College drop off was successful!!
Character Trait for October is Caring click HERE for lesson plan ideas
Please remember we are ALL teaching a 10 minute lesson on Caring everyday.
Please read the link below on what we have committed to do as a staff
NO EXCUSES UNIVERSITY – STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Culture of Universal Achievement
Collaboration
Standards Alignment
Assessment Plan
Data Analysis
Interventions
When a school embraces a system of Standards Alignment, there are three attributes that need to be included. As identified in the No Excuses University Schools Institute, the attributes are:
#1: Aligning standards is not something that you’ve done, it’s something that you do.
#2: Collaboration is key.
#3: It must be practiced! Skills – assessments – instructional methods – resources.
Now…before you move on, think about it. Does our staff think of “Standards Alignment” as something that is “done” when the pacing guide is complete? Or…does our staff think of “Standards Alignment” as an ongoing process and has strategies to measure how well every lesson is aligned to what the students need to learn?
Skills – assessment - instructional methods - resources: Notice that the third attribute is not “Pacing Guide.” The pacing guides document the skills, but it is just the first step in alignment. You have to have systems in place to assess the student learning, a focus on the instructional methods that ensure rigor, and allocate the resources to support the students in achieving proficiency.
Collaboration is key: Do you plan for collaboration or does it just happen? True collaboration includes bringing in data (not perceptions or hearsay) and making decisions based on the collected information. Such a process has to be planned so that the proper data can be collected and is the foundation for good decisions.
If you don’t collaborate around your students’ academic achievement data, then how do you know if you have alignment?
Progress Reports are due to me on Oct. 11. Here is a guide on how you can share them with me. Click Here
DATA DATA DATA DATA
Please make sure your classroom small group time is on my calendar so I know when to visit your classroom. Below is our classroom data for Aug/Sept.
For FSUTA Negotiations Update click HERE
Observable Fish Moments at SV:
Be There: Thank you for being prepared with data to talk about your students at our academic conferences.
Play: Thank you Alee and Sarbjit for taking our 8th graders to Yosemite.
Choose your attitude: BE POSITIVE!!!
Make Their Day: Thank you Fern for going the extra mile and getting a student's IEP completed on time.
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