Blair Elementary School 2012-2013

1. Blair Elementary School2012-2013 Welcome Back!

2. Blair Back to School Animoto

3. Welcome New Staff • Brad ChristensenBilingual Instructional Resource Teacher • Gloria Sosa First grade Bilingual • Kjersten Krueger 2/3 Bilingual • Kiah Allen—A special ed bilingual/ ESL—share time with Bethesda • Audrey Grossnick—Bilingual in-house sub • Karel Corredor—Special ed aide • Vacant--.5 special ed aide • Maiken Schroedl— kindergarden bilingual aide -Roman • Christina Lopez— kindergarten bilingual aide–Sosa • Sub…bilingual 2/3 aide—Krueger • Trisha Perez—Interventionists-Bilingual • Jenna Glorioso—Interventionists—Bilingual • Alexa Bose –Intern from UW-Whitewater • Steve Cox—new daytime Custodian Let’s go around • Name • Grade you teach • How many years with Waukesha? • One word to describe Blair

4. Get to know our staff • Teacher profiles to include: be creative have it represent you • Picture of teacher 3 by 5 the minimum • Grade you teach • How many years teaching and how many years at Blair • Where you went to school--college- degrees attained • Dreams • Passions • Interests • Favorite • Languages you speak • Heritage/ culture Images that define you as a person Quotes that inspire you. Create - ideas wordle, images, scrapbook, be as creative as you want.... • Bilingual teacher create one in Spanish/English ....use as many visuals as possible...

5. The School District of Waukesha OUR MISSION: To develop in our students the capacity and skills to be community, college and career ready. OUR VISION: To be a 21st century learning organization dedicated to equity, innovation, human excellence and collaboration.

6. Blair School The mission is to ensure that every student attain high academic and behavioral standards. The 5 essential Questions for Educators • What do we want students to know? • How will we know if they learned it? • What researched-based best practices will best ensure they learned it? • What will we do if they don’t? • What will we do if they already know it?

7. Thank You!! • For working so hard all summer! • GE volunteer Day! • For all who helped with Forms and Fees! • For your obvious commitment to children! • For your willingness to work as a team! • For getting the school ready for the kids! • For the creating and maintaining such a wonderful culture and community! • For setting the Highest expectations for ALL of our students—and believing in them! I Believe in you and trust and know Blair students are receiving the BEST education!!!

8. Professional Learning Communities Thursday 7:50 We will continue to….. Norms (rules & habits to govern) Time / end Snacks / record keeping frequency Protocols (meaningful dialogue) Discussion v dialogue Data Driven-Analyzing students work Focused on the Five Year Plan—SIP goals Share best practice—be a risk taker On Thurs. we will talk more in-depth on Thursday how to best structure for our new collaboration.

9. Meeting Schedule 2012-13 • Staff Meetings / Second Tuesday– New Meeting schedule • September 11th 7:50 • Every Tuesday • Check out Blair Calendar to see future dates • PLC meetings every Thursday-7:50 • Grade level are to meet at least once a week during their common planning time. • PST meetings—Thursday—schedules as needed basis • Committees are required to meet regularly and are to report out school- wide happenings.

10. Supervision schedule • Recess • If students are kept in they must be supervised at all times. Teacher must supervise or make arrangements with another teacher. • Two-way radios and fanny packs are in the office to be picked up for recess duty and be returned immediately after. • All teachers will be supervising Arrival and Dismissal times to ensure student safety. • Review Lunch and Recess schedule—please be on time and plan for your absences—be sure to notify the office of the change. • Second recess at this time is under teachers discretion –10 min. max. and after schedules have solidified teachers can rotate with other teachers—just remember 1 adult per 50 students is required • Daily and weekly class schedules are to be in so that we have an updated master schedule. • This year we will Post schedules near the doorway so support teachers etc. know where students are and what is being taught.

11. New Schedule • Things to Remember • Integrate and collaborate as much as possible—with all subject areas • Be flexible • Reflect and tweak to meet the needs of the students • Think Creatively and try new things • Use your common planning times • Share what is working

12. Community Building: Continued Focus Buddy Classes/ English and Bilingual Field trips Bilingual and English Special Projects Bilingual and English Ideas???

13. Things to sign up for • Goal setting meeting with the principal—All staff members—sign up with Didi or use the google calendar • Committee –Sign-up for One • Meet once a month and the next staff meet • Sign-up for Snack– for teacher work days

14. Blackboard… bb9waukesha….. in your packet • Teachers are required to : • Review District Staff handbook • District Elementary Expectations • Please review all the updated staff polices and sign off on them by signing off sheet with Didi in the office by Sept. 15th • Teacher performance, evaluations and standards. A schedule soon to be distributed.

15. Instructional Focus • Identifying Elements of Good Instruction • Building a collaborative environment • Equity • Interventions • Walk-Through Form creation with immediate feedback • Identifying, modifying and creating assessments to guide our instruction.

16. SDW Non Negotiable • 60 minute Reading Blocks • 30 minute word work • 60 minute Math block • Workshop model • Grading for Learning • PLC • Interventions / RTI

17. Blair’s Non-Negotiable District Initiatives Culture for continued Student Achievement: Learning Targets PLC’s—use of ASW tool-data driven Collaborative Teams Data Wall Positive Discipline Policy—Tribes--share Cleanliness in our Work Areas—classrooms and common areas—clear hallways Safety First

18. Teacher Attendance Required Teachers are required to be at school prepared, ready and on time---7:45-3:30— School day report absences—AESOP • Open House • PLC meetings • Staff meetings • Committee meetings • District meetings • In-services • 1 PTO event a year • Parent/Teacher conferences • Curriculum nights • Christmas/Spring concerts for your homeroom

19. Safety • Please review your Safety Procedures • Please follow Fire codes to avoid continual citations—nothing hanging on the ceiling-clear hallways and doorways • This year we really want to consider what we use and how we use it--anything else should be taken home • All Visitors must get a visitor pass to be in the building. We want to maintain a open door policy but maintain safety by being consistent with our messaging.

20. Aida’s Non-negotiable • Expectations for Students – • maximum effort, • engagement in their own learning, • appropriate behaviors, • respect for themselves and others, • honesty • Expectations for Staff – • student centered decisions, • maximum effort every day, • high level of communication, • collaboration with grade level team members as well as with the total staff, • professional decorum, • respect for yourself and others, Never use sarcasm with kids • honesty, punctuality, respectful of people’s time meet and honor deadlines • Be Prepared • Positive, willing to try new things, push yourself and take risks

21. Things That Will Happen Regularly: • I will be in classrooms OFTEN. • I will ask a lot of questions. • I will get to know the students – their names, their strengths, their areas of growth, etc. • I will be honest with my feedback. • I will come to you with any parent concerns that come my way.

22. Communication with me • Whatever method works for YOU, but I do want you to communicate often with me. • Weekly Bulletins—email only– try to go paperless • Gmail Calendar for all meetings and events • Email, phone messages, mailboxes—please check three times a day—be respectful and be responsive • Honest and regular feedback in a respectful manner—this should be reciprocal. • All staff important information will be on the Staff Shared Drive—to save paper.

23. Tech updates Tech –google glasses Tech survey How can you use this with your classes?

24. Classroom Communication • Telephones voicemail—check 3 times a day—Please remember to set up your voicemail • All calls from 8:30-3:30 will go directly to voicemail • Check email three times a day—email etiquette • Keep Parents informed • Classroom newsletters at least monthly. Please give me copy so I am aware of the school-wide happenings- or websites updated weekly • Regular descriptive feedback on student work for improvement for parents • Tuesday Take-home Folders— • Portfolio should be returned next day with communication log. Ongoing inputting of grade in Standard score—remember to properly score all areas every trimester

25. Parent Communications-ettiquette Smile and keep communications with parents positive All parent complaints regarding staff, student, or programming issues should be brought to me Do not voice your frustrations to parents Be welcoming of new students and parents Remind parents that they must have a visitor pass from the office to be in the school during operating hours Remember that parents are a great resource and good parent/teacher relations can help a classroom in many ways

26. Blair Celebrations in data • School wide strengths in the data showed that First and Second grade reading data outperformed the district in meeting student growth.

27. Blair Elementary School Intervention Review of Students Meeting or Exceeding their Growth Targets Fall 2011 – Spring 2012 Note: Students in interventions need to exceed 100% of their typical growth and achieve between 150-200% of their typical growth to move them out of the intervention zone and catch them up with their peers.

28. Purposes of a Data Wall Create collective understanding Share ownership of student progress at a grade level, across grade levels and within a classroom Create school, grade level, classroom and student goals Inspire conversation and collaboration around student learning Monitor student progress Show student growth Set school, grade level, classroom and student goals

29. Behavior Guidelines and Discipline • Tribes • Open and constant communication with parents –positive and negative • Behavior Reports • Hall Passes • Sever Behavior—seek support from me • Blair PAWSitive awards— “good slip” • See staff handbook appendix—Corporal punishment • Reminder to review and post your class rules and agreements and send them home to parents • Remember Instructional engagement and a connection with students minimizes unwanted behavior • Take time to practice routines, structure, consistency, and love for learning in your classroom environment with students

30. Teacher and Parent handbook • Please send home the first day of school and parents should return the last form signed—on line as well. • We have translated for our Spanish speaking families • Elementary Handbook is now all online. Parents should be encouraged to view on the district and sign off that they read it. • Please continue to collect fees • Homework study policies please review with students and parents (in your packet).

31. First Day of School Procedures First day All staff members should report to the playground before school on Tuesdayto help students to find their teacher and line up. Busses—aides will escort them to breakfast and outside Lunch routine— Kinder teachers prepare and assist students to keep things moving End of day Routine Afterschool all staff should report to the playground and Bilingual and support staff to the front of the building to walk students to the busses. Support Staff will hold bus signs and assist students finding their bus. All staff will supervise until there bus is gone, to ensure all students are safely accounted for. If any students are not picked up please send to the office. All hands on deck!! All week ALL staff please assist before and afterschool to get into a good routine in place. Hoping to have a great start to the year!!!

32. Attendance • Didi

33. Important Info / Reminders • Volunteer Background Checks • Class Schedules – due to Aida ASAP • Sub Folders – due to the office by Sept 11th • EA Roles / Responsibilities maximize the times for instruction literacy blocks and intervention times—so we are scheduling all aides to be supporting with students. • I would like to meet with every staff member—Goal setting. Please sign-up for time. • Sign-up for Snack schedule—on PD days

34. - Questions and/or comments?

35. Next Time We Meet this week Mary Jo send email about District PD on Wed. Please refer to that email. We will meet at 10:30-12:30 Thursday. The rest of the time is for you to work, plan and collaborate!

36. Next Time We Meet … Define SDW and Blair Vision Mission School Improvement Plan to execute and implement Monitor and make improvements Professional Development for 2012-13

37. Welcome Back! Have a great week of preparation!!!