Two Week Push

Team,

We have two weeks until spring break and approximately 50 days left in this school year.  As we move forward with continuous improvement, please reflect on the following:

• How are we utilizing professional learning communities and the PLC process to increase student learning?

• The work of PLCs is centered around the four key questions we must ask ourselves:
• What do we expect our students to know and be able to do?
• How will we know if they have learned it?
• What will we do if they have not learned it?
• What will we do if they already know it?

• For each student, are they on track to be transition ready?  
• For fifth grade teachers, are students nearly ready to defend their learning?  Are they making progress towards fifth grade MAP end of the year benchmarks?
• For students in grades K-4, are students making progress towards MAP end of the year benchmarks?  How many students in your class will be transition ready (prepared for the next grade level)?  How will we plan for targeted support with students moving forward who are not transition ready by the end of the school year?

We must continue to maximize time and be purposeful with our planning and use of daily formative assessment to drive instruction.  Please do not hesitate to reach out for assistance.

Revised Timelines:

Over the past two weeks, we have had many changes to our schedule and now we need to get back on track.  Please take time to check the living calendar and be mindful of upcoming dates.

• PLC for 5th -- Planning for defenses
• PLC for 2nd-4th -- Develop learning checks, update cycle maps, and writing across content
• PLC for K/1 -- Guided reading lesson study

Next Tuesday we will have embedded PD with Jesse Matill (district reading specialist) -- move from Monday.

We will have faculty meeting this week.

Welcome to Mrs. Georgana Windley (4th grade teacher) and Mercedes Herrera (2nd grade instructional assistant).  Thanks to Ms. Blair for moving to kindergarten to cover until Mrs. Schmidt returns.

Thank you to all who participated with planning and facilitating Literacy Night!  Shout outs to Ms. Gamble, Mrs. Stith, Ms. Camp, Ms. Flener, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Martin, Ms. Williams, Ms. Johnson, Mrs. Green, Mr. Mays, Ms. Stivers, Ms. Mundell, Ms. Miller, Ms. Vedula, Ms. Mozier, Ms. Jones, Ms. Buckley, Ms. Perkins, and Ms. Fields.  I hope I have not left anyone off this list -- I greatly appreciate all your work and dedication to our students.