Neighborhood News
Week of October 1st
JAES Mission Statement
The mission of John Adams Elementary School is to:
Provide a safe place for learning to occur.
Support social-emotional development.
Nurture creative and innovative leaders.
- Build unity through relationships with students, families, and the community.
Principal Post
This Week at John Adams:
Monday -
Tuesday-
- Christy out of Building 4:00 - meeting for Streamworks Advisory Committee
- Canvas Application Workshop --- Description:This workshop includes three components focused on engaging students in deeper learning through Canvas: motivation, participation, and progression. This course is designed to be face-to-face and meets three times per year. Come to one or come to all. There will be time for learning and time for hands-on application in a supportive and collaborative environment. Registration Form
Wednesday-
- Christy out of the Building - District Leadership Team Meeting
- Lowe's Hero Service Project - Playground
Thursday-
- Collaboratives
Friday-
- InService Day
Upcoming Week:
Important information and reminders
Lowe's Heroes
ELL/WIDA Requirement - From Sarah Good
We still have several teachers who have not completed the ELL/WIDA Standards Training survey--this is the record of their attendance for the ELL presentation I did during the inservice week before school started. We need ALL teachers to complete this survey by October 5 to comply with state monitoring. Below is the link to access the survey:
https://kingsport.instructure.com/courses/7066
Thank you for your help!
Staff Drink Machine
Also, I have had conversations with the students that have been caught visiting the machine. If you happen to see a student, please let me know so I can continue to address this issue. Thank you!!
Evaluation Information
As a reminder, the format of the Lesson Planning section of the evaluation process has changed slightly. All teachers need to be able to talk about their lesson as it fits within a unit of study. Teachers can use the weekly lesson planning tool that has been used in working with ELA / Math planning. For other departments, you are welcome to use the old template or another document you already use when planning units. In addition, feedback was used from the TEAM evaluation faculty meetings to develop guiding questions. These questions will be used to guide conversation during pre/post conferences around how the lesson taught in the observation fits into the unit. As a reminder, teachers do not have to write out answers to these questions, unless that is helpful to them, but all teachers need to be ready to discuss these questions during the observation cycle.
You should have received an email today about who will be observing you and how many observations you should expect to have. The data hasn't been released and calculated in TNCompass but we are pretty confident in the scores we have calculated for you! :) We will let you know if anything needs to be adjusted after the data is released.
Assessment Windows
DRA (Full DRA - ALL STUDENTS) - September 17th - October 4th
DRA Canvas Course
3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Teachers
Assessment Blueprints for 2018-19
Audience: Directors of Schools, Principals, EducatorsContact: TNED.Assessment@tn.gov
The 2018-19 assessment blueprints for social studies, ELA, and math are now available. The blueprints can be found on the department website (here). As a reminder, science will not be operational in 2018-19 due to the transition to new science standards. More information about the design of the science field test will be communicated later this fall.
Additionally, as a reminder, grades 3-5 social studies will take a pause for the 2018-19 school year, so there are no blueprints for grades 3-5 social studies.
District PL Opportunities
This is the calendar from Dr. Stephanie Potter (Director of Learning for KCS):
KCS Professional Learning Calendar - http://www.k12k.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=345307&type=d&pREC_ID=1095023