Friday, August 21, 2009

Great week and Enjoy the weekend

It has been a great first week back. Everyone has pitched in to get things ready. PBS is off to a great start and we will continually refine how we implement it at Gibson. We are going to have a fantastic kick-off for students the first week of school. Homeroom teachers received "I have Gibson Pride" stickers. Please save those until the PBS student kickoff next Friday. The K-2 kickoff is 9:00-10:15 and the 3-5 Kickoff is 10:30-11:15. This will be a great time to put into practice our new assembly expectations. Teachers will receive other materials such as sub dollars, no shopping cards, and classroom forms.
Administrative supervision and support-Administrators have decided to focus on specific grade levels and departments instead of rotating. Classroom walkthroughs, evaluations, report card reviews , parent conferences and discipline will be handled by a primary administrator all year long. David Johnson will work with Kindergarten and second grade, Ron Davis will work with third and fourth grade and Cindy Snipes will work with first and fifth grade. All other staff will be assigned to an administrator as well.
The PBS team is also aligning the seating arrangements in the cafeteria with the the traffic flow. Classroom teachers will receive a new lunch schedule with different seating. The times will remain the same but the tables may change. We will make sure you get a new seating chart before next Tuesday. A couple of other things to Keep in mind for Monday:
QRI training for 3-5 teachers
DIBELS training for K-2 teachers
PRT's and intervention teachers (formerly Title 1) will attend sessions as they are able.
Rest up and enjoy your weekend.

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