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News for Savannah staff
Setember 2nd, 2024
News for Savannah staff
Setember 2nd, 2024
Wonderful staff!
Happy Labor Day! I hope you have had a VERY RESTFUL three day weeked. Now we get to enjoy a short four day week.
What Is Expected of Me This Week
Our Extended PLCs are this week for 4th, K, and 2nd. We will be checking in on WIN time and making sure each team has a SMART goal for math WIN time progress. Please make sure you have your agendas ready to go.
Update your Reading & Math Tracker before your PLC day. i--Ready assessments should be entered as well as F & P and PNA data.
Don't forget our upcoming Data Celebration Day on September 12th. Each team will speak to progress on their goals as well as any successes they have had for WIN time, planning together, or PLC.
Remember to link your plans or pacing guide to your teams agenda. Team agendas should be filled in for Math & Reading planning as well as PLC days.
Our book study kickoff is Thursday, September 5th. No reading is required before the study, simply show up in the Savannah library after duty on this day.
We have two nominations for the District Educational Improvement Team representative. Please vote for this representative HERE by end of day Tuesday.
Guiding Coalition chose a new date, Sept. 26, for curriculum night. Please make sure your team is prepared to present on what you will be teaching this year. Parents should leave with a brief understanding of grade level learning objectives.
Upcoming Events:
September 5th -- Book Study at 3:30 in Savannah Library
September 6th -- PTA Meeting and Spaghetti Dinner at 5:30 in Savannah Cafeteria CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for the Spaghetti dinner.
September 10th--- 3rd Grade Math PD at Providence 3:45-4:30
September 12th --Staff Meeting: WIN TIME/CFA SMART GOAL PROGRESS SHOWCASE
September 13th --i-Ready Training during Planning
September 17th -- K, 4-5th Math PD @ BZone 3:34-4:45
September 17th -- Chick-fil-A Spirit Night
September 18th --- K-5 Guided Reading PD at Bell 3:45-4:45
Still Important from Last Week...
Wondering about Edugence (the replacement for Eduphoria)? This is the asynchronous training to guide you through the basics. Use this link to enroll - bit.ly/DISDedugence-learn
We are continuing our Environmental Walk-Throughs this week. Here is the feedback form to guide you on our look-fors. Reach out to your team or mentors if there is anything on the form you don't understand. We can’t wait to see all the amazing things happening in classrooms!
Setting SMART Goals FOR 24-25:
Reminder: We will set two SMART goals for Math and two for ELAR. One goal will reflect our WIN Time goal for each subject's intervention cycle (this will be a foundational goal meant to catch kids up who are behind.) The second goal will be centered on ON LEVEL/END OF YEAR expectations. We will be tracking these goals as a PLT in our progress monitoring documents. We will be showing off our progress as a staff midway through each nine weeks at our Data Showcase Celebration. Our first data showcase will be September 12th.
The information in this corner will help us understand ourselves better so that we can make progress on our new culture goal: "at work, i have the opportunity to do what i do best every day. "
This week's focus for "doing what we do best EVERY DAY" focuses on your BEST DAYS.
Gallup states:
"Anytime you have a great day at work, you were using your strengths to the hilt. So, when you learn to view your best days through the lens of strengths, you'll be able to have considerably more great days."
Think of the best day you've had at work this year. Which of your strengths were you using the most? We will do a "quick share" with our colleagues during our next PLT.
Don't forget!
Every Thursday is Braswell Spirit Day. You may wear jeans and Braswell spiritwear/colors.
Every Friday is Savannah Spirit Day. You may wear jeans and Savannah spiritwear/colors.