May 31- June 3

 Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions.

 Below you will find:

1. Upcoming dates
2. International children's day June 1
3. Leader in me Survey
4. Use of MIS
5. MIS Weekly comments for Leader in Me Proactive
6. Course descriptions
7. Assessment Cover Page and documents

Upcoming dates

• Macro Tests May 31-June 10. June 13 Last day to make up exams
• June 1 Children's day. International dress day, activities from 3-4 pm
• June 4 Saturday, workday for Primary teachers and subject specialist teachers of primary students in lieu of Friday, May 6 day off
• Final Grades due by teachers on MIS Tues June 14 (See MIS Section Below)
• June 14 Graduation. Last day of regular classes
• June 17 last day students can come in
• June 20, workday for Primary teachers and subject specialist teachers of primary students in lieu of Friday, May 6 day off
• June 26 Prom
• June 27 Monday Holiday Armed Forces day
• June 30  Thursday Last day of work for teachers

International Children's Day Weds

Instructions for teachers

• Everyone reports to Period 8 Class
• At 2:00 the Period 8 teacher escorts class down to the Playground
• teachers stay to supervise, and Homeroom and TA.
• Report back to class period 9

This Weds June 1 we will celebrate international children's day from 2-3 o'clock outside. The students may wear national dress during the day. If they are not in national dress they should be in uniform

Homeroom teachers, please contact parents to let them know about dress day

Leader in Me Period 3 Survey

We will be conducting a survey this week for leader in me. More information coming

Teachers please fill this out by Friday https://www.leaderinme.com/s/xxi-century-international-school/staff 

Secondary Student Survey Link (Not for Primary)

https://www.leaderinme.com/s/xxi-century-international-school/student

This will be shared to students Weds June 1 Period 3 at the start of class in the Secondary School. Grade managers will give students their phone back to do this, then collect it

Comments

Daily

Under formative

·         Thematic Tab:

1.       Write Class topic and objective

2.       And Associated Textbook page numbers if appropriate

3.       Fill in attendance   

4.       Note Tab: Fill this in if a student is being disruptive in class. Only fill this in Daily if the student is being disruptive or exhibiting other problems the parents need to know about, or if the student deserves a positive comment. Otherwise, it is filled in weekly, see below

·     Homework Tab

1.       Fill in the Homework

Weekly- Added before end of day Friday

Under Formative.

·         Note Tab- to the right of the Thematic tab

1.       Selection from comment bank for proactive for each student. Copy and paste comment

2.       Any other information that needs to be added: academic, homework or class work, or affective behavior

 

Micro Test

·         3-8 times a semester depending on classes

·         Grade Should be posted within 3 business days of test

Macro Test

·         1 per semester

Plans for MIS Use in the 2022-23 School year

Communications

·         Posting Text Book PDF at the start of the year. Middle school students will not be assigned textbooks

·         Posting Course Descriptor

·         Assigning HW

·         Collecting HW- the ability to have students submit work to MIS

Leader in Me

Weekly comments for MIS

We will continue discussing Leader in me Proactive and how to implement it into each of our classes every day at each of the upcoming Monday Meetings

 

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 judgment. This can include additional details about the above comments, or comments about other aspects of the 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 consistnetly prepared for class with Pen, copy book and text book 

Is often 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 consistently

Is often 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.

Course Descriptors. Due May 27

This will be used as a hand out at the start of the year for students and parents. It will be posted on MIS 

Please be sure the paragraph of the course description, Main topics or units, and resources sections are complete by May 27

Course Descriptor Template

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EYcGbak8fSFmUh3lKS29xLOJadahvYwl/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117811730132981662536&rtpof=true&sd=true 

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