Staff Update
Published: September 8
For kids and you...
District Mastery PD Sessions
From Jenny Watson and Kim Thompson
#BOONENATION Educators,
Just a reminder that we will have our 1st Professional Learning Skype session tomorrow 9/10/2019 @4pm. You should receive Flex PD for participating. Each session is 30 minutes. You all have a SKYPE link in your Outlook calendar invite. Join together as a team if you like! We look forward to connecting with everyone in #BOONENATION as we continue to learn and grow together!
Parent Newsletter
Recovery Delayed to Wednesday
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RECOVERY BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY.
Canvas should have a record of all of your daily grades.
- Mark complete/complete if just practice toward mastery.
- Mark 1-4 with half points if assessing for mastery.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Kickboard video is ready for everyone to show on Monday. It's 10 minutes. Do you want to do it as soon as you get to 1st or in SEL?
- How is the new schedule?
- If you volunteered to sponsor a leadership team, you should have your lists. Please let me know how I can assist you.
Progress Toward Mastery
In your classroom, if 80% of your kids have not mastered a concept, it's a Tier 1 issue...not an intervention issue. You need to tighten up your core instruction. This should not be new news. This is the basic tenet of RTI.
Similarly, if 80% of our kids are not proficient in reading or math, we have a Tier 1/Core Instruction issue to address. No schools in Boone County have 80% at proficiency, but we will be the first.
READING
From 73% Proficient/Distinguished in Reading to 80% Proficient/Distinguished by May 2019.
MATH
From 66% Proficient/Distinguished in Math to 80% Proficient/Distinguished by May 2019.
I was also asked to select lead measures (which you will soon learn about). I selected lead measures we already intended to put in place this year that correspond with Hattie's high yield practices. However, they are not set in stone. We'll work through them and add if you want to add and take away if you want to take away.
I believe to my core we can hit the 80% this year. Together.
I've also been looking at our kids fall Star and comparing them to their K-Prep from the spring. We have some BIG discrepancies with some kids. Any child that dropped two levels or more from K-Prep to Star will retest. I'll address this with the personally and alert you as well. They will take their mastery assessments seriously at our school so we know whether or not our instructional practices are working.
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
- Office Staff Meeting at 9
- Admin Meeting at 10:15
- Erika Lunch with Orange Ninjas at 11:15
- German student visiting at 1pm
- LSS Comcast at 1:45 (admin team)
- Faculty Circle at 2:45 in Sarah Stamper's room (603) SEL Preview
- Walking group at 3?
- ESS Coordinator meeting at 3
- Mastery Learning District Skype at 4
Tuesday
- Mastery Connect 8th Grade at 8:30
- Erika meeting with Drama coach at 8:30
- Erika meeitng with gifted coordinator at 9:30
- 7th Grade Morning Meeting Lunch with Erika at 11:35
- 6th Grade ELA meeting at 1:30
- North Key Meeting for admin team at 2pm
- Sub Open House at 3pm
- Parent Portal Distribution from 5-8
- Volleyball at home from 5-8
Wednesday
- Hump Day Happy Cart
- James at AP meeting
- Homecoming Float Committee at 3pm
Thursday
- Erika, Stacey, and Stacie out at training
- School board meeting at 7:30pm
- Volleyball vs. Gray at home
Friday
- It's a miracle. Nothing is on the calendar...yet.
Bally Staff Site
Supply Cabinet Suggestions
Evaluation Timelines for 2018-2019
NON-TENURED
Self Reflection and PGP by October 15
First Formative by November 15 Schedule Formative 1 Here.
Second Formative by April 15 Schedule Formative 2 Here.
Summative and Summative Conference by April 30 Schedule Summative Here
TENURED
You may schedule now.
Self Reflection and PGP by October 15
Formative by April 15 Schedule Formative Here. or Schedule Formative Here.
Summative and Summative Conference by April 30 on the 3rd year of a 3 year cycle Schedule Summative Here
We are not using CIITS this year. Stay tuned for the super-funness that will be our new forms. Conner folks should be very familiar with them. Hint.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dT3nz68IpnCLZuc63Sq0rqaiX9QgORmE/view
Budget Committee
The following will serve on the Budget Committee this year:
1. Admin: Bowles and Demetrakis
2. PTSO Treasurer: Denise Volz
3. Financial Secretary: Holly Morgan
4. Athletic Director: Pat Pidgeon
5. Teachers: Sara Fay and Stacey Welch
PBIS Team
Meet the first Thursday of every month at 2:45pm.
Next meeting: Thursday, October 3rd at 2:45pm in 6 Green.
1. Determine roles.
2. Review Kickboard data.
3. Discuss Tier 1 Processes
4. Discuss forming Tier 2 Team
The PBIS team is: Bernadette Leonard, Cheryl Michels, Sarah Stamper, Tabatha Byrd, Meredith Palmer, Jennifer White, and Nikki Herrmann.
Content and Grade Level Leaders
CONTENT LEADERS
Meet during 8th grade plan first Tuesday of the month
Science: Bernadette Leonard
Social Studies: Jen Woolf
Math: Andy Jones
ELA: Mindy Earsing
TEAM LEADERS
Meet at 2:45pm the first Wednesday of every month.
UA: Kristi Heist
Sped: Katy Dennis
6th grade: Jen White
7th grade: Traci Barton
8th grade: Mindy Earsing
Staff Remind
To subscribe to the Remind I use for parents, text @allbally to 81010.