It was great getting into so many of your classrooms today. I enjoyed seeing your daily routines and teaching standards displayed. It was particularly enjoyable to see the mentoring and morning meeting underway. We all know the value of solid relationships with peers and teachers. Thank you for taking the time to connect with your students.
https://www.edweek.org/
Classroom Cafeteria Slips
Tammy and Katt have been working to develop a clear and consistent breakfast/lunch tracking system for our k-5 students. Please use the daily sheets in your mailbox to report your classroom breakfast/lunch count.
Family Contact
How are you doing with monitoring classroom issues and contacting parents? This week, several parents shared with me that they were unaware of classroom issues with their children. Please reach out to parents when you witness concerns or have behavioral issues.
Friday LID Day
This Friday is our first LID day. We will be focusing on FastBridge training and PLC’s. An agenda will be shared out later this week.
Student Access Days
We had an excellent Student Access Day last Friday. Twenty students attended tutoring, ten participated in the sports enrichment, and 39 attended the field trip to the fair. Thank you for everyone helping make these Fridays successful. We are still looking for an elementary certificated teacher to help.
Progress Report - ACTION NEEDED
This year we will be sending out progress reports to families halfway through the quarter. Please work with your collaboration team to develop a progress report that you will send home by September 29th. This is a district initiative that needs to go home with every student. We will discuss this at our LID day too.
Attendance - ACTION NEEDED
One goal of transitioning to a 4-day school week was to provide more family and personal time to staff and students. Please do your best to utilize your Fridays as much as possible for appointments. We understand that some appointments are not as flexible as others, and we trust that you will do your best to maintain good attendance. Please be sure to submit the new blue sheet for all absences.
Field Trips
Each class is budgeted for a field trip each semester. Please work with your team to identify activities that will enrich your student's learning. Then submit a field trip request at least two weeks before the field trip. All students must have a current health history form submitted to participate in field trips. Parent volunteers must also submit the volunteer packet to the district office.
Fall Testing
Our Fall Testing with FastBridge will take place the week of September 26th. This allows time for proctor training on our LID Day (September 23rd) and to make sure the necessary materials and system are ready to go. Teachers may begin DRA testing at any time. Diane is available to assist new staff members with training and can answer refresher questions for others.
Please establish your staff login for FastBridge by going to https://auth.fastbridge.org/
Technology Needs
How are your technology needs coming along? Are your classroom Chromebook, laptop, or iPad carts working well? Please email Mike and me with your technology needs.
Please see me if you are interested in helping start-up an academic competition: Spelling Bee, Science/invention Fair, Junior National Honor Society, Geography Bee, etc.
Ann with Payroll
Timesheets are for any extra hours worked not part of a contract or for those employees that do not have a contract. They are month specific and have each day of the month in the DATE column for the detail of worked hours - it is always helpful if you fill in the assignment/duty and reason, but not required. These are paid through payroll the following month - (the last working day of that next month). Over time is highly frowned upon, but in the rare event of it happening, that would need to be indicated and approved on the timesheet. Please be sure to sign your sheet and also have it signed by the supervisor, before turning it in. These can be turned in at the district office - or in my office in the library by the 9th day of the month following the month worked.
Also, an added note on the blue time off sheets - there is a line for total hours absent - please fill that in, I don't know everyone's contracted hours, and that takes more time for me to have to look it up.
MTSS Corner with Mrs. Ball
This summer, as I was looking for materials related to MTSS, I came across this video by Shelly Moore. She is a Vancouver, BC-based teacher, researcher, and consultant who speaks on special education and inclusion. In 2016, she gave a Ted Talk called “The Importance of Presuming Competence.” As we start a new year and get acquainted with a new bunch of kids, her talk is a great reminder to not jump to conclusions about them.
https://www.youtube.com/
MTSS updates
Intervention materials and book sets are being organized in the staff workroom. I will be sharing the spreadsheet soon letting you know what is available and where to find it.
MTSS information (a flip book) was prepared for open house and is available as needed.
We are becoming familiar with the FastBridge system in order to train staff and facilitate the benchmark assessment process.
We test-ran assessments with third grade to iron out potential speedbumps during our actual assessment week.
Headphones are being ordered for testing use only.
Test tickets and other materials are being prepared to make the process smoother for teachers.
Monday, 09.19
Picture Day
10:00 Student Success Team
1:00 PM, K8 Office Meeting
Tuesday - 09.20
10:00 MTSS Planning Meeting
Wednesday - 09.21
MS Volleyball @ Valley L @ 3:00 - game time @ 4:00
Lake Roosevelt Field Trip - 3rd Grade
Thursday - 09.22
9:00 AM, Admin Team Meeting
Salish Field Trip - 4th Grade
Friday - 09.23
Learning Improvement Day
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