WATERFORD WEEKLY
February 8, 2016
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
GOLDEN SHOVEL AWARDS TO ALLIE AND RENEE
ALLIE AND HER GOLDEN SHOVEL
RENEE AND HER CLASSROOM WITH THE GOLDEN SHOVEL
WHERE WILL THE GOLDEN SHOVEL SHOW UP NEXT?
YOU'RE THE BEST BECAUSE...............................
*Thanks to Jan for organizing the 5th Grade Spelling Bee again this year. Also, thank you to Julea for helping out in my absence with pronouncing the words and Sarah and Mark for being judges!!
*Thanks to Marisa, Eli, and Sherry for helping out with coverage this week when we were short-handed on personnel. I greatly appreciate the teamwork that everyone showed when we need extra hands! Way to go girls!!
*Thanks to Randy for all the extra help and coverage this week! I appreciate you taking the reins when I was unable to be there this week because of other commitments! I couldn't do it without you!
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Please keep Alison Witmer in your thoughts and prayers as she continues to struggle with migraine headaches.
Please keep Stacie and her family in your prayers this week due to the recent loss of her grandfather.
DATES TO REMEMBER
February 8: Cluster 7:05-8:05 a.m.; Cluster 3:10-4:10 p.m.; PBS 3:15-4:15 p.m. IREAD, Happy Day Club; School Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. - Board Room
February 9: Boy Scouts 3-4 p.m.; Chess Club; IREAD, Reading Camp; Leader in Me Book Study dinner at Essen Haus - 4:30-6
February 10: Kindergarten Parent Valentine Luncheon; IREAD; Staff Meeting 3-4 p.m.
February 11: NO SCHOOL
February 12: NO SCHOOL
February 15: NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENT'S DAY
February 16: Cluster 7:05-8:05 a.m.; Cluster 3:10-4:10 P.M.; IREAD, Reading Camp, Child Study 3-4 p.m., Boy Scouts, Chess Club
February 17: IREAD
February 18: IREAD; Reading Camp, TLT 3:10-4:20 p.m.
February 19: Katrina out in p.m. for IPLI Meeting
February 22: Cluster 7:05-8:05 a.m.; IREAD, Happy Day Club, School Board Meeting 6:00 p.m. - GHS, PTO Meeting 6:00 p.m. - Library
February 23: Data Day 3-5 - All day PD; IREAD, Reading Camp
February 24: IREAD
February 25: Data Day K-2 - All day PD; IREAD, Reading Camp
A "HOWLING" GOOD TIME LEARNING
5th Grade Spellling Bee
Winner and Alternate
JUNE IS RETURNING ON MONDAY
CELEBRATORY STAFF MEETING ON FEBRUARY 10TH!
MASTER SCHEDULING TEAM FOR 2016-2107
TLT UPDATE
STAFFING FOR 16/17
LATEST ON OUR SCHOOL GROWTH SCORE
Here is the latest update from Jen Oliver. No update yet on school/individual student growth payout, once the DOE sorts this all out TAP and CELL will work swiftly to get the info to GCS. Once GCS gets the info, they can turn it around quickly to payout the funds.
Each year, IDOE calculates a 1-5 school-wide student achievement growth rating for TAP schools that is used to determine teacher and administrator performance-based awards and that also can be used to inform your school improvement goals. This rating is primarily based on ISTEP+ median student growth percentiles in both mathematics and English/language arts.
For the 2014-15 school year, your school's school-wide student achievement growth rating is 5.
Please see the attached score report for your school's metrics used to determine your overall rating. Additional guidance, including the calculation that IDOE used to determine the overall rating, is available via the video found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vfd377IxjU
Generally speaking, the rating can be interpreted in this way:
· 5=Significantly above typical student achievement growth
· 3=Typical student achievement growth
· 1=Significantly below typical student achievement growth
As a reminder, you should now also have access to all 2014-15 Individual Growth Measures (IGM) based on growth model data for teachers of English/language arts and mathematics in grades 4-8 via IDOE's online LVIS platform. Additional guidance from IDOE on accessing that information is attached here and can also be found via the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dig-V-4O4O0
In the coming days and weeks, we will be using this data and the other measures (i.e. SKR scores, TAP Leadership Team scores, TELL survey scores) to determine 2014-15 TAP teacher performance award amounts, pursuant with House Bill 1003 and Senate Bill 200, and then meeting with you to share that information so that the payout process can be completed as soon as is possible.
UPDATED PL 221 PLAN FOR WATERFORD 2015-2016
GCS News & Notes
Admin Cabinet Newsletter
Week of February 1, 2016
Today’s Focus: Teams
“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
– Andrew Carnegie
Reflections to Guide Your Journey
What is your personal and/or professional vision?
How do you communicate this vision effectively to others? How can you improve this?
How does your personal vision align with your team or organization?
ISTEP Links
These links were put together by my colleagues down in Southern Indiana and your staff may find them very resourceful. All items are from the doe website, however they are in a user-friendly format. They work best in the browser format.
Lisa Dercach
Outreach Coordinator-Region 7
Indiana Department of Education
ISTEP Grade 3-8
ISTEP Grade 10 newsletter
CPR/AED Class Offered
Susan Stiffney will be teaching a CPR/AED class on Feb 17 at Goshen High School from 4 to 5 pm. It costs $20. If you are interested, please email sstiffney@goshenschools.org
There will be 2 more classes in May.
TAP Updates
Administrators and Master Teachers: Due to the many training events and other priorities during the month of February and March, we will NOT be meeting as a District Leadership Team. Instead, we are hoping that you will use the next several weeks to continue to apply your new learning related to cluster, evaluations, and differentiation. Pattie and Erin will continue to coach and support master teachers. Angela, Alan and Tammy will work to support administrators in these efforts. Thanks for all your work to sustain TAP with fidelity!
TELL Survey: Once again we will be gathering survey information from educators across the district using the TELL survey. The process will be the same, although it is likely that the communication will come for the administration office instead of from CELL. The survey window for 2016 will be: April 11 – May 16th. Mark your calendars!
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Location: 65560 S.R. 15 Goshen, IN 46526
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