“Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
This week, Working hours for teachers
9:00am - 2:00 pm
On this post you will find agendas for each day of the week, starting with the current day.
Thursday
Tomorrow we will not have a meeting in the morning. There will be a 12:00 Pedagogical Council meeting in the theater.
Meeting 9:15
What is one thing you have done with the course description since yesterday? discuss
Primary Home room. Work on ONLY Eng and Math, do not worry about the classroom overall, that will be later.
Home room teachers, continue preparing for the Pedagogical Council meeting
All Others Continue working on Course descriptions, view other people's work on the folder- DO NOT CHANGE OTHERS WORK!!!
DEADLINE By the end of this week, you should have a Draft/Template in the folders for each of the classes and grade levels you taught. You can continue working on them in the shared folder next week, when you return in Sept you will have a draft it in place and ready to finalize.
Tomorrow we will not have a meeting in the morning. There will be a 12:00 Pedagogical Council meeting in the theater.
( A list of the main topics/units/chapters for the year. You can include chapter headings, do not include EVERY sub section of the chapter, there should probably be between 5-10 topics in a year depending on the course)
Assessment
(Key assessment information)
Resources
Text books, web pages, link to Cambridge Web support or syllabus if appropriate
Instructions.
Update your Course description so it matches the template
Upload the WORD Version to the shared Teams Folder
Future changes will be made- HW Policy etc so keep it in word form
Pacing of Topics
Grade 6, Pace your topics so Students make it to December of Grade 7 by the end of Grade 6
Grade 7, Pace same as this year
Grade 8, Pace same as this year
Grade 9, Pace topics so they are completed by the end of Grade 9 so students can take the IGCSE in Grade 9
Grade 10 IGCSE
Grade 11 All A level (If you taught AS this year be sure there is an A level also, some courses will be new like Bio)
Tuesday
Working hours 9:00 am -2:00 pm
I accidentally started a music theme this week, so here is Tuesday Afternoon
2'fer Tuesday. We will have a second meeting at 12:00 Tues afternoon, following the 9:15 meeting
9:15 meeting in grade 8 room.
HR teachers Pair up with another non-hr "Buddy", preferably one good at English
HR teachers, review Your MIS Comments for each student with your buddy
Make any updates necessary
You have until 12:00 to make any updates
This is a chance to work with each other to help each other and provide the best feedback we can for our students.
1) Try to phrase comments in a positive light.....
Instead of saying
Say this
Failing at….
Can improve at
Lazy…….
her engagement can be improved
Behaves badly
Is not good at
Can improve his interaction with the class
Has room to grow
Student's weaknesses are not areas of failure, they are opportunities for growth and improvement
2) Check Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation, and Usage.
12:00 Meeting in grade 8 room
Microsoft Teams Folders for shared documents
Shared folders for Course descriptions sorted by grade level
Grade 6 ,7, 8, and 9 syllabus pacing for next year
Shared document for Book Orders, what are the books used this year?
Week of Sept 13-17 Monday No Meeting Today Staff Meeting Today. Teachers organize Parent Back to School meeting. Organize Classes and Lessons Schedules released to teachers today Tues Teachers organize Parent Back to School meeting. Organize Classes and Lessons Weds 8:30-9:00 students can take pictures outside by the school banner that will be set up 9:00 HR teachers lead students to class 9:00 Subject teachers will share a common set of information, such as cafeteria information, code of behavior, Student Profiles, etc. to the students in the first 10 minutes. This information will be shared with teachers by Tuesday. Grade 1 will go into class at 8:30 and to the 6 th floor meeting room at 9:50 for a 10:00 grade 1 get together I will be walking through classes for short visits all day Thursday Full day of teaching! I will be...
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Updates Have Been Made Monday at 4:00 PM Please Read Carefully Links to the zoom meetings will be sent by whats app Welcome back to our PD Week! Below is an agenda for the week. Please note that Links will be added to the agenda below to online events as the week goes on. There may be other events in other divisions, so those who work across divisions keep your eyes open for messages from others. Leader in Me Discussions Highschool: online, Asynchronous. Link https://docs.google.com/document/d/1POrFrCvMbcq9DIPECU4-7H-O_sgaq--ObTepphOUvcs/edit?usp=sharing Middles School Primary: In persons at 12:15 on Monday Link to Leader in Me Modules https://www.leaderinme.com/on-demand-workshops/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people-902d55a4-3198-439e-9db7-b4599dbbc7cb Hourly Teachers are not required to attend. You may attend meetings you are interested in. Part-Time Teachers are required to be involved until 2:3 . the canteen of our center will o...
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