Week of May 11
Pancho Segura is a former leading tennis player born in Guayaquil, but also a citizen of the US. Segura is only player to have won the US Pro title on three different surfaces. What’s more, he did this consecutively from 1950 to 1952, eventually also winning the spot of World Co-No.1 player in 1953 with Pancho Gonzales from the US.
What is coming up?
May 11 (M)
Reading & Math Spring Benchmark Testing
Smarter Balanced Testing Continues
8:45, Joel and Rene in a meeting about Nutrition Services
12:00-2:00, Talent Show Try Outs
12:00-3:00, Joel & Aline to Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) and Title 1 Meeting (Ed Center)
2:30-5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Ed Center)
May 12 (T)
Reading & Math Spring Benchmark Testing
10:00-11:00, Joel to Super Boundary Policy Meeting (Ed Center)
4:00-5:00, Joel to Staff of Color and Allies Workforce Hiring Meeting (Ed Center)
5:00-7:30, Planning Meeting for #BlackLivesMatter events in 4J. (Ed Center)
May 13 (W)
Reading & Math Spring Benchmark Testing
PLC Meetings 1:45-2:45 (Library)
2:45-3:45, Rachel Farkas, Terry Kelley, Michelle Lampe-PEEK 8 Grant Wrap Up and Review (Library)
May 14 (H)
Reading & Math Spring Benchmark Testing
Out and about Fire Drill during the day. Review the evacuation procedures for times when students are at lunch or at recess.
Reading & Math Spring Benchmark Testing
5th Grade at Outdoor School
2:45-3:45, Staff Meeting (Note that is is on Thursday)
1. Connections
2. Class Placement Procedures
3. 2014-2015 Accomplishments- Let’s create a list.
4. Conference Attendance Procedures
May 15 (F)
Reading & Math Spring Benchmark Testing
Last day for any purchasing – contact Edna ASAP.
5th Grade at Outdoor School
8:00-12:45, Joel and Jennifer to the Teach OUT Conference to hear multicultural educator, Kevin Kamishuro.
May 18 (M)
Smarter Balanced Testing Continues
Reading & Math Spring Benchmark Testing
2:45-3:45, Site Council Meeting (This may end up being rescheduled.)
School Visit: Joel, Kathy, Karen, Marcy, Megan travel to Reedville Elementary in Hillsboro, Oregon to observe AIMS4s3 framework in Action.
May 19 (T)
Kevin Boling in the building while Joel writes up Summative Evaluations.
2:45-3:45, PLT Meeting
3:45-5:00, Joel and KG Teachers to Full-Day Kindergarten Implementation (Ed Center)
6:00-7:00, PTO Meeting (Library)
May 20 (W)
1:45-2:45, PLC Time in the Library
May 21 (H)
8:00-3:00, IIPM Consult Day
3:00-5:00, Design Team Meeting (Library)
May 22 (F)
No School-Final Academy Day of the Year- Teachers use time for Curriculum Mapping 8:00-12:00.
3:00-5:00, 4J Retirement Celebration (Ed Center)
What is going on?
• Two Dual Language Articles worth reading/watching–
Teacher Georgina Georgelos recognized for dual-language classroom
Guero Loco: Bringing The Beat To Bilingualism
2015-2016 Class Lists – With only 21 student days left in the year, it’s time to start thinking about next year’s class lists. Below are the placement card sheets (Placement Card 2014-15 3rd 4th Placement Card 2014-15 1st 2nd) to create your class lists. Here is the class list Class Placement Form. Once you have filled out your data on the placement cards creat the class lists on the form above. Class lists will be due to the office by grading day, Friday, June 5th. You will have time to work on these cards on May 22 and also on the IIPM Consult Day, May 21.
• Summative Evaluations Update – HR has given principals the okay to focus summative evaluations on probationary teachers, so for contract (non-probationary) teachers, unless your someone who I’ve already scheduled a date for a summative meeting or unless you let me know that you’d like to have an end-of-year summative meeting, I’ll plan to do write ups only for probationary licensed staff. On a related note, HR is also planning to cut back on some of the Effectiveness and Growth Systems requirements for next year. They’re in draft form at the moment, but generally speaking the requirements for contract staff will be on more of an every other year cycle.
• News from the Emerald Empire Reading Council – Here’s the May Newsletter from the Emerald Empire Reading Council. This month’s newsletter includes professional development opportunities (including a free online one through the Library of Congress for PDUs) and other events. If you’d like more information, visit their low tech website.
• Title 1 Newsletter – Here is the latest district level Title 1 Newsletter that went out to Title 1 Coordinators and principals. This month’s issue is again mostly coordinator specific information and tasks, but there are some links to some workshop opportunities staff may be interested in attending.
• #BlackLivesMatter to 4J – #BlackLivesMatter to 4J grassroots group that’s formed with the goal of facilitating a series of events that will offer students and community members an opportunity to engage in dialogue and education around the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Attached is a draft flyer of some planned future meetings, but I’ll keep folks updated as this group and their activities develop. The next meeting is Tuesday May 12 at 5 PM if you would like to join me.
• Teaching While White – For Molly Tansey and Melissa Katz, being white educators means taking responsibility for confronting racism, privilege and injustice. Supporting students of color in your classroom is about more than having conversations about race and privilege. It is about having high expectations for every single student that walks through your door. And when a student isn’t doing well in class or has disengaged almost entirely? It’s about working hard to figure out the root causes of the problem before ever considering discipline and punishment. Read this Teaching Tolerance article on how the authors breaks it down.
I hope you all have a great school week. Take time for yourself and celebrate our hard work as we get closer to the end of an amazing school year.
Lila, Anna, Solomon and myself at the naming in Portland. My niece’s Hebrew name is Aleeza Yael.
Saludos cordiales,
Joel
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