The reason why I wanted to focus on this is because we have a problem at TCEA. We have gone through 750,000 copies since the start of the school year. That breaks down to 107,140 copies per month. We have 40 staff members, which means EVERYONE is making 2,679 copies per month. That's 1,100 more copies, per person, per month. We have spent 84% of our budget in ink and paper and we have 4 more months to go.
We will not make it to June if we continue in this manner. I have asked Joe to investigate a way to control the printing that just sits on the copier and is thrown in the trash because no one ever picks it up.
I was worried about the amount of copies before discovering the cost issue. Last month during an instructional PLC, I spoke to the team about instituting No Worksheet Wednesdays when we would encourage the staff not to use worksheets.
We ruled that out as a school initiative because we did not want to stress you more or cause people to just make copies on a different day.
This concept of using less worksheets has to be more than a directive...you must see the purpose behind it.
I hope that this post and attached podcast will help you do the following challenge from Jennifer Gonzalez. This will be the March Challenge and more information will go out next week.
THE CHALLENGE: DO A WORKSHEET AUDIT
Everyone teaches differently, and as we have established, all worksheets are not created equal. There is no single prescription for what kind or how many worksheets you should be using with your students. Only you and your students can know that for sure.
So my challenge to you is simple: From now on, every time you’re about to use a worksheet, ask yourself if it’s contributing to student learning or if it’s actually just keeping them busy. If it’s the latter, start replacing your worksheets with better, richer alternatives. Your students will learn better, school will be more fun, and you’ll waste a whole lot less time in line at the copy machine.
I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! - Angela
Week of Monday, March 4- Friday. March 8, 2019
5 x 5 Walk through return: Please know that due to feedback in SIT and best practices, at least one of the walk thrus a week will be for an extended time (30-40 minutes).
This will not be a formal observation but will focus on all areas on the informal walk thru document.
For the 5-7 minute pop ins, Mr. Thomas and I will focus on:
Culture
Classroom Management
Additional Observations
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Also peer observations will be taking place now through March 25, 2019.
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No PLCs this week!!!
Mid Year one on one continue
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No PLCs this week!!!
Mid Year one on one continue
Monday, March 4
- 5th Grade Planning 10-11
- Planning for Middle Grades ELA/Humanities (Motsinger, Fiore, Connors) 2-3
- Planning for Middle Grades Math (Ezell and Clough) 2-3
- SIT Mtg at 3:30 in Ms. Majka's Studio
- NCEES Peer Training 3:30-4:00
Tuesday, March 5
- Admin Mtg 9-10
- Builders Club 11:30-12:00 in Theater
- TED-ED Club in PLC Room 11:30-12:00
- 3rd Grade Planning 12-1
- Chameleon Viewing Hours 12-2 PM
- More information to come
- Arts Integration Team Meeting in Ms. Ward's Studio 1:05-1:35 PM
- Kindergarten
- Caudle-Akers
- Johnson- Strimel
- Williams-Pond
- Planning for Middle Grades Science (Ezell and Hughes) 2-3 PM
- Trimester 2 Middle School Elective Night 6-8 PM
- Visual Arts, STEAM, and Music
Wednesday, March 6
- Hill possibly leaves at 2 PM
Thursday, March 7
- 4th Grade ELA Unit 5: Thematic Genre Unit Post Assessment
- Kindergarten Planning 8-9
- 2nd Grade Planning 9-10
- TED-ED Club 11:30-12:00
- 4th Grade Planning 12-1
- Arts Integration Team Meeting in Ms. Ward's Studio 1:05-1:35
- 1st Grade
- Person- Falls
- Campagna-Need coverage since we have no sub for Samuelson (anyone interested in volunteering please let Hill know)
- Brown- Hill
- Mandatory Faculty Mtg. 3:30-3:45
- Trimester 2 Middle School Elective Night
- Theatre/Film, Dance, and Drumline
Friday, March 8
- Last Day of 2nd Trimester
- 1st Grade ELA Unit 5: Nonfiction
- 2nd Grade ELA Unit 6: Figurative Lang Post Assessment
- 3rd Grade ELA Unit 5: Theme Post Assessment
- 4th Grade at Marbles Museum
- Kindergarten Planning 8-9
- 1st Grade Planning 10-11
- Chameleon Viewing Hours 12:30-2:30
- Details to follow
🦎👏 Chameleon Claps 🦎👏
From Ms. Akers:
One discrepancy or less... Thank you!
Person
Brown
Caudle
Campagna
Williams
DeNoble
Weir
Marshall
Acosta
McLaughlin
Scriven
Hughes
Clough
Motsinger
From Ms. Hill
Thank you to everyone who went out of their way to be kind to me during this difficult time. I really appreciate working with such a caring group of people.
Thank you to Ms. Majka and Ms. Ward for hosting visitors for last week's Chameleon Viewing Hours.
Thank you to Mr. Thomas and all staff that made our Read Across America event wonderful. I saw the pictures and was so proud.
Last Call....
If you wanted to participate in February Missions, please complete by end of day on March 4th.
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