to Kadie.Patterson@tn.gov with questions.
October Coffee Chats for Teachers
October 24th: Jennifer Boren - Digital Resources at your Fingertips
October 31st: Carrie Moore - Schoology Part II
November 7th: Ashley Neugebauer - Powerschool Assessment
November 14: Katherine Perry & Meredith Flynn - Do you want to be an ESL teacher?
November 21: Carrie Moore - Ipad 101
Check out some of these articles I read this past week. You may find something that interest you.
Month at a Glance
October 23 - 26, 2017
- Red Ribbon Week
- Health Screenings
October 24, 2016
- Teacher Coffee Chat Digital Resources at your Fingertips 7:45 library
October 25, 2017
- Run Club
October 26, 2017
- Faculty Meeting for mandatory training
- Parent Coffee Chat 9:15 - 10:15 in Rm. 200 on Mindsets for Parents Part I
October 30 - Nov. 3, 2017
- One For Books
October 31, 2017
- Teacher Coffee Chat Schoology Part II 8:00 library
- Sheryl Johnson will be in the building to help you with Achievement/Growth for 2018
November 1, 2017
- I will be out of the building at a TOSS Leader and the Law (I know you want to go too!)
- Run Club
November 2, 2017
- Author Breakfast at 8:00 in the library and then he will be seeing classes that morning - see schedule that was sent out.
November 7, 2017
- Teacher Coffee Chat - Powerschool Assessment - Neugebauer
November 9, 2017
- Open House 6:00- 7:00
- Book Fair 5:00 - 7:30
- PD and Popcorn Central Church 4:45
November 10, 2017
- Celebration Breakfast for all Teachers and Staff 8:00 in library
- Lunch served in teacher lounge for all teachers and staff
- Veterans Day Program @ 2:00
November 14, 2017
- Teacher Coffee Chat - How to become an ESL teacher? What do ESL teachers do?
November 15, 2017
- Parent Coffee Chat 9:15 - 10:15 in Room 200
November 16, 2017
- Faculty Meeting 7:30
November 17, 2017
- Kindergarten Pow Wow and Feast 2:30
- PTA Meeting & Bingo Night 6:00 cafe
November 21, 2017
- Teacher Coffee Chat - Ipad 101
November 22 - 25, 2017
- Holiday
November 28, 2017
- Parent Coffee Chat 4:45 - 5:45 in library
November 30, 2017
- Leadership Team Meeting @ 7:45