Hello RLT!
As mentioned during our meeting on Monday, the C-FB ISD Board is seeking community and staff input on the Superintendent search. The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD community and staff are encouraged to fill out an online form to help the district's Board of Trustees develop a profile for the next Superintendent of Schools.
The online form contains four open-ended questions, and all community members, including business owners, parents, students, faculty and staff are invited to fill out the form.
All responses to the online form are confidential and are being gathered by Executive Search Services of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB).
Online Survey
C-FB ISD Website Superintendent Search Page
Please take a moment to fill out the online survey.
Have a great weekend,
Lance
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Lion's Lore
Hello RLT!
RLT has experienced numerous successes over the past few weeks. We would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of these celebrations:
Nadirshah Velasquez has students write 3 "knows" and 3 "need to knows" on one side of an index card. Then, she has the students partner and share their ideas. Then, they flip the index card and come up with 2 new, original "knows" and "need to knows" that neither one had on their individual index card.
Theresa Buntain and Heather Purdue have a poster of "knows" and "need to knows" in their classroom constructed as a class at the beginning of the unit. As they progress, they change the poster and use it to review for the summative assessment.
Erin Middleton shared that the Chemistry teachers are creating a "need to know" list for students to include in their Interactive Notebooks (a great AVID strategy--ask IPC or Chemistry teachers to share more info!). The Chemistry teachers have noticed that kids are going back to the list as they progress through the unit, checking off what they know and asking questions about what they do not yet know.
Candice Teague had students draft individual "knows" and "need to knows," and then students moved to groups to create a group draft. Candice then took the group information and compiled into posters for each class period. The students gave her ideas of how they could better demonstrate their learning, and she incorporated into her lesson plans.
Have a great weekend,
Lance
RLT has experienced numerous successes over the past few weeks. We would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of these celebrations:
- Two National Merit Finalists
- Nominee for the Presidential Scholarship (two from each state are recognized)
- Student's film selected to be screened at the South by Southwest Film Festival
- Four students participating in the All State TMEA
- Boy's soccer combined record-- 33 wins-2 losses-2 ties
- Ten students qualified for Regionals in Swimming and Diving
- Seven choir members received Superior Ratings advancing to State Competition
- Three students qualified for Regional Meet in Wrestling
- 2nd Overall in the Winterfest German Competition
- Two students advanced to State in the PTSA Reflections contest
- Business Professionals of America Competition Team-- State Alternate Competitor
Thank you all for making a difference...GO RLT!
Instructional Tip of the Week:
We heard about great practices this week from our teachers in PD, and we want to highlight a few ideas.
"How can we share standards with students and have them discuss what they know and need to know, building lead management?"
Madira McKee gave her class 10 specific TEKS. The students worked to craft 2 quality questions about each of the TEKS. This gave the kids ownership of the discussion and focused the discussion around the "needs to know."
Nadirshah Velasquez has students write 3 "knows" and 3 "need to knows" on one side of an index card. Then, she has the students partner and share their ideas. Then, they flip the index card and come up with 2 new, original "knows" and "need to knows" that neither one had on their individual index card.
Theresa Buntain and Heather Purdue have a poster of "knows" and "need to knows" in their classroom constructed as a class at the beginning of the unit. As they progress, they change the poster and use it to review for the summative assessment.
Erin Middleton shared that the Chemistry teachers are creating a "need to know" list for students to include in their Interactive Notebooks (a great AVID strategy--ask IPC or Chemistry teachers to share more info!). The Chemistry teachers have noticed that kids are going back to the list as they progress through the unit, checking off what they know and asking questions about what they do not yet know.
Candice Teague had students draft individual "knows" and "need to knows," and then students moved to groups to create a group draft. Candice then took the group information and compiled into posters for each class period. The students gave her ideas of how they could better demonstrate their learning, and she incorporated into her lesson plans.
Have a great weekend,
Lance
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Lion's Lore
Hello RLT!
This week marks the beginning of the window to collect TELPAS writing samples. TELPAS is designed to assess the language acquisition progress of LEP students. As discussed during PD, students are required to be assessed annually in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
As a campus we are required to provide quality examples that show the student’s true ability. In an effort to ensure instructional time is not lost to the completion of this assessment, please create prompts which help classroom instruction and also fulfill our state requirements. Assessments are due to Melanie Freeman on February 13 and February 20. Please see Ms. Freeman or Mr. Julian if you have any question. Thanks in advance for meeting the needs of our students.
A celebration to share: We have begun the after school TAKS Academy and our College Night tutorial sessions. Attendance for the TAKS Academy has been roughly 95-98% each night. The College Night (provides tutorials from college students) has increased from thirteen the first evening to twenty-six students this Thursday. Please continue to encourage students to attend the tutorial sessions in the library.
Hope you all have a great weekend,
Lance
This week marks the beginning of the window to collect TELPAS writing samples. TELPAS is designed to assess the language acquisition progress of LEP students. As discussed during PD, students are required to be assessed annually in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
As a campus we are required to provide quality examples that show the student’s true ability. In an effort to ensure instructional time is not lost to the completion of this assessment, please create prompts which help classroom instruction and also fulfill our state requirements. Assessments are due to Melanie Freeman on February 13 and February 20. Please see Ms. Freeman or Mr. Julian if you have any question. Thanks in advance for meeting the needs of our students.
A celebration to share: We have begun the after school TAKS Academy and our College Night tutorial sessions. Attendance for the TAKS Academy has been roughly 95-98% each night. The College Night (provides tutorials from college students) has increased from thirteen the first evening to twenty-six students this Thursday. Please continue to encourage students to attend the tutorial sessions in the library.
Hope you all have a great weekend,
Lance
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
