Week of May 16, 2016
Hello Shining Stars,
We are rapidly approaching the end of the year. We have two 5 days weeks left in our school year. As we get into mid May please remember to take time for yourself. This time of year is when we all need to look out for each other and take care. Our work can be exhausting and easy to lose patience with children or other adults. I have included some tips and tricks that Brianna Stiller recommended last year that are still valid.
Here are several items of note for the week:
Year End Behavior Management Tips and Tricks from Brie!
Getting through the last few weeks smoothly
1. Focus on the positive
Now is the time to celebrate all the progress your students have made! Acknowledging progress (no matter how small) will help remind everyone that the effort pays off.
2. Preview changes
State and district testing, field trips, assemblies and outdoor school are all examples of major changes in schedules. There are also many small changes to routines this time of year. Be sure that both staff AND students know what the plan is and how to get help if needed.
3. Reinforce use of replacement skills!
If your student has been learning how to ask for help, stay calm, or solve problems proactively, now is the time to preview, prompt and reinforce opportunities to use these skills!
Staff Meeting Agenda for our 2 hour meeting on May 17 from 2:45-4:45
- 2:45-3:10, Reflection on the Guy Lee, El Camino del Rio Immersion Reciprocal Visits with Staff.- Share the POWN from both schools.
- 3:10-3:20,Report out from the ALICE Training Follow up- Marcy and Joel
- 3:20-3:45, Math Adoption Survey online conducted by Nancy and Karen, Jill to report on the math vocabulary documents.
- 3:45-4:00, Spring Conferences in 2017- Joel decide.
- 4:00-4:05, Green Team Recruitment- Marcy
- 4:00-4:20, Leadership 2016-2017
- 4:20-4:45, End of the Year Calendar Communication and Announcements
Care Team Referrals – The final Student Care Team meeting will be next week, which means referrals to the team are due this Friday. Ask Jennifer for 4J Release Form if you can obtain a parent or guardian signature, but you can also refer “hypothetical” student or family situations. Let me know if you have any potential referrals or questions. This is our last chance for this community resource.
Field Day and End of the year activities– Ronny has been working hard to prepare us for Field Day. We have all materials ready to go. This year, field day will run from 9:00-11:00 in Wednesday the 15th of June. If you are planning end of the year activities with your grade level please inform the office as soon as possible to accommodate your class and so we can be informed of the events when parents call.
Building Leadership Opportunities – In our staff meeting this week we will discuss next year’s leadership opportunities. I am hoping to have widespread representation on our different leadership groups such as IPBS, PBIS, TLT, Site Council, School Garden/ Green Team, Social Committee and Camino Equity Committee.
TalentEd End-of-Cycle Goals Reflections Due Next Week – A handful of teachers have already completed their End-of-Cycle Goals Reflection, but for those who have not finished yet, a reminder that the deadline to complete the form in TalentEd is next week on Friday, May 27th. I know teachers have been really busy with Easy CBM testing in the last few days.
Artist in Residence Starts Monday – A quick reminder that Maiya Becker, our artist in residence, will be starting her recycled art program with your classes on Monday. A schedule was posted in your box last Thursday. Please direct all questions about the schedule to me. Also, it is important that teachers be present at all times in the classroom with Maiya. She will need your help with the activities. If you have a parent volunteer to call and help out, I highly recommend it.
District Admin Updates – I don’t usually share secondary assistant principal changes, but since Kelly Middle School is close by and we’re their feeder school, I wanted to share that Charlie Jett, the assistant principal at Kelly, was hired back into his old school district in Springfield where he’ll be principal at Two Rivers–Dos Ríos Elementary, which means Kelly will have a new principal and new assistant principal next year.
Staffing Update- I have posted two Bilingual EA positions on the Neogov Website. Please spread the word about these openings. They are both 6 hour positions and will support Title Reading Interventions as well as Tier 2 supports.. We require them to be bilingual at high levels and prefer that they are bicultural. We will have the postings open for 10 days. I will convene a screening and interview team after Memorial Day. Let me know if you want to be involved.
Schedule of Events for the Week
May 16 (M)
Artist in Residence Begins
May 17 (T)
9:00-10:30, Joel at Immersion Princpals Task Force Meeting Mozart Room
1:30-3:00, 4th Grade Garden Project- M. Murphy
2:45-4:45, Staff Meeting 2 hours
May 18 (W)
9:00-11:00, River Road OAC meeting with Chambers Construction, 4J and Pivot
1:45-2:45, Teacher Collaboration Hour- Math PLC Time
May 19 (H)
12:30-2:30, 4th Grade Field Trip w/1st Grade Buddies @ Public Works
2:45-3:45, IPBS Meeting MOD SQUAD!
3:00-4:00, Furniture Meeting in Library
3:45-5:00, Joel and KG Teachers to Full-Day KG Meeting (Holt)
May 20 (F)
9:00-1:30, Mt. Pisgah Field Trip – Kinder Classes
9:00-11:00, Proyecto Juntos(PDAT) -U of O Curriculum Teacher Parent Partnership Project Grant with Charles Martinez and dozen others in (Library.)
All Library Books Due
May 23 (M)
Artist in Residence Continues
2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center) 3:30-4:30
May 24 (T)
5th Grade Field Trip- No 5th graders at school
11:00-12:00, Planning Family Involvement Events for 16-17
6:00-7:00, ODE Reimagine Education in Oregon Community Forums (SEHS)
May 25 (W)
9:00-11:00,River Road OAC meeting with Chambers Construction, 4J and Pivot
5th Grade Field Trip- No 5th graders at school
1:45-2:45, Teacher Collaboration Hour- Math PLC Time
2:30-3:30, Student Care Team Meeting (Howard Staff Room, Jennifer and Joel attend)
3:00-5:00, 4J Retirement Event (Ed Center)
3:30-4:30, Joel to HR Report back on Recruitment/Hiring/Retention (Ed Center)
May 26 (H)
Regular Day
May 27 (F)
TalentEd End-of-Cycle Goals Reflection Due
Have a great week, everyone! Joel
