Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year! Each weekend I will post on my blog about what to expect the upcoming week and also anything that will help guide discussions in PLC and Faculty Summits. If you have any suggestions on what I should discuss or cover please feel free to reach out and share. I started this blog a few years back so if you want to learn more about me feel free to look at previous posts. I enjoyed getting to know each of you more last week and I am looking forward to watching awesomeness take place this year!
Week of August 29-September 2, 2016
Our school utilizes strategies and procedures from the Teach Like A Champion book written by Doug Lemov.
"Teach Like a Champion (TLaC) offers effective teaching techniques to help teachers, especially those in their first few years, become champions in the classroom. These powerful techniques are concrete, specific, and are easy to put into action the very next day. Training activities at the end of each chapter help the reader further their understanding through reflection and application of the ideas to their own practice."
Last year, TCEA focused on the following strategies:
SLANT
Show Call/ Cold Call
Thresholding
Do Now
Entry Routine
Tracking
No Opt Out
Over the next 3 weeks we will focus on these strategies in our PLCs. You will need to start the first day of school off with Thresholding and you can introduce these: SLANT , Entry Routine, Tracking, and Do Now during the week. Below are short descriptions of each. You should have a TLaC book in your room. If you can not locate it please see me for a copy. You don't have to have these perfect but just be aware and try to implement. Please take a few minutes to read up on these and personalize for your room. Videos are located in these descriptions to make sense of things.
Thresholding: http://teachinglikechampions.weebly.com/threshold.html
Entry Routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw6m3-fnahw
Do Now: https://youtu.be/PEz07gZ6zPk
What's Happening This Week?
Monday, August 29
- Teacher Workday
- Procedure Mtg at 9 AM
- All Blood-borne Pathogen and First Aid Assessments Due to Hill
- PBIS Refresher at 11AM
Tuesday, August 30
- Pay Day!!
- First day of School!!!
- Quick Debriefing Mtg at 3:30 in Cafe
Wednesday, August 31
- School Leader Mtg in PLC Room 3:30-4:15
Thursday, September 1
- Emma M Nutt Day (nothing out of the ordinary happening so found an event to share)
Friday, September 2
- Spirit Day for students and staff (please see handbook for dress details and remind parents and students of expectations on Thursday)
Things to remember this week...
- Stay Flexible
- Teamwork makes the dream work!
- Procedures! Procedures! Procedures!
- Enjoy these moments!!!
- Communicate
- I appreciate each and every one of you!
