1.  Mrs. Harris will be on leave for the next few weeks and we wish her a speedy return.

2.  Lesson Planning will take place beginning Monday, February 29th in the conference room. Please bring the following items to meeting.
a.  an audit report of the ACT Aspire Reading and Math Standards that have not been taught.
b.  group data report for class showing ACT Aspire Benchmark performance by standard.
c.  Go to the BCS website and print/download to a laptop the Pacing Guides for your grade in Reading and Math
d.  Draft Lesson Plan with stations identified and graphic organizers from which to select from as lesson plans are built.

3.  ACT Aspire Interim Assessments should be completed by March 7, 2016.

4.  Be reminded that absences must be placed in the sub finder system and administration should be notified in advance of employee absences.  Also administration should be informed when an absent employee expects to return to work.  In order to plan and prepare for absences and the impact on instruction I am asking everyone to communicate more effectively in this area.

5.  Teach from Bell to Bell!  We are not in a position to relax and waste instructional time with non-instructional tasks.  We must plan, teach and provide intervention with a sense of urgency through the testing and the remainder of the year.

Professional Learning Meeting

Updates and Information

Professional Learning Schedule Elementary Schools
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

1.  Learning Focused Schools Update and Expectations

• Essential Questions
• Rigor
• Relevance
• Collaborative Pairs
• Peer Observations (5th to 4th  on 2/18 and 3rd to 4th on 2/19) 

2.  IB Training Update and Expectations 

• Fidelity to Training Schedule (Daily During Job Embedded Time)
• Team Plans are Due and Must be Submitted According to Schedule
• Intervention Group (2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Monday - Friday)
• Failure is not an Option

3.  Reading Block Expectations

• Small Group Instruction
• Explicit Teaching and/or Teacher Moving Among Students
• Instructional Support Engaged With Students
• No Movement 8:00AM - 10:00 AM

4.  Classroom Expectations

• Objective and Essential Questions Posted
• Lesson Plans Posted
• Students engaged in Small Group and Paired Instruction
• Checks for Understanding
• Rigorous Questioning
• Rigorous Activities and Assignments
• DOK Question Stems Posted

5.   Utilizing Instructional Support Personnel

• Always engaged with students 7:45 AM until Dismissal Except for (2) 15 minute breaks
• Never sitting in a corner, always involved in lesson

6. Office Workroom

• Employees have been directed not to pop popcorn in the school microwave.  Burned popcorn smells awful and I wish not to have the administrative area smelling as such.  On (2) instances since the start of this month someone has failed to follow this mandate. If it happens again the microwaves will be removed and replaced with a toaster oven to allow for food warming.

7.  Kudos

• UA and PE Team
• The Daniel Foundation
• Confucious Institute
• Student Greeter
• IB Lesson Plans
• Team on Target

Mission Statement - The mission of Charles A. Brown Elementary Learning Community is to develop compassionate, responsible, creative and confident learners capable of being successful in a global society driven by 21st Century technology and digital media.

The Brown Student Learning Profile - We are knowledgeable, open-minded, caring, inquirers, communicators, principled, reflective, risk-takers, thinkers and well-balanced.

1.  Standard Operating Procedures

2.  Teacher Assistants and Classroom Support Personnel

3.  Discipline Referrals

4.  Speaking Appropriately to Children and Adults

5.  Professionalism is a Must
     a.  On Time
     d.  Decorum
     c.  All Duties