Bullock Brief
I hope that everyone has enjoyed a wonderful Spring Break full of time with family and friends. The brief can certainly wait until Monday to be read. Just wanted to get it out to you to have. Spring break is not over yet...the best is yet to come. Happy Easter to you all.
A week for duty [link here]
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Tuesday
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Friday
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E | F (K: 12:10-12:50, 1st:1:00-1:40, 2nd: 1:50-2:30) | A (K: 12:10-12:50, 1st:1:00-1:40, 2nd: 1:50-2:30) |
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All events can be found on the shared Master Bullock calendar.
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Staff meeting: April 17th at 2:45pm in the Platform. Agenda [link here].
3-5 Quarterly Testing: Our 3-5 students will be taking a cumulative assessment to gather instructional information on April 18-20. Wendy has shared the testing plan [link here]. Please review prior to testing.
Staff survey: Certified staff members, please complete the staff survey by April 21st...time extended [link here]. Time will be provided during the staff meeting tomorrow should you need it.
Lighthouse meeting: April 21st at 2:45pm in the front conference room.
Staff meeting cancelled on 5/1: In lieu of a staff meeting on May 1st, we will be gathering to create our 2017-18 calendar. I would like for anyone who would like to place an event on the calendar to attend or to send a representative. This calendar will include: Open house, C&I Night, ESL nights, Fall Festival, Leadership Day, etc. We will meet in the Platform. It was so helpful to "begin with the end in mind" early last year so we can plan ahead.
Assistant Principal week: Last week was Assistant Principal's week. Since we were out, we will be celebrating our amazing assistant principal, Wendy Perrell, this week April 17th-21st. We are so blessed to have Ms. Perrell here at Bullock. Her professionalism, kind heart, instructional leadership, and organizational ability are just a few of the extraordinary qualities she brings to Bullock every day. She embodies our mission in all she does. I am honored to work along side her. I hope that you will show her some love this week, and as you are able, please have your students sign the banner that will be located in the front lobby.
PTO Thrift Shop: The PTO Thrift Shop is accepting nominations for staff members who would be willing to serve on the board. If you are interested, please let me know via email.
SafeSchool Modules: Our last round of safe school modules are due on Friday April 21st. Woo hoo.
Food safety: Please let our café ladies if you have any concerns over the serving or handling of food in our Dining Hall. They would be happy to help and take great pride in the quality of food service for our students.
EVAAS Roster Verification: The EVAAS roster verification window will be opening on April 21st. More info to come.
Sing for a Cure: The Bullock choir will be singing at an event hosted by East Lee Middle School to raise money for cancer research. Living our mission through synergizing with our community to help others.
Instructional Time: Please make sure that there are no interruptions to your core reading and math times. Our kiddos need core literacy and math every day. If you are experiencing challenges, please let us know so we can help protect "big rock" time.
3-5 Quarterly Testing: Our 3-5 students will be taking a cumulative assessment to gather instructional information on April 18-20. Wendy has shared the testing plan [link here]. Please review prior to testing.
Staff survey: Certified staff members, please complete the staff survey by April 21st...time extended [link here]. Time will be provided during the staff meeting tomorrow should you need it.
Lighthouse meeting: April 21st at 2:45pm in the front conference room.
Staff meeting cancelled on 5/1: In lieu of a staff meeting on May 1st, we will be gathering to create our 2017-18 calendar. I would like for anyone who would like to place an event on the calendar to attend or to send a representative. This calendar will include: Open house, C&I Night, ESL nights, Fall Festival, Leadership Day, etc. We will meet in the Platform. It was so helpful to "begin with the end in mind" early last year so we can plan ahead.
Assistant Principal week: Last week was Assistant Principal's week. Since we were out, we will be celebrating our amazing assistant principal, Wendy Perrell, this week April 17th-21st. We are so blessed to have Ms. Perrell here at Bullock. Her professionalism, kind heart, instructional leadership, and organizational ability are just a few of the extraordinary qualities she brings to Bullock every day. She embodies our mission in all she does. I am honored to work along side her. I hope that you will show her some love this week, and as you are able, please have your students sign the banner that will be located in the front lobby.
PTO Thrift Shop: The PTO Thrift Shop is accepting nominations for staff members who would be willing to serve on the board. If you are interested, please let me know via email.
SafeSchool Modules: Our last round of safe school modules are due on Friday April 21st. Woo hoo.
Food safety: Please let our café ladies if you have any concerns over the serving or handling of food in our Dining Hall. They would be happy to help and take great pride in the quality of food service for our students.
EVAAS Roster Verification: The EVAAS roster verification window will be opening on April 21st. More info to come.
Sing for a Cure: The Bullock choir will be singing at an event hosted by East Lee Middle School to raise money for cancer research. Living our mission through synergizing with our community to help others.
Instructional Time: Please make sure that there are no interruptions to your core reading and math times. Our kiddos need core literacy and math every day. If you are experiencing challenges, please let us know so we can help protect "big rock" time.
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RtI: 3-5 RtI this week in Ms. Stone's room April 18th starting at 2:45pm.
- Ensure spiral review is built into lessons every day.
- Focus on teaching text structure (especially in grades 3-5).
- Students should be taught to write their thinking as they read.
- Calculators need to be used every day in 3-5 classes.
- Teach and review academic vocab [link here].
- Please continue to maximize teaching time.
- Computer assignments should be rigorous and closely monitored.
- Consider time-wasters and ways to reduce.
- Science EOG - May 25th
- 3rd-5th reading EOG - May 31st (please note change)
- 3rd-5th math EOG - June 1st (please note change)
- RTA -June 6th
Quick links: PLC schedule [link here]. Lunch schedule [link here]. PLC template [link here]. Retention forms [link here]. Looks Fors [link here]. Max Thompson tips [link here]. Field trips [English version] and [Spanish version].
Visit http://www.meetme.so/StefanieClarke to schedule time to meet with me
Visit http://www.meetme.so/StefanieClarke to schedule time to meet with me
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Monthly focus: Seek First to Understand and then to be understood
Communication is the most important skill in life. You spend years learning how to read and write, and years learning how to speak. But what about listening? What training have you had that enables you to listen so you really, deeply understand another human being? Probably none, right?
If you're like most people, you probably seek first to be understood; you want to get your point across. And in doing so, you may ignore the other person completely, pretend that you're listening, selectively hear only certain parts of the conversation or attentively focus on only the words being said, but miss the meaning entirely. So why does this happen? Because most people listen with the intent to reply, not to understand. You listen to yourself as you prepare in your mind what you are going to say, the questions you are going to ask, etc. You filter everything you hear through your life experiences, your frame of reference. You check what you hear against your autobiography and see how it measures up. And consequently, you decide prematurely what the other person means before he/she finishes communicating. Do any of the following sound familiar?
"Oh, I know just how you feel. I felt the same way." "I had that same thing happen to me." "Let me tell you what I did in a similar situation."
Because you so often listen autobiographically, you tend to respond in one of four ways:
Communication is the most important skill in life. You spend years learning how to read and write, and years learning how to speak. But what about listening? What training have you had that enables you to listen so you really, deeply understand another human being? Probably none, right?
If you're like most people, you probably seek first to be understood; you want to get your point across. And in doing so, you may ignore the other person completely, pretend that you're listening, selectively hear only certain parts of the conversation or attentively focus on only the words being said, but miss the meaning entirely. So why does this happen? Because most people listen with the intent to reply, not to understand. You listen to yourself as you prepare in your mind what you are going to say, the questions you are going to ask, etc. You filter everything you hear through your life experiences, your frame of reference. You check what you hear against your autobiography and see how it measures up. And consequently, you decide prematurely what the other person means before he/she finishes communicating. Do any of the following sound familiar?
"Oh, I know just how you feel. I felt the same way." "I had that same thing happen to me." "Let me tell you what I did in a similar situation."
Because you so often listen autobiographically, you tend to respond in one of four ways:
| Evaluating: | You judge and then either agree or disagree. |
| Probing: | You ask questions from your own frame of reference. |
| Advising: | You give counsel, advice, and solutions to problems. |
| Interpreting: | You analyze others' motives and behaviors based on your own experiences. |
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Should have recently completed (check that it's complete):
- Relaxation and rejuvenation - April 17th
- Ideas for reading themes (see SIT rep) - April 7th
Due this week:
- School-wide Fundraiser - April 3rd-April 28th
- Grade 3-5 quarterly testing - April 18th-20th
- Kindergarten field trip to Marbles - April 20th
- PTO meeting - April 20th at 3:30
- 5th grade Olympics - April 21st
- Staff survey (link above) - April 21st
- Safe School Modules - April 21st
Upcoming dates:
- SIT meeting - April 24th
- 3rd grade field trip to Durham Bulls - April 26th
- Administrative Professionals Day - April 26th
- 2nd grade field trip to Museum of Life and Science - April 28th
- Pre-K day for kindergarten - April 28th
- Last day for field trips - April 28th
- Teacher appreciation week - May 1-5
- School nutrition week - May 1-5
- Midterm - May 3rd
- Jungle Book - May 4-6
- Special Olympics - May 5th
- Arbor Day - May 5th
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