It's December Already!

Staff,

Please join me in welcoming Ms. Charlbert Robinson to King, she is our new second grade teacher in room 203!  Over the next few weeks, we will add new staff members as we are returning to a fully staffed building.  Remember, it is crucial that we welcome everyone in a POSITIVE manner and ensure they understand our commitment to students and one another.

With this week's blog, I want to provide some reminders and information to support our school-wide program at this midpoint in the school year.

Morning duty begins for resource and admin staff at 8:30 AM.  This means we are in our designated area at 8:30 ready to receive students.  For other staff, duty begins at 8:40.  All students should be greeted at the door by teachers as they come up from breakfast. (We have morning meeting this Monday, so you will meet students in the gym beginning at 8:50).

Afternoon duty begins at 3:45 and at this time, staff who have a duty and are not dismissing students should be in their dismissal area to supervise students.

For dismissal, all instructional staff should have students in clean lines, voice level no higher than a level 1.  Students should be walked to their dismissal areas by their adults.  This has been too loose in the afternoon and creates an unsafe situation in the back stairwell.  Please remind students of this expectation as I am reminding you.  We must tighten ALL routines and procedures inside and out of the classroom.  If you need assistance, please let me know.

Staff Resources

King Elementary Backpack Class:  The backpack team has created a Google Classroom with resources for all staff.  They continue to update the classroom as more resources become available.  The invite was sent out previously from Mrs. Lamb, but in case you can't find it the class code is:  o3uonmn.  To gain access, go to your Google drive, click on the waffle and click on classroom.  You can then go to the + sign and click "join class."  You will then be prompted to enter the class code. 

Reminders

• If you are working on ECE referrals, please be sure to adhere to due dates for completion.  We have an improved process and additional assistance from our school psychologist (Mrs. Robinson), Dr. Mays, and Mrs. Lamb.  In the past this has been an area of struggle for us moving from "I know this student needs additional help and I don't know what to do" to a process now that is an MTSS meeting every four weeks (frequency), a universal tracking sheet (electronic version that automatically graphs the data), and you walk away with an intervention plan in collaboration with our resource staff focusing on three students at a time that you have identified.  This is how we get off the hamster wheel and move EVERY student forward.  We all have responsibility as professionals to ensure all students are achieving at least a year's worth of growth.

• Student Response Team Calls:  If you call for SRT for a student, you must follow up with an ABC form the same day.
• Remember to utilize your buddy rooms with teammates and others you collaborate with.  I know we have a few students who buck the system, but we must again tighten our routines and expectations as well as implement interventions and data tracking with fidelity.
• NO STUDENTS should ever have a key to use the restroom.  Remember, we had the RR unlocked, but this was problematic and WE decided to lock them again.  Do not put yourself in a precarious situation by not following the expectations we set as a school staff.
• Remember to check the living calendar and daily updates.

Professional Learning Communities

Be prepared with your analyzed data from learning checks.  At the conclusion of the day, I need the PLC notes and work samples from each teacher and each subject (high, med, low).

Friday we will have team data meetings to discuss learning check data.

Tuesday will be ILT meeting after school in room 104.