Falls Assessment begins next week. Schedules have been emailed out to BLT reps. Paula will send subs to the BLT room each day.
PBIS Mini-Assemblies are being held on Friday! Please note the times in the email sent out on Thursday. Have you students in the pod area at the time listed. Changes that will need to take place
- 1st grade teachers should bring students in the north doors from lunch recess
- 4th grade can use the 5th grade pod since 5th grade students will be at lunch.
- 5th grade students should go out to recess through the hallway doors closest to the lunch room to avoid the 4th grade assembly.
- 2nd grade will use 1st grade pod - 1st grade teachers shut your doors
Communication - If you are modifying your schedule, please communicate those changes with those affected (could include: support staff, co-teachers, office, parents, etc.).
Maternity Leave - Teachers who know they will be going on maternity leave must notify Missy Brush at district office and include your due date. She believes she does not have an accurate record of all staff using maternity leave this year. [On a side note - I have a hard time keeping track too...which is why I created another Google.doc for myself. ;-) ]
Red Emergency Guides - please have them in a visible place and make sure your sub plans reflect the location of the guide too.
Collaborative Teaching and "The Schedule" - One blog I try to follow on a somewhat (as much as I can with three kids, a wife, a job and a desire to have a slice of a life outside of education) regular basis, is The 21st Century Principal and his Tweets (
Foster a school culture of support and personalization. Most schools I’ve worked in are still hard at work forcing students to fit into them rather than changing the school to fit the needs of its students.Schools can focus on the education of children by simply becoming flexible agents that bend and twist to meet the needs of students. For example, schedules do not have to be same every year. Why can’t the class schedule be revised to fit students’ needs instead of fitting students to a class schedule? Schools must become personal places where all students are known for who they are, not by simply whether they scored “proficient on the latest test,” or by their student number. A school that truly personalizes education for students will not allow students to slip away into the anonymity of numbers. They know their students for who they, and they adapt and find ways to support and personalize education for all students.Over the past two years, we have learned how difficult that task truly is when you begin to create "the schedule" to ensure students' (SpED, ELP, ESL, accelerated math students, etc.) learning needs are being best met and do this FIRST. I shared our co-teaching schedule with you in attempt to have a collective understanding of the who, what, where, how and why or our scheduling. Each of you play an important role in personalizing the learning environment and culture (including scheduling) for our students. I appreciate it and know you will continue to advocate for our students learning needs first instead of advocating for the needs of the adults!
"It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult.
Choose your words wisely."
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