The Lion's Den
Week of August 6, 2018
Be There!!
August 6th (A)- FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!! :)
August 7th (B)- Grade Level Check-ins during PLC's
August 8th (C)- NO PLC's
August 9th (A)- NO PLC's
August 10th (B)- Jeans Day (Christian Park 82 Spirit Wear)
(A,B,C next to date denotes the Related Arts schedule)
Need to Knows!
NEW INFORMATION
Here we go!!!!! The best part of our job starts on Monday....kiddos return!!!! I am very excited about the awesome things we are going to do as a Lion Family this year!! To help with first week logistics, please click the "Week One Need to Knows" button below. Also, click on the Day 1-5 Support button for information about how we will support one another the first week of school.
During PLC's on Tuesday this week, we will be checking in with you to see how things are going. Wednesday, we will not meet. Please take this time to plan for your students. At this time, we will also review the Quarter 1 Snapshot. This document will guide our work for the first quarter of the year. It can be found by clicking on the "Quarter 1 Snapshot" below.
Supervision Duty Assignments are attached below. Please click on the button with the same name.
We still are hiring for a 1st Grade Teacher, Bilingual Assistant, and Staff Custodian. As soon as candidates are recommended, I will let you know.
The Staff Handbook is still attached below. You are expected to know the information in the handbook. Please make sure you review it carefully. I cannot stress the importance of this, particularly the CPS Reporting Protocols. When in doubt, REPORT!!!
Please complete the Staff Contact Form by the end of this week. It has basic demographic information as well as questions aligned with how to best reinforce the hard work you do daily. I will be checking on Friday and sending emails to those that have not completed by this time.
REPEAT INFORMATION
Another big rock this year will be work around the Growth Mindset. This will be done through our monthly staff development meetings and book study. I have purchased the following books for you by Annie Brock and Heather Hundley:
- The Growth Mindset Coach
- The Growth Mindset Playbook
- In Other Words: Phrases for Growth Mindset
The Growth Mindset Coach will be the book we will spend time in as our book study; the other two will be resources for you to use. These will be handed out at PLC's this week.
Our Ice Cream Social Open House is scheduled for Friday, August 3rd from 4:30-6:30 pm. These two hours will be traded out for comp time to use throughout the year. Here is some information about the night (click on the link to get to the document:
Ice Cream Social Responsibilities- please review and be at your assignment.
Parent Contact Information Form- please have this up electronically in your classroom and have your parents complete this form when they come in at Open House. There is a tab for each of your classrooms. We can then use this as a schoolwide database.
Those supporting....please plan to meet with me tomorrow at 12:30 pm in the Media Center to finalize details and get prepped for the Open House.
We have secured additional devices for our students! At this time, we are looking at adding enough devices that we will be very close to 1:1 at every grade level. We are pushing to get these to you ASAP.
Finally, we have submitted to use NWEA as our benchmark assessment tool for grades 3-6. Additionally, we have also submitted to use TRC as our reading level assessment for all grades. We will be scheduling PD for you to learn more about these assessments.