Week 6: September 28th-October 2

Bullock Brief

•  B week for duty.  The duty schedule is located at https://goo.gl/q9w1EJ. 

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Habit 7 schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	B	C	D	E

Upcoming meetings and events for September 28th-October 2nd and October 5th-9th.  
^{The most up-to-date calendar is located online in Google calendar.}

Event	Date	Start Time	Location
Midterm	September 28th	All day	N/A
Discipline meeting with 5th grade	September 28t	8:20am	The Depot
Committee Meetings	September 28th	2:45pm	Send me the where your committee will meet
SIT planning meeting	September 29th	11:30	Front conference room
3-5 RtI	September 29th	2:45pm	Stone’s room
RtI paperwork, spreadsheet and conferences due	September 30th	N/A	N/A
PLCs (+ mini session on data notebooks)	September 30th	2:45pm	Platform (all grades)
Mr. and Mrs. Leave a Legacy to begin (more info to come from PTO)	October 1st	N/A	N/A
SIOP Training (for those who signed-up)	October 2nd	8:00	N/A
Accountability partner set (with picture/goal)	October 2nd	N/A	N/A
Business Staff Meeting	October 5th	2:45pm	Platform 9 ¾
MNN starts in grades 1st and 2nd	October 5th	Varies	1st grade bookroom
K-2 RtI	October 6th	2:45pm	Stone’s room
K field trip	October 7th	All day	Gross Farm
Walk at School Day	October 7th	Recess time	Lower field
Health-A-Rama	October 7th-9th	Schedule forthcoming	The Depot
4th grade in-school performance WILL BE RESCHDULED
PTO Open Meeting	October 8th	5:30pm	The Depot
4th Grade Performance	October 8th	6:00pm	The Depot
AVID Site team meeting	October 8th	3:00pm	The Platform
3rd grade field trip	October 9th	All day	Flint Rock Farm
** Please note:  The Curriculum and Instruction night has been rescheduled for October 22nd starting at 6:00pm.  Please start communicating that information in your class newsletters.  Title 1 information will be provided at 5:30pm prior to the event.

The BOY mCLass testing window has closed and our classrooms can settle into their routines to teach reading.  WooHoo! 100% staff attendance on September 24th. Mrs. Stone for creating an awesome B.T. Bullock welcome video for Classroom Champions. 3rd grade team using a great written reading log format for reading accountability. 1st grade working with the 2nd grade team to infuse more writing into their reading accountability in 1st grade.  Way to synergize!

The Leader in Me Structured calendar: Please use week 6 of the “quick start” guide located at leaderinme.com at https://goo.gl/Pw6Irq. All students in our school should be plugged into a leadership role (not a job) of some sort.  I see so many incredible examples here are Bullock.  Super job team!  We will be recruiting and hiring school-wide positions over the next couple weeks.  Mr. Martin (the school leadership liaison) will be featuring the jobs on the morning news.  The school-wide leadership roles are Safety Patrol (already interviewed and "hired") Junior Safety Patrol Patriots (already interviewed and "hired") Tour Guides Greeters Breakfast Buddies Tutors Office Helpers Lobby Leaders Clothing Corral Pod Squad Language Leaders Welcome Wagon Grounds Crew Letter Leaders We are seeking a sponsor for each group. The sponsor will help "train" the students on their roles.  After that, the students should be training the next group of leaders as the adults "get out of the way" as our students lead.  The time commitment is minimal.  The sponsor will just ensure the students have a point of contact.   Don't forget: The Leader in Me session at Bullock on September 15th is on School Link.  Please register online to get CEUs for your time.     Leadership notebook check:   At this point, all students should have... A leadership notebook A WIG and data section. Tracked three weeks of literacy assessment and colored in their ATBs. A Wildly Important Goal (WIG) that is from x to y by when.  Two strategies per child         Accountability partner check: Do you have an accountability partner? Have you set a 3 minute weekly meeting? Have you set a goal and shared it with your partner? Have you taken a picture of your with your goal and have given the picture to Ms. Dossenbach or Ms. McHugh to hang.         All staff goal pictures will be displayed on the bulletin board on Win-Win Way.               We will be starting our 7x7 personal journey together on October 5th.      Monthly focus for October:  Be Proactive

AVID site team members have been trained on two-column notes.  The team members should have taught their grade levels how to take two-column notes.  Teachers should utilize the note taking strategy in their instruction.  We will be bringing samples of note taking to an upcoming staff meeting to review and discuss. How can your encourage career and college readiness in your classroom this week?

• mClass:  The mClass testing window has closed.  We know that testing requires a massive sacrifice of time.  Thank you for helping to complete the BOY testing.  

• Reminder....Stretch Math:  Stretch math packets provided by the county should be used in all our classrooms.  The stretch math cannot go home. 

• Safe School Modules:  The first round of Safe School modules were due on Friday.  Thank you to all of you who completed your modules by the due date.  If your modules were not completed, you should have received an email from me in regards to completing the modules by end of day on Monday.

• Reminder....Tardies:  Students are not considered tardy if they are in the building when the bell rings. Tardy students will have a tardy slip from the office.  If a student is entering the building before 8am and not making it to your room until after the bell, that student should be specifically addressed.  

• Attendance: Due to county policies in regards to the hours in a work week for our tutors, it is incredibly difficult to find subs on Friday.  Please be cognizant of that for prearranged absences.  Also please be reminded, that Mrs. Perrell, Mrs. Kennedy and I should be notified of your absence in addition to SubFinder.  

• PDP and self-assessment in NCEES: Mrs. Perrell and I have nearly completed the PDP process (except for those folks who we had to reschedule).  Mentors, please make sure you have reviewed and signed your mentees PDP.  The PDP bucket needs to be locked this week.

• First Round Observations: Mrs. Perrell and I will start our first round of observations this week which will extend through the month of October.  The first observation is announced.  It will require a pre-conference.  

• Peer Observers: The peer observer/BT or probationary pairing list is included below:
• Erin Asper - J. Chaney
• Brenda Battle - T. Ashworth
• Taylor Bradian - S. Hurdt
• Christian Chaney - D. Shepard
• Janine Davis - M. Townsend
• Katie Falk - M. Cole
• Yolanda Gierbolini - K. Hamel
• Katherine Gillette - V. Long
• Kayla Gross - M. Douglas
• Katie Hall - V. Long
• Gretchen Hamilton - R. Gatten
• Kari Jones - S. Lloyd
• Sharra Lewis - C. Schlott
• Baine Martin - S. McHugh
• Andrea McVey - K. Slate
• Katie Pendley - T. Spaulding
• Christina Roy - D. Pomeranz
• Allison Roberts - K. Spivey
• Jennifer Schiffer - C. Stone
• Taylor Waters - T. Strickland
• MaryBeth Wiltshire - J. Velasco

• Lesson Plans:  Please remember to place lesson plans on your desk or in another accessible spot for us to see when we are in your rooms for informal or formal observations. 

• iReady:  We should be bringing the iReady diagnostic to a close.  I know we experienced many delays that were out of our control.  If students have not been assessed, please do so as quickly as possible. Thanks for being patient as we work through some of the technical difficulties.  Also please be sure to carefully review your iReady data individually and within PLCs.  Don't forget about those awesome intervention resources available within iReady as well.   

• Instructional Meetings:  The instructional meetings were very informative this week.  Thank you for the investment of time.  The information provided will help drive our professional development and will inform our review of resources to support student learning.  

• Self Sustained Reading (SSR):  As you all know, we are focusing heavily on literacy this year.  Thank you for requiring all 700 of our students to read every night and be accountable for their reading through a reading log or reading journal.  I would like to ensure that students are permitted time to read here at school as well.  If you have not already built it in your schedule, please be sure to carve-out time for your students to have 30 minutes of SSR time. This time can be during the student's independent time during reading groups and it can most certainly be integrated with science/social studies.  Struggling readers can be paired with a reading buddy or read with volunteers. 

• Reading instruction: Have you read the reading instruction PPT prepared by Joy Velasco?  The PPT is full of excellent information about reading instruction.  I would like it to be reviewed by all classrooms teachers.  The PPT is located at https://goo.gl/42hF6c.  

• Field trips:  Please be sure to use the 2015-16 version of the field letter when arranging field trips.  The new version includes mention of how left over field money will be used which must now be included in all field trip letters.  The form is located at https://goo.gl/cXM5Fh.  You will need to download to edit.  The Spanish version is forthcoming.  

Make this week extraordinary!

Week 5: September 21-25

Bullock Brief

•  A week for duty.  The duty schedule is located at https://goo.gl/q9w1EJ. 

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Habit 7 schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
A	B	C	D	E

Upcoming meetings and events for September 21st-25th and September 28th-October 2nd.  
^{The most up-to-date calendar is located online in Google calendar.}

Event	Date	Start Time	Location
Professional Development Staff Meeting	September 21st	2:45pm (munchies provided)	Platform
Fall portraits	September 21st	All day.  See schedule	Platform
K-2 RtI	September 22nd	2:45pm	Stone’s room
All K Immunizations due	September 22nd	N/A	N/A
PEPI starts in 2nd grade	September 22nd	N/A	N/A
PLCs (+ mini session on data notebooks)	September 23rd	2:45pm	Platform (all grades)
PTO Board Meeting (part 2)	September 24th	5:30pm	Front conference room
Class and student WIGS due	September 25th	N/A	All classes
Read-A-Thon	September 25th	All day	Buddy classes and accountability partners
SIT planning meeting	September 25th	11:30	Front conference room
Midterm	September 28th	All day	N/A
Committee Meetings	September 28th	2:45pm	Send me the where your committee will meet
3-5 RtI	September 29th	2:45pm	Stone’s room
PLCs (+ mini session on data notebooks)	September 30th	2:45pm	Platform (all grades)
Mr. and Mrs. Leave a Legacy to begin (more info to come from PTO)	October 1st	N/A	N/A
SIOP Training (for those who signed-up)	October 2nd	8:00	N/A
Accountability partner set (with picture/goal)	October 2nd	N/A	N/A

The staff sacrificing a work day to grow personally and professionally.  100% engagement! EC team sorting through an increased case load and demanding student needs. K team acclimating our new K students.  ESL team hosting an excellent ESL parent night on Thursday.   BTs for tackling a new school year, classroom management, The Leader in Me, AVID and all the other demands AT THE SAME TIME.  You are doing a great job.

Please remember that The Leader in Me is evidenced in ALL that we do and say.  It is the way we greet each other in the morning; it's waving in car line; it's how we engage students in leadership; it's how we handle discipline, and it's how we instruct our students using rigorous and relevant material..  Everyone has genius.  Remember that as you embrace each new day. The Leader in Me Structured calendar: Please use week 5 of the “quick start” guide located at leaderinme.com at https://goo.gl/Pw6Irq. Classes should also be exploring leadership roles for their students.  Please remember that leadership ROLES require choice and voice from our students. The Leader in Me session at Bullock on September 15th is on School Link.  Please register online to get CEUs for your time.     Leadership notebook check:   At this point, all students should have... A leadership notebook A WIG and data section. Tracked three weeks of literacy assessment and colored in their ATBs. A Wildly Important Goal (WIG) that is from x to y by when.          Everyone should have an accountability partner after our wonderful Leader in Me        implementation meeting on Sept. 15th.  Please lock-in a weekly 3 minute meeting time by        Sept.  25th.  Set a personal or professional goal with your partner by October 2nd.  Take a        picture or selfie with your partner displaying your goal.  All staff goal pictures will be        displayed on the bulletin board on Win-Win Way.  Let the accountability begin!!!  Woo Hoo!             We will be starting our 7x7 personal journey together on October 5th.  We need to be sure our         accountability partners are set to work together as we grow and extend our roots of         effectiveness as a staff.     Monthly focus:  Private victories Go to www.theleaderinme.org.    Click on the Green "Leader in Me Online" button. Click on Register.  Then enter your registration code below in order to set up your profile and begin using the site.  Registration Code: 7042029.  Christian is in the process of getting more codes.

All 4th and 5th grade teachers should have completed their beginning of year assessment on organization.  Data should be recorded on the chart provided by Katherine.  Please record 0 for the two-column notes.  Students will be assessed on two-column notes and organization mid year and end of year.      AVID site team members will be introducing two-column notes in your next PLC.  All      teachers should trial the note taking strategies in their classroom.      How can your encourage career and college readiness in your classroom this week?

• mClass:  mClass window is open until Sept. 22nd.  The deadline is set by the state and cannot be moved.  Please see Mrs. Perrell if you for see any issues with hitting that goal.  

• Stretch Math:  Stretch math packets provided by the county should be used in all our classrooms.  The stretch math cannot go home. 

• Safe School Modules:  The first round of Safe School modules are due.  Please have them completed no later that September 25th. Login in at http://lee.nc.safeschools.com/login.

•  Breakfast delays:  We are aware there are delays at breakfast.  We are working on solutions.  Ideas are welcome. There are several factors contributing to the delays.  The new software is freezing-up  In addition, the Dining Hall ladies can no longer write down student names to enter later.  Please be patient as we try to improve the process.  

• Shared leadership:  Our Lighthouse Team will be attending our first committee meetings to on September 28th to provide assistance kick-starting our committees this year.  Some projects might require you to go ahead and get started before that meeting date.  Please do meet/plan as needed to accomplish our goals.  Each project lead has been added to the board outside my office (Thank you Candace..super job).  You will need to place a small post-it(s) on your "big rock" noting what you are working on.  As you complete projects we will move those items to the celebration board.  

• Office in the afternoon:  Please try to be quiet when entering the office in the afternoon.  Our office staff are often on the phone and the sounds carries out into the lobby where our silent car riders are sitting.  It makes it hard to hear the car pool numbers.  Thanks team. .  

• Tardies:  Students are not considered tardy if they are in the building when the bell rings. Tardy students will have a tardy slip from the office.  If a student is entering the building before 8am and not making it to your room until after the bell, that student should be specifically addressed.  

• PDP and self-assessment in NCEES: Your self reflection and PDP goals should be completed by Monday, September 14th.  Please make sure your PDP goals are SMART goals (more simply...from X to Y by when). You will need three goals with at least one goal focused on literacy.  Wendy and I have set PDP meetings with the folks on our lists.  If you do not have a meeting set, please contact Wendy and me. 

• REMINDER....Mentors and peer observers: All mentors and peer observers have been paired in NCEES.  Mentors, please make sure to work with your mentee to complete and review your mentee's PDP.  We will complete the PDP conferences this week.  Thank you for being prepared.  

•  RtI:  All RtI paperwork, spreadsheets, and parent conferences are due by September 30th.

• Y Learning:  There is more space in Y Learning.  Please enter names at https://goo.gl/wUnefv,  The program will start on September 28^th.   This is a great opportunity for our children. 

• iReady:  The iReady diagnostic should be completed by the end of this week.  Please send Wendy and I an email to verify completion.  I would encourage you to compare the proficiency data from iReady with your mClass assessments.  

• Intervention:  We have numerous powerful intervention resources to use here at B.T. Bullock.  Meeting the needs of ALL our students is a critical element of success.  All teachers in grades K-3 should be using the small group advisor materials in mClass.  Those materials are customized to the specific needs of the students in a heterogeneous group.  These materials should also be provided to your TAs and tutors to use with small groups as well.  In iReady, there is an "instructional grouping" feature.  Within that section, the system groups students based on their diagnostic information.  You can see the list of students, the instructional priorities and the specific lessons for instruction.  These resources should be used by all teachers, TAs and tutors to meet specific student needs.  B.T. Bullock also has My Sidewalks reading intervention available. This is a research-based intervention program designed to help struggling readers.  
• Please submit your TA and tutor lesson plans to me this week by Tuesday morning.  I just need a copy of the plans/lessons you are currently using.  No need to type-up something special for me.  I would like to get a better idea of the materials being used so that we can determine if there are any resource "holes" we need to fill.  

• Instruction:  Please refer to the instructional non-negotiables shared at the Opening Meeting and placed in our handbook at https://goo.gl/hQ3bTe.  With the plethora of resources from AVID, Learning Focused lessons, and Leadership Tools from TLIM.com, worksheets should be sparingly used at Bullock.  Children should be writing frequently and learning exercises should utilize research-based strategies.  
• Admin will have an instructional meeting with each grade level during your Habit 7 block.  I would like for grade levels to bring samples of the resources they are using for instruction (including TA and tutors) as well as their lesson plans, and we will have an open discussion about the alignment of those materials/instruction with the CCSS and how to maintain rigor. 

• 10:15, Tuesday, September 22nd - K
• 10:50, Wednesday, September 23rd - 1st grade
• 1:00, Wednesday, September 23rd - 4th grade
• 12:15, Thursday, September 24th - 3rd grade
• 1:45, Thursday, Septemner 24th - 5th grade
• 9:30, Friday, September 25th - 2nd grade

Have a wonderful weekend and week ahead!