Week 28: March 10, 2017

 Happy Friday!!! 

Housekeeping: 

- Thank you all for your condolences, prayers and well wishes! Your thoughtfulness has been well received! 

- I am in receipt of the School of Excellence information. No Award has been awarded (based on the 2015-16 data). Schools must earn 90 out of 100 points to be designated as a School of Excellence. For the 2015-16 year we earned 87 points. We will look at the criteria and the score card, as a Leadership Team, and then review as a staff.

-Be sure to review the March 7^th Communicator about our School Division and Immigration Enforcement.

-Feedback is needed regarding the November 4^th Teacher Workday. I need your feedback to determine structure for the April 7^th Teacher Workday. Please complete ASAP. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5F9JZPN 

Leadership Opportunities:

- School administrators seeking advancement and those aspiring to become school administrators should plan to participate in the professional development program, “Building Leadership Capacity.” This year’s second program is scheduled for March 30 at Colgan High School, 3:30–5:30 p.m. Register through the online Professional Learning Catalog under OPD 800. Registrants will receive workshop selection information via email. 

-Averett University is hosting two Information Sessions about their Masters Programs:

Manassas Park City Schools
1 Park Center Court, Suite A, Manassas Park
Wednesday, 3/22/2017 at 3:30 PM or 4:30 PM - School Board Room
- OR -
Montclair Library
5049 Waterway Dr., Montclair
Thursday, 3/23/2017 at 3:30 PM or 4:30 PM - Community Room

To RSVP visit please call (434) 549-0176 or email toldenburg@graduateprogram.org.

Programs Offered:
- M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction
- M.Ed. in Administration &Supervision VA Endorsement
- M.Ed. in Special Education w/ VA Special Endorsement K-12
- M.Ed. in Special Education w/ VA Special Education Licensure 

Teacher Leaders and Building Leadership Capacity - VII

Data Coach: Although teachers have access to a great deal of data, they do not often use that data to drive classroom instruction. Teacher leaders can lead conversations that engage their peers in analyzing and using this information to strengthen instruction.

Carol, the 10th grade language arts team leader, facilitates a team of her colleagues as they look at the results of the most recent writing sample, a teacher-designed assessment given to all incoming 10th grade students. Carol guides teachers as they discuss strengths and weaknesses of students' writing performance as a group, as individuals, by classrooms, and in disaggregated clusters by race, gender, and previous school. They then plan instruction on the basis of this data.

Highlights of the Week: 

- Bel Air has been accepted to participate in WTOP's Click for Kids Sweepstakes. We have a chance of winning a grand prize of $15,000, a first place prize of $10,000, or a second place prize of $5,000.

Voting begins today, March 6th and continues through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 17th. Voting takes place here: http://wtop.com/contests/2017-click-for-kids-voting/ 

You can vote once a day but can only vote from one email address so literally once per person in a 24 hour period.  If anyone creates multiple email addresses to vote, those will be disqualified and the school is at risk of being disqualified. 

- The DreamBox Spring 2017 Math Challenge is right around the corner and will run from March 13^th-31^st.  Students can quickly ramp up math skills while vying for regional and national prizes.  Plus, they receive early access to the best new DreamBox features, including student-facing lesson tracking. Don’t miss out! Register your class today!

This year the Spring Math Challenge runs from March 13th – 31^st. In order to participate classrooms MUST register using the official registration page below:

Register Here:  http://www.dreambox.com/mathchallenge 

Teachers can register classes to complete in one of six categories: 

• Grades K-2 Small Class (up to 20 students)
• Grades K-2 Large Class (21 to 40 students)
• Grades 3-5, Small Class (up to 20 students)
• Grades 3-5, Large Class (21 to 40 students)
• Grades 6-8, Small Class (up to 20 students)
• Grades 6-8, Large Class (21 to 40 students)

Six Classroom winners will receive:

• DreamPacks for each student: DreamBox drawstring backpack contains a T-shirt, bracelet, and pencil
• $100 Gift Card: for classroom party/rewards

Classroom prizes are awarded to the classroom who completes the most lessons in each category during the competition.

Two Grand Prize winners will receive:

• Five (5) Chromebooks: for use in the school
• DreamPacks for each student: DreamBox drawstring backpack contains a bracelet, t-shirt, pencil, and stickers
• $100 Gift Card: for classroom party/rewards

Students as Learners: 

-      DreamBox Usage for February 8^th - March 9^th:

Total Lessons: Erney = 509 lessons; Elmes = 453 lessons; Terezon = 444 lessons; Dunleavy = 402 lessons; Haefele = 342 lessons

Total Hours: Roop = 68.8 hours; Brown = 56.2 hours; Dunleavy = 45.9 hours; Erney = 44.4 hours; Black = 40.3 hours

Average Minutes/Week: Black = 86 minutes; Fain = 62 minutes; Rivers = 63 minutes; Roop = 60 minutes; Morrison = 51 minutes

Growth: Erney = 26%
 

Important Dates: 

-      March 13^th: Career Week

             : Formal Observations Begin

             : Grades 3-5 Staff Meeting in the Computer Lab

-      March 14^th: SOL Remediation

                 : Grades K-2 Staff Meeting in the Library

-      March 15^th: Interims Go Home

             : SOL Remediation

-      March 16^th:

-      March 17^th:

My Current Re-Reading: