Hello Staff,
We hope you enjoyed your long weekend and took sometime to relax. 

~Thank you to all of the facilitators and staff that participated in the PBIS/SOAR Station Rotations last week.  Please be sure you are holding all students accountable for their behavior in all areas of the school building.

~Last week Principal Roberts sent an email out to staff that included information about the new Walk - through Tool.  This tool will be used by administrators as we visit your classrooms.  The tool will provide you with timely feedback and suggestions about improving instruction. 
We are currently working on the creation of the Learning Walk Tool.  More information on that tool is forthcoming.

Principal Roberts will conduct Walk - throughs in grades K - 2.  
L. Garrow will conduct the Walk - throughs in grades 3 -5.
Dr. St. Louis will conduct Walk - throughs in grades 6 - 8. 

The Walk - through tool and focus areas are listed to the right of our blog under the "Learning Walk/Walk - Through" section.  The focus areas for the Walk - throughs will be the same as the Learning Walks. The focus areas were determined based upon the school SCEP, our building - wide initiatives and based upon your feedback given at the collaborative forums held in November.  The first focus area is Learning Targets.  Please review the Walk - through tool to become familiar with the indicators that we will look for under each focus area.

When thinking about a Learning Walk and a Walk - through, it is important to remember the following;

 - Both are ways to improve instructional practices 
 - A Learning Walk is used to give timely feedback school - wide
 - A Walk - through is used to give timely feedback to a specific         teacher
 - Both are NON - EVALUATIVE practices 

Have a great week!