Team Leader Meeting 3/11/16
1. Tedx Talk "Teach Students to Fail": Awesome motivational speech by Keith Peters, principal of Gator Run Elem.
2. Budget Process/Tentative Placements: Mrs. Winder - Process is underway. Mrs. Winder has been reviewing our "Intentions" and before May 1 you should know what your placement for the next school year will be.
3. Quarterly Bulk Pick Up: Next Thursday/Friday - Put out anything you would like to get rid of on Thursday by noon.
4. Classroom Orders: Mrs. Winder - We each will get $200, including shipping, to spend on materials. Choose what you would like and submit the order to Iris. You can order from Barnes and Noble (get a quote), Lakeshore, ACE, BookSource, School Specialty, etc., and of the approved BCPS vendors. DUE APRIL 1ST!!
What subscriptions do we want? Scholastic News, National Geographic, Studies Weekly, etc. We will discuss at our next team meeting.
5. Customer Survey: Mrs. Winder - Student survey is bookmarked on the Lenovos. Teachers, please make sure that you complete the teacher survey, and that your class completes the student survey.
6. PBL Update: 3rd Quarter Projects - I said that we have pushed it to fourth quarter, and that was not a problem. We are not the only team that made that decision.
7. Science Lab: Discussion about how it is running.
8. Theme For 2016-2017: Mrs. Winder would like to have 2-3 teachers per grade level to come in during the summer to map out new theme and PBL. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided, and there is a stipend offered.
9. Vocabulary Parade: Grade level sits together ( we will be to the right and left of our building.) Team Leader's class goes first, and then the rest of the team follows. !) Grade below will sit where grade above was sitting. Example: Fourth grade will sit where fifth was once fifth gets up.
10. Media Updates: Dione Mila - Barnes and Noble Night, Wed., 3/16, 6:00-8:00.
SSYRA Book Battle - First round will be April 29. Students need to have read 12 of the 15 SSYRA books and taken and passed AR quizzes. Dione will close for selection on April 15th. She will run reports at 2:00 on that day.
Next teacher book club will be on April 20th. The book is Counting by Sevens.
Next 5th Grade book club is April 15th.
Reading Across Broward is returning! Dione will be handing out the forms in April, and it will run through the next school year.
Last day for book checkout is May 19th.
11. Reading: Marc Horowitz - If you have a student who is on PMP, look at the 3rd quarter criteria, and decide if anyone has met criteria. Let Marc know. Likewise, if you do not have a student who is on PMP, but is not meeting criteria, they may need to be put on one. Only students added to PMP will receive letters for 3rd quarter.
FAIR #3 will be done after FSA. Marc will email the list of students who need to take it. Alternative assessments for promotion - Everyone will take the end of year math and reading tests. Marc will give a spreadsheet with ever child's name on it.
**Any promotion concerns need to be documented on the 3rd quarter report card!!
Every ESOL student should have an ESOL dictionary. If there are any ESOL student that does not have one, please let Marc know immediately.
12. Schoolwide Behavior Plan 2016-2017 - Mrs. Browne - Final review of draft. Each of you will receive a copy. Please look it over and make any suggestions that you have. I will collect them from you at our next team meeting.
13. Lesson Plan Checks: Mrs. Browne - Please refer to CAB for date. I think ours are due April 5th.
14. Guidance Updates: Ms. Thomas - Reminded us to review upcoming FSA dates.
We will be doing a Paper-Based Test Item Practice for Math & Reading.
Questions/Concerns:
Pre-K
K - Concern about Fundations. It's getting very difficult for the students.
1 - Need addiotional non-fiction reading materials.
2 - Need headphones/earbuds to connect with iPads. They are missing special a lot. Don't like getting coupons. Would prefer a change of special. Air in rm. 506 is too cold.
3 - Need more paper. Some teachers did not get coupons for missed specials. With criteria for promotion, why do we continue to do Rigby?
4 - Would like projectors to be mounted to the ceiling.
5 - Can we get shade put back on the patio adjacent to the teacher's lounge? Mrs. Winder said she will work on it.
Meeting over at 11:40!!