Staff Meeting

October 3rd, 2012Senator Duffy Public School

“My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.”

Sir Ken Robinson

Agenda

Safety Spotlight - Machine Guarding Learning Skills Focus School Improvement Goals and work Writing Reflecting/Student Voice

Safety Spotlight - Guarding

http://www.tvdsb.ca/videos.cfm?vid=380

Look for safety hazards

Put away extension cords after use.Do not “daisy-chain” power bars.Use a step ladder at all times for putting up high items.Report possible Health & Safety problems immediately to David.

Learning Skills Focus

Responsibility Cooperation

How will you instruct students in these skills ?

How will you measure these skills What are the learning goals for these ?

Learning Skills

Responsibility

Organization

Independent Work

Collaboration

Initiative

Self-Regulation

All teachers shall implement a daily comprehensive "Balanced Literacy Program"

in K - 8 consisting of read aloud, modeled writing, shared, guided and independent reading and writing.

implement a comprehensive "Balanced Math Program" to include teaching through and about problem solving.

Guiding DocumentsBalanced LiteracyJuniorIntermediate

Know this document and shape your program accordingly—this is a key document that explains expectations for your grade. 

Achievement Chartsfound in curriculum docs 

Use extensively as you plan your assessment and evaluation—be able to back up your grade by reference to the document. 

Growing Success 

Ont. Government policy on Assessment , Evaluation and Reporting—consistent with TVDSB Policy and must be followed 

Know them, use them, refer to them…they are your key documents.

Photocopy Winner Forrest Gump –

14,997 copies

School Improvement

# of students writing at level 4 will improve by 10% in each grade as measured by report cards and EQAO Writing – 27% at level 4 on EQAO

Increase the reflective component in all areas of the program to enhance student learning

Reflection Activities

Teams works on activities to share

Writing Goal

handout

Writing Improvement Ideas that are interesting and important. Ideas are the heart of

the piece — what the writer is writing about and the information he or she chooses to write about it.

Organization that is logical and effective. Organization refers to the order of ideas and the way the writer moves from one idea to the next.

Voice that is individual and appropriate. Voice is how the writing feels to someone when they read it. Is it formal or casual? Is it friendly and inviting or reserved and standoffish? Voice is the expression of the writer's personality through words.

Word Choice that is specific and memorable. Good writing uses just the right words to say just the right things.

Sentence Fluency that is smooth and expressive. Fluent sentences are easy to understand and fun to read with expression.

Conventions that are correct and communicative.  Conventions are the ways we all agree to use punctuation, spelling, grammar, and other things that make writing consistent and easy to read.