*In conversation with a student about an issue she is having, I asked if her parents knew. She explained that all her teachers know, but she never told her parents, because she just doesn't know how they'll react. She went on to explain that she feels safe at school and know when she needs help her teachers are always there to help or get additional help no matter what, but she didn't know what would happen if her parents knew. Her statement was just so powerful to me in how much you each matter in the lives of our students.
*I got to watch our Skills USA students assemble the snack pack bags. They were completely independent with a great system to get it done so quickly during IEB on Thursday. Their teamwork was amazing!
*I overheard a student tell a peer in his group, "Why don't you go take a quick break to calm down and we will wait to start the next problem until you come back." We've done quite a bit of SEL work...getting to hear a student say this to a peer when he recognized that he needed a break was exactly why we do this!
*I overheard a teacher explaining that the comments being given on their work could be looked at like coaching...think of it as coaching feedback in basketball, the coach is trying to help you grow to play better. That's what the comments on their work is intended to do so they can keep growing on their next opportunity to show their learning.
Upcoming Events:
Monday - 8th grade registration for high school 6:30pm elementary multi-purpose room
Wednesday - Workout Wednesday
Our originally scheduled MS/HS Faculty meeting has been canceled. Please feel free to use this time to connect with your departments/grade levels
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*High School teachers - please bring any completed course registration forms to the office so we can begin checking them over. Students will not complete the registration on PowerSchool until the week of February 14th. If you're wondering why so long...it's because this gives us time to review the forms turned in and to connect with the students who were absent, didn't turn in forms, don't know what to do, etc. I know several of you connected with students who were absent the day you led them through the info...thank you SO much for doing that to make sure our students know how important this process is.
*I am aware Method Test Prep still is not working...I'm trying to figure out why.
*Parent/Teacher Conferences - just a reminder that we did not schedule an evening for February conferences this year, rather giving you flexibility in using your time to communicate with parents. Here are my expectations for this:
- Make sure to communicate with parents of any students that you currently have concerns with.
- Advisors - please check through your advisess to see if they are struggling in mulitiple classes. These are students that we should be coordinating setting up parent meetings so that all teachers that the student is struggling with can be a part of the parent/student meeting to help set up a plan of support. Please let Marcia or I know if you need help coordinating.
- I also encourage you to send out any positive messages that you can!
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