Week 1.6

#BeTheLIGHT - Goal Setting (+10) and The Compliments Project
Goal-Setting & +10
With our first formative assessment coming up, it is important to set goals with all students.  As you head into your first formative assessment, set goals for your class and for each individual student.  To set those goals, you can find their performance on last year's STAAR by going to DMAC and running a STAAR demographic report and it will tell you your class' performance last year at Approaches, Meets and Masters level.

You can set +10 goals for individual students by finding their score last year and having the student set a goal for 10 points improvement.  

Grades 4-11 only, to find last year's score, and use it to coach students to set a powerful +10 Goal

• Go to DMAC-solutions.net
• Log in as Educator (Email Dr. Porter if you need help.)
• Click on STAAR (under State Assessment)
• Click on Instructional Reports
• Click on the Student Tab at the top
• Under Source, click Current
• Under Demographics, select Hispanic, African American, and ECD
• Under Year, click 2019
• Under Subject, click your content area.
• Under Curriculum, select the previous grade level (Ex. 5th grade selects 4th grade)
• 4th Writing, select 3rd Reading
• 5th Science, select 4th Reading
• 8th SS, select 7th Reading,
• US History, select Eng 2 EOC
• Under Test, select the April or May test that has "Eng S" in the type.
• Under Students, click "All Students"
• Under the Test section for STAAR, select the following reports:
• STAAR Results by Demographic
• Use to set your class goal
• STAAR TEKS Tutorial
• Use to determine student TEKS focus areas for this year.
• STAAR Student Performance Trend
• Use to set individual goals with each student. 
• See Student Goal Sheet below the image.
• Any other report that you would like to analyze.
• Click "Generate" under the format section on the right
• You can then print sheets to begin your work.

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For All Grades, CLICK HERE for your Student Goal-Setting Sheet to meet with your students to set +10 Goals for the year.

• Once you open it, click File --> Make a Copy 
• Now you have your own to edit and print out for your kids.

The Compliments Project
Last week, you have seen this article that went viral about a family who is trying to bring awareness about teen suicide to the world.  If you haven't read it, I encourage you to read it.  To help you build strong student to student relationships in your classroom, I encourage you to read "The Compliments Project" and watch the video below.  I think you will find it powerful.

One Stop Shop Updates

Gail DeJohn had an awesome Google Slide
as her substitute lesson when she was in a
training.  It was amazing to watch her students
work independently and collaboratively.
Her students optimized every minute
of instruction.

• Substitute Excellence Tickets - to give to your hard-working students when you're out.
• Sentence Stems for Collaborative Learning Groups
• Sub Tub - Keep your students busy and engaged when you're out.

Announcements

• CLICK HERE for information on Flu Shots scheduled for September 30 - October 4
• September 30 PD Day Info
• All staff will start at 8 a.m. in the CHS Commons
• Teachers need to bring Chromebook, Pen/Pencil/Highlighters, Notebook or Journal
• Lunch will be provide to all employees at noon
• All staff will report to campus for campus-based professional learning from 1:00 - 3:30

Bulldogs of the Week

Congratulations to our Bulldogs of the Week
Student of the Week - JaKiya Jackson - JH (Bottom Right)
Staff Member of the Week - Jay Malone - JH (Top)
Parent  of the Week - Tandi Moore (Bottom Middle)
Support Staff Member of the Week - Rachel McFadden (Bottom Left)

Upcoming Events

• Week of September 23 - Formative Assessment Week
• Fri, Sep 27 - End of 1st 6 Weeks
• Mon, Sep 30 - Professional Development Day
• Tue, Oct 1 - Begin Response to Assessment Action Plan with Students

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