Friday Faculty Focus
News and Notes about #BeBCMS-Issue #16- 2018
#MayFlowers
We are ready for week two of GMAS and Teacher Appreciation Week!
A week does not begin to encompass the celebration of all there is to being an educator!
The change agent status, drive, energy, passion, focus, commitment, dedication, love....those are all the first words I think of when I think of when I think of what being a educator means to me. We have an awesome week planned to honor the ELITE work that you do at BCMS for our scholars! Get ExExExCited! There is no other work I can picture myself doing and no other work I want to do. I chose to be an educator at BCMS!
GMAS is rolling! I am so proud of our efforts in week one and know our efforts in week two will be just as on point! Thank you all for making it a very stress free week for our scholars! Please remember: everything you say and do communicates a message. Body language matters! There is no "emergency" that we can't handle: poise in the pocket!
Reminders:
1. Dress Professional (participate in dress up days, professionally!)
2. Be ExExExCited
3. Communicate (with verbals and non-verbals) that we are SO excited for our scholars to "LEVEL UP" and show what they know
4. REST and REPEAT!
Here are some other notes:
The testing schedule is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x2i3phaPUV8EIu47VYTiEfMAZEz9apT3vzADVia61mc
The testing rosters are here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XRBKh7yGwtFf5CDCTYXNiZnvInQ4f_yWQ1lxLgDNOgU/edit?usp=sharing
Lesson Plans are due Friday either to folders or to me.
I will get feedback to you Monday. Remember, we are looking at TKES #2. You have a copy of the rubic. You can self reflect your lesson plans as well!
Learning must not stop during and after testing! We must communicate to our scholars that we are always learning and growing!
No movies during these last days of instruction. Keep reading for information on #TheLastThreeDays
PBIS Event is coming! 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!
The "I KNOW THOSE PEOPLE" inspiration FLIPGRID is ready to rock and roll! I have even convinced Dr. Brooksher and Dr. Robertson to play along! They love middle schoolers.
The FLIPGRID is here: Please insert your ELITE inspirational message! Please continue to check FLIPGRID for more elite messages for the week!
LOVE the flip grids! Keep 'em coming! We want to use them throughout the two weeks of testing. The goal is to make every single day of testing (ALL 10) ELITE!
Important Events! (The •1)
#ProjectLEVELUP
Monday- #CelebrateMonday, GMAS TESTING 7th
Tuesday- #TerrificTuesday, GMAS TESTING 6th, Band Concert
Wednesday- #WinWednesday, GMAS TESTING 8th
Thursday-#ThankfulThursday,GMAS TESTING 7th
Friday- #FocusFriday, GMAS TESTING 8th
Upcoming:
GMAS testing begins April 30th through May 11th
May 15th Rising Redskins (Start at 8:30 AM for morning)
May 14-18 Softball Tryouts 3:30 in gym
May 14-18 Scholar Scheduling at Lunch
May 15th Rising Redskins 6:00 PM
May 16th Spring Fling 3:30-5:00 $3.00 per person: Featuring 3 on 3 Basketball and Corn Hole!
May 18th Field Day!
May 21st Wild Adventures! #LastThreeDays
May 22 Honors Celebrations: 6/7 School day, 8th 6:00 PM #LastThreeDays
May 23 Last Day of School: PBIS all school Celebration #LastThreeDays
May 21-21 #TheLastThreeDays
The most perfect Chrome Cart by Miss Sunny
What I'm Reading.... (The •5)
#NewBookAlert
The Feedback Fix by Joe Hirsch
I have several new books that are waiting for me to crack open! The one I started this week is called "The Feedback Fix". I am working hard to give foreward feedback as we move into Year 2 of ELITE instructional designs and practices. I will be excited to start to share this work with you as we get ready to roll out an exciting school year next year.
"It's here, the shift to future tense. In the future, we gaze ahead. In the past, we must relive mistakes. In the future, we can reimagine success. The past is a time for reflection. The future is a place for ACTION. The past is already transcribed. The future is still unwritten. We can never change the past. We can always transform the future."
I know this book will change the way all of us look at transformational feedback!
#ReadersAreLeaders
#LeadLAP
#RTB
#Moments
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Miss Jersey's class is on the case for TEACHER WEEK!
Nuggets and News (the •10)
PBIS Update:
APRIL 2018
- 29 Majors
- 109 Minors- ouch!
April 2018
92 MAJORS
58 MINORS
68% DECREASE in Majors for the month of April
46% INCREASE in Minors for the month of April
Challenge: What are scholars earning minors for?
OSS/ISS
To date:
247 days of OSS
284 days of ISS
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 Q1 before signing off to leave for the summer!
Compliance Checks - 5x5s will be on-going! Be Elite in your 20 Square Feet!
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 Snack Carts will be open after testing this week and at the end of the school day
Friday May 18th - Office Squad Breakfast
May 15th Rising Redskins - schedule TBD, Evening starts at 6:00
May 16th Spring Fling sponsored by Track - 3:30-5:00 Sign Ups Next week!
#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:
Your lesson designs:
I am giving you feedback on your rubrics. How are you using it to make your planning #LevelUP
Standing up and engaging and interacting with our scholars makes a difference in mastery! How often are you making that effort?
Summative Conferences will begin this week: In an effort to be ready to go, bring your observations, feedback, data, and cards to your meeting. I will be scheduling these during your planning times throughout the week next week!
Learning with Liz times:
7th grade 8:45-9:15
6th grade 11:45-12:15
8th grade 2:15-2:45
Here is our lesson design template: (make a copy first) https://docs.google.com/a/bryan.k12.ga.us/document/d/1YGAYfD7wP-xieqvJk0PXu7CXLgonm7JfSTQAuTpWOKY/edit?usp=sharing
#TweetTweet
Wendy Hankins @MrsHankinsClass May 2
Sometimes all a kid needs to hear is—“I believe in you.” It really goes for adults too. Tell someone you believe in them today & see what happens. #BeKindEdu #TrendThePositive #LoveWorks #Culturize #WednesdayWisdom #JoyfulLeaders #LeadLAP #LeadUpChat #HeardItFromHankins
#TheLastThreeDays
The month of May brings lots of ENERGY! We have banquets, celebrations, testing, field trips, tryouts.....It is hard to keep the focus on the main thing: Growing our Scholars!
This year, we are going to really stay focused on our main thing! I am asking that the last three days of instruction: May 21, 22, 23 you focus on relationships in your classroom lesson designs! Ms. George and I will be putting together lesson plans and ideas for you to use if you wish to focus on Social Emotional Learning and growth for the last three days of school in your learning environments. You can integrate your final pieces of academic learning, you can team with another classroom on your team for a longer period or activity, you can create and come up with ANY awesome activity you want that helps foster relationship building; with your scholars and with each other. This will help us roll into our #FirstThreeDays which we will have the first three days of school with the same concept. This is how we will kick off next school year! We will focus only on creating and making our classrooms and our schoolhouse the most ELITE, LOVING, EXCITING, and ENGAGING schoolhouse on the planet...filled with grown ups who are ALL in for our scholars because WE choose BCMS!
Stay tuned for more information on this project!
#BeBCMS
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