2.17.23 Staff Blog
Thank you for a fun Week of Kindness and your continued work with students in shifting damaging narrative during this Black History Month. In case you missed the spoken word from Christian Page this week, here is the link to “Trees”(and all sorts of other beautiful poetry).
https://www.christianpaige.com/poetry
As a reminder, two ACTION items:
Sign up for a peer walk through
Sign up for a mid-year conference, or email me if the allotted times will not work for you.
Peer Walk Through Schedule/Sign Up
Available Time for Walk Throughs
Please read the section regarding mid-year reviews below and sign up for a time for us to meet if you haven’t already. As you will see in the quick look, the deadline for these conversations is 2/28.
Quick Look:
BIG PICTURE FOR CONSIDERATION: HELPFUL
MID-YEAR PROGRESS REVIEW: ACTION
Mid Year Review - FOCUSED:
At our mid-year review we will:
Touch base regarding student growth goals (no need for any final data, just a conversation about learning - ours and our students’)
Review teacher input on any components from domains 1 or 4 that are part of your area of Focus (Danielson Criterion/Domain Observable/Non-observable One Pager)
So, what do you need to do before our mid-year?
1. In the “Teacher Evidence Gathering” observation, add any notes you wish relating to components from domains 1 or 4 that are part of your area of focus. Please note these are notes that will be part of the FINAL evaluation, so it is fine if you have not added all the components yet. This is a good reminder to complete this step before our final conference.
2. Reflect on your student growth goals and progress with students and come prepared to discuss your reflections.
3. Sign up for a date and time that works for you to have a 15 minute mid-year conference.
Helpful Resources:
Teacher Evidence How To (look at the second page)
Tips for Prepping for Mid-Year Conference
Mid Year Review - COMPREHENSIVE:
At our mid-year review we will:
Touch base regarding student growth goals (no need for any final data, just a conversation about learning - ours and our students’)
Review teacher input on any components from domains 1 or 4
So, what do you need to do before our mid-year?
1. In the “Teacher Evidence Gathering” observation, add any notes you wish relating to components from domains 1 or 4 that are part of your area of focus. Please note these are notes that will be part of the FINAL evaluation, so it is fine if you have not added all the components yet. This is a good reminder to complete this step before our final conference. (Danielson Criterion/Domain Observable/Non-observable One Pager)
2. Reflect on your student growth goals and progress with students and come prepared to discuss your reflections.
3. Sign up for a date and time that works for you to have a 15 minute mid-year conference.
4. Do #s 1 and 2 above at least 24 hours before our meeting.
Helpful Resources:
Teacher Evidence How To (look at the second page)
Tips for Prepping for Mid-Year Conference
Danielson Criterion/Domain Observable/Non-observable One Pager
BLACK LIVES MATTER IN SCHOOLS FEEDBACK: ACTION
Please take a few moments to fill out the staff feedback form and share the student feedback form with students in order to help support continuous improvement of Black Lives Matter in Schools. Thank you!
CONFERENCE GUIDES: ACTION/WE WILL USE STAFF MEETING TIME ON 3/1 FOR THIS ACTION
Updated elementary conference guides are now available (links below). The school district TOSA team has made changes to the Early Literacy section of the K-2 document to align it with current practices and OSPI guidelines for this year.
STAFF AUCTION ITEMS: ACTION
It is already time to start thinking about the auction!! This year, it is a “Great Gatsby” type of theme. The intent was to have a PTSA representative at our next staff meeting to discuss items that staff have auctioned in the past and ideas for new auction items. However, we had some other agenda items that we needed to discuss on 2.2, so please take a few minutes to sign up for an item/experience that you are thinking of auctioning this year. If you sign up on this sheet, please know this is not a commitment yet. On 3.2.23, we will have our next all staff meeting and we can clean it up at that time. PTSA mentioned “ticketed experiences''. I have no idea what that means, but please indicate if your item is “ticketed” in the notes column. Thank you for getting the ball rolling!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15fVkcd4Pe-Jz0ajtAGwRFSS503BCYfQ6Uyi3PHaZ4zI/edit?usp=sharing
CLASS ART PROJECTS FOR THE AUCTION: ACTION
Ask from Corinna:
I’m writing from both the lead liaison AND auction chair position. Our newest teachers may not know, but every year at our auction (April 15th) we live-auction classroom projects. These projects typically sell for hundreds of dollars each, so it is essential to our fundraising goals. This is separate from the teacher experiences that Bonnie has, or will, mention to you.
For each of you, I’d like to know how much time we can take from your packed classroom schedule to have a volunteer come in and lead a project (could be shorter times over multiple days), and what days and times might work for you.
Please email to let me know: CorinnaASullivan@gmail.com
We would like to have these complete by April 1st, so we have two months to find a space.
Please let me know so that I can get volunteers in your classes, and thanks in advance for your time.
TECH TIP: HELPFUL
In case you missed the tech tip for this week, here is the updated tip for this week.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12dDuwuMWaTzM6O_OFvcwFyRUHKso2wxeWZyYYOMZyIQ/edit?usp=shari
NEED A TECH TOSA? HELPFUL
Tech TOSAs are moving to a new link for their office hours temporarily. For a short time, we have access to advanced features in Google Meet including breakout rooms, polls, and real-time translated captions. In order to better understand these capabilities, we will be shifting office hours to Meet instead of Zoom.
NEW Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/sdu-zjzh-zeg
Come learn with us and of course get help with any of your tech-related questions. We will keep one of us connected to our Zoom meeting in order to redirect staff who may use the old link.
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