Welcome back all y'all - Hope you had a nice mini holiday. If you have a chance to meander up to the gym during lunch this week, I think it will put a smile on your face. With each passing week, more and more students are showing up for open gym. The regular open gym schedule is new this year and we are so pleased to see it has been so well received. Shout out to Theresa Freas for making it happen!
TIS THE SEASON...
For formal observations. By now most of you have already participated in the pre-observation conference with your evaluator, if not, please schedule this soon. First semester observations have begun.
What are we looking for?...
We are looking for sound lessons, effective instruction and high levels of learning. According to a cadre of researchers (Hattie 2009; Marzano, 2007; Popham, 2008; William,2007; Schmoker, 2016), excellent instruction is based on the basic features of a good lesson. Good lessons should begin with a clearly written and prominently posted learning objective that establishes the purpose of a lesson. Each lesson should include step by step teaching accompanied by ample opportunity for practice and or application, checks for understanding and adjustment of the instruction accordingly. These basic moves are fundamental to highly effective instruction and these routine components should be present for every lesson in every classroom in every subject. We know you do many other wonderful things in your classrooms and we enjoy seeing that too - we also know that sound instruction will have greater benefits for our students than anything else we do. That's the heart of the matter, and Steve, Cris and I look forward to observing in your classrooms in the next few months.
CALENDAR...
This week, October 16-20 ~ Regular schedule all week
LOOKING AHEAD...
October 23 ~ 27 ~ Last week of fall athletics. Fall spirit week
October 23 ~ Combined Lunch, class periods remain 55 minutes long. Schedule below.
October 27 ~ Rival Week Pep Assembly. Schedule below
November 7 ~ Prep Hour Meetings.
Have a great week everyone and press on, panther strong!
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