Glint Survey Action Plan

Thank you for your conversations last Tuesday around our Glint survey. As an admin team, we are committed to helping you achieve a better “work-life balance.” In an effort to reduce meetings,

         ·     Only homeroom teachers need to attend IEP, A-CAP, and IAT meetings.

         ·     We will NOT schedule more than 2 meetings per week during your prep. If we overlook this, please let us know so we can adjust.

         ·     We will try to communicate through email when possible, instead of holding a meeting. Did you notice that we did this with the Independent article yesterday? :) 

         ·     To help with meeting timeliness, we will try to have more group discussions and have only one person per group share. This will help to avoid us talking about one topic too long but ensuring that everyone is heard.

Lastly, we will be looking at our school schedule to see if we can do anything to help with teachers’ lunches. If we are able to make this happen, it wouldn’t go into effect until the 20-21 school year.

Welcome to the Team

We would like to welcome Silviya Adams as our new lunch aide. She will begin on Tuesday.

Admin Observations

The month of February, the admin team will be doing collaborative observations focusing on teacher goals.

Do not hesitate to reach out to your dean or me if you have any questions.

Shout Outs

Keystone Staff for your conversations pertaining to our Glint Survey.

Stephanie for anticipating my tech needs and fixing my computer first thing Monday morning. 

   

Stacey for greeting at the last minute.

Anne and Monique for providing me with a glue gun.

    

Nikki and Jen D for getting me a “treat” when I desperately needed it. 

Tracy for handling and investigating a student behavior so well, that it made my job so easy.

Sandy for jumping in to help with a sick student at assembly.

Stephanie for getting copier codes all worked out.

Keystone Staff for your patience and positive attitude regarding copier codes and paper. 

Tracy for providing the staff with copier tips.

Julie for getting all the paper put away.  

Robyn for getting school-wide communication sent out so quickly.

Stefanie for everything that you are doing with enrollment. You get things done QUICKLY!

Sarah D for getting us prepared for the refresh.

Sloane for helping me select appropriate technology.

Christina for jumping in and helping me with late pick up.

Jamie for making sure our staff gets lunch. 

Attendance Rewards

Congratulations to Ms. Jordan and Miss Lumbardo’s class on having 7 more days of perfect attendance and spelling the word “present.”

Please continue to keep me informed when your homeroom spells a word.

This Week

Monday, February 3:

   ·    Perfect Attendance Assembly

   ·    Y5-8 Enrollment Informational Meeting 5:30-6:30 PM

Tuesday, February 4:

   ·    Purple Club

Wednesday, February 5:

   ·    PTO Meeting 4-5 PM

   ·    U of M & State Spirit Day

   ·    Kim B's B-Day

Thursday, February 6:

   ·    Perfect Attendance Reward

Friday, February 7:

   ·    Y5-2 SOM Assembly

   ·    Middle School Valentine's Dance 4-6 PM

   ·    Pay Day Breakfast-5th Grade

Happy Birthday

Kim: February 5

Tuesday's Meeting

Next week’s PLC will be a staff meeting. We will be discussing our Glint survey action plan, copier codes, and staff attendance.

Admin Observations

The admin team will continue doing collaborative observations this week focusing on engagement strategies and/or teacher goals. Nancy, our DSQ, will be joining us on Wednesday.

Do not hesitate to reach out to your dean or me if you have any questions.

Shout Outs

Sarah Z and Diane for going above and beyond to ensure the safety of your student to his parent.

Sarah D for helping with our enrollment and creating an amazing flyer. 

  

Stacey, Robyn, and Jamie for covering the past two weeks during my absence.

Tabitha for all your work in the front office. You have made a huge impact.  

  

Ashley for getting 100% with immunizations and birth certificates.

Kim B for stepping up and covering during a colleague’s absence.   

Lindsay and Sloane for getting clarification on the copier codes and helping me realize additional communication is needed. :)   

Tracy for communicating to parents about early dismissals.

Kim J for your constant communication about recess to try and get as many kids outside as possible.

Birthdays

There is a special gift in the mailboxes of all the people who celebrate their birthdays in February

This Week

Wednesday, January 29:

   ·    Nancy Visiting 8:00-11:15 AM

Thursday, January 30:

   ·    Jorvonna Out of the Building-New Principal PD

Friday, January 31:

   ·    Specials SOM Assembly

· Spirit Day

Important Dates

Please view the right side of the blog for important dates in 

 

*If you have an event to add or something has been forgotten, please let me know!  

Peer Observations

The admin team would like to offer peer observations to the staff. We plan to start these 30 minute observations in February. Please complete the form below by Friday, January 24, if you would like to observe a colleague in action. More information to come.

Core Values-Copier Codes

Please remember that according to one of our Core Values, we need to “act with discipline to sustain our academic success and financial viability.”

We just ordered 10 cases of paper which is 50,000 sheets of paper last Thursday and we are almost out less than a week later. It seems that we are going through 50,000 sheets of paper a week. That’s $1,200 a month just on paper. We cannot continue at this rate. Effective January 27, we will be issuing copier codes to all staff members in an effort to reduce paper consumption. Thank you for your understanding. 

   

Admin Observations

The admin team will continue doing collaborative observations focusing on engagement strategies. We want to see how you are ensuring all students are engaged in learning. Please know that we will try to notify you in advance if the entire admin team is coming into your classroom, but it may not always be possible.

Do not hesitate to reach out to the deans or me if you have any questions about the expectations.

Shout Outs

Jamie for creating a sub calendar for the admin team to reference.

Ashley H for responding so quickly to all the enrollment needs. 

Sarah D for creating the testing schedule.

Jamie for presenting on safety at the staff meeting.   

Stacey for catching all my mistakes this week. 

Monique, Tracy, Melanie and Emma for doing a great job completing accommodation logs.  

Audrey for making sure I was prepared for a student’s morning check-in.  

Liz and Audrey for dealing with a difficult parent during a MET with professionalism.  

Jamie and Sarah D. for helping to get our camera system running.  

Jen D. and Sarah Z. for presenting important information at our staff meeting.

This Week

Monday, January 20:

   ·    No School-MLK Day

Tuesday, January 21:

   ·    Jorvonna Out of the Building-New Principal PD

Thursday, January 23:

   ·    Brian’s B-day

Friday, January 24:

   ·    Progress Reports

   ·    6-8 SOM Assembly

Welcome to the Team

We would like to congratulate Theresa Mitchell on accepting the Special Education Para position. We are excited that she is now a full-time staff member. With her transition, we now have a vacancy for a lunch aide. If you know someone who would be interested, please have them apply online at NHACareers.com. 

Data Analysis Cycle

We use our Core Values as a way to achieve our College Readiness Goal. One of the Core Values is to take ownership for the success of our students. One way to do that is to follow our Data Analysis Cycle. Before break, we completed our first full cycle and have started the cycle again.

How are you continuing with Phase 1 (Backwards Planning) in your daily instruction in preparation for Interim 2?

Staff Meeting Agenda

January 14 Staff Meeting Agenda

       1.    Icebreaker

2. Good News

3. Meeting Norms

4. Problem of Practice

5. Safety Check-In

6. Accommodation Logs & Teacher Input Forms

7. Glint Survey

8. Announcements

9. Launch

*3:45-3:59   Optional food and socializing

*Meeting begins promptly at 4:00

Admin Observations

For the month of January, the admin team will be doing collaborative observations focusing on Teaching from the Framework; primarily on engagement strategies. We want to see how you are ensuring all students are engaged in learning. Think of, but not required, Kagan Strategies. Please know that we will try to notify you in advance if the entire admin team is coming into your classroom, but it may not always be possible.

Do not hesitate to reach out to the deans or me if you have any questions about the expectations.

Teaching Observation by embryjd on Scribd

Shout Outs

Keystone Staff for coming back from break excited and positive! I love that when I interact with each of you and ask, “How are you?” You all have positive responses. You are a great team!

Jamie for getting Moral Focus information out.     

     

Ashley H for handling all the immunizations with patience.  

Samantha and Mandy for organizing the staff holiday party.

Robyn for transitioning a student with care.  

Michelle for welcoming a new student.

Sarah D. and Emma for giving of your time and providing our students with great after school activities.

Sarah Z. and Jen D. for going above and beyond to ensure our students receive proper SW services.

Stephanie, Ashley, Robyn, Stacey, Jamie, Jen H., Monique, Jen D., Audrey, Teri, Anne, Theresa, Christina, Sheila, Laura, Brian, Sarah D, and Emma for attending training to ensure we are providing a safe environment for all students.

Tricia for covering arrival duty at the last minute with a smile on your face.

Ashley H. for constantly cleaning the dishes in the staff room.

Kelly for providing our Board with a musical selection.  

Perfect Attendance

Congratulations to Mrs. Layton, and Mrs. Montri’s homerooms for having four days of perfect daily attendance and spelling the word “here.”

Congratulations to Ms. McNulty’s class on having 7 more days of perfect attendance and spelling the word “present."

Please continue to keep me informed when your homeroom spells a word.