MT. BETHEL MESSENGER
October 5, 2018
STAFF NEWS
We are interviewing to find the best candidate to serve as a member of our special education team!
BUCCANEER BRAVOS
BRAVO, TO OUR TPV PARTICIPANTS! Thank you for engaging in professional learning and having such deep conversations about student writing! It was truly amazing to take a look at student growth and the moves each teacher has made to facilitate that growth!
- STANDING OVATION to MIE PARTICIPANTS!! This month's focus was Teams. Teams is a tool we will begin to integrate more and more!
TKES Walks & Formatives
Make sure you have signed up for your 30 minute formative observation!
We will notify you when feedback and ratings are available in the TKES Platform.
Reminder...TKES now lives in SLDS. To navigate to SLDS, you need to be on the Cobb network (VPN at home).
- http://support.cobbk12.org/
- Click CCSD PORTAL on the left (in the blue bar)
- Click PORTAL LOGIN on upper right tab
- Username/Password are same as computer login
- Click SLDS
- Click TKES/LKES
- Teacher Keys Effectiveness System 2018-2019
- Teacher Assessment on Performance Standards
- Find the walk/formative
TECH THURSDAY
LKES Surveys - Staff Evaluates Admin
Each year, certified and classified staff have the opportunity to provide feedback regarding how the Administration is doing. This feedback is anonymous and provides information to our team and evaluators on how we can better support each of you. Previously, we set a day/time for you to meet in the computer lab, you logged into the TKES platform, had specific codes, and took the survey.
This year, there is a NEW PROCEDURE.
- LKES Survey Window = October 29th -November 8th.
- On October 29th, you will receive an email from EduTrax. NOT SPAM. It will have your unique survey links.
- Breakdown on who evaluates whom coming.
CONFERENCE WEEK TIMELINE & REPORT CARD INFO
*Make sure that you invite Admin, Counselors, Target, EIP to any conferences where you feel like you need support.
Thursday, 10/9
- Specialist grades due in Synergy by 7am
- AM - RTI overview letters along with Cobb Curriculum post cards placed in mailboxes. These are for distribution @ conferences.
- REMINDER: All students are on a tier in RTI. Tier 1 is good teaching practices which you all implement. If a student is on Tier 2 or Tier 3, make sure parents are notified at conferences.
- Early Release - Homeroom and Special Education teachers WORK ON YOUR WORK.
- Early Release - Singletons - Various locations for Elementary East CCC's.
- All report card grades due in Synergy by 7am
- Cherie will print all K-3 GIANT report cards & place them in your mailboxes.
- 4th/5th grade teachers, please print your own report cards.
- Submit Conference Schedule to Annie in front office. *CRITICAL - if you need to be out for some reason, we will call the parents who were supposed to have conferences on that day and help reschedule.
Saturday, 10/11
- Building Hours - 9am - 3pm. Take out your trash. Leave things tidy. Leave no food behind.
RTI-2 Tier 2
Our first RTI-2 meeting will be on 10/9 during planning.
- Bring laptops to conference room at planning
- Bring list of students who need to be added
- Meagan and admin will be present
Meagan shared a PowerPoint with all teachers that outlines step-by-step how to enter students in CSIS.
SPECIALS SCHEDULE - EARLY RELEASE
3rd: 8:40 - 9:15
4th: 9:20 - 9:55
2nd: 10:10 - 10:45
1st: 10:50 - 11:25
K: 11:30 - 12:05
First Responders
Jaime will send confirmation to those who will serve on our First Responder Team. First Responder Training will take place on 10/11 from 8am - 11am. We will arrange subs for those who require subs.
OPEN ENROLLMENT - BENEFITS - COMING SOON!
Mark Your Calendars!
Monday, October 8th
- 4th to Cobb Youth Museum
Tuesday, October 9th
- RTI-2 During Planning. Bring yourself, student names/data who are on Tier 2, and charged laptops to conference room @ planning
- 4th to Cobb Youth Museum
- 6:15 - 7:15 pm - Post 6 School Board Candidate Meet the Candidates Forum @ MBES
Wednesday, October 10th
- End of 1st 9 weeks
- 1st Grade Hearing Screening
- 4th to Cobb Youth Museum
- 5th to Atlanta History Center
- 10am - PTA Board Meeting in LC
Thursday, October 11th - EARLY RELEASE
- 7am - Specialist Grades due in Synergy
- During Planning - Drop in to LC to learn about Simplicity Touch Panel. All but PE and Speech required to attend. Paras and Counselors, choose a time to join a grade level.
- 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Challenge Success @ Walton. All Walton feeder pattern welcome. In this presentation, you’ll learn how you can establish a healthier home environment, reduce academic stress without sacrificing achievement, and increase your teenager’s resilience, creativity, and well-being.
Friday, October 12th
- PTA-sponsored Bus Driver Lunch
- Hearing Screening
- Appleyard out in am - Digital Leadership @ Hawthorne
- 9 - 11am - 1st Grade - Weather Truck In-School Field Trip @ Back of Bus Lanes
- 4th Grade to Cobb Youth Museum
Saturday, October 13th
- Weekend Building Hours. 9am - 3pm. Take out your trash. Leave things tidy. Leave no food behind.
Duty Schedule
AM BUS CLIPBOARD & MONITORING: Bartnicki
AM BUS LANE MONITORING: Denman
AM CARPOOL: Griffin, Griffee, Lampert
PM CARPOOL: Ferguson, Schoeb, J. Miller
SECOND LOAD STANDBY: Searcy