Opening HMS Staff Meeting 2009

HMS Opening Staff Meeting
August 31, 2009
Starting a new adventure for the next half-century...
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Donna’s favorite teacher
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Schedule for the rest of the day
Lunch is scheduled for 11:45
Prep for ﬁrst day: 12:50-2:50
We’ll ﬁnish up tomorrow after school.
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Staff Changes
Jackie Kleiner
Becky Perkins
Tracy Hughes
Erin McMyne
Christine Ball
Dick Fortier
Adrienne Peters-Methods student from Colby-Sawyer
SAU changes: Steve, Jean Eaton, Ann Gater, Nancy Tanner
Moving on: April Lakevicius, Laura Wuellenweber, Rich Schaefer,
Amanda Rucci, Heather Ciance
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Essential Questions for the Year
Truly “Changing the World”
What do we want our students to learn? (Curriculum)
How will we know if they learn it? (Assessment)
What will we do if they don’t learn it? (Instruction)
How do we continue growing professionally? (PD)
How do we continue building partnerships with the community?
(Communication)
How do we balance teaching our students and keeping the “trains
running on time”? (Logistics)
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Stuck on an Escalator
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What do we want our students to
learn?
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A Place for UbD
Think about its place in your teaching.
Review/Overview sessions will be given.
Resources available on HMS Wiki
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Subject area Curriculum Focus
Math-Math academy this year
Power Standards
Year 1 of Science
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Work of the Assembly Committee
Members: Dott Blanchard, Kathy
Forgiel, Bonnie McAuliffe, Holly
Patterson
Goal: To organize and develop overall plan of school wide
assemblies for the Harold Martin School academic year that support
the district philosophy and the Harold Martin 3 B’s Positive Behavior
Plan as well as work together as a community to teach and develop
student’s character, citizenship, social and emotional responsibility.
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How will we know if they have learned
it?
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The Role of Data
Balance in an era of standards and testing:
On the one side: You don’t fatten the calf by weighing it
(G.Wiggins)
On the other side: If you want to improve it, measure it.
The trend toward more outputs than inputs
Alﬁe Kohn weighs in.
Achievement vs. Learning
Common Assessments
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What about Technology?
Enduring Understanding: Technology initiatives have to improve upon
the instructional, curricular, or assessment practices we already value.
Our students are changing.
The Role of DPs this year
The Harold Martin School Wiki
Report Cards on X2
New web site
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Web 2.0
Try one thing!
Podcasts
Twitter
Blogs
Web Site
Wikis
Video
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Digital Portfolios
This summer: DP Manual with
Directions and Timeline for the year
Goal for the year: not add new
components but utilize the tool.
Month of Sept., check out your
class.
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What will we do if they do not learn it?
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RTI
Summer Curriculum work from Bonnie
Early staff meeting
A brief reading ahead of time
A bit of review of what RTI is
An understandable, workable procedure
Plenty of resources available
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How do we continue growing
professionally?
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PD for the Year
Math
Web 2.0/Technology
X2-report cards
Strong plan for IAs
Utilizing Staff Meetings
CPI
Hillsboro/Hopkinton Day
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TEP and Classroom Observation
a bit more choice...
Coaching-collegial observation
Walk-Throughs
Video-Taping
A bit more prep prior to TEP
Development
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TEP Planning Questions
How will I examine my math instruction this year, given that we are in
the year of “study” for math?
Considering the PD I received last year in writing, what changes am I
going to make to my writing instruction this year? (This includes the
Exit Skills Checklist)
What role do the concepts of UbD have on my practice?
What is one thing I am going to change in regards to technology?
How do I see myself implementing the expectations around spelling
instruction?
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Staff Meetings
Sharing The Craft
Different classroom for each non-IA meeting
Brieﬂy sharing after every workshop that is attended
Tuesday Schedule
First: Building Wide Staff Meeting/Professional Development
Second: Department Meetings, i.e. Special Education, and Team
Meeting PLC Time
Third: Teacher staff meeting/Professional Development
Fourth: District and School Committees
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How do we continue building
partnerships with the community?
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New Web Site
Hopkintonschools.org/
haroldmartinschool
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How do we balance teaching our
students and keeping the “trains
running on time”?
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Facility Changes
MPR Floor
Walkway-Celebration on Oct. 8
Door locks
Rm. 203
Baseball Field
Working with Lowes
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Health Topics
Health forms-updated
CPR and EPI-pen training for ﬁeld trips
Allergies
Anaphylaxis
H1N1
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Tech Talk-Karen Ezen
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Food Service Chat
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First Day of School
Long Tailed Monkeys
Reminder for tomorrow morning-have
everyone outside
Lineup by class as usual?
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Nut and Bolts
United Way-need an HMS rep.
NEC Methods, Student Teachers
Free stuff: Trap tables, small book case
Bulletin Board by main stairs-anyone?
Handbook/Confidentiality sign-off
First Day
AM/PM bus by 1 PM
Spelling Corrections to office
Send home: student insurance,
emergency card for parents to edit,
medical info sheet, hot lunch menu
HMS going green
Attendance logged at the latest by 8:30
Reimbursement for purchases needs to
be approved except for the $200
classroom $$-that needs cancelled
check and or receipt.
Workshops: MLP first, submit reg. to
office and once P.O. is approved (and
not before) register for the course.
Be tidy in the supply room
Let office know if you have not enough
workbooks, desks, missing order,
schedule conflict
Second Step schedule sing-up on office
window.
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