November 10, 2016

Has anyone perfected this?  If so, can you share with us please?  I, personally, am terrible at this.  Teachers, or anyone in education for that matter, struggle to balance work and everything else and YOU MATTER! Check out THIS ARTICLE for some interesting insight and ideas on how to make this happen...

So, there is a lot of discussion around teacher talk!  Let's work on being DONE with all of the teacher talk!  Do we have your attention?  The research is startling:  teachers ask between 200-300 questions a day (are you tired yet??), whereas most students as 2. OMG. TWO?  And those questions are typically for clarification purposes.

Most teachers, in general, dominate the classroom talk speaking anywhere between 60-70% of the time!  That's a LOT of work for all teachers!

Take a minute to read THIS ARTICLE (and sign up for her blog posts as they are awesome) to evaluate where you are and what you can do to get kids talking MORE academically and you talking less!

As an educator and a parent myself, having parent meetings can lead to better understanding between both parties.  All parents want their kids to feel safe, be happy and learn when they come to GVMS.  This is SO important and why we want to make them feel welcome and a part of our team when making decisions, especially when it comes to their kids.  While I know we don't have parent/student conferences again until February, take a moment to reach out to them to ask if there are any changes at home that may be affecting their student at school, or something positive that you have noticed about them when they are at GVMS.  This can be life changing!  

We have had a few people ask for subs for half or full day to visit others or collaborate (yay!) and we are HAPPY to help make this happen!  Just let us know that you are interested so we can ensure that a sub will be reserved! We currently have 1 more reserved for November 17th so FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED!

Thank you for already completing the nomination form for Student of the Month for Trustworthiness for December!  It's due next Friday so there is a fast turn around!  Please remember not to pick more than the current month and please do not choose a student that has already been chosen from another staff member.  Thank you to Dalal, Kevin, Allison, Julie, Sue, Heather, Carol, Elizabeth, Annette/Karen for already submitting your name!

While Hour of Code is coming December 5-11, MANY of our classes are already coding on a daily, if not weekly, basis!  This is a fantastic opportunity for students to learn programming skills and more!  Sign your class up HERE and check out all of the different options for students!!

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!

• SUPER shout out to those that have already reached out OR sent up GOOD NEWS REFERRALS, especially to those that have NEVER written them before!! We have already had 44 for NOVEMBER (some are from the end of October that just got awarded!)!!  Keep them coming!  Can't wait to see how POSITIVE and FABULOUS this month IS!!! **We have only had 16 referrals in NOVEMBER sent to the office mostly for disruption/defiance =)
• What to nominate a fellow SUPER HERO to be recognized at our next faculty meeting?  Click HERE!!  PLEASE!!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

*November 15, 16- DOK/Academic Training in our library!
*November 16- PBIS Training at SCOE!
*November 18- PTC Meeting in Library!
*November 21-25- EMAIL FREE Thanksgiving Break!
*November 29- Department Meetings
*December 15- RALLY SCHEDULE (coming soon) for Honor Roll/Perfect Attendance!