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Meetings this week - Oct 30 - Nov 3
Meetings this week - Oct 30 - Nov 3
Staff Meeting on Monday, October 30th - Medical Meeting - 3:00-3:30
Student iPad collection on Tuesday, October 31st - End of Day
Guiding Coalition on Wednesday November 1st
American Fidelity in counselors room: Schedule Your Appointment
PLCs@SLC
PLCs@SLC
Attached are all the presentations and handouts from the Solution Tree PLC Institute that I attended in Salt Lake City. These sessions were all very informative and inspirational. Please feel free to have a look at the contents. Some of the handouts I brought back and left in the staff room for review.
I will work in quarter 2 to attend additional team meetings and support our PLC progress.
Evaluations - Repeat
Evaluations - Repeat
Please sign up for your evaluation by the end of the day of October 30th, if you have not already done so.
Please see guidance for evaluations as well as your assigned evaluator. Along with your assigned evaluator you can also see where you are in the cycle of evaluations (Formal/Informal). If you think this is incorrect, please contact me ASAP. You may have received an update from Edfolio with your assigned evaluator.
To those teachers assigned to me as an evaluator for formal/informal evaluations, please schedule a time for me to observe you by the end of Monday. All observations must be completed by December 8th.
If you are on formal evaluation cycle, please schedule a pre and post meeting for your observation.
PLEASE USE THE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULER BELOW TO SCHEDULE TIME WITH ME
sports schedule for november & December
sports schedule for november & December
Thanks Justin for updating our sports schedule for November and December. We have Boys Basketball happening now with almost 60 students signed up to play from 7th and 8th grade.
2023-2024 activities calendar.docxChromebook Transition
Chromebook Transition
Last week I attended a meeting with Tim, Karen, and JoAnne about our Chromebook transition. Additionally, JoAnne shared a distribution plan with members of JMS/SAC faculty. There will be additional items to be finalized, but we have a good plan in place to make the transition work this week.
We will work to collect iPads on Tuesday, October 31st and distribute Chromebooks on Wednesday, November 1st.
The following lessons need to be used during advisory to support the distribution of Chromebooks with students.
Student Engagement Survey
Student Engagement Survey
Attached are the engagement surveys that we will use to collect data on our student engagement. Please share these links with students during advisory and have them complete by the end of the week.
No Meetings this week - Oct 23 - 27
No Meetings this week - Oct 23 - 27
No Meetings Next Week - Committee Meetings schedule reflects this update.
Superintendent Visit on Monday, October 23
Staff Members invited to share success from quarter 1 with Lance in the library starting from 7:45AM.
End of Quarter 1 is on Friday, October 27 - Reports due on Friday afternoon. These need to be signed off by Amanda.
REPORT CARDS
REPORT CARDS
Guidance for Report Cards:
The quarter 1 Report Card will pull the letter grade, percentage, number of absences, and number of tardies for each class. It will not include Work Habit grades. Please make sure your grade books are updated and completed by the end of the day on Friday, October 27.
Thank you to Jeremy, Cheyenne, and Mike for sharing additional guidance as JITTS with our teachers.
Work Habits will be shared with a mailed report on November 13th.
Fall Concert
Fall Concert
Thank you Mr. Wicks and Mrs. McLean for your work to produce our Fall Concert on Thursday evening. Seeing our young musicians engaged in this performance is demonstration of Jenifer educators living our mission to empower our students. Thank you to the teachers and staff members who came to show their support for our young musicians.
Evaluations
Evaluations
Please see guidance for evaluations as well as your assigned evaluator. Along with your assigned evaluator you can also see where you are in the cycle of evaluations (Formal/Informal). If you think this is incorrect, please contact me ASAP. You may have received an update from Edfolio with your assigned evaluator.
To those teachers assigned to me as an evaluator for formal/informal evaluations, please schedule a time for me to observe you by the end of Monday. All observations must be completed by December 8th.
If you are on formal evaluation cycle, please schedule a pre and post meeting for your observation.
PLEASE USE THE APPOINTMENT SCHEDULER BELOW TO SCHEDULE TIME WITH ME
Meetings this week - Oct 16 - 20
Meetings this week - Oct 16 - 20
Staff meeting on Monday at 7:55 - Room 101
Professional Development Day - Cafeteria 1:00-3:30
Professional Development Day Planning
Professional Development Day Planning
October 18th
October 18th
The focus for the upcoming professional development day will be on student behaviors and time in content areas. Please see the attached plan for further details. We have a revised early release schedule that we will follow. Thank you Justin and Quinn for working on this while I will be away.
District II Middle School Massed Band Festival in Genesee
District II Middle School Massed Band Festival in Genesee
Thank you Amy for your efforts to make JMS participation in the MASSED Band a success!
Evaluations
Evaluations
Please see guidance for evaluations as well as your assigned evaluator. Along with your assigned evaluator you can also see where you are in the cycle of evaluations (Formal/Informal). If you think this is incorrect, please contact me ASAP. You may have received an update from Edfolio with your assigned evaluator. I will share with you shortly additional guidance for Domain 5.
Staffing Update
Staffing Update
Barbara Puckett has resigned as of Sept 29th. We wish her well in her next professional opportunities.
Brooke Binkley has started with us recently. Please make sure she feels welcomed her as she starts her new role. You may already know her as the assistant cheer coach.
We are expecting to hire an additional instructional assistant in the coming week.
Dates for your Diary in October
Dates for your Diary in October
Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day - October 9th ✓
Burro Card Sales Start - October 9th (In progress)
Diana Morgan visit - October 10th (Postponed till further notice)
Attendance blitz - October 9th - 20th (We will push attendance awareness through a variety of activities)
Vision and Hearing Screening - October 13th ✓
Aaron away for PLC Conference - October 16th - 19th
Professional Development Day - October 18th
Superintendent Visit to JMS - October 23rd - Meeting with teachers in the library 7:45-8:15
Lockdown Practice Drill - October 24th - 9:00AM
End of Quarter 1 - October 27th (Grades are due by 4:00PM)
American Fidelity Visit - Starting October 30th. Location will be in the Mini Lab/server room.
Health Education - Monday October 30th - Focus on diabetes, seizure care, anaphylaxis, asthma, CPR/Heimlich, Food as a reward, etc. - Mrs. Walker will take us through this meeting.
Meetings this week - Oct 9 - Oct 13
Meetings this week - Oct 9 - Oct 13
Staff meeting on Monday at 7:55 - Room 101
Pastoral Care/PBIS meeting on Tuesday at 7:15 - Room 106
Guiding Coalition meeting on Wednesday at 7:15 - Library (These meetings will always be on Wednesday)
Culture and Communication meeting on Thursday at 3:00 - Library
Grade 8 Assembly on Friday at 8:30 - 8:50 in the Cafeteria
Student Led Conference Feedback Summary & Reflection
Student Led Conference Feedback Summary & Reflection
"A well oiled machine" That was how conferences were described to me and they certainly felt like that during these past two days.
It was great to see so many families visit JMS for our student-led conferences. We're looking at close to 95% of our families signed up for conferences and according to teams, we are near 100% attendance with some families attending without prior signup. There have been 100+ parent survey submissions as well. A summary of results will be shared on Monday, but at first glance, the feedback is VERY positive.
Thank you to all the teachers for all your efforts to make conferences a success!
Thank you Amanda and Brandee for preparing the soup for dinner on Wednesday and Thanks to Mrs. Kathleen Porter and our Parent Volunteer Group for providing the sandwiches. It would be greatly appreciated if we would share or extend our thanks to Kathleen by writing her a quick note of thanks either through email or the card that we will have in the office to be signed by staff. You can reach Kathleen at kros0831@hotmail.com.
Creative Solutions for Student Behavior
Creative Solutions for Student Behavior
There were several meetings recently with external support groups to develop some creative solutions for dealing with some of our more challenging student behaviors. I want to thank Ms. McCall for initiating these conversations and working to find resources to support us in finding successful solutions for students.
We recently met with Diana Morgan from SESTA who will visit our school on Tuesday, October 10th from 9:00-1:30 and do some classroom visits. Please welcome her on Tuesday.
We also met with Cindy Harris-Lindauer from Children's Mental Health and Zoe Remsburg from Idaho Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
The hope is that these meetings and planning sessions materialize into a systems shift in supporting students.
Considering Intensive Behavior Services info-graphic.pdfDates for your Diary in October
Dates for your Diary in October
Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day - October 9th
Burro Card Sales Start - October 9th
Diana Morgan visit - October 10th
Attendance blitz - October 9th - 20th (We will push attendance awareness through a variety of activities)
Vision and Hearing Screening - October 13th
Aaron away for PLC Conference - October 16th - 19th
Professional Development Day - October 18th
Superintendent Visit to JMS - October 23rd - Meeting with teachers in the library 7:45-8:15
Lockdown Practice Drill - October 24th - 9:00AM
End of Quarter 1 - October 27th (Grades are due by 4:00PM)
American Fidelity Visit - Starting October 30th. Location will be in the Mini Lab/server room.
Professional Development Day Planning
Professional Development Day Planning
October 18th
October 18th
The focus for the upcoming professional development day will be on student behaviors and time in department teams. More information will be shared next week.
Meetings this week - Oct 2- Oct 5
Meetings this week - Oct 2- Oct 5
No staff meeting on Monday, instead we'll do a staff meeting on Tuesday at 7:55 for overview of conferences.
No committee meetings this week.
There will be some reorganizing of meetings for guiding coalition and dept heads next week so please watch this space for updates.
Student Led Conferences Oct 4 & 5
Student Led Conferences Oct 4 & 5
This week we will host parents and students for student led conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.
Day 1 - October 4 12:00 - 7:30
Day 2 - October 5 08:00 - 3:30
Please ensure that parents leave these conference able to understand "I can statements", progress connected to their child's learning, and how parents can support their children's learning at home.
Today, Quinn and I will meet and make sure all organizational items for setup of conferences is complete. We will send one last announcement to parents today as well.
Any comments, questions, or concerns about conferences please let us know.
Attached below are the conference booking sheet and parent survey.
student ipads
student ipads
On Friday, Julian shared an announcement for students to review the way they handle their iPads. I used the slides in the grade 7 assembly as well. Please take time during advisory classes or core classes to remind students of their responsibilities with technology.
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