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Winfield Middle School Staff Blog
September 1, 2016
Taken by: Maggie Jordan
Committees
Thank you for adjusting to the new staff committee structure. Our continued diligence and attention to common expectations will push our building even farther forward. Here are a few brief notes about the progress of each.
- PBiS Tier 1
- Working on universals and consistency in every classroom
- The 8 classroom essentials - Stay tuned for more details
- PBiS Tier 2
- Care Team, Universal Screeners and HOT Sheet data
- Activities
- Planning for an assembly on Friday Details attached
- Climate & Culture
- Planning PD Days - See below**
SubCommittees
- RTI
- STAFF TO DO: Please discuss and post the RTI Flow chart in your classes. Post student and class reactions here please.
- Technology
- Rollout successful
- Students learning to keep track of their devices
- (Threads, yarns or other marking techniques often make it easier to identify ownership)
- Parent Involvement
- Considering how to incorporate a student event (such as Glow Dance) with a parent meeting.
- Attendance
- Cookies and Milk in progress for classes of 100% and teacher names
- August 2016 HISTORY
- Wk 1 99.39 Aug 2015 96.49
- Wk 2 97.63 Aug 2014 96.25
- Wk 3 95.88 Aug 2013 97.58
- Wk 4 95.30
- Average 97.05 for August 2016 - Great start
- Communication
- Staff Blogs go out on Thursday
- PR Team edits and we tune the focus for parents to publish Monday
- Board of Education edition monthly
- Press Releases distributed and as requested.
- Binder Teams
- Thanks for investing that time together Wednesday to begin setting up the gradebooks. Even though we are all hired and valued for our uniqueness, it is important we all convey the same message as a team. Yes, we value individuality and diversity in ourselves but we must norm behaviors and expectations to reduce student frustration levels.
- Terri will return on Sept 15th. Feel free to consider her as another consultant with the ability to provide research based resources as necessary and available.
- We will adjust the 7th hour Binder Team and will split this into two smaller teams.
- MATH will remain in Gracey’s Room with McCracken
- ELA will split off to Hoff’s Room with Steffes
- We will begin contributing to our Binders on Sept 8th
Random Attendance Moment
Perfect attendance is our goal. However, the Missouri state education department expects 90% of our students to be here 90% of the time. Not surprisingly, data has shown that a direct correlation exists between attendance and achievement. Randomly, we sample Attendance Moments and travel to a few rooms as determined by picking their names out of this bucket! Then we head to the room to see if everyone is present. If so, #boom! They get a yummy prize! Regardless, we have already begun interventions on students already below the 90% threshold.
DATA
Data drives our decisions, provides feedback on effectiveness and shows the results of our efforts. Student engagement, student centered lessons, students teaching each other all combine to maximize our learning opportunities.
Taken by: Abby Martin
Drill work
During our intruder drill Thursday, it took approximately 9 seconds to secure rooms and doors. The building became an eerie quiet. The loudest noises were the security team checking for locked doors wiggling knobs and stepping down the hall. Walking from room to room took the longest. We took 1:29 seconds before the “All Clear.” Well done. We still need to address the back door being open so frequently. It seems every time our SRO walks our building, she finds that door open! Hmmmmm?!?
Taken by: Kierstyn Schieffer
Class discussions
So many are implementing PBiS type discussions. I hear teachers speaking student names with obvious fondness and the results are astounding. Students work even harder to relive that positive feedback they felt during the experience of hearing their names. Learning is multidimensional and students with greater engagement levels develop stronger and more dendritic activity. By nipping small behaviors in the bud, we are able to minimize more serious behaviors. Class discussions are often good ways to reteach proper behaviors.
Labor Day Weekend
Sunday ( Like a Saturday)
- Grades are due into the computer MONDAY.
Monday (Like a Sunday)
- Please ask if you have questions with formulas, dates or copying courses, please ask. We are splitting the semester into 2 separate and equal portions. Students will finish the first quarter in October, then begin the new quarter with a clean slate. The progress reports are still cumulative. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd progress reports within each quarter will still continue till the corresponding quarter is over.
- Labor Day
- Enjoy the extra “rest” by adding ???
Tuesday
- Culture/Climate Steering Committee Meeting in Gracey’s room at 7:15.
- PD Schedules
- Progress Reports sent home today
- Cross Country at Clopton
- 8th Grade Softball at Elsberry
Wednesday
- Bus Ambassador Training at the High School - A few students will be out of the building a few hours in the morning.
- Early Release Day
- Poverty simulation at the High School
- Jeans and Spirit Wear, please
- We will postpone our monthly staff meal till next PD Day (Sept 21)**
- 7th & 8th Grade Football at Warrenton
Thursday
- Counselor’s Meeting to Plan Red Ribbon Week
- Binder Day
- Build binders:
- MAP Data,
- eValuate Data,
- Grade Reports
- Moby Max Data
Friday
- 8th Grade Softball at Montgomery County
Taken by: Madelyn Crouch
Taken by: Chloe Dunlap
Conditional
If I told my wife "I love you, because you are..." it would almost be a conditional agreement. For instance, if something changed, would my love continue? Is my love based on her being something or somebody to me? Similarly, we must strive to separate our students from their behaviors. Our acceptance, tolerance, or treatment of students should not change or waiver. Our behaviors are not determined by their behaviors but in fact we are often the most steadfast connection in their lives. Continue building our our students and their futures.
Briefly,
Tom McCracken
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