Faculty Focus September 2016 Faculty and Staff This

Faculty Focus September, 2016

Faculty and Staff, This year, I have organized parts of the Faculty Focus into our four FOCUS AREAS. The information included will not cover everything we are implementing and monitoring for each Focus Area, but it will assist us in monitoring progress toward our goals.

UPDATES/REMINDERS • Power School Webinar—Wednesday, Oct. 5 th. Mandatory attendance for all Core Academic teachers. • Homecoming Parade Friday—we have a faculty float again this year. You need to plan to ride it if you are not supervising students on another float. • Homecoming Game Friday—we hope to see everyone there! • Homecoming Dance Saturday— 8: 00 – 11: 00. 9 th Grade Advisors chaperone. If you have made arrangements to change dance responsibilities with someone, you should have already notified Mrs. Linder. • MONDAY, October 10 th, is a HOLIDAY!!!! • Faculty Meeting—October 12 th.

FOCUS AREA Faculty Leadership and Positive Focus

Certified Absences Goal: < 400 90 85 2015 80 2016 70 2017 60 50 40 61 57 62 51 48 40 29 30 20 62 29 26 32 26 JAN. FEB. 38 46 35 33, 45 27 13 10 0 SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. MARCH APRIL May

FOCUS AREA Student Attendance

Students Missing More than 5 Days 60 50 51, 2 50, 3 53, 4 2015 2016 40 30 20 10 0

Monthly Student Attendance Missing more than 5 days 2017 Goal: <50% 0, 025 0, 02 0, 015 0, 01 0. 02% Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec Jan Feb Mar 0, 005 Apr May 0

Discipline—Student Referrals Goal: < 300 45 40 40 35 32 30 2014 -15 32 2015 -16 27 24 25 22 24 22 18 16 20 18 17 15 22 20 1716 11 8 10 4 5 Fe ay M ril Ap ch ar M br ua ry ry Ja n ua r be m De ce ve m be r Oc to No Se pt em be r 0 2016 -17

FOCUS AREA IMPROVE LITERACY

SRI Data % Proficient and Advanced 54 60 50 53 51 52 50 43 43 42 40 End 2016 30 SRI #1 2017 20 10 0 9 th 10 th 11 th 12 th

FOCUS AREA INCREASE RIGOR We are working on our PLCs for this Focus Area. In the meantime, ask lots of “WHY” questions and engage ALL students in critical thinking tasks.

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