Week 21 - January 6th is Three Kings Day

Great Things We Noticed:

• ALL of the performances before break!  The students were great and the parents/families were so happy to see them perform!  Thank you for your hard work teachers!
• The new landscape between the wings... Looks so much better! 
• Carol OK working on the garden over break - LOTS of lettuce and veggies! 
• Mr. Sheffield's AWESOME communication over the walkie!

Nuts and Bolts:

• February 20 is the spending deadline for Technology, Furniture and Equipment.  Please see Cindy or Carrie ASAP if you are interested in purchasing any of these items.  
• Toyota Dream Car Art Contest submissions are due January 31.  More info here.
• Danielson Training starts on January 15 - click here to see Hawthorne's schedule.
• Re-inspection by the Fire Marshall is January 15 - please make adjustments as needed
• I have the entire Healthy Play/Playworks Game Guide book - you can access the file here.  
• 1/23 Dr. Hansen and Cabinet with be participating in a special instructional round day at Hawthorne.  I will be speaking to Leadership Team about this on Wednesday.  

Focus: 

Danielson Framework: 

Longi and I will be focusing on Danielson 3c as we do our walkthroughs.  You can find the text for Danielson 3c you can be found in your Danielson Framework for Teaching book on page 51.  3c's focus is engagement in student learning.  A teacher in the proficient range would have the following observable practices during instruction:

"The learning tasks and activities are fully aligned with the instructional outcomes and are designed to challenge student thinking, inviting students to make their thinking visible.  This technique results in active and intellectual engagement by most students with important and challenging content and with teacher scaffolding to support that engagement.  The groupings of students are suitable to the activities.  The lesson has a clearly defined structure, and the pacing of the lesson is appropriate, providing most students the time needed to be intellectually engaged." 

Some "look fors" and "listen fors" might include: 

• Most students are intellectually engaged in the lesson
• Most learning tasks have multiple correct responses or approaches and/or encourage higher-order thinking.
• Students are invited to explain their thinking as part of completing tasks. 
• Materials and resources support the learning goals and require intellectual engagement as appropriate.
• The pacing of the lesson  provides students the time needed to be intellectually engaged.  
• The teacher uses groupings that are suitable to the lesson activities.  

Upcoming Events: 

1/9 - Coffee with the Principal

1/9 - 9:30-11:30 - Carrie off campus for Admin Hearing Panel

1/9 - Leadership Team Meeting

1/10 - 8:00-10:00 - Carrie off campus, Principal Working Group

1/10 - Liberty Elementary School Centennial Celebration -  4:30-7:00

1/14 - Vision and Hearing Screening - K,2,5,SPED

1/15 - Danielson Training 

1/15 - 3:30 PTA Meeting

1/15 - RUSD Board Meeting

1/16 - Staff Meeting

1/17 - 8:00-12:00 - Carrie off campus -  K-12 Principals Meeting

1/17 - 2:30 - 5:30 - Carrie and Longi off campus - District Leadership Meeting

1/18 - Progress Reports go home 

1/23 - District Instructional Rounds 

Birthdays: 

1/8 - Amanda Mofsie - SDC Kinder

1/9 - Shannon Trent - TK

1/9 - Sofie Vargas - Health Assistant