Week May 23-27

 What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

- Joseph Addison


Monday Subject based meetings to focus on 1.Course Descripion template Course Descriptor Template

2. Lesson agenda's for each class for the remainder of the year

3. Macro tests. Signed by Mr. Patrick by May 27


Some reminders,

  • The exam schedule is on the whiteboard in the teacher's room. Please keep  updated
  • Please be in class before class begins, and remain in class even if students are late, eventually, they come looking for class and you must be there
  • Have an agenda for each day: On MIS, messaged home on whats app to the kids and parents, printed and posted in the room, handed out hard copy.
  • Weekly MIS Comments for Leader in Me Proactive, Daily comments when needed for behavior.
Note, if you come and talk to me about a student's behavior, please be sure you follow through by having them fill out the form, and recording it in the notes of MIS and messaging home.


 Below you will find:

  1. Upcoming dates
  2. Monday meetings
  3. Macro tests 2022 Guidelines
  4. Use of MIS
  5. MIS Weekly comments for Leader in Me Proactive
  6. Course descriptions
  7. Assessment Cover Page and documents


Upcoming dates


    • May 27 Course descriptions due (See Below)
    • May 27 Macro tests signed by Mr. Patrick (See Assessment section below)
    • May 30 Monday Holiday, Republic day
    • 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
    • June 17 last day of classes
    • June 26 Prom
    • June 27 Monday Holiday Armed Forces day
    • June 30  Thursday Last day of work for teachers

As of May 16 Monday, 22 School days until June 15

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

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- 4:10 Grade 8 Room

Monday May 16

Grade Level.

  •  Exams Scheduling,
  • checkpoints information returned to students. 
  • MIS Comments,Leader in me Proactive and comments on MIS. 
  • All teachers be in class on time
  • Grade 9-11 still have micros and macros and are expected to be in school and will get 0 if they miss them

Monday May 23

Subject Dept. Course Descriptions Leader in me MIS comments

Monday June 6

Individual. Grading and Grades. Leader in Me MIS Comments

 

 

Monday Meeting

 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 (           


Person in Charge Emil 

ICT


 

Natural Sciences Grade 10 room

Biology


Agjha 

Chemistry


 

Physics


 

Humanities Grade 9 room

History of Azerbaycan


James 

Econ


 

Business


 

World History


 

Geography


 

Global Perspectives


 

Social Studies


 

Art-Music

English and Lit Grade8 room 

Priary Grade 5

Natavan

 


The agenda is to :
Share one example of what you are doing for leader in me
Review course descriptors examples for next year.
Be sure lesson agendas are complete

Macro Tests 2022 Semester II

2021-2022 School Year – English Stream

Grades

Micro (KSQ)

Macro (BSQ)

Formative assessment

1E

No Micro

No Macro

Formative only

2E

Micro

No Macro

Formative

3E

Micro

No Macro

Formative

4E

Micro

No Macro

Formative

5E

Micro

Macro, all subjects

Formative

6E

Micro

Macro: Eng, Math Azeri, Azeri History. German or Russian*

Formative

7E

Micro

Macro: Eng, Math Azeri, Azeri History. German or Russian*

Formative

8E

Micro

Macro: Eng, Math Azeri, Azeri History. German or Russian*

Formative

9E

Micro

Macro. All Subjects

Formative

10E

Micro

Macro. IGCSE

Formative

11E

Micro

Macro. All Subjects

Formative

FAQ:

1.       How many times may I have students write a Micro (KSQ) test?

During the Term, Micro tests (KSQ) can be conducted 3-6 times. The recommended scheme is as follows:

-          If the subject is one hour a week, Micro Test is organized 3 times during the 2nd Term.

-          If the subject is two hours a week, Micro Test is organized 3 times during the 2nd Term.

-          If the subject is three hours a week, Micro Test is organized 3 times during the 2nd Term.

-          If the subject is four hours a week, Micro Test can be organized 3 or 4 times during the 2nd Term.

-          If the subject is five hours a week or more, Micro Test can be organized 5 or 6 times during the 2nd Term.

 

2.       When does the Micro (KSQ) test start?

-          The first micro test starts not earlier than the fourth week and not later than the sixth week of the Second Term of the school year.

 

3.       When does the Macro Test (BSQ) start?

Second Term Macro exams (BSQ) are conducted between May 31- June 10 according to the School’s 2021-2021 Academic Calendar.

 

June 13 Monday Make Up

 

Use of MIS

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









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