Crown Point Junior Music Academy

Monday Morning Memo

10/16/17-10/20/17

I appreciate all the great work done at our first PLC!

Some staff have taken pictures to add to my upcoming discipline assembly

Pictures for line up expectations

Pictures for Running Club Expectations

Instructional Focus-

• I will continue to give observational feedback throughout the week as I visit classrooms.  Please be prepared to have discussions about the formative assessments you use in the classroom and the data you analyzed to make decisions about the differentiation of your instruction.  

Upcoming Events-

• Wednesday, 10/11 PLC
• Wednesday, 10/18 PLC
• Week of 10/23-10/27 Red Ribbon Week
• Friday, 10/27 Trunk or Treat
• Tuesday, 10/31 Halloween
• Wednesday, 10/25 Certificated Prep
• Wednesday, 11/1 Certificated Prep
• Tuesday, 11/7 Staff Meeting in room 9 @ 2:30
• Wednesday, 11/8 Attendance Assemblies
• Wednesday, 11/8 PLC
• Week of 11/13-11/17 Conferences-Minimum Days
• Wednesday, 11/15 Certificated Prep
• Week of 11/20-11/24 Thanksgiving Vacation

PLC this week-

• Due to contract, I can't have PLCs 2 weeks before report cards are due.  We will have back to back PLCs (last week and this week to accommodate for this).
• Always bring laptops
• Please be prompt to the meeting starting at 1:00 pm

Schoolwide Expectations (PBIS)/Character Trait Building (6 Pillars)

• Please continue to pass out the Caught Being Good tickets and as you give specific feedback for your students academically, please give students specific feedback on what expectation/character trait they are meeting or exhibiting for their behaviors as well.
• Month Focus 
• PBIS-Arrival/Dismissal and Restrooms
• Character Trait-Safe, Responsible, Respectful
• As a reminder, I am asking that you not only teach the lessons for expectations but continually have discussions that revolve around our current monthly focus.  
• I have given you access to the public PBIS folder. If you can't access any of the files, please let me know. Link to PBS Public Shared Folder

Recess Duty- Week D

Crown Point Junior Music Academy 

Monday Morning Memo

10/9/17-10/13/17

 I appreciate staff working hard on keeping all students engaged in lessons!!

Anchor charts are being used for not only teaching reference points but as formative assessments as well!

If you have not pulled this book out, please look for it.  My understanding is that every teacher received it a few years ago.  We will be using the Continuum very soon in PLCs as well as for guided reading.

Instructional Coaching Focus-  As I continue to observe and give feedback, the conversations will revolve around student engagement, alignment to standards, and the rigor of the tasks and lessons. 

****PLEASE NOTE******
As we move into PLCs, be prepared to have discussions on how you collect data based on common grade level assessments and how you use the data to inform your instruction.


PLC-  Our first whole school PLC will be this Wednesday, 10/10/17 in room 9 from 1:00-3:00.  Please bring any common assessments or data you have to share with the group.  We will also revisit what the best practices are in a PLC.


Staff Meeting- Tuesday, 10/10 in room 9 at 2:30.  Please bring your laptop.  We will review SST process, update on schoolwide discipline plan and other business items.



Recess Duty-  GROUP C
Updated Recess Schedule 9.21.17

Report Cards

• End of 1st quarter Friday, 10/27
• Report cards-due to Tra-Viecia due the week of 10/30-11/3 (you have prep that Wednesday)
• Tra-Viecia will print up the week of 11/6-11/10 (You have PLC that week)
• The week of 11/13-11/17 will be minimum days/conferences (You have prep that week)

Nuts and Bolts

• K-2 Attendance Assembly in the auditorium Wednesday (tomorrow) 8:00-8:30
• 3rd-5th Attendance Assembly Wednesday (tomorrow) 8:30-9:00
• STORM-will be out at recess Wednesday (tomorrow) then they will have an assembly that same day from 10:30-11:15
• Veteran’s Day (holiday) Friday, 11/10
• Western BBQ Tuesday, 11/14

CPJMA Monday Morning Memo

10/2-10/6

 Kinders in Mrs. Mai's class showing us that turn and talk can be done as early as kindergarten within the first month.  Great structures and routines!!!

 Reader's Workshop conferring is alive and well in Ms. Macker's class!!

Instructional Coaching focus- As I continue observations and feedback, the conversations will revolve on how students are engaged, alignment to the standards and the rigor of the lessons and tasks assigned. Please be prepared to share how you use common formative assessments to drive your lessons.

School Site Council- SSC Meeting will be Tuesday, 10/3 in room 9 from 2:30-3:30

ILT/SGT- Will be released on Friday, 10/6.  Here is the schedule below. Cathy will arrange for subs.

• 7:45-10:45 ILT (Duncan, Macker, Champion, Sor, Zittle)

• 10:45-2:10 SGT (Rhoades, Tran, Rieke, Sanchez, TBD)

Please make sub plans accordingly for your time frame.

CPR- Optional CPR class on Wednesday, 10/4.  See Ms. Tra Viecia for details.

Wednesday- Prep time for Certificated Staff


PLCs- We will be starting our PLCs on Wednesdays soon (10/9/17).  As we revisit what effective, efficient, and quality PLCs are, please start collecting copies of your formative assessments and data you have been keeping on your students as an on-going formative basis.  This is not to be confused with summative or initial placement data for students.

Recess Duty- Please use the link below to access the Google Drive version of the schedule.


Updated Recess Schedule 9.21.17

Recess Duty-WEEK B

CPJMA Monday Morning Memo

9/25-9/29

 Our students are already playing the violin well!!!!!

 TK and Kinders are working hard already making connections to reading and writing!!!

 Small group instruction is alive and well in the lower grades!!!!

I appreciate our students striving to meet high expectations at all times!!!!

Instructional Coaching focus- As I continue observations and feedback, the conversations will revolve on how students are engaged, alignment to the standards and the rigor of the lessons and tasks assigned. Please be prepared to share how you.

Staff SSC Nominations- We are looking for teachers to participate on SSC.  We need a whole board of three teachers and one classified staff.  I appreciate your support.


Staff Meeting Time- Wednesday, 9/27/15 in room 9 starting at 1:00, we will start by me giving an overview for the Annual Employee Notification.  I will send you off to complete the rest of the videos on your own.  Please remember to give Cathy the appropriate certificates by Wednesday, October 4th.

Link to Annual Notifications Expectations and PowerPoint Link


Recess Duty-  I have talked to most grade-level reps and specialists about the changes to the recess duty schedule.  Please share with your grade level and specialist colleagues.  Please use the link below to access the Google Drive version of the schedule.

Updated Recess Schedule 9.21.17

PLCs- We will be starting our PLCs on Wednesdays soon (10/9/17).  As we revisit what effective, efficient, and quality PLCs are, please start collecting copies of your formative assessments and data you have been keeping on your students as an on-going formative basis.  This is not to be confused with summative or initial placement data for students.

Recess Duty-WEEK A

CPJMA Monday Morning Memo

9/11/17

 Currently, we are working with ILT to determine the focus and needs of our school.  Please do not forget to share any ideas with ILT.

I am already seeing great routines and structures being implemented by our teachers!!!!

Clear expectations and anchor charts are being added to classrooms for students to refer to for classroom academics and behavioral expectations

Classroom Observations- As I observe instruction this week, I will be coming in with the lens of structures and routines for Reading and Writer's Workshop as well as opportunities for engaging students.

Reorganization- We will be starting with the official reorganization changes first thing in the morning. I am asking if you could come out a few minutes early to help out with the transition.  Please also make sure to be aware of the students who will be moving and the new students who you will be taking in.  

Once again I am also asking that we communicate the same message. 

 

1.      The change was necessary due to the grade level classroom enrollment being out of balance.

2.      What the heaviest weighted factor is and driving our decision-making is the data and most current information we have on your child to determine the best placement of students.

4.      Letters were sent out last Wednesday informing parents of the possibility of change

5.      Parents were called last week on Thursday and letters were sent home last Thursday and Friday confirming the official change of placement for only the students affected.  

Dine out-  We will be having a PTO fundraiser/dine-out at Woodstock's Pizza tomorrow, Monday, 9/18 from 4-9 pm.  I will be there and hope we can have some staff and their families be there as well.

Open House-  Wednesday, 9/20/17, we will be having Open House starting at 5:15 pm.  Please be in the auditorium at 5:10 ready so I can announce you at 5:15.  I will quickly release you and parents will be released at 5:30ish to your classrooms for the first rotation from 5:30- 6:00.  At 6:00 there will be the second rotation for those families who have another child in another classroom.  Open House will be completed at 6:30 pm.  I will be going around to each classroom to ensure that you get home to your families as promptly as possible at 6:30 as well.  

PLC Voting Forms- Please return your top-secret ballot to Angela Rieke as soon as you can if you have not done so already so we can count the votes tomorrow.

SGT (School-wide Discipline Plan)- The team has been released and created a draft of school-wide expectations and a calendar for our Character Traits Focus for staff to review.  Please be looking out for a Google Link.  When you receive the link, please make sure you are logged into your SDUSD account so you can open it up.  

 

CPJMA Monday Morning Memo

9/11/17

Thank you for working so hard in the beginning weeks.  I appreciate your student-centered thinking and look forward to watching our students be given that "just right push" to learn

Classroom Observation Focus- I will continue to come into classrooms to do observations.  I am collecting data on school-wide, grade level, and individual trends.  This will serve as a needs assessment for the school, grade levels, and individuals.

SGT-  We will be released to plan out the PBS expectations specific for the entire school.  From there we will also outline dates for recognition assemblies, and the dates for expectation lesson focus as well.  We will also continue to work on the character building component to our school-wide discipline plan.

Back To School Night-  Back to School Night will be Wednesday, 9/20/17.  We will start at 5:15 in the auditorium and I will quickly introduce the staff.  After I release you, I will continue with a quick presentation until 5:30.  I will then release parents to your classrooms at that time.  At 6:00 we will have a rotation so parents can be part of their other son or daughter's classroom teacher's presentation.  We will conclude at 6:30 pm

School Reconfiguration- From my understanding, things typically settle down around the third Friday of the school year.  We are crossing our fingers and are hoping to reconfigure classes by then.  This will allow for more even distribution of students throughout the classrooms.  If we continue to stay steady, I will communicate that we will have an emergency meeting this Wednesday to make any changes of placement for the students who are impacted.  Once we are sure of the final configuration (for now...) I will let parents know as well. I will further let them know that the changes were made based on teacher input (data, discretion, behaviors, heterogeneous classes...)

Music Club- Starts at 2:15 this Thursday

Enjoy the week!!!!

CPJMA Monday Morning Memo

Week of Tuesday, 9/5/17-Friday, 9/8/17

I appreciate our teachers assessing all students as soon as they possibly can!!!!

Thank you for eliciting classroom discussions at high levels!!!

Music Prep will start Tuesday.  Please refer to the schedules I sent out.  I also have links below.  Mrs. Hradsky has already checked in with most of her students and they were very enjoyable to the students.  

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, 9/4/17- Labor Day-Holiday for all staff and students
Tuesday, 9/5/17- Staff Meeting @ 2:30 in room 9
Discussion points-

1. Updated sub preferred list- Please email Cathy if you have names for her.
2. Data from SBAC-deeper look into data
3. ILT update-ILT will share the priority of what will be focused on initially
4. SGT update-School Wide Discipline Plan  SGT Brief Presentation Link
5. Vote on temporary behavioral expectations 
6. Vote on date for open house within 3 weeks or within 6-7 weeks
7. Final class schedule and parent letter with homework policy emailed to Armando 4:00 pm Friday 9/8
8. Emergency sub plans emailed to Cathy by 4:00 pm Friday, 9/22
9. Buddy teacher roster sign up
10. Recess and Violin/Music Prep/PLAY PE schedules
11. Attendance-welcoming at 3 various points of entry with teachers
12. Posting attendance sayings in dry erase boards
13. PTO contest 
14. ASB posting posters all over school about contest
15. Assigned tables for lunch
16. 2 week freeze on changing classrooms
17. Yearbook is happening-leads are Cathy and Tra-Viecia
18. EPI PEN
19. Parent volunteers-staff needs to show how to use machines

Wednesday, 9/6/17- PTO Meeting at 12:30 in room17

Wednesday, 9/6/17- ILT Meeting in office from 1:00-3:00

Thursday, 9/17/17- Violin Orientation Assembly from 8:00-8:30 in the auditorium grades 3rd-5th.

Violin/Music Prep/PLAY PE- Please refer to the duty schedule link below.  

Violin/Music Prep/PLAY PE Schedule Link

Duties- Please refer to the duty schedule.  Please refer to the link below for the duty schedule.

17-18 CP Duty Schedule