HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Thanks for an awesome week and AWESOME Friday! I believe we as a staff enjoyed the races more than the students!

• COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER FOR THE WEEK: Please review our parent newsletter for the week: CLICK HERE
  
  

• COMMUNITY MEETING: Just wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to the many staff members that attended the community meeting. It was great looking out seeing so many staff mustangs! :)
  

• STUDENT CONDUCT: Spring has officially sprung at Cliftondale! (Please make certain to review my burb in the parent newsletter pertaining student misconduct) As we historically do when the weather begins to change, we are seeing an increase number of ODR (office direct referrals) for student misconduct. Please make sure that we are reteaching our behavior expectations. This should be done through our PBIS Lessons. Please also make certain that you engage with the student's parents pertaining their child's behavior before making an office referral. Teachers should also referral a student to Dr. Ford for counseling services.
  
  We have had several fights to occur with inadequate adult supervision. Students MUST be monitored at all times. In addition, when providing students out of class timeout, students must be placed in a teammates classrooms. Students should not be placed in the hall.
  
  Please make certain that we are actively monitoring our students during recess. We have a lot of playfield and it is important that you are attentive to your students whether their playing on the play-structure or the large playfield. Please remember, students should not have cellphones out during recess.
  
  
• TKES FORMATIVE OBSERVATIONS: If you have not already had your formative observation, expect this observation to be conducted over the next few weeks. For formatives, we will evaluate you on all 10 TKES standards through a 30-minute observation. TKES STANDARDS In addition, please expect to see our Coaches conducting observations as well. Coaches will come in to review your small group instructional practices. Small groups are expected to occur in all class daily, with the exception of days in which we operate off of a modified schedule or are testing.
  
  
  
• LESSON PLAN EXPECTATIONS: All teachers are expected to post lesson plans in your grade specific lesson plans by COB each Thursday. This is a school expectation and non-negotiable. In addition, all detailed schedules should be uploaded HERE. All schedules should contain your small group time block for reading and math. This too is a school non-negotiable. *The deadline for uploading has passed.
  

  Kindergarten

  First Grade

  Second Grade

  Third Grade

  Fourth Grade

  Fifth Grade

  
  

• PBIS REWARDS: Relationships and Routines is a Big Rock for FCS and Cliftondale ES. PBIS is a part of this big rock and a part of our daily practices and expectations here at Cliftondale. The premise of PBIS is that continual teaching, combined with acknowledgement or feedback of positive student behavior will reduce unnecessary discipline and promote a climate of greater productivity, safety and learning. We reward students for exemplifying our Mustang M.U.S.T. This expectation is for all teachers and staff members for all students PK-5th.
  
  CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COMPETITION WINNERS FOR MARCH:
  Pre-K -Ms. McCain

  Kindergarten- Mrs. Anderson

  1st- Ms. Williams

  2nd-Ms. Johnson

  3rd- Ms. Igbinoba

  4th- Ms. Hall

  5th- Ms. Knight
  
  The winners will go to the PBIS Game Room on April 14th during grade level Specials. Remember, this competition continues monthly for the remainder of the school year. Wondering how to win? It's by simply issuing PBIS points CONSISTENTLY to scholars that earned them in your homeroom class. See more details below.
  
  -Issue PBIS Rewards to scholars daily
  -Three Random data days will be pulled by PBIS Coach and shared during PBIS Townhall Meeting
  -Based on these three days the teacher with the highest points issued to scholars on their grade level will earn a free gaming pass for his/her class!
  
  IMPORTANT PBIS DATES:
  April 17th -PBIS Team Meeting
  April 18th - PBIS District Walkthrough
  April 21st -PBIS Staff Surprise!
  April 28th - PBIS Rewards Game Room Participates

• UPCOMING STAFF MEETING DATES: Please notate the following dates that we will have staff meetings and/or leadership team meetings for the next few weeks:
  
  April 24th:Leadership Meeting at 3:00 pm
  *This will be a quick huddle to discuss honors programs and end of year celebrations.
  May 9th: Staff Meeting/Centigix Training at 3:00 pm
  May 8th: Leadership Meeting at 3:00 pm
  *Final Leadership Meeting of the Year
  
  

• TEACHER CERTIFICATION OPTION FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS: GO Teach has partnered with Gordon State College to offer a Bachelor’s/Teacher Certification program for paraprofessionals who already hold an Associate’s degree. Tuition will be paid by Fulton County Schools. The certification will be for Elementary Education or Elementary/Special Education. More information and application can be found on the link below. https://jobs.fultonschools.org/job-invite/26460/?isInternalUser=true For more information, see Liz Young.
  
  

• FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN: Our Superintendent, Dr. Looney and our School Board Members are seeking your input on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) that exist in Fulton County Schools. This information will be used as we start to create the Strategic Plan with the Board. The new Strategic Plan will start in Fall 2024 pending Board approval.
  
  Please use the links below to participate:
  -Strengths: https://tejoin.com/scroll/589527154
  -Weaknesses: https://tejoin.com/scroll/571498989
  -Opportunities: https://tejoin.com/scroll/120854920
  -Threats: https://tejoin.com/scroll/799413922
  
  

• GMAS ENVIRONMENT CHECKLIST: All classrooms and other testing spaces must be 100% test ready by Friday, April 28th. Please complete the ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST by COB Friday. *REMEMBER, all instructional materials must be removed from your walls or covered. I encourage you to remove the items. Items removed do not have to be put back up after testing. If you have unique needs, please alert Mrs. Long immediately. Please do not wait.
  
  

• IT'S FIELD DAY THIS WEEK! Coach Luckett has worked hard to make our 1st field day since pre-covid AWESOME for our Mustangs! All PK-2nd grade teachers have been provided with a field day informational packet via your staff mailbox. In addition, you received your station rotational schedule. Please ensure that you adhere to the schedule as detailed by Coach. Please also make sure that you arrive to your first event on time. If you have any field day activity specific questions, please see Coach. All 3rd-5th grade teachers will receive Field Day packets and schedules on Tuesday. Field Day Times for PK-2nd is 8:30-11:30 and 8:30AM -12:00 PM on Tuesday for 3rd-5th grades. Specialist teachers are apart of Field Day. For this reason, students do not report to their Specialist classes on Monday or Tuesday.
  
  Coach Luckett has arranged for grab 'n go lunches for classes. If the weather is nice; an outdoor picnic would be tons of fun! 😊

Mrs. Canty

Intervention Central provides teachers, schools and districts with free resources to help struggling learners and implement Response to Intervention and attain State Standards. Intervention Central has awesome Behavior Interventions to support students and resources to establish and maintain a positive learning environment.

Thank you for your attention at our Building Staff Capacity Training. If you didn't get a change to complete the evaluation on Tuesday, please use the link provided to do so.

https://bit.ly/FCSEvaluation_Survey

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of our Mustangs that celebrated their birthday in APRIL:

Woodruff Yolvonda-April 1st

Jenkins Pamela - April 5th

Archer-Everett Brook - April 10th

Jackson Olymphia - April 18th

Canty Nicole - April 19th

Johnson Fred - April 22nd

ONGOING: Student Devices: All students are required to test using a Fulton County issued devices. Personal devices are not acceptable, even if the parent declined/refused the FCS device. As testing nears, please make sure that you check your student’s devices and report any device issues. All technical issues (such as cracked screens, missing keys, bad headphone ports, etc.) must be addressed/reported prior to the start of testing. If you have a student with device issues, please communicate those issues by completing the forms in this link CES Device Check March.xlsx In addition, if you have a student using a personal device, please notate his or her name on the spreadsheet also.

ONGOING: Georgia Experience Online- Please make sure to allow ALL STUDENTS to experience the testing platform leading up to our testing administration. This is a non-secure platform that allows students to become comfortable with the testing platform. *We never want a student to do poorly because he/she is unfamiliar with the testing platform. This link can be shared with parents so please post it to your Class Dojo so that parents may use it with students at home. Also, remember that all students will be assessed online so please make sure that we are providing students with opportunities to complete as many assignments & assessments online.
Experience Online Tutoring Video and Experience Online Test Practice

GEORGIA MILESTONES PREADMINISTRATION TRAINING: Please notate, we will also have our required GMAS Preadministration Training on March 28th for all certified teachers and paras. For this session, please plan for at minimum 1-hour. This session is for all K-5th grade certified teachers and instructional paraprofessionals.

GEORGIA MILESTONES PREADMIN MAKEUP TRAINING: If you missed the March 28th meeting, you are required to attend the makeup session on April 18th at 11: 00 am in the Coaches Suite

GEORGIA MILESTONES SMALL GROUP TRAINING: This session is only for selected staff members that are identified as small group test examiners. This session will be April 18th at 3:00 pm in the Coaches Suite.

• Assessment Guides
  
  
• Assessment Updates for Teachers-SPRING 2023
  
  
• Experience Online Tutoring Video
  
  
• Experience Online Test Practice
  
  
• Teacher Assessment Manual (TAM) 2023: All testing examiners are required to review the manual prior to testing beginning on May 3rd. If you prefer to review a printed copy of the manual, please see Mrs. Long.

• April 24th: Field Day: PK-2nd - 8:30 am-12:00 pm
• April 25th: Field Day: Grades 3rd-5th - 8:30 am-12:00 pm
• April 27th: GMAS Bowl-3rd-5th Grade during Specials
• April 28th: GMAS Pep Rally
• April 28th-May 19th: i-Ready End of Year Screening
• April/May: Grade Level Field Day (TBA)
• May 1st-May 5th: Teacher Appreciation Week
• May 1st-May 12th: Georgia Milestones Testing for 3rd-5th Grades
• May 2nd: NO STAFF MEETING
• May 3rd: ELA Part 1
  
• May 4th: ELA Part 2
• May 5th: ELA Part 3
• May 8th: Title I Transition Meeting
• May 9th: Staff Meeting-Centegix Training
• May 9th: Math Part 1
• May 10th: Math Part 2
• May 12th: Science *5th Grade Only
• May 12th: PK/KK Field Trip: Atlanta Botanical Gardens
• May 11th: School Nurse Appreciation Day
  
• May 12th: PTA's Mother-Son Dance
• May 16th: PK Award's Day/End of Year Celebration
  
• May 17th: K-2nd Award's Day/End of Year Celebration
• May 18th: 3rd-4th Awards Day/End of Year Celebration
• May 18th: 5th Grade Awards at Renaissance Middle School
• May 19th: 5th Grade Ball
• May 22nd: 5th Grade Field Trip
• May 23rd: 5th Grade Cookout
• May 25th: Last Day of School
  

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT HOMEPAGE

Leader Keys (LKES) is the effectiveness instrument for principals and assistant principals

Teacher Keys (TKES) is the effectiveness instrument for classroom teachers

Contributing Professionals (CP) is the effectiveness instrument for non-classroom teachers and other certified/licensed support staff (as designated by DOE)

Performance Appraisal System (PAR) is the evaluation instrument for everyone else - central office/school staff is the instrument used for non-certified central office and school support staff

• Performance Management Timeline (required steps included)
• Performance Management by Job
• Click here for instructions on entering a goal (CP)
  
• Click here for instructions on entering a mid-year reflection (CP)
  
• Click here for instruction on entering a mid-year progress check (manager/principal)
  
• Click here for instructions for entering an end-of-year progress check (manager/principal)
• TKES Handbook 2022-2023
• TAPS Sample Indicators
• TAPS Standard Rubrics
• Standard 1
• Standard 2
• Standard 3
• Standard 4
• Standard 5
• Standard 6
• Standard 7
• Standard 8
• Standard 9
• Standard 10
• FCS Performance Management Timeline 2023
• FCS FAQ
• TKES Job Aid_FY23

A school volunteer is a non-paid person who serves in an auxiliary capacity under the direction and supervision of school personnel. A volunteer is one who performs duties that an employee could perform such as making copies, filing, sorting, escorting students, assisting with lunch duty, media center or front office tasks. Any person who leads or assists students other than own in programs or tutors a student(s) is considered a volunteer AND must complete FCS Volunteer Training.