Friday Faculty Focus
News and Notes about #BeBCMS-Issue #17- 2018
#EyesOnThePrize
While we "celebrate" TEACHER WEEK for five days, I hope you know how important you are to every single life in this schoolhouse! I truly hope this week was filled with making moments with your scholars as well as knowing how much you are LOVED! Teaching is an incredible journey and I am so ExExExCited that we are on this ride together!
We did it! We survived a ten day testing window during a testing season that was as late in the year as you could possibly get! WOW WOW WOW!
Tremendous efforts all the way around!
SHOUTOUTS!
Ms. Shelby for working hard on Teacher Week!
Ms. Beasley, Ms. Harvey, Ms. DeLoach, and Ms. Durrence for testing scholars until 5:00 on some nights!
Mrs. Star for TRULY serving scholars and our school by passing out waters, pushing chrome carts, taking pencils, etc. etc. etc.
MS. Amonda for getting all the snacks and cupcakes organized for the end of the year!
Ms. Candi for getting schedules and grade cards ready to rock and roll
Do you have a STAFF SHOUT OUT? Enter it here:
End of Year reminders!
Be ELITE in your 20 square feet! You create the climate and culture you want!
Culture is: Behavior-Beliefs-Experiences
It is not: posters, mantras, jeans days, or snacks
Other notes:
Begin work on your ENDofYEARChecklist. The link is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QNo0nR_1ypYuDufJtaexJZFEAZHmpQfwa1u1EH1_Z6o/edit?usp=sharing
Begin work on your F FORMS. The link is here:
Lesson Plans are due Friday either to folders or to me.
No movies during these last days of instruction. You will have access to a variety of SEL lesson plans for the #TheLastThreeDays
Remember: this project is in conjunction of how we will begin our SY 19...with #TheFirstThreeDays so take some time now, on the front end, and be proactive. Begin talking to your team members who are returning about the awesome plans you can make to emphasize new friendships, relationships, collaboration, teamwork, and empathy. That is real #LifeInAMiddleSchool
Field day is Friday May 18th- Please remember that appropriate dress is still expected on field day. Matching Tee Shirts and shorts are appropriate but shorts must be professional in nature. If you have questions regarding dess, please come see me.
Don't forget about our ELITE PBIS Event! Allow scholars to earn bucks, buck, and more bucks! The prices for events will be on posters this week! All scholars who have earned ZERO majors will earn $50.00 additional in PBIS bucks- Idea by James Ortner! We will cut that off on Monday May 21st.
All staff members who have children in the district and want to attend their awards days and/or celebrations, please attend those but you need to find your own coverage. Please email me the day and time you will be out and who will be covering. Enjoy those moments!
Please play this WRAP IT UP Flip Grid to our scholars Monday Morning!
Thank You to Mrs. Lee!
Important Events! (The •1)
#AllWeek: Scholar Scheduling at Lunch!
Monday- #CelebrateMonday, Make Up Tests, Softball Tryouts (all week) begin 3:30
Tuesday- #TerrificTuesday, Make Up Tests, Rising Redskins day tours, PBIS of the month (April) Celebration, Rising Redskins NIGHT 6:00 PM
Wednesday- #WinWednesday, Spring Fling: 3:30-5:00 , Cost is $3.00
Thursday-#ThankfulThursday, Chorus Spring Concert: 7:00 PM
Friday- #FocusFriday, FIELD DAY! Kona Ice! Last one! (not free for scholars), Staff Field Day attire (professional, but comfortable)
Upcoming:
May 21st Wild Adventures! #LastThreeDays
May 22 Honors Celebrations: 6/7 School day 9:00 AM , 8th 6:00 PM #LastThreeDays
May 23 Last Day of School: PBIS all school Celebration #LastThreeDays
May 21-23 #TheLastThreeDays
What I'm Reading.... (The •5)
#NewBookAlert
The Feedback Fix by Joe Hirsch
As we trudge through summative assessments, I really am reflecting and thinking about how to give better feedback that is usable to the work we are doing together!
"When we talk about things that belong to the past, the conversation stalls. No one can go back in time and write a different outcome. What's done is done. And that's why tranditional feedback is fundamentally flawed. It is supposed to bring change, but people can't change what they can't control.
I am excited to begin my planning and reflection and how we can grow together in a foreward feedback way. Making sure all feedback is usable and helps us with our passion work: growing scholars!
#ReadersAreLeaders
#LeadLAP
#RTB
#Moments
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ELITE mindset right there!
Nuggets and News (the •10)
PBIS Update:
MAY 2018
- 19 MAJORS
- 36 MINORS
MAY 2017
82MAJORS
43 MINORS
8 more days to go! Can we decrease in MAY?
OSS/ISS
To date:
262 days of OSS
286 days of ISS
2017-2018
OSS- 490 days
ISS- 290
This data supports that building relationships is ALWAYS the answer.
The Innovation Center: The 2018-2019 schedule for Quarter one will be out during Post Planning. You will need to sign up for your preferences for Q1 before signing off to leave for the summer!
Compliance Checks - 5x5s will be on-going! Be Elite in your 20 Square Feet! We still need to be teaching!
Please remember to turn in your lesson plans-- If you have plans complete for the month of May, please turn them all in. ELITE teaching continuing is the expectation!
Please take care of your technology!MODEL and inspect what you expect! Chrome Books should be plugged in daily and stored properly! IF you can't take care of your tech: I bet another teacher would love to have your cart!
Meetings Schedules: Monday: TEAM, Tuesday: LWL Pop UP PL (No popUP this week) , Wednesday:MATH ,Thursday: ELA/Soc.St. , Friday: Science
The LAST PopUP PL will be Tuesday May 15th! CNA and SIP work!
#BeBCMS Concessions will be open after Field Day and PBIS Events
Friday May 18th - Office Squad Breakfast
#LoveTheProcess
Focus on......... Lesson Plans (The •15)
Remember our #BeBCMS Moral Imperatives to an ELITE school?
a. Come to School- BE AMAZING- Go Home! Repeat
b. Bell to Bell instruction
c. ALL instruction/teaching will be on grade level and standards based
d. Take a STAND for teaching and learning. Get up!
Teachers:
Your lesson designs are the magic wand! YOU are the magic!
How are you using your Spring MAP data to drive and plan elite instruction?
The rubric is here.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16FNMIEHor32d3TIV_Ra0tqqA9zGwz4MLe81qUcEPaDk/edit?usp=sharing
Focus On:
OPENINGS
We will begin our school year with a heavy focus on OPENINGS. Research tells us...and WE KNOW....that those first 12 minutes of instruction in our classes is the most critical and what the middle level brain gets the most out of! How can you #LEVELUP your openings for the remainder of this year and for next year to make sure they are highly engaging, connected to your LEQ, your standard, and your Learning Goals/Targets. I can promise you, based on year of practice, setting your stage with an elite opening for your instruction will increase your scholar achievement!
Most summative Conferences will be completed by Friday! #GreenChecksForTheWin
Learning with Liz times:
7th grade 8:45-9:15
6th grade 11:45-12:15
8th grade 2:15-2:45
This week is the last LWL Pop UP PL for the school year!
Here is our lesson design template: (make a copy first) Get a jump on your planning for next school year! Our instructional framework is not changing!
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A1: As @burgessdave says, "If I want Ss to learn something, I'm going to teach it." We don't learn from HW. #DitchHW #LeadLAP
#TheLastThreeDays
Here we go!
The #LastThreeDays is a social, emotional learning project aimed to focus on and build social emotional skills in our scholars. During the #LastThreeDays, all whole group and small group instruction will be built around those types of skills and that type of learning. Below is a variety of resources you can use to begin to plan your days. Also, don't be afraid to try something great. Maybe split up your WHOLE team of scholars into color groups and rotate the color groups through a schedule on Monday and Tuesday where every teacher on your team sees every scholar? The ideas are endless. The goal? To make these last three days meaningful, intentional, engaging, fun, exciting, memorable ALL THE WHILE working on the WHOLE CHILD! Throughout the week we will be sending you a variety of ideas to use.
#BeBCMS
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