Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

Week of 1/21-1/24

When walking through classrooms, I can see and hear your shift to a focus on Learning Intentions and Success Criteria.  Teachers have been clear on what kids are learning and what they need to do to be successful.  Currently, the change that many teachers are moving towards is the shifting of the work onto the other students.  If we want students to be able to communicate what they are learning and how they are successful, then the planning for lessons will need to be explicitly purposeful as you direct students to have those discussions.

Thank you, I truly appreciate your critical thinking as you plan for enhancing your own Teacher Clarity.

Thank you to to all that helped out in the Health Fair Expo and a special shout-out to Cathy for organizing the event!

CPJMA representing at NAMM this past weekend.  If you are ever interested in attending, please let Cathy or me know.

Data Meetings/Formal Observations:

I will be scheduling data meetings with each one of you between now and February.  For this please be cognizant of collecting work samples in a portfolio of your student work.  You will have an opportunity to share your lessons, their learning intentions and success criteria, and the student work that aligns with the learning intention and success critieria.  More information to come!

The formal observations will be based on our strategic focus areas below.

Safe, Inclusive, Collaborative Culture

Teacher Clarity

Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

During the observations, I will be coming in the lens of the ideal state of teacher clarity which we have been working on all year.  My focus will not be on what the teacher does, but what the students are doing and their overall engagement based on the definition of the ideal state of teacher clarity below. 

IDEAL STATE OF TEACHER CLARITY

1.   Students will be able to communicate (verbally, written,

demonstrate…) to you/others the learning intention

2.    Students will be able to communicate to you/others what it takes to be successful in their work

3.    Students will be able to connect the work to the learning intentions and success criteria

4.    Students will be able to self-reflect and self-assess how they performed in the task and what they learned and communicate to you and others

Important Upcoming Dates:

Week of 1/20-1/24

M 1/20-MLK-No school

T 1/21-

W 1/22- Math Coaching Cycle Mid-point Observations, PLC in grade-level lead’s classroom

Th 1/23-GATE Testing starting @ 8:00, Chillin with the Principal 1:40-2:00 in the lunch arbor
F 1/24-5^th Grade PBMS Field Trip, GATE Testing @ 8:00, PTO movie night

Week of 1/27-1/31 (Kindness Challenge)

M 1/27-SSC Meeting @ 2:30 in room 11T 1/28-STEAM Training 1st grade release full day

W 1/29-Teacher Prep

Th 1/30-GATE Testing @ 8:00, Jogathon

F 1/31-AEP 3rd-5th, GATE Testing @ 8:00

Week of 2/3-2/7

M 2/3-

T 2/4- Staff Meeting

W 2/5- Teacher Prep

Th 2/6 GATE Testing @ 8:00, Mission Bay Cluster Meeting @ 6:00 @ MBHS, SSC in room 11 @ 2:30

F 2/7- GATE Testing @ 8:00

Week of 2/10-2/14

M 2/10-

T 2/11-

W 2/12-Teacher Prep

Th 2/13-

F 2/14-Presidents’ Weekend No School

Week of 2/17-2/21

M 2/17-Presidents’ Weekend No School

T 2/18-Minimum Day PLC in room 11 @ 1:00,

W 2/19- PLC in grade-level lead’s classrooms, Blue Stem Meeting (Champion) @ 2:00 at MBHS

Th 2/20- Chillin with the Principal 1:40-2:00 in the lunch arbor

F 2/21- Attendance Dance Parties (TK-2nd 12:45-1:15) (3rd-5th 1:30-2:00), Dance in Auditorium @ 6:00

Week of 2/24-2/28

M 2/24-

T 2/25-

W 2/26- Teacher Prep

Th 2/27-

F 2/28- AEP 3rd-5th