February PLC's
Please view Belvidere High School' proficiency-based grading video used to explain their grading practice to parents - https://youtu.be/fXcvpR9_MPs
Then select the most appropriate Discipline Specific Video on standards-based grading.
On your PLC minutes document located in the teacher curriculum drive please:
- List questions that arise on each short video presentation
- Take notes on a discussion on the pros and cons of implementing proficiency-based grading.
- Take notes on a discussion of your department's current strengths and areas for growth in standards-based grading.
Special Education Progress Reports are due on February 11, 2022. Assignments were shared a few weeks ago. Please reach out to Katie or Nancy with any questions.
Please have conversations with your students sooner than later about MCAS accommodations to help set the expectation about what is and what isn't allowed on testing day. Please reach out to Katie with any questions.
MCAS Biology Retakes:
We have a number of students taking the Bio retakes on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Unfortunately, we will be making use of room 317 on these dates.
Staff Community Building Ideas: Thanks for everyone who made suggestions. The top three are below.
Group spin: Katie and Sandy will organize a group virtual cycle for late February or early March. #SSTSPINS
Virtual book group - There is staff interest. If you are interested in facilitating please let Sandy know.
In-person yoga or meditation class: Do you know an instructor willing to come to SST to teach a class or two? Please reach out to Sandy with suggestions.
Recruitment Video
- Below is the POTENTIAL schedule for Tuesday(2/1) and Wednesday(2/2) filming of the new Recruitment Video. All students available for either day as the process is unpredictable and we may need to change the filming order to facilitate the unexpected.
- 2/1- Andrea Fernandes, Tyler Holmes, Samuel Krpata, Alexa Visconte, Emma Mattuchio, Sophie Bovill
- 2/2- Pandora Walden, Gabriela De Almeida, Todd Egan, Nicholas Martell, Nathan Gillis, Peyton Mathisen
- On 2/3 we will be filming B-roll in the shops. Please note that we will be coming through with a camera that day. (We don't use any sound from the B-roll.)
- Monday, January 31st is the first day for approved co-op juniors! We currently have 8 juniors approved with several more in the queue.
- In total, we have 98 students participating in the co-op program. They have worked over 19,000 hours and earned a combined $300,800.00!
- Teachers should feel free to reach out to employers to check in on their student’s performance. This is especially true if the employer is providing less than stellar reviews on the timecard, or not filling out a timecard at all.
- Please direct students to the SST job board for potential co-op placements. The job board is updated regularly. We are also scheduling brief meetings with students to help match them with employers who have reached out to us.