Week of April 11-15

 

Gasimova, Mahira. Leader in Me. XXI Century International School, Baku, 2022.

Thank you Mahira!

Welcome Back to the week of April 11-15. We are starting to prepare for the end of the year and next year. In this post, you will see

NEW

• MIS Comment for Leader in me Posted April 13
• Checkpoint exam schedule Posted April 13
• Mock Schedule Posted April 13

MIS Comment Leader In Me

Weekly comments for MIS

 

To support Leader in me and the Habit of Proactive, use the comment bank below for weekly comments for each student. Additional comments may be added according to the teacher’s judgement. This can include additional details about the above comments, or comments about other aspects of class.

 

A.      Copy and Paste the comment below and fill in the student’s name over the XXXXXX

XXXXXXX Demonstrates the Proactive characteristics of ‘Leader in Me’ in the following way

B.      Comments for being prepared with Materials select 1

Is regularly prepared for class with Pen, copy book and text book

Not regularly prepared with Pen, Copy Book and Text Book. It is important to take steps to improve in this area. Being prepared is a pre-requisite to academic success.

C.      Comments for being on time, select 1

Is on time and in seat at the start of class.

Needs to be on time and in the seat at the start of class. It is important to take steps to improve in this area. Being on time and ready is a prerequisite to academic success.

Check Point and Mocks

Checkpoint Schedule for grades 5 and 8. Checkpoints are not included in the grade, they are used as mock exams to help students prepare for the Final Macro Exams in grade 8.

MOCK EXAMS	English			Math		Science
Primary Checkpoint	Paper 1	Paper 2	Paper 3	Paper 1	Paper 2	Paper 1	Paper 2
	40 min	40 min	25 min	45 min	45 min	45 min	45 min
	4/18/2022			4/20/2022		4/22/2022
	10:10	11:00	12:00	10:55	12:00	10:10	11:10
Secondary 1 Checkpoint	Paper 1	Paper 2	Paper 3	Paper 1	Paper 2	Paper 1	Paper 2
	50 min	50 min	45 min	60 min	60 min	45 min	45 min
	4/18/2022			4/19/2022		4/21/2022
	10:10	11:10	12:10	10:55	12:00	11:30	12:20

Mock Exams grade 10-11

Please consider your timetabled classes for Mock Exams between 14 - 22 April, 2022.

 

You may use any available past papers (preferably the latest ones) for Mocks. Please make sure you provide each student with the feedback on this trial.

 

Based on the overal progress during the course (Micro and Macro summative assessment results, student portfolio, individual classes, Mock Exam, etc.), please provide a forecast grade for each student taking your course by 27 April, 2022. The forecast grade will be uploaded into the Cambridge system.

 

Please see below to find more about forecast grade:

 

What is a Forecast Grade?

A forecast grade is the grade a teacher expects a student to achieve for the syllabus. It must be a realistic prediction of what the student is expected to achieve in the examination. It is not intended to be the teacher's assessment of the quality of the student's work during the course, or of the effort that the student has made. In the case of an assessment that the student has already partly completed (e.g. a Cambridge International A Level subject in which the student has already achieved a contributory Cambridge International AS Level result), the forecast grade should relate to the overall qualification including the part already assessed.

Why should I submit Forecast Grades?

We use forecast grade information:

• for the purpose of grading, as a check by comparing actual grades with Forecast Grades
• in instances where a student's script may have been lost in the post
• in cases of special consideration.

Schools are advised that it could disadvantage students if forecast grade information is not supplied when the information is available.

 

Please use the link provided below to upload your forecast grades:

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zmWbvHKmwRvQgD5UInRhvBFZlQqPH0y9X42UdFjLGmE/edit?usp=sharing

1. Meeting Schedule rotation for the year
2. New Schedule this week    
3. Monday Meeting for Grade levels
4. Some important Documents Assessment documents

1. Monday Meeting Schedule

Monday March 28	Staff (Introduce new meeting rotation)
Monday April 4 Grade	Grade Level Elm/Mid/HS (What are we doing for leader in me? Book orders, intentions, emergency lessons)
Monday April 11	Subject Dept (Leader in me discuss, Review sample course description, Final review of book orders)
Monday April 18	Individual (Work on course description introduced last week)
Monday April 25	Staff
Monday May1 6	Grade Level
Monday May 23	Subject Dept
Monday June 6	Individual

2. New Schedule

Last week we had a new schedule to make room for change in staff. A few corrections have been made. Please see the new schedule that has been shared "April 11 Class B"  and "April 11 Teacher B" This is the correct updated one. I don't plan on any other changes this year.

Just a reminder, This is what the master schedule looks like.

3. Meeting this week

This Monday we will have department/ Subject based meeting. Primary will meet as a group.  Secondary has 4 main subject groups. The groups and meeting places are as follows

Mathematics and Digital Skills  Grade11 room
Mathematics (
ICT
Natural Sciences Grade 10 room
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Humanities Grade 9 room
History of Azerbaycan
Econ
Business
World History
Geography
Global Perspectives
Social Studies
Art-Music
English and Lit Grade8 room

The agenda is to :

Share one example of what you are doing for leader in me

Review course descriptors examples for next year.

review book orders

Reminder, The Leader in Me and Course Descriptors fulfill the Professional Growth Plan we talked about earlier, we are looping back to that.

4. Teaching and Learning

 

Assessment. Please see the following documents as guidelines for assessment.

 

1.       Cover page to use on assessments

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nSkYIuGojT7i4FcyQbCO_KygEJWCYBPW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117811730132981662536&rtpof=true&sd=true

 

2.       Guidelines for grading scale on assessments https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PuCo67_ImJHpmj8_Qz0iDkHTmVRiOb6F/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117811730132981662536&rtpof=true&sd=true

3.       Example of a test

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wp9pNRiJr1QePkkaVoPN9eAxAp2FzYMe/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117811730132981662536&rtpof=true&sd=true