December Staff Meeting

December Staff Meeting

December 10th, 2013

7:30 am

Professional Development:

• Moodle Demo
• What other resources are you using for your classroom for LMS?
• E-mail the resources to Jen Gallagher
• Educator Effectiveness Information
• The process will be every three years for the "Grand Daddy"
• Walk-through every year and touching base on the SLO.
• We're trying to get every teacher's room this year one time for a formal evaluation.

Announcements:

1. 1st Semester Grades

• 6 Week is Friday, December 20th/In-completes are considered  a "F". Students can become in-eligible for co-curricular activities.
• End of Semester is on Friday, January 24th/Grades due at 5:00.

2.  HS Music Concert is on Monday, December 16th at 7:30.

3.  Classes resume on Thursday, January 2nd.  (Everybody will be re-energized!!)

4.  Remember to get sign-up on Reminder 101 for staff delays or cancellations.

5.  Scheduling:  Jennifer and I have been speaking with individual departments and staff members for next year.  The scheduling is moving forward with a draft completed by Jennifer.

6.  New AD Secretary:  Tori will be starting today, Tuesday, December 9th.

• Tori Ritchie is in the Athletic Director's office from 7:30-1:15.
• Abby Schmitz is moving to guidance.  Her hours will stay the same in the afternoon and will be stationed at the front desk.
• Stacy Hendrixs will be moving to the superintendent's office at the end of December.
• Bridget Wright and her family will be moving to the Coulee area due to her husband's new job.

If we don't get a chance in the next two weeks, Jennifer and I hope you have a Great Holiday Season with your family.  Enjoy the time away and with family!!  Happy Holidays!!

November Staff Meeting

November Staff Meeting

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

7:30 AM

1. Bring your Cell Phones!!  Remind 101- Emergency Contact List
2. November is testing month!!  Any questions concerning the WKCE Testing Lay-out?  We do appreciate your working with class schedules and interuptions.
• Mrs Jennifer Gallagher did send-out the schedule.
• Reminder, seniors will not need to be in until 9:15 on Tuesday and 10:00 on other WKCE Testing days.
3. Recycle Bins:  Your recycle bin will be gone after Tuesday to help with book pick-up at Wylausing Academy.  We do own many school materials at Wylausing Academy that will need to be stored in our school district.
4. Three Week Progress Reports due on Friday, November 22nd at 5:00
5. Incompletes are due on Friday, November 15th, 2013
6. High School Musical:  Last week to see our high school students perform GodSpell.  Hope to see you at the event!!
7. P/T Conference:  NO P/T Conference in the month of December.  Please communicate with parents on any failures"

"Appreciate the Energy Givers"  Keep-up the great work!

October Staff Meeting

October Staff Meeting

October 8th, 2013

7:30 AM

1. After Hours
• The students can receive partial credit for students completing work in "After Hours".
2. Educator Effectiveness
• Administrators will be completing the 30 hours of video requirement in October.  There is a 2-hour test for administration before we can start the pilot group with teacher evaluations.
• Heather did discuss a "Reading Club" on Danielson.  Anything finalized?
3. Club Meetings
• Before School:  7:30
• After School:  3:45
• After Lunch
• What do we do with the other students not in clubs?
• Staff willing to help with substituting for staff during club meetings?
• If this is the path, what clubs will need to meet once a month?  FFA,
4. Start of Classes
• Please help us out with the start of classes.
5. Mandatory Trainings:  Safe School Website
• You will need to follow Bridget Wright's e-mail on the training.  Once completed you must print a hard copy and send this completion certificate to Bridget Wright in the District office.
6. WKCE Test Dates:  November 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th
7. October P/T Conference
• We will go back to Wednesday night.  It was an error reported in our district calendar.
8. Other Information

Important Future Dates:

Tuesday, October 8th/10th College Fair w/ Guidance Department

Friday, October 11th, 6-Week Progress Report:  Students may become ineligible.
Wednesday, October 16th PSAT Testing

Saturday, October 19th ACT Test Date

Friday, November 1st Work Day/End of Quarter

Monday, November 11th Veteran's Day Program

September Staff Meeting

September Staff Meeting

Tuesday, September 10th

7:30 am

1.  Super Star Moments:

• 1st week of school
• Dialogue of Pre-service:  What well?  What didn't go well?

2.  Common Planning Meeting Times:

• STEM Meeting Times:  Wednesday,  September 16th @ 3:00 in room 103.
• Humanities Meeting Times:  Wednesday, September 16th @11:15-12:00 in room 103.
• We will discuss the expectations of the PLC. in our initial meeting on Wednesday, September 16th.

3.  HSAC Meeting

• Wednesday, September 16th @ 4:00 in room 218.

Housekeeping Business:

• 2013 ACT Scores and results
• Scheduling for 2014-15 school year
• Itinerary for Homecoming this week
• Losing 8th, 9th, and 10th hour
• We're trying to find a solution to the loss class time.
• School Schedule
• Twitter Accounts:  Please complete the information and place in the Google Document.
• Emergency Cell Contact Numbers:  Please complete the information and place in the Google Document

4.  Excited about the great start to school.  Keep being Superstars!!

Staff Meeting

Freshman Orientation

May Staff Meeting

May Staff Meeting

Wednesday, May 14th, 2013

1.  High School Testing Dates

• Act Aspire Make-up:  Monday, May 20th, 2013 from 8:00-12:00
• Act Scaling Study:  Freshman/Sophomores 11:45-12:15
• AP Alternate Testing:  May 29-31st
• Senior Finals:
• Periods 1-4 Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
• Periods 5-8  Monday, May 20th, 2013
• Senior Picnic:  Tuesday, May 21st @ St. Feriole Island

2.  Important Dates:

• Graduation Practice:  Wednesday, May 22nd @ 8:45
• Class Night:  Wednesday, May 22nd @ 7:30
• Senior Grades due Tuesday, May 21st @ 5:00.  Please send e-mail to Andy on any senior failures.
• Graduation:  Sunday, May 26th @ 2:00
• 2nd Semester Finals:  Thursday, June 6th and Friday, June 7th Semester Final Schedule
• Periods 1-4 on Thursday, June 6th
• Periods 5-8 on Friday, June 7th
• Staff Check-out, Monday, June 10th
• Professional  Learning Days:  June 11th-13th
• More information to follow
• District Staff End of Year Gathering:  Please review Laura Stuckey's Google Form

3.  Congratulations Staff

• US News Silver Award:  Second Year in a row. Rated # 30 in the State of Wisconsin.
• All the hard work with AP Testing, Act Aspire Testing, and Smarter Balance Testing.
• Educator Effectiveness:  Heather DeBruin, 

Staff Exercise:

" A teacher is......."

" A student is......."

As we are wrapping up the school year, please make time to connect and leave a lasting positive impression.

Pre-Service

April 9, 2013

Staff Meeting 

Today's Meet/HSAC - Great Discussions - we will look to try to continue more of a discussion format in all of our meetings.  Thank you to all who contributed!  Google Calendar - Rschool for meetings.  

• School will end June 7th with students.  Thank you to all the staff that attended Wednesday nights meeting.  Your input was very valuable.  
• June 10th will be a teacher workday/check-out.  June 11th - 13th will be Professional Development.
• Items to be included June 11th - 13th:
• Infinite Campus
• Technology Tools 
• Common Core
• RtI - Team Building
• more to come....:)

All This Fabulous Testing LOL :) - Smarter Balance - Staff Meeting  - Today for proctors at 4:00pm.  

Testing reminder - April 16th 11th grade, April 17th 11th grade, April 18th 10th grade.  All computers will be used.(wireless too)  Testing will take place from 8:00am - 10:30am.  Test run on the 10th of April.

Make-up for Smarter Balance - April 22nd.  

ACT/Aspire - April 23rd.  Aspire/ACT Staff Info - Test Make-up for May 7th for ACT

• Attendance
• Floaters
• Computer Testing
• Change of Lunch
• Classes will begin prior to Aspire finishing
• Scaling Study (160 minutes) TBD
• Seniors will not be in school until noon  - Can I meet with them during Reality Check?

AP - April 29th - Meeting with kids 11:45am - please refer to email on test dates.  

March Staff Meeting

March Staff Meeting 

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 

7:30 AM 

 1. Infinite Campus

•  We will be looking to set-up the dates/times to move into Infinite Campus in 2013-14 school year.
•  Reasons for the change: RTI, Business Management Software, and required by the State of Wisconsin. 

 2. End of Term 3

• Friday, March 29th is the End of Term 3.
• Term 3 Mid-Term/Finals:  
• Wednesday, March 27th, Periods 1-4
• Thursday, March 28th, Periods 5-9
• Grade due at 5:00 on Friday, March 29th

3.  School Board Meeting

Summary:

• Shift in the administrative roles for 2013-14 school year.
• Board Policy 976 Student Travel " There will be no cost incurred by the District for such trips or tours beyond the of hiring qualified substitute teachers."  (International Club and 8th Grade Trips)
• Football Field:  "Naming of Paul Bebow Field"
• Middle School Math Program:  Math Connections for 2013-14 School Year
• March 27th, 2013 will be discussion of the future snow day policy.  The discussion of this years snow days.  The school board meeting will be televised.
• NAEP Report/WKCE Testing:  Reading and Math above the State Avg. (Great Work)

4.  SWC Math Contest

• Wednesday, March 13th, 2:30-5:00
• The contest will start at 2:45.
• E-mail will follow this morning on the moving of rooms, gymnasium, cafeteria, and staff helping with supervision of classroom for 8th and 9th hour.  Our math staff will be proctoring the exams.  Please take your time to read the e-mail.

4.  2013-14 Master Scheduling- Jennifer Gallagher

5.  Movies in the Classrooms

• Remember our discussion of showing the full movie during multiple class period(s).  If the need, the movie showing will need to have permission from the administration.  Thanks to all the staff using the smart board for lecturing during planned PTO days.

Important Dates:
Tuesday, March 12th    HS Band Concert @ 7:30
Saturday, March 23rd   District Forensics
Saturday, March 23rd   Blackhawk Blast @ Huckleberry's
Thursday, April 11th     Reality Check

Testing  Date Information:

•  Smarter Balance Testing: April 16th-18th
•  April 16th, 11th Grade 8:00-10:00 
•  April 17th, 11th Grade 8:00- 9:30 
•  April 18th, 10th Grade 8:00-10:30 
•  Use of the computer lab, 218, and room 103 will be used during the testing time.
• Students will be using computers and wireless computer labs to complete the Smarter Balance Testing. The computers or wireless computers will not be available during testing time.
• ACT Inspire Testing  
• Tuesday, April 23rd Juniors will be testing from 8:00-12:30 
• Freshman and sophomores will be testing the ACT Inspire.
• Staff will be proctoring testing for all three grade levels. 
• Testing schedule will be out by Friday, March 22nd

6.  Other Information

Teacher's love of life and physics inspires moving short film

Teacher's love of life and physics inspires moving short film Please take ten minutes to see this powerful video clip. Remember, the most influential people for children is you as a teacher. The "Power of Love" can really make a difference in a student's life. Keep connecting with students and being a valuable resource in life.

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Staff Meeting 2/12

Freshman Registration Information

SLATE Conference

On December 3-5th, Prairie du Chien Administration had the opportunity to attend the SLATE conference in Wisconsin Dells.  The administrative team received an award for their technology work in the Prairie du Chien School district through the Amplified Administrator program.

While attending the conference, the team was viewing exhibits and listening to great speakers.  The speakers focus was an engaging classroom with technology as a focus.

One of the sessions entitled, Tearing Down Walls demonstrated a classroom in the Franklin School District that placed 90 students in a math class.  Within the large classroom, each student had a laptop and would correspond with one of the four teachers in the room via email on questions and concerns.  The teachers would break the students into groups to work on the specific topics that the students needed further assistance with.  The teachers all work within the same classroom space and share office space.  Teachers are given time to team plan and collaborate with one another on students needs and curriculum adaptations.

This session was particularly compelling as too often in education we are isolated from other educators.  We are placed in a classroom with a group of students to fend for ourselves with very little time to work with other educators do to the demands of scheduling, budgets, and course offerings.  There is a compelling need to feel as though we need to be all knowing in the classroom and we begin to fear collaboration for it may expose a weakness to the students we lead or another teacher working in the same content area.  There is a drive for competition, yet we do not know who or what we are competing against.  Is it student and community acceptance, popularity, grades, or higher test scores.

The Franklin Model demonstrates a creative way in which students and teachers can collaborate and work together to service students based on academic questions and needs.  As we look to the future of Prairie du Chien we look to find ways to create similar collaboration opportunities at our high school.  Opportunities for staff to share, discuss and work together to produce the best student outcomes possible.  We will be looking to achieve this with our common planning opportunities and stem/humanities extensions next school year.

Below is a list of links to the keynote speakers we will be discussing in future staff meetings:

Julie Mathiesen - Customized Learning

Rushton Hurley - Resources

January High School Staff Meeting

January 15th, 2012 Staff Meeting

Room 218

7:30 AM

1. NAEP Testing:  Wednesday, January 30th from 9:00-10:30 AM

• LeAnn Bollum, Gary Nettesheim, Jennifer Gallagher, and Jane Yeomans will help with proctoring.
• We will be using rooms:  218, 220, 103, 138(POE). The NAEP Testing will be for seniors only.

2. Smarter Balance Testing:  April 17th and 24th.  There will be more details to follow.

3. Our 1st semester finals will be on Wednesday, January 23rd and Thursday, January 24th.  The format will be consistent with what has been completed in the past.

4.  Friday, January 25th @ 5:00pm 1st semester grades will be due.

5.  Educator Effectiveness Model

• School/Student Learning Objectives(SLO)
• They are looking at mandating in 2014-2015.
•  Prairie du Chien is in a pilot group for 2013-14 school year.
•  Data Driven, Charlotte Danielson Model for teacher evaluation, common assessments, and district assessments.
•  We are looking for staff to be involved in the pilot group.

6.  RtI:  Response to Intervention

•  Friday, January 18th:  Prairie du Chien School District will be making a  RtI trip to       Galesburg, IL.  Kayla Mezera, Heather DeBruin, and Jane Yeomans-Wonderling will be     representing the high school.
•  Discussion of the 2013-14 RtI Plan.

7.  HSAC Quick Review

•        Administrative Roles

Positive Affirmation: The Power of People

Have a great week and remember you're the inspiration to many students, parents, and families.