Bear Cub Digest #11

One of our School Improvement Plan (SIP) focus areas is to build upon our positive school environment and culture through the Leader in Me framework (based on Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People).  One of our action steps includes teaching our families the 7 Habits and its embedded techniques. We will teach these techniques through our "Rise and Lead" events. Our first "Rise and Lead" event that took place last week Thursday, 10/15 at 7:00AM and was focused on Habits 1 and 2.  In the Leader in Me framework, (Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind), mission statements can be written for individuals, whole classes, or families. Our families listened to some classroom mission statements, then had an opportunity to create a family mission statement.  See some pictures of that event below.

Monitoring for learning (often referred to as progress monitoring or formative monitoring) is the ongoing, systematic process by which educators observe, assess, and track a student's academic and behavioral growth relative to specific learning targets. Rather than waiting for a high-stakes, or ending unit assessments, it acts as a continuous feedback loop during instruction. Monitoring student learning involves tracking academic growth, checking for understanding, and adjusting instruction in real time.  Mr. Davis (4th grade Math/Science teacher) and Ms. Callhan (2nd grade) are great examples of teachers that begin teaching with the learning target, and monitor instruction throughout the lesson.  Mr. Davis pulls a small group based on his monitoring and noting students that need some extra support during the lesson,