Nov 18 - Nov 22

#DMSLevelUp

Red Raider Nation

Shout out to our Safe and Civil Schools Foundations Team: Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Polhemus, Mr. James, Ms. Dean, Ms. Hampton, and Mrs. Delinger (she couldn't make it, but will attend the other sessions). We started a training which will provide strategies to improve school culture. This team will work with teachers and staff to develop and implement these strategies. I was very impressed with the ideas and discussion of the team. State department personnel also commented on the rich discussion, insightful comments, and problem solving that they heard from this team of teachers.

Reminders and Announcements:

Saturday, Nov 16

Lego League Qualifier (robotics)

Monday, Nov 18:

Faculty Meeting - Library - 3:45 - After Strategies

DMS Basketball vs West Morgan (Away), 7B, 8G, 8B

Tuesday, Nov 19:

Fall Picture Make Up Day

DMS Basketball vs Hartselle (Away), all teams

Thursday, Nov 21:

Spirit Night at the Brick

DMS Basketball vs Athens (Away), all teams

Friday, Nov 22:

Strategic teaching walk through #2: SFO, Before Strategies, After Strategies

New Teacher Meeting - 3:45 - Library (optional)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Nov 25-29

Thanksgiving Holiday

Decatur Middle School Staff Calendar

I will keep this calendar up-to-date of all of the events and activities specific to the teachers and staff of DMS. Please keep an eye on this calendar to stay informed.

Decatur Feeder Pattern Athletics Calendar

This calendar is kept up-to-date by Watt Parker, our district Athletics Director. This calendar will keep you informed of all DHS and DMS athletics events.

strategic teaching

Overview

Strategic Teaching Overview

Student Friendly Outcomes

Student Friendly Outcomes Sept 23

Before strategies

Mrs. Smith's Curriculum Corner

SHIELDS SAFETY SEGMENT

In order to ensure students feel safe at all times and in all locations, consider how we can each contribute:

Hallways: Be present. Often, students will not engage in negative behavior if they see a teacher. However, if teachers are consistently present, students will anticipate your presence and will be less likely to engage in negative behavior.

Bathrooms: Consider intermittent restroom schedules. Perhaps you do not allow students to go to the restroom the first 15 minutes of class and the last 10 minutes of class. Or, your grade level or family group can plan a designated, staggered window of time when you will allow students to take restroom breaks. Whatever works for you!

Coaching with cooper

Coaching with CooperImportant Dates Nov. 18: PD on After Strategies (3:45 in the Library) Nov. 21: A Family PST MeetingsNov. 22: SFOs, Before and After...

Common planning

We will meet in the Raider Room/Data Room in the bottom of the library.
Please bring your data from our previous PD, your pacing guide(scope and sequence), your chromebook, and any activities/resources/assessments you plan to use over the next couple weeks.
Please be prepared to discuss the following: Standards, Objectives, Activities, and Assessment

Family Meeting Dates 19-20

the broken windows

Our school-wide discipline is off to a great start! Thank you for working together to fix those broken windows. Students are starting to understand that misbehaviors and civil unrest will not be the norm and will not be accepted. We truly have some great kids!

5-step discipline plan

Remember to have students sign the behavior log for breaking one of your classroom rules.
If a students continues to sign the behavior log he or she should move up your ladder of consequences.
Consequences will reset every week unless a student consistently signs on a Friday. Then the consequences can continue into the next week.
If a student is consistently signing the behavior log he or she will be placed on a RED Card.

RED Card

We have about 20 students on a RED Card.
Remember the top portion of a RED Card is for positive comments only.
The bottom portion is for consequences: 1- Warning, 2- Immediate 30 minute timeout in ISS, 3- Immediate visit to the office where admin will complete a discipline referral

Supervision

There is no procedure, policy, or program that works better than diligent supervision. Please continue to monitor the hallways and stairs between classes.
Please continue to adhere to our duty schedule. We will revisit the afternoon duty schedule to see if we can reduce the amount of supervision.

DMS in the news!

Bicentennial mural to serve as teaching toolA huge mural on a wall outside the auditorium at Decatur Middle School is not only a colorful piece of art, but a teaching tool, school officials said as they

Just 'one of the boys': Decatur Middle has three girls playing footballOne of the few times Yamilet Ortiz questioned her decision to play football at Decatur Middle School was when she arrived for summer camp and looked at Kate Parker.

Students focus on improving Decatur for robotics competitionA group of students at Decatur Middle School is on a mission to identify areas where Decatur can improve and is doing so through an annual robotics competition.

DUTY SCHEDULEs

Morning Duty 2019-2020

Afternoon Duty 2019-2020

Assistant Principal Responsibilities

Teacher Non-negotiables

Teach the standard
Bell-to-bell instruction
Provide Tier II instruction
Own the data
Love all kids

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING

Does the activity align to our mission?
Does the activity align to grade-level content standards?
How will this lead to higher student achievement?
Does the activity align to grade-level content standards?
Is the the best use of instructional time, or a good use of instructional time?

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