Set the Tone

Welcome Back

Welcome back to King and I do hope you enjoyed your break!  Please remember students have been on break too, so they will either be sleepy or super excited to see everyone.  This is the time for BOOSTER SESSIONS, meaning you reteach and review expectations for learning and behavior.  If there was something not going well in your classroom before break, be sure to bring your adjustments and hold students accountable for their learning.

Please be sure to post your daily learning targets and formatively assess if students meet the learning target by the end of each lesson.  Using the Classroom Instructional Framework (CIF) as a lesson structure,  provide examples/models of quality work for students to see.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) 

Monday (4/9) begins the spring MAP testing window.  The testing schedule will be communicated this week and we will begin testing the following week.  Please spend time reviewing previous results with students and discussing their progress goals.

Building Student Backpacks

 -- Part 4 and 5 -- please view in preparation for faculty meeting. 

Faculty Meeting

Cheryl Bibby from the Deeper Learning Department will come to talk with our staff about building a backpack for students and ensuring ALL students have access to learning opportunities that promote learner qualities and demonstrative skills. 

Review our brainstorming items to start to narrow and define our list.  As you review the list think about the following:

• What experiences do we provide all students that could produce outcomes (indicators)?
• How will students demonstrate these outcomes?
• How will all classrooms provide access to project based learning and authentic assessment so students are able to demonstrate their learning?
• How do we create an environment to support this type of learning?  

PLCs

Last month you had an extended planning to prepare for the current cycle.  You received information on using MAP data to plan tier 1 instruction for students and use the continuum to plan for differentiation.  Additionally, classroom data profiles were updated with district and other assessment data.  For PLCs this week, bring your groups you formed based on MAP data (3 hour planning) and using recent data, be prepared to discuss student progress and next steps for learning based on recent results.  Each teacher is meeting with White in her office.  Please click here to schedule your meeting time.  Be prompt and prepared to lead the data discussion and show supporting documentation.

Have an awesome week!