I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. If you decided to enjoy Pigfest, Super Bowl, family, outdoor activities, or quiet time at home or away. I would like for everyone going into the week to focus on the quality of assessments that we are providing for our students. We are entering into the FSA season within 22 days. Ask yourself the question of each activity, is this meeting the rigor of the standards, also am I assessing the standard correctly. Proper assessment, leads to proper adjustments in teaching, which ultimately leads to proper learning within your classroom. Feedback to the students are extremely useful in building up their knowledge in each of the areas. Administration will focus on feedback by conducting Rigor Walks together with various grade levels. (Focus on feedback practices to improve instruction).
Walk Through Highlight
I would like to highlight the learning going on in Mr. Van Drutens' classroom. Our new instructor has established procedures and routines within the classroom, allowing the students to focus on playing music. He is doing an effective job of reteaching portions of their selections using verbal, clapping, and musical cues to keep the students on pace. The students are exhibiting joy again within the strings classroom.
Behavioral Expectations
Students should always be held to the expectation of being respectful to their peers and their instructors.
Electronic devices should not be permitted out if YOU the instructor have not given them permission. (If an item needs to be confiscated that is for administration to handle, please buzz the front office)
Student active participation in learning is required, not optional. If a student is not working within your classroom, we need to contact parents and guidance initially to try and find the root of the inactivity.
Arrival on time to classes needs to be monitored closely and addressed throughout the day with the proper consequences of JAC Card.
Calendar 2/6/17
Chess Tournament Feb 4 Builder’s Club 3:15-3:45 pm Feb 6 Soccer Game 6:30 & 7:30 pm Feb 7 Spring Picture Day Feb 8 Focus on Education Breakfast PSC @ 8:00 a.m. (PTA & Principal) Jr. Thespians Competition Feb 9-11 Bright Smiles 1st Grade In Class Feb 10 PTA Family Rockin Bowl Feb 11
MM 4/23/18 Good morning staff, Let’s continue the journey of learning by ensuring that we are maximizing classroom instructional time with data based instruction. Utilize your formative assessments to tier student workloads. Advanced with more advanced assignments, not longer or more problems. Reduction with specific work to address the deficiency. Let’s make sure we are providing the proper care to our patients. Curriculum Update MTSS meeting this Thursday, please update your information in GOOGLE Classroom. Active facilitating and learning should take place in every classroom. Literacy Night is Tuesday 4/24/18 3:30-5:30 come out and enjoy! Interim are Tuesday, grades must be updated in order to reflect proper progress. Shout Outs!!! Mrs. Barnes for highlighting the great work of our students and staff members for philanthropy and teaching civic duties to our kids to help out others who are less fortunate. Articles are in the ledger and for Baynews 9. Shout...
Michael's Memo 5/22/17 Good Morning, we have 10 days to continue to make an impact. I want to start the Memo off with a HUGE Congratulations to our 3rd grade Team. The scores came in for FSA and they increased by 12 points. This is a huge feat and I want everyone of our teachers to receive a Great job from their colleagues today. This is an excellent example of the power instructors have to make an impact on their students' lives. The crop of students did not have very high expectations of their performance on the FSA. Despite the consternation of the FSA outcomes, student progress went up tremendously with teachers that didn't flinch in the face of adversity brought on by expectations and continued to do their very best. I commend our teachers and would like for everyone to take this approach moving forward as we strive to improve JSA Magnet School. Jennifer Boyce, Bridgette Henry, Rebecca Parker and Nickesha Ricketts, Thank you for ALL of your GREAT work with your stu...
Michael's Memo 4/30/18 Good evening, we have a short time to maximize the student learning for the remainder of the year. Please make all of your lessons count and ensure your students are prepared for the next grade level. Let's make some exciting and innovative lessons each and everyday that will have your students excited to tell their parents or guardians what they worked on in school. Curriculum Please make sure to have your data for your green folders from MTSS meetings on Friday updated by the end of the week. Please see Mrs. Sweet if you have any questions or was absent. Standards based lessons are dependent upon your lesson plans. Ensure we are maximizing writing, vocabulary, hands on learning, and project based learning. Behavior Update Maintain dress code by checking non uniform jackets and ensuring students are in uniform. Provide consistent structure in classrooms using CHAMPS to direct movement, volume, and levels of collaboration. Please make ...
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