Allan's Announcements

By Allan 　http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/chinn/?p=12667

• Staff Meeting Agenda, April 4, 2023 – Attached (on the email), below (also on the email), and on the Staff Google Drive is the agenda for the Tuesday, April 4th Staff Meeting. Let me know if you have any additional agenda items. And if you’re wondering why Elementary Co-Director Jeff Johnson is at this meeting, it’s because it’s a formal observation of me. And don’t forget to write a quick Staff Shout Out to start the meeting!

 

• NED Mindset Mission (i.e. Yo-Yo) Assembly, TUESDAY, 1:20-2:05 – We talked at Tuesday‘s Staff Meeting about the NED Mindset Mission Assembly and the only date left was the first day back on Tuesday, April 4th in the afternoon, which I scheduled for 1:20-2:05. We’ll hold the assembly in the cafeteria. Linked here are the Assembly Map & Directions. 

 

• Master Schedule Committee Reps & Prompts – At Tuesday‘s Staff meeting, we discussed a master schedule development process that involved one grade-level rep per level, a specialist rep, and an interventionist rep meeting to help develop next year’s master schedule. The plan will be:

April 12 – Reps Meet

April 12-26 – Teams Build Dream Schedule

April 25 – Reps Meet to combine schedule and plan next steps

May 2 – Staff Meeting Discussion

Before the April 12th meeting, teams should decide their preferences regarding the following areas for their reps to bring to the first meeting:

• Subject Area Times – How much time do you want for reading, writing, math, science, SEL, etc? For reference, linked here is the District Elementary Content Minutes Schedule Guide from last year.

 

• Recesses – Do you want to stick with single grade levels or do you want to try doubling grade levels for AM recesses? If doubling recesses, which grade levels? Also, would you be interested in doing 15-minute recesses Monday through Thursday and longer recesses the last day of the week (Thursdays if Friday is a non-school day). 

 

• Morning Meeting – Should we keep the 20-minute Morning Meeting time or change it?

 

• Closing Meeting – Continue 15 minutes for a closing meeting or change it?

 

• ELD Pullout Time – Continue pullout time during Tier III reading? If not, what time should pullout happen?

 

• Afternoon SSHA Time – Continue the afternoon SSHA (Science, Social Studies, Health, Art) time or change it?  

 

• PE / Music Morning Preference – Most prefer afternoon PE & Music times, but are there any grades who prefer a morning time?

 

• Library Times – We’ll assume most folks prefer their weekly library time to be opposite their PE/Music time, but do you have a preference for your second (every other week) library time?

Please let me know if there are other considerations you think teams should discuss and let me know ahead of time so I can share those with teams ahead of time.