May 16 to May 20 - Final Evaluation Week for Cert Staff

Children are a wonderful gift.
They have an extraordinary capacity
to see into the heart of things and
to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Desmond Tutu



Coming Up This Week

Monday, May 16
8am HEAT?
8:30-3:00 Primary Advisory/SIP Meeting
4:15pm PTA General Membership Meeting
7:00pm  Elementary Music Concert @ Rogers HS

Tuesday, May 17
9:30 - 3:00 Certificated Evaluation Conferences with RW or SW

Wednesday, May 18
LIC - Eval/Conf
7:45am CSIP Meeting
9:30 - 3:00 Certificated Evaluation Conferences with RW or SW
3:45pm Admin/PEA Rep Meeting

Thursday, May 19
9:30 - 11:00  Cultural Competency Training for Admin
11:00 - 3:00  Certificated Evaluation Conferences with RW and SW

Friday, May 20
8:00  SpEd Team Meeting
PTA Movie Night

Word On The Street
Want it fast?  Read the yellow italics.

Primary Advisory/SIP:  K-2 Teachers, see your email for the agenda and schedule. 
During the team meetings, we will:

• Examine Fall/Winter/Spring DIBELS Benchmark and Progress Monitoring data
• Discuss intensive and strategic students
• Examine Reading Comprehension Assessment Data
• Plan for instruction and intervention May/June/September
• Create a record of the year's interventions for struggling students

Hunt Strategic Direction Power Point Presentations - slide templates coming soon

Teams will update ORF data slides, input data for Reading Comprehension Assessment slide, and review the annual goal for achievement.  Presentations will occur on June 1 and June 15.

Evaluation Conferences - Prepare your goal statements and bring them to your scheduled time
Tuesday and Wednesday, Susan and Rebecca will be meeting with certificated staff individually to review final evaluations and professional goals for 2011/2012.

Asian Cultural Celebration - see the email from the Diversity Team outlining the events scheduled for May 26
Thank you, Diversity Team, for planning and preparing this event.  Special thanks to:
**Donna & 1st Graders for learning and sharing music connected to Asian cultures
**Greg Farias for bringing the Dragon Boat to Hunt for the day
**Judy Carr for pulling books for teachers and staff to use
**Kyle Iverson for being flexible in the day 

ProDev for 2011/2012 - mark your calendar

Math - classroom teachers - dates vary (see the attachment emailed); register on the ProDev website by May 20 - attendance is mandatory

• June 23 & 24

OR

• August 22 & 23

Supplemental Days - attendance is mandatory

• Monday, August 29:  Building Based - Welcome Back, Orientations, Goal Setting
• Tuesday, August 30:  Cultural Competence PD - details coming soon
• Wednesday, August 31:  Building Based - Required Trainings and other PD; Back to School Event

Getting & Staying Out of AYP
School In Program Improvement
We can all breathe a collective 'Phew!'  With MSP nearly signed, sealed, and delivered - we now enter the game of waiting....waiting...waiting for results.  In the meantime - no matter how the scores shake out - continue doing the great work you do!  Teach 'em, Lead 'em, Praise 'em! 

Upcoming ProDev

• May 18: CSIP Meeting 7:45 Library
  Agenda: Parent Survey, Just R.E.A.D.
• Staff Meeting: May 25
  Agenda: 2011/2012 Student Placement & Planning
• LIC Wed: June 1 - Principal Directed
  Agenda: Hunt Strategic Directions & Celebrations
• Staff Meeting: June 15
  Agenda: Hunt Strategic Directions Presentation & Celebrations