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August 2015
Dear Stone Bank Staff,
We hope this letter finds you recharged and looking forward to a great year. Many new things
are in place for the coming school year and we will talk more about them in our August inservice. First off, lets welcome our new staff:
Welcome Lynn Davies (Principal)
Welcome Gretchen Steingraeber (4K Wrap)
Welcome Sandy Merkel (S/L for Jackie this year)
Welcome Linda Churchwell ( Intervention Teacher)
Lynn and I kept team planning and classroom preparation time in mind as we balance the diverse
work load for the start of this school year. There may be some slight changes presented due to
construction finishing completion or otherwise. We will inform you of any changes at our
Tuesday Welcome back meeting. Please see the following August in-service calendar as we get
ready for Open House and our first day with students:
Wednesday, August 19
3:00 to 6:00 PM
6:30 PM
Registration
Staff social at Revers Well Street in Delafield
Tuesday, August 25
7:30 to 7:45
7:45 to 8:15
8:15 to 8:45
8:45 to 11:45
11:45 to 12:30
12:30 to 3:15
12:30 to 3:15
Welcome back & new staff
Crisis Management Manuals and response review
Grade level brochures (ELOs) finalized for Open House
Google training & instructional technology projects
The link below provides tutorials based on Google need. Think of what
you need and go to web site to find trainings.
https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/resources/tools
We will use this time to learn and create projects needed in the classroom.
Lunch on your own
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention CPI w/ OT, Judy Grosch
Classroom and/or Team Prep
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Wednesday, August 26
7:30 to 8:00
8:00 to 8:15
9:00 to 11:45
Option 1
Health update/trainings w/ school nurse, Karen Peske
Employee Handbook
If attending the iReady, Helping All Learners Succeed training at NL,
leave by 8:30 and drive safely!!
You have a menu of options for this staff development and school
improvement work time. Please look them over and choose the
best fit for you and your grade level/team:
Invited to an iReady Workshop at North Lake LIBRARY for all iReady Users:
Helping All Learners Succeed
Please bring a computing device to NL library if attending this workshop
Overview:
Building on what they learned in Instructional Planning, teachers and leaders participate
in guided application of key Power Practices to plan differentiated and personalized
instruction for their students, based on data from the first i-Ready Diagnostic of the year.
Participants explore additional Power Practices that will allow them to monitor student
progress and adjust instruction based on Monitoring data and Response to Instruction
reports. They will work together to update the classroom implementation plans they
created during the Instructional Planning workshop as needed to make the most of their iReady use and help all of their learners succeed.
Outcomes:
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Create effective instructional plans based on students’ first Diagnostic data and using key
i-Ready Instructional Power Practices,
Adjust and personalize instructional plans based on i-Ready monitoring data,
Adjust classroom implementation plans based on lessons learned from the first few
weeks/months using i-Ready.
Workshop 2
Supplementing Journeys reading planning for differentiated instruction
Outcomes: Literature circle and/or chapter books to enhance where
effective
Workshop 3
Learning A to Z tools for differentiating reading, writing, and science
Outcomes: Implement new tools purchased this summer into lesson plans
for September and throughout the school year
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Workshop 4
Elementary Science and Next Generation Science standards.
Outcomes: Identify the hands on science activities in the intermediate
grades that will be added in September and throughout the year
Workshop 5
Those not directly connected to workshops 1 -4, please continue our work
on other summer projects: websites & brochures, instructional use of
Google, STEM set up and planning, healthy schools & staff wellness
initiatives and Skyward training. Please see Phil or Lynn regarding
approval for other school improvement needs if necessary.
Outcomes: Membership and progress minutes from workgroups to Phil
Noon to 1:00
1:00 to 3:15
Welcome Back PTO and Board luncheon
Classroom and/or Team Prep Time
Thursday, August 27
8:00 to 8:30
8:30 to 11:30
5:00 to 5:30
5:30 to 5:50
Light continental breakfast, meet at NL with device to access Teachscape
Educator Effectiveness & SLO's with CESA 1 @ North Lake School
Library
Room preparations
Open House, parents and students visit classrooms and meet teachers
w/ brochures.
5th Grade students and parents in Room 208
New Families to Middle School in Library/Commons
Other Dates
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
First Day
Staff meeting at 2:45 to 3:15
K-5 BCT and Google/Instructional Tech In-service, 2:45 to 4:45
6-8 BCT and Google/Instructional Tech In-service, 2:45 to 4:45
11:30 to 3:00
3:00 to 6:00