It's NWEA Time!

Due to scheduled events, our Fall NWEA Testing Schedule is:

Tuesday, September 19

3/4 hours - Growth: Language 2-12

6/7 hours - Growth: Reading 6+

Friday, September 22

1/2 hours - Growth: Science 9-12 Life Science for use with NGSS 2013

5/6 hours - Growth: Math 6+

NWEA Testing Proctors are:

Eric Brayman: 9th Grade, Almendinger - Klasing

Rita Shaw: 9th Grade, Larson - Woodland

Rachel Bayne: 10th Grade, Abney - Mayeres

Hannah Key: 10th Grade, Owens - Wiseman

Teffany Sample: 11th Grade, Adams - Keller

Zach Crews: 11th Grade, Knox - Wolfe

Brenda Heilman: 12th Grade, Ball - Hirt

John Roberts: 12th Grade, Hunsaker - Zdybel

Leah Bowling: C. Johnson, R. Durham, Z. McClellan, B. Johnson

• Proctors, your students have been assigned to you (Thanks, Mindy!). You will roster them for the Fall Session in the GROWTH TESTS listed above. Let me know if you have questions or need help. Please do this as soon as possible so we can ensure that you have access to all of the kiddos in your group. I will bring goal sheets and a list of names to you on Monday.
  
  
• I want to use NWEA's reports more this year. (Deep breath) So...for this first window, I will not create a spreadsheet to track scores and subscores. I will send something out on Monday so that each room proctor can indicate which students met the incentive criteria and which ones did not. As a reminder, a student must fulfill at least three out of four of the following:
• Less than 2% rapid guessing
• RIT Growth (or no loss from the previous session)
• Attendance the day of the test
• No Disruptions or Outbursts
• (Freshmen can meet Incentive Criteria with 2/4, since they won't have a previous HS RIT Score)
  
  
• Shared teachers with HS hours, please assist the following teachers at the following times:
• Tuesday, 9/19 Third Hour:
• Hannah Bailey: Relieve Brenda Heilman
• Tuesday, 9/19 Fourth Hour:
• Stephen Meyer: Relieve John Roberts
• Cindy Crumbaugh: Relieve Hannah Key
• Rachel Harding: Relieve Rita Shaw
• Tuesday, 9/19 Sixth Hour:
• Hannah Bailey: Relieve Teffany Sample
• Tuesday, 9/19 Seventh Hour:
• Aric Falls: Relieve Zach Crews
• Friday, 9/22 Second Hour:
• Aric Falls: Relieve Rachel Bayne
• Friday, 9/22 Fifth Hour:
• Stephen Meyer: Relieve Eric Brayman
• Friday, 9/22 Sixth Hour:
• Aric Falls: Relieve Zach Crews
• Friday, 9/22 Seventh Hour
  
  
• SCCC students will test as they return from SCCC on Tuesday. They should be able to start their test and make decent progress. If they don't complete their test, they can finish it when we pull them to take their Science test next week.

*I apologize for the change up, but Becky and I worked with Nicole to fix some settings in PowerSchool to be able to submit a referral through the INCIDENT option.

Here are the steps to enter a Referral:

1. Go to the Student Information icon on the right hand side of your screen.
2. Click on the last name of the student on the left side of your screen.
3. Then go to the Select Screen dropdown on the top right of your screen.
4. Select Submit Incident Entry.
5. Enter the Incident Title (be sure to title it as Discipline Referral), date and time.
6. Write your description in the Incident Detail section which should include details of the incident and where it happened.
7. Submit. (It will say you have successfully submitted the incident.)

We will have a building level meeting after school on Wednesday, September 27. Location TBA. Please plan to attend.

Mike Rutherford developed a program called THE ARTISAN TEACHER. Mike's website describes the program by saying, "The Artisan Teacher is our core program for teachers and teacher developers. It is an ongoing study of the most recurring pedagogical approaches of particularly successful teachers. Based on more than 40,000 classroom observations, the 23 Artisan Themes represent a comprehensive lexicon of terms that describe the core skills of excellent instruction. The Artisan Teacher is designed to develop the craft of teaching by enabling teachers to identify and hone their most productive skills—and, to add new, complementary, skills to their repertoire. The Artisan Teacher is also designed to be an aid to administrators, instructional coaches, college professors, and anyone who is engaged in the learning and development of teachers and teaching."

As I come into your classroom to observe, you'll see that I'll often point out one of Rutherford's 23 Artisan Teaching Themes I've noticed you using. Throughout the school year, I will highlight various themes.

This week's highlight is another theme dealing with the technical work of teaching:

Congruency: The ability of the teacher to design classroom activities that are accurately matched to clear learning goals.

Teffany Sample had a great application of congruency last week. She introduced her Physical Science students to the Scientific Method and had them develop a hypothesis for how many rubber bands their watermelon/honey dew/cantaloupe could withstand before exploding. The students had to perform the experiment and analyze their data afterwards. It is a lesson they (and I) won't forget any time soon!

What staff member deserves a shout out?

Take a minute to let me know all about it by filling out THIS FORM or clicking the banner above.

Students, Parents, and Staff can give a shout out to any Slater Schools employee! We'll make sure they receive a copy of it and will look for ways to share them with you throughout the year as well.

Let's get to bragging about all the good people around here!

Did you know that HS Student parking spots off of Morgan Street extend from the corner of Parker and Morgan streets to the ECC Entrance? (See the spots below.)

Some of our HS Students are reporting being displaced by staff member vehicles. The cafeteria lot and spots north of the ECC doors are up for grabs for staff, students, and visitors.

Just a friendly reminder. If you have received food from the cafeteria. Please go through the checkout line and let Whitney know what you have received. We are having issues with numbers not lining up. We are serving more food than what our numbers are showing. This can cause issues when it comes time for our audit.

We also ask that you not cut in front of the students in line. I know the line can be a bit long, but please be patient. Whitney is pretty quick at what she does!

Breakfast bags: If you have students absent or that are not being counted for breakfast. We will also need you to send those breakfast items back as well.

Have a good weekend!

Reannen Hill

Head Cook

Slater Schools

660-529-2278 Ext 300

Please do not send students to the offices for health care needs unless you are unable to make contact with the nurse. Reminder: Do not send students out of your room without making contact.

The fanny packs in your rooms are for minor health care needs, ie. bandaids. If your pack is missing something please let the nurse know.

I have stopped several students wandering the halls on their phones who tell me they are heading to the nurse. I would suggest a hall pass that the nurse can sign off on noting the time they came and left. Way to much traffic in the halls during instruction time.

Dr. T

If a student has an accident at school, no matter how big or small, an accident report needs to be filled out. This needs to be done as soon as possible and submitted through the Google Form that Crystal shared this past week.

I have added a button at the bottom of this newsletter for both the student accident form and the Work Comp Form for your quick reference.

Anyone who does not work for the District should be wearing a neon green lanyard while in the building.

Remember - if you see a parent/visitor entering the building during drop off or pick up times, you need to remind them that they are to sign-in in the appropriate office. We are also asking you to escort them to that office so that we make sure they are not just going into classrooms.

We have some parents that are having a hard time dropping their babies off at the door and still wanting to walk them to their room and catching teachers off guard.

Please try to be outside of your classroom greeting students as they come in to help reduce some of these issues. Remember: If you see something, say something!

Thank you!

Remember that Tonja Boggs offers Grab & Go PD two days a month during lunch in her Coaching Corner. Those dates are on the Coaching Corner calendar, and it is an expectation that everyone attends. You don't have to stay, but you should come learn about what she has to share.

The next dates are 10/24 & 10/25. Watch your email for more information.

Please double check your voice message on your classroom phones. If you are unsure of how to create your personalized message, please refer to the Quick Reference Guide that Angela shared with you.

In the guide, you will find the document How to Make a Call. In that document it tells you how to create your personalized voice message.

Expectations for HS Lunch Duty (above) include:

Salad Bar Supplies: Extra salad bar supplies will be kept in an upright cooler in Whitney's 'area' to make it easier for that day's person to keep an eye on supplies and keep it stocked. These are the people who are posted at the salad bar until the line is through. Tasks include making sure kids are getting appropriate portions, not making messes (make them clean up after themselves), and that the stations are stocked. Whitney is entering codes and numbers. She won't be restocking any longer. Once the kids are through the line, staff members can/should move about the room to supervise and finish their meal.

'Outside Area': During the winter months and in inclement weather, this person will keep an eye on condiments until the kids are through the line. That station will move to the North wall as well. Spare ketchup will be stored in the cooler with salad bar items and ala carte drinks. Gravy/sauce may have to be retrieved from the kitchen. Once the kids are through the line, staff members can/should move about the room to supervise and finish their meal.

Hallway Supervision: These people will continue to supervise the hallway until the line has moved past the servers. At that point, staff members can/should move about the room to supervise and finish their meal.

Please be sure to include lunch duty details in your sub plans.

Thank you for everything you do all day every day - including the logistics of making a 28 minute lunch period work. I appreciate you!

HS students need to be using the restroom BETWEEN classes rather than during class.

As always, you can use discretion for emergencies. If a student leaves during class time, it should be documented and his/her phone should not go with him/her. They need to leave it in the room if they go. Documentation can be in the form of a sign in/out sheet in your room, but I need a way to know who what out and about if an incident is reported. This also lets us look for patterns and potential vaping.

We're losing out on instructional time and man hours tracking students down because kids are treating the restrooms like a wifi lounge.

Here's who's celebrating a September birthday:

3- Brian Adolphs

6- Kelly Gochenour

10- Sara Gochenour

15- Sherry Ballenger

16- Reannen Hill

22- Kim Reeter

27- Tera Allen & Emilee Grimes

Monday, September 18

• 9:00 am - Admin Meeting
• 10:30 am - Wellness Meeting
• 1:00 pm - Girls Basketball Meeting @Gym w/Coach Harding
• 2:30 pm - PK-8th Grade Pep Assembly
• 3:15 pm - Softball Pictures
• 3:15 pm - HS Life Academy Meeting (optional) @TBA
• 5:00 pm - JH Football @Sweet Springs (Bus leaves @3:40 pm / Admin: B. Drummond)
  
  

Tuesday, September 19

• 3/4 hours: NWEA Testing Language
• 6/7 hours: NWEA Testing Reading
• 2:30 pm - Softball Team dismissed for bus
• 5:00 pm - V/JV Softball @Madison (Bus leaves @2:45 pm / Admin: Staci Meyer)
  
• 5:30 pm - 5th -12th Grade Music Dept. Fundraiser meeting for Parents @Auditorium

Wednesday, September 20

• 7:30 am - Yearbook to Boonville for training

Thursday, September 21

• Before Lunch: National Teach Ag Day (email from Zach)
• 11:30 am -Jess and Rachel H. attend CRC Principal/AD Meeting @Concordia
• 7:00 pm - FBLA Movie Night @gym

Friday, September 22

• 1/2 hours - NWEA Testing Science
• 5/6 hours - NWEA Testing Math
• 2:30 pm - Jostens Ring & Announcement Orders
• 7:00 pm - V Football @Southwest Livingston (Bus leaves @4:40 / Admin: J. Clements)

Cell Phone: 660-631-5298

Email: jclements@slaterschools.net
Website: slaterschools.net
Location: 515 Elm Street, Slater, MO, United States
Phone: 660-529-2278 (108)
Twitter: @SlaterPrincipal

Cell Phone: 660-631-0883

Email: mwiseman@slaterschools.net
Phone: 660-529-2278 (107)