Setting the Stage for Success

Welcome back, I hope all enjoyed the long weekend.  As we move into the month of September, it is crucial for us to have crystal clear understanding of expectations for teaching and learning.  Our task over the next month is to ensure that all understand our processes and procedures for the following:

• Planning for and facilitating instruction
• Implementation of the backpack of success skills and project based learning
• Use of Classroom Instructional Framework language and workshop model
• Please keep plan books out on your desk for viewing during walkthroughs
• The PLC process and procedures for reviewing student work and data from assessments
• Using data to drive instructional practices
• Goal setting, creating acceleration plans, and progress monitoring
• Team leaders will attend monthly meetings to support teacher-led PLC implementation
• Grading across the school for the purposes of progress monitoring and reporting student grades
• Deconstructing Assessment for Grading (mentioned in faculty meeting last week)
• Consistency with behavior expectations and implementation of Restorative Practices and teaching social skills through PATHS
• Daily implementation of morning and afternoon circles -- set goals/reflection
• Daily PATHS instruction with help and collaboration of push in partner

As we endeavor to be clear and plain with expectations and procedures, please dig in to these processes and ask questions.  We have a lot to cover and we have no time to back track later.  More to come with this...

We will begin MAP testing this week, the schedule is here.  In your mailboxes, you have a copy of the student goal setting sheet for your reference (you will print these for your class).  This is used to assist students with setting goals PRIOR to MAP assessment.  

Have a great week!  We will NOT have faculty meeting this afternoon.