Professional Growth - Attention teachers who fall under: Year 3, New to Waukee, or Initial license: I will be in the library Tuesday morning at 8:00am to walk through the evaluation/observation process. We will also cover end of the year summative document requirements (Year 3 & Initial Year 2). This is an optional meeting as this will be a review of the evaluation memo sent out prior to school starting.
Related Arts Early Out Schedule Draft #2 - Please check our second draft of our related arts schedule. Thank you for the input. I will have final copy posted for all staff by 8am on Tuesday. You can download the Draft #2 @:
Overview of the changes:
** swapped SR/SA PE
** moved Day 1 KMC from AM to 12:20
** moved Day 5 3AS from AM to 12:00
** moved a few of K-art classes up 10 minutes
PLEASE check to make sure you have your tornado and fire drill maps up in your room. We must have those posted in every room (per WSDM Fire Department inspection). Our tornado drill will be Sept 4th and fire drill will be Sept 13th. Also, let me know if you did not pick up a red emergency reference guide for your room.
August 31 Assembly - Rock-in-Prevention assembly times are set! Very few classrooms had related arts conflicts. We met to identify the conflicts and the related arts teacher will talk to those teachers involved. The schedule is below. PLEASE have students in the gym by the start time. For more information about Rock-in-Prevention - click here.
- 2nd/3rd: 9:15-10:30am
- 4th/5th: 11:00am-12:15pm
- K/1st: 1:00-2:00pm
Professional Development on Wednesday will begin at 2:10 pm in the library (change from the email). An agenda will be sent out early next week but a reminder that this time is for ALL MGE staff!! We are excited to have our entire MGE staff together to continue the conversation about diversity and inclusion centered around the theme of "Your Story Matters!"
Lunch Time! All students needs 20 minutes of seat time in the lunch room. Please make sure we are using the full time scheduled and encouraging kids to eat during the time they are in the lunchroom.
AESOP To-Do - PLEASE know that all teachers and associates should enter in some of your preferred subs so that those subs will be notified immediately when the absence is entered. When an absence is entered, the automated system 'reaches out' to your "Fab Five" subs in your preferred list during the first 1/4 of the "lag time" between when you enter it and when the sub is needed. Example: You enter an absence at 4pm the day prior to being gone. That is 16 hrs prior to your absence. The 1st four hours, will be time for your "favorite five" sub(s) to pick up the job (system calling or they can view it). Make sense? If not - see me. On a side note, I'm old enough to not think of the Olympics first when I think of the term "Fab Five."
Rick Wormeli - If you're planning on attending, please register for the October 19th PD soon! It should be a great event! This is a contract day so certified staff should attend the workshop or be working in your rooms.
AEA Support - The graphic/comic book novel approach has generated super high "readership" for Web-based documents. Heartland AEA took that approach to make a short video that highlights how they make an impact for the teachers they serve. Click here to see the video.
The Project Approach is an engaging and powerful way to teach children how to love learning. This four-part series, sponsored by the Mid-Iowa Chapter of Iowa AEYC, the Science Center of Iowa and Des Moines Business/Education Alliance, is designed to lead teachers step-by-step through the implementation of the Project Approach in the classroom. Graduate credit and teacher license renewal credit are available. Click here for a flier of dates and details. Click here to register or register through the AEA Professional Development catalog and enter activity number EC007899991301 in the correct field.
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