January 7 to 11

Welcome Back and Happy 2019!

 MAP Test
Teachers - At this Tuesday's Staff Meeting, you will have the opportunity to earn a prize and become certified as a "Crystal Middle School MAP Test Administrator". How? All teachers will be given a certification exam based on the "MAP Administration Handbook". Proctoring, troubleshooting and contingency procedures are all covered in the Handbook. This is not an open book exam - STUDY and KNOW the contents of your MAP Handbook, get certified and earn a reward! 

 All Staff MAP Test FYI: See the Q&A For All Staff & the Dialer Script sent out to families starting on 1/6/19 and repeatedly through the end of the window. We will have a prize for all students that bring a charged Chromebook ready for the test each day!! 

 Update Your Calendar!
Reminder: Staff Meeting and Department Meetings have gone back to 1st Tuesday (STAFF) and 3rd Tuesday (DEPT). Specific dates are in our Staff Handbook. 

 Faculty Meeting is this Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 from 3:15 to 4:45!

Our Students' Achievement 
To achieve excellence - Blue, Green Yellow - all staff must know which Crystal student subgroups scored in the RED on last year's CAASPP. This information is on the California Dashboard and displayed below. 

Our Students' Scores in ELA 2017 - 2018

Our Students' Scores in Math 2017 - 2018

 Examine how our student groups performed, and think about how you can maximize your potential for our students to achieve excellence. Please document your ideas on this SURVEY by January 9th.

How will we improve our students' performance?
We will continue instructional rounds with admin... Recall the data meetings with Krista to analyze the Fall MAP data. Now, you will meet with Lisa to use that knowledge and design instructional strategies to meet the needs of your students. 
THURSDAY 1/10
NAME
TIME
ROOM
REYNOLDS
9:00-9:30
No Sub Needed
MULKS
9:30-10:00
E202
SPINELLI
10:00-10:30
E203
BREAK
10:30-11:00

ALARCON-YOUNG
11:00-11:30
E201
BRODERSEN
11:30-12:00
H102
KING
12:00-12:30
F101
LUNCH
12:30-1:00

DEAN
1:00-1:30
F105
CURRIE
1:30-2:00
G104

FRIDAY  1/18
NAME
TIME
ROOM
DOHERTY
9:00-9:30
No Sub Needed
HAYNES
9:30-10:00
D201
THOMAS
10:00-10:30
D105
BREAK
10:30-11:00

SORENSON
11:00-11:30
G106
GILSON
11:30-12:00
PE
LUNCH
12:00-12:30

BENCKENDORF
12:30-1:00
H101
LAU
1:00-1:30
F204
BALTHAZOR
1:30-2:00
PE
DRUMHELLER
2:00-2:30
PE

Remember, there is <1% correlation between our students' performance on the MAP and their performance on the CAASPP. 
Students' improvement on the MAP = Students' improvement on the CAASPP!

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2019 at 9:21 AM

    We need to help the students understand the impact that their test scores have on their future options for classes they can take and opportunities they'd have.

    ReplyDelete

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