FMHS Info Swarm
November 14, 2016
Summer Professional Development Opportunities
I wanted to make you aware of some incredible opportunities for professional development this summer. Fort Mill High School sends teachers to these two conferences annually. Each year participants come back giving rave reviews of their experiences. If you have interest in attending either of these events, please email me to let me know. Space is limited.
SC Midlands Summit--The SC Midlands Summit is a two day conference focusing on the integration of technology into the school and classroom with a focus on using Google Apps for Education, learning environments, innovation, transformation, 21st century skills and mobile devices for student learning. Over 130 unique sessions will be offered!
June 7th-8th, 2017
Blythewood, SC
Click here for more details
High Schools That Work (HSTW) Staff Development Conference--The HSTW Staff Development Conference provides a platform for K-12 practitioners to share innovative and proven school improvement strategies. Hear how teams of teachers, counselors and leaders prepared academic and career and technical education students with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in college and the 21st-century workplace.
July 12th-15th, 2017
Nashville, Tenessee
Click here for more details
FMHS Fine Arts in the Headlines
Sister Act--FMHS Fall Musical
FMHS Band Competes on National Stage
AP Art in Action
Read to Succeed
Believe it or not by the end of this month you will be halfway done with Read to Succeed (R2S). On behalf of Mr. Lentz and the entire R2S Leadership Team I want to say thank you for all your hard work, your positive attitudes, and your thoughtful responses. Hang in there, we are halfway done.
November's schedule is outlined below. Although we have a double dose of readings, responses, and journals, December is Read to Succeed free to allow you to close out the semester without the added stress of assignments. If that's not an early present from Santa, I don't know what is.
Week 1 Professional Readings (10/31-11/4)
Week 2 Off
Week 3 Google Responses Due (11/18)
Week 3 Department Meeting Reflection (Wednesday 11/16)
Week 4 PSG (Wednesday 11/30)
Week 4 Classroom Connection Journals (Wednesday 11/30)
Food for Thought
5 Keys to Rigorous Project Based Learning
Click here for the Edutopia blog on project based learning.
A Short Intro Into Studio Schools
3 Simple Principles For Effective Teaching
SLO Midpoint Conferences
The following is a message from Gina Jenkins about SLO Midpoint Conferences:
The midcourse conference is intended to be an opportunity for teachers and administrators to examine student thinking and instructional needs based on assignments that are aligned to the SLO Priority Standards. As a result of engaging in this activity, both teachers and administrators will examine work through the eyes of students and gain deeper understanding of the learning experience. To facilitate this discussion, teachers are asked to bring an example of a Q1, Q3, and Q5 student’s work to the conversation and to explore the following prompts which are built on the Analysis of Student Work Model.
Midpoint Check-In Guiding Questions
- What were the students expected to do on the assignment?
- What do you consider to be a proficient response on this assessment? Exactly what do students need to say or write for you to consider their work proficient?
- As you look at each student’s work, what did you see that was interesting or surprising?
- Based on your student work samples, what did you learn about how each student thinks?
- How are students progressing towards meeting their goal?
- Do you have any data that supports the need to adjust growth targets?
- What additional support do you need in order to maximize student growth?
Quote of the Month
Calendar of Events
November
- November 2 FMHS Family Meeting--3:55 pm
- November 9 End of M2 Grading Period--3:40 pm
- November 14 R2S Leadership Team--7:45 am
- November 14 Grades Due in Power School--8:40 am
- November 15 Leadership Team Meeting--3:55 pm
- November 16 Report Card Distribution--2nd Block
- November 16 Department Meetings--3:55 pm
- November 18 Students of the Month Recognition--10:20 am
- November 28 School Improvement Council--4:30 pm
- November 29 SAT Workshop--8:40 am-3:40 pm
- November 30 PSG--Planning Periods
Gales Scroggs
Fort Mill High School
Email: scroggsg@fortmillschools.org
Website: http://fmhs.fortmillschools.org/
Location: 215 N Highway 21 BYP
Phone: 803-548-1900
Twitter: @MrScroggs