Superintendent's Message

Friday – May 24, 2013

This weekly update includes information from the district office and department staff regarding district operations and reminders.  It does not include updates or activities from each school site.

Strategy of the Week: When doing peer observations please determine a single purpose for what you will be looking for when observing in a classroom.  This will help you focus well on a particular component of the instruction.  Select one of the components in the 5-D framework to use as a “look for” w

Friday – May 17, 2013

This weekly update includes information from the district office and department staff regarding district operations and reminders.  It does not include updates or activities from each school site.

Strategy of the Week: Improving the quality and quantity of student talk in the classroom results from intentional, pre-planning on the part of the teacher.

Friday – May 10, 2013

This weekly update includes information from the district office and department staff regarding district operations and reminders.  It does not include updates or activities from each school site.

Strategy of the Week: Developing a rich vocabulary is a vital part of a student’s educational experience.

Friday – May 3, 2013

This weekly update includes information from the district office and department staff regarding district operations and reminders.  It does not include updates or activities from each school site.

Strategy of the Week: Self-reflection is critical for continuous improvement.  To be a growing and thriving professional means that you are willing to seek feedback from other professionals; and that you are willing to compare your own practices to professionally recognized effective practices (such as tho

Weekly Update from the Superintendent

Friday – April 26, 2013

This weekly update includes information from the district office and department staff regarding district operations and reminders.  It does not include updates or activities from each school site.

Strategy of the Week: This week, I am providing staff with links to various professional organizations in our state that provide regular legislative updates.  The first link is to Senate Bill 5794 regarding Alternative Learning Experience pr

Weekly Update from the Superintendent

Friday – April 19, 2013

This weekly update includes information from the district office and department staff regarding district operations and reminders.  It does not include updates or activities from each school site.

Strategy of the Week: Helping students to make connections to prior knowledge is how learning best occurs.