9/29/17- Bye Bye September!

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Here we go- well into into the work with our students as we enter October!  Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING!!

Here are some pictures I would like to share from the Grade 6-12 Learning Walk this week!

 









 

And look at these happy K-5 Music Teachers at their Monthly Department Meeting, learning with Amelia Nixon from the Rhode Island Phil!  Go LINK UP Recorder Program!


 And if you could only feel the excitement in the air when this Doran Scholar got his band instrument!  So EXCITED!


In the News This Week...

WHASSUP, continued:

  • The Yellow School Bus Grant requests are in and WE GOT THE GRANTS for all five schools who will be attending the NBSO's Orchestra as Ecosystem performance at the Zeiterion in March 2018.  This means each school will get $200 towards student transportation to the event!
  • I have requested from principals that you be allowed to come to a PD opportunity with your art and music colleagues that is aligned to this year's SIP strategies (blended learning).  I will be asking teachers in art and music to model their simple and super effective strategies for blending learning in the classroom using technology and/or station work- we have some awesome stuff happening!  Please reach out to building leaders in the next week to confirm that you are able to attend!  
  • Durfee Band will be traveling to Dartmouth High School Saturday (tomorrow) to participate in the US Bands Dartmouth Home Show.  This is going to be awesome for our kids!  GO DHS!!!
  • District Orchestra and Band students received instruments for the most part this past Thursday evening, or at their school.  Lessons will begin with instruments next week.


EVALUATION STUFF, continued:


  • Last week in middle school and high school CPTs, we shared common Student Learning Goal sentence frames for teachers to draft their goals from.  In addition, I have some sample Professional Practice Goals for you to use.  I will include those in a document in this email for you.
  • These Goal Samples are aligned to both the Literacy Goal for the district as well asstrategies that we are focusing on.  Please reach out to me if you need support as you develop your goal!  It's the first step in plotting your "learning" road map for the year!
  • The first step in the evaluation process is a Self Assessment. This is simply a reflection of where you are in relationship to the Rubric.  I have included this document in your folders as well as the goals doc.
  • Each school has created a School Improvement Plan (SIP) that will drive the work for improving student learning. These plans adhere to goals around Literacy, Numeracy and SEL/Attendance. High Schools have additional goals around graduation. As you draft your goals, please consider using the shared team goal for you to adopt if your building leadership allows- this goal will tie directly to theLiteracy District Goal, but will be relevant to students' visual and music literacy and using content specific language to defend, critique and explain their reasoning. (See doc shared in email)
  • It will be our goal to support our schools and students in this focused growth as we excel our students' abilities to communicate with and about the arts.  As we create art and music student learning goals, these will support the school literacy goal as we ask students to improve their ability to communicate using specific content language as they defend their choice making, support their claims, and critique student work (their own and others).

DATES:

  • 10/6 Self Assessment and Goals submitted
  • 10/13 Review and Approve Goals
  • 10/27 Ed Plan due 
  • 11/3 Review of plan complete
  • Unannounced observation by 11/7

Have a great weekend!
Jackie







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