Schedule this week: SJE Google Calendar / SJE Morning Show
| PLC Agenda for WEDNESDAY:
|
Save the Date - IDRA Consultant:
SJE will virtually host Lou Ann Rosario (IDRA) on Wednesday, 10/12 from 3:15-4:15 pm. This will add IDRA Sheltered Instruction Coaching Hours towards your 10 required.
SJE will virtually host Lou Ann Rosario (IDRA) on Wednesday, 10/12 from 3:15-4:15 pm. This will add IDRA Sheltered Instruction Coaching Hours towards your 10 required.
NEW - National Board Update (Jill Jeter) -
There will be a National Board Awareness Meeting on Oct. 12 from 4:30-5:30 at the District Office in room A132.
There will be a Maintenance of Certification Meeting (formerly known as Renewal) on Oct. 18 from 4:30-5:30 at the District Office in room A210.
The supplement is back! If successful it is $5,000 for each year of the life of the certificate (five years). In the past, candidates only received the supplement for one renewal cycle. However, now they can receive the $5000 for a third renewal (now called maintenance) as long as their certificate has not expired. For questions, please email Jill Jeter [email protected]. Encourage teachers who are interested to join the Currents Community for local information and opportunities.
There will be a National Board Awareness Meeting on Oct. 12 from 4:30-5:30 at the District Office in room A132.
There will be a Maintenance of Certification Meeting (formerly known as Renewal) on Oct. 18 from 4:30-5:30 at the District Office in room A210.
The supplement is back! If successful it is $5,000 for each year of the life of the certificate (five years). In the past, candidates only received the supplement for one renewal cycle. However, now they can receive the $5000 for a third renewal (now called maintenance) as long as their certificate has not expired. For questions, please email Jill Jeter [email protected]. Encourage teachers who are interested to join the Currents Community for local information and opportunities.
Learning Specialists:
ELA (Terra and Ashley)
Math (Meagen and Sarah)
DreamBox Learning Professional Development:
In order to support new teachers with DreamBox Learning, we will be offering two after school virtual sessions next week. Teachers can earn recertification or exchange day credits for attending. Session meeting links will be sent to registered participants prior to the session. Please share the dates and TNL courses below.
Participate in SC Metric Week October 9th-15th:
Metric Week in South Carolina is coordinated with National Metric Week which occurs each year during the week that contains October 10. This week is used because the metric system is a decimal system based on 10s. Here is more ideas to share THIS FLYER! Please share photos of student learning on social media using #LeadHCS #metricweek.
SS (Kelley Wiltrout)
DBQ Reflection Form
Please remind 4th grade teachers to complete THIS DBQ form following the implementation of Jamestown DBQ. This DBQ form is also found in the Unit 1 curriculum guide. Thank you!
Science (Kim Inman)
Science Kit Pickup
Third and fourth grade science kits are to be ready for pick up on October 7. The drivers will begin pick up at 8AM on October 10. Please remember any missing kits are the responsibility of the teacher to return to the science center.
Science Kit Trainings- IMPORTANT
We cancel training two days prior to science kit training if there are no participants registered in True North Logic. Please make sure your new teachers are registering for science kit training in TNL. If your new teachers need help registering in TNL or cannot register, please email Kim Inman to make sure we reserve a spot for them. Cancelled trainings are noted in TNL and on the training document.
ESOL (Amy and Deanna)
Sheltered Instruction - Make Up Session for Creating a Positive Classroom Culture
A virtual make up session will be held for any teacher in need of this module (emails were sent to specific individuals). Participants must register in TNL and attend both afternoon sessions on October 5 (4:00-5:15pm) & October 12 (4:00-5:00pm) in order to receive credit.
Course # = 32187
Section # for October 5 = 41374
Section # for October 12 = 41375
ELA (Terra and Ashley)
- Collection Pre and Post Knowledge Checks ~ As we near the end of Collection 1, please be reminded that the Pre and Post Knowledge Checks questions and answer choices are designed to mimic SCReady. SCReady sentence stems were used to create the questions. Also, there are often patterns in how answer choices are designed. These were all taken into consideration when the knowledge checks were created. If students are not performing well on the knowledge checks, this can be taken as an indication that they may struggle with SCReady. You can use the Data Reflection Questions to help reflect on student performance.
- GT ELA ~ 3-4 GT ELA teachers should be moving into their Collection 1 Literacy Task this week.
- 3rd Grade: How do you show courage?
- 4th Grade: What is the best way to determine success?
Math (Meagen and Sarah)
DreamBox Learning Professional Development:
In order to support new teachers with DreamBox Learning, we will be offering two after school virtual sessions next week. Teachers can earn recertification or exchange day credits for attending. Session meeting links will be sent to registered participants prior to the session. Please share the dates and TNL courses below.
- DreamBox for New Teachers: Tuesday, October 4th 3:30-4:30 PM - TNL Course# 41439
- DreamBox for New Teachers: Thursday, October 6th 3:30-4:30 PM - TNL Course# 41440
Participate in SC Metric Week October 9th-15th:
Metric Week in South Carolina is coordinated with National Metric Week which occurs each year during the week that contains October 10. This week is used because the metric system is a decimal system based on 10s. Here is more ideas to share THIS FLYER! Please share photos of student learning on social media using #LeadHCS #metricweek.
SS (Kelley Wiltrout)
DBQ Reflection Form
Please remind 4th grade teachers to complete THIS DBQ form following the implementation of Jamestown DBQ. This DBQ form is also found in the Unit 1 curriculum guide. Thank you!
Science (Kim Inman)
Science Kit Pickup
Third and fourth grade science kits are to be ready for pick up on October 7. The drivers will begin pick up at 8AM on October 10. Please remember any missing kits are the responsibility of the teacher to return to the science center.
Science Kit Trainings- IMPORTANT
We cancel training two days prior to science kit training if there are no participants registered in True North Logic. Please make sure your new teachers are registering for science kit training in TNL. If your new teachers need help registering in TNL or cannot register, please email Kim Inman to make sure we reserve a spot for them. Cancelled trainings are noted in TNL and on the training document.
ESOL (Amy and Deanna)
Sheltered Instruction - Make Up Session for Creating a Positive Classroom Culture
A virtual make up session will be held for any teacher in need of this module (emails were sent to specific individuals). Participants must register in TNL and attend both afternoon sessions on October 5 (4:00-5:15pm) & October 12 (4:00-5:00pm) in order to receive credit.
Course # = 32187
Section # for October 5 = 41374
Section # for October 12 = 41375