KUDOS!
- Kudos goes to our BLT team (Kurt Rummler, Eric Sulik, Dawn Salbrieter, Jon Nelson, Stephanie Rummler, Patti Tenhagen, Andrea Hancock, Barb Berezowitz, Alyssa Riggs, Amanda Riggs, Melissa Miskell, Steve Berezowitz, Jess Maike, Jenny Trewyn) as they have been meeting weekly from 12:00-1:00 to flush out needs for the 2021-2022 school year and 6-8 needs!
- Thank you to our 7th, 6th, and 5th grade staff for your willingness to support our students and their course selections for the 2021-2022 school year when it comes to their elective choices. Your help is VERY appreciated!!!
Video: Blind spots: Challenge assumptions
As we continue to move forward we need to be intentional. Intentional about everything we do in the world of education. From your lesson planning, activities, body language, actions, and words throughout the day to both students and colleagues. Be willing to push each other and support each other. One phrase that I recall from Reggie Jackson's presentation was, "Instead of calling you out, I will call you in." The best way for us to grow and improve is to work as a team. A team that cares enough about each other to not call each other out for actions, words, or components of lessons that show bias but to call each other in - be helpful, strategic, and compassionate for each other as we all work to uncover our biases for the betterment of our students, colleagues, district, community, nation, and ourselves!
Information/Reminders
7-8 Staff:
- The grading window will open tomorrow, February 22 and close on Thursday, March 11 at 3:30 - crazy term 3 is coming to a close soon!
- Wednesday, February 24 - Building Level Meeting via Zoom from 11:00 - 12:00. This is for all teachers.
- Focus:
- Winter iReady data analysis to determine iTime student group needs.
- Forward Exam Plans and additional focus decisions for iTime based on Forward needs.
- Window is March 22 - May 14
- Cooper is testing the week of March 22
- The rest of K-6 is testing the weeks of April 6 and April 12. These are the suggested dates (from my lens) for 7-8 as well.
- Then... Testing break for students would be the week of April 19
- iReady testing (K-8) can begin April 26 with the completion goal being May 14
- Please think this over and let me know if you see a better week to do things, etc.
- Other questions you might have :)
- Wednesday, February 24 - Special Education Department Meeting focus is department needs.
- Friday, February 26 - ACCESS Testing Window Closes
7-8 Staff - 2020-2021 Budget Information
- Your CURRENT budget funds need to be accounted for no later than March 5!
- Some elective staff and/or staff that have talked to me can extend until March 12 but that has two be the final date. The "why" for this as knowing what electives are taught next year might impact purchasing done with this year's budget.
6-8 2021-2022 Information
- 2021-2022 6-8 student course selection sheets should be back in your hands no later than Friday, February 26. Please hold on to them as we will be using those sheets to enter their requests into Skyward.
- Thursday, February 25 - House Splitting Day
- Jess Maike, Jenny Trewyn, Scott Staude, Brad Ferstenou, Mike Jones, and Kurt Rummler will be assisting with splitting our 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students into houses. The house names will be 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B, 8A, and 8B for now as the goal is to involve the students next year to come up with house names.
- The week of March 1st we should know the elective sections and will then build the schedule.
- Week of March 8 - Determine student needs and schedule students to specific sections when it comes to co-taughts and interventions.
- Next 6-8 BLT Meeting will be (I think) March 9!
- I say think because if we did not get as far as we needed to lean on you for support with scheduling then we will push this meeting back to after spring break.
- Then... "push the button" and clean up sections in April/May!
Budget/Supplies Information
- 2021-2022 Budget Information:
- Next year's budgets are due no later than Friday, March 12!!! This is a FIRM date.
- Please stay very close or under what you were in terms of your budget for this coming school year.
- The following departments can increase a little bit...
- Art, STEM, Music, PE, Spanish
- All forms need to be completed using Google Docs.
- Because everyone is in a different building than Kim Moss please send your forms to Kim via email once they are completed. Kim will then take it from there!
- When naming your budget documents please use this naming convention:
- Last Name(21-22)Budget Worksheet Form
- Example: Botsford(21-22)Budget Worksheet Form
- Last Name(21-22)Budget Requisition Order Form
- Budget Worksheet Form
- This form is what everyone needs to fill out for your entire budget. This form indicates the total amount you need/will have for the 2021-2022 school year.
- 6th grade staff... a few years ago we decided to make things easier for teachers (adjustment Karcher made) where you can put your funds in 411 (consumables) if you would prefer to order items as they are needed throughout the school year versus determining needs right now. I don't know if you were used to listing everything you needed right now for later or not. What I am saying is you don't need to do that if the things you need could be ordered via Amazon, picked up at Walmart in town, Menards, etc. the week prior to needing it during the school year. This was a decision BLT/Kim wanted to try and is now the practice.
- Basically... lets say you usually have 200 dollars for your budget. You can just put down 200 dollars under 411 and submit that to Kim. Then, throughout the school year you can spend the 200 dollars when you need to use it. If this is not your preferred way of doing things then you would want to also submit the Budget Requisition Order Form that is below.
- The above form is all Kim needs you to fill out if there are no items you need on your list prior to the start of the school year.
- Budget Requisition Order Form
- This form should be used to request items that are needed for the start of the school year.
- Kim also prefers you to locate the item you need online, turn it into a PDF, and then attach the PDF to your requisition order form ("attach" by including it as part of your form via email and/or inter school mail to Kim).
- The why here is she has the ability to see exactly what it is you are looking for and then when she goes to order it for you in August she can see the exact picture of the item you want, etc.
- Example Budget Requisition Form - if you can just print off a shopping cart list
- It is preferred that all Amazon orders take place in August or later for the 2021-2022 school year as items requested now may not still be available in August.
- Meaning... if you are listing things that you need for the start of the school year there might be adjustments to the cost or availability of the items come August. If there is a discrepancy of what is needed to what is available Kim will contact you in August to sort it out.
- Also... all online orders the goal is to use our BASD credit card account.
- If you do not know your Function Number (Example: English 122200) email or ask Kim and she will help with what your number is.
- Please send your budget information to Kim no later than March 12!
- BASD Supplied Materials for the 2021-2022 year
- Items that will continue to be housed at the warehouse will be THESE items (basically paper product related)
- Starting in the 2021-2022 school year each individual school will be responsible for ordering other typical consumables needed for day to day needs.
- I made an Excel so that Kim knows what items staff really use versus just sit in the cabinets to ensure the building budget is used properly.
- 6-8 Certified Staff: Please OPEN THIS EXCEL and put your initials behind each item that you would use/need at the start of the school year. At the bottom of this Excel there is also space for you to list other items you use all the time and wish were part of the supplies in the main office. No guarantee they will be included but curious what other items would be preferred!
Picture from this past week!
8th graders dissecting an eye to understand how our eyes work with Donna Sturdevant!
Here are some updated images of the new building!
This is the back wall and ceiling of the reception area. The holes you see on the top are all the spots where lights will hang down. This is the same wood that will wrap the science classrooms over looking the commons and the backs of all the benches/display cases in the building.
