Perhaps for the first time since we have had children in the classrooms we are without a week of professional development, principal meetings, due dates, testing windows, etc... We can all take a collective breath and enjoy working with students. Enjoy this week, plan accordingly, and allow your students to showcase their skills.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Generic Morning Announcement: - Plan on getting new announcements filmed this week and ready for the next weeks going forward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6dAG5eWCok&feature=youtu.be
Weekly Staff Spotlight:
Shaun Ross - Principal
I am in the midst of my 14th year in education and 10th as a principal. I was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas and a product of Tascosa High School where I ran track and sang in the honor choir. With a short, one year, stop at Fort Hayes State University in Kansas I would eventually graduate from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. I would later receive my Master degree in education from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas (Southwest of Fort Worth). I spent 11 years in Texas working in Amarillo, Copperas Cove and Azle. Each place afforded me the opportunity to grow as an educator and work with some special people.
I enjoy Oklahoma Football on Saturdays in Norman. I love to play golf and always have a desire to play. (I actually broke 70, which has always been a goal of mine, this past August. I also got my second hole in one this past March while playing golf with my dad.) I have a family farm around Altus Oklahoma that we never see enough. It is quiet, the cell reception is horrible and the land is always needing tended. In other words, it's a great getaway.
I have a desire to receive my doctoral degree from the University of Oklahoma, although I would also accept that piece of paper from just about any school of higher learning as you can tell by my other two schools. I will have to make a new goal for golf as I have met two goals this summer. I also have a goal to be the best father I can be to my son. After all he carries my name.
I also have a goal professionally: I do not measure my success by the letter grades that Hayes, or anywhere else, receives or by the attendance rates of our students. I don't sit and think how well I am doing by how many things I can say my school is doing. I measure student success by the number of individuals I have taught or led that go and get their high school diploma, go to a trade school or college and make a change in this world. I measure my success as an campus leader by the number of para-professionals who become teachers, teachers who continue their education, and teachers who become counselors, academic coaches or building leaders. I want to have a successful "coaching tree" when I leave the profession.
Today, at Hayes, we have four para-professionals who are wanting to become teachers. We also have several teachers who are wanting to get into administration. I also have an asst. principal who will get her own campus soon. In addition I know there are several staff who are wanting, or are in the process of, continuing their education with a higher degree. What a "tree" we are making at Hayes Elementary.
Mastery Connect:
okcps.masteryconnect.com
Star360 logins:
Student Login: http://10.3.110.92/rploginstudent/
Username: FirstName.LastName (this is their single sign on login information used for computers)
Password: XStudentID#
Teacher Login: http://10.3.110.92/rploginstaff/
Once the student has successfully logged on, they will then select either STAR Early Literacy (K-1), STAR Reading (2-6) or STAR Math (2-6). After selecting an assessment, the student will need to select the class labeled reading. The student will then proceed with the pre-test. Once the student has completed the pre-test, a box will pop-up asking for a monitor password to advance to the real assessment portion. Please note that the student will select the class labeled reading for both STAR Math and STAR Reading after they select the designated assessment from their dashboard.
Admin/Specialist Login: https://hosted58.renlearn.com/217454/
*** Oklahoma State Blueprints: ***
Shaun Ross - Principal
I am in the midst of my 14th year in education and 10th as a principal. I was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas and a product of Tascosa High School where I ran track and sang in the honor choir. With a short, one year, stop at Fort Hayes State University in Kansas I would eventually graduate from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. I would later receive my Master degree in education from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas (Southwest of Fort Worth). I spent 11 years in Texas working in Amarillo, Copperas Cove and Azle. Each place afforded me the opportunity to grow as an educator and work with some special people.
I enjoy Oklahoma Football on Saturdays in Norman. I love to play golf and always have a desire to play. (I actually broke 70, which has always been a goal of mine, this past August. I also got my second hole in one this past March while playing golf with my dad.) I have a family farm around Altus Oklahoma that we never see enough. It is quiet, the cell reception is horrible and the land is always needing tended. In other words, it's a great getaway.
I have a desire to receive my doctoral degree from the University of Oklahoma, although I would also accept that piece of paper from just about any school of higher learning as you can tell by my other two schools. I will have to make a new goal for golf as I have met two goals this summer. I also have a goal to be the best father I can be to my son. After all he carries my name.
I also have a goal professionally: I do not measure my success by the letter grades that Hayes, or anywhere else, receives or by the attendance rates of our students. I don't sit and think how well I am doing by how many things I can say my school is doing. I measure student success by the number of individuals I have taught or led that go and get their high school diploma, go to a trade school or college and make a change in this world. I measure my success as an campus leader by the number of para-professionals who become teachers, teachers who continue their education, and teachers who become counselors, academic coaches or building leaders. I want to have a successful "coaching tree" when I leave the profession.
Today, at Hayes, we have four para-professionals who are wanting to become teachers. We also have several teachers who are wanting to get into administration. I also have an asst. principal who will get her own campus soon. In addition I know there are several staff who are wanting, or are in the process of, continuing their education with a higher degree. What a "tree" we are making at Hayes Elementary.
Mastery Connect:
okcps.masteryconnect.com
Star360 logins:
Student Login: http://10.3.110.92/rploginstudent/
Username: FirstName.LastName (this is their single sign on login information used for computers)
Password: XStudentID#
Once the student has successfully logged on, they will then select either STAR Early Literacy (K-1), STAR Reading (2-6) or STAR Math (2-6). After selecting an assessment, the student will need to select the class labeled reading. The student will then proceed with the pre-test. Once the student has completed the pre-test, a box will pop-up asking for a monitor password to advance to the real assessment portion. Please note that the student will select the class labeled reading for both STAR Math and STAR Reading after they select the designated assessment from their dashboard.
Admin/Specialist Login: https://hosted58.renlearn.com/217454/
*** Oklahoma State Blueprints: ***
Available accommodations for the OCCT:
A quick guide to standards and assessments:
- English Language Arts: 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school year – PASS standards, PASS-aligned assessments.
- Mathematics: 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years – PASS standards, PASS-aligned assessments.
- Science: 2014-2015 school year – begin transition to science standards adopted into rule in June 2014; PASS-aligned assessments for grades 5, 8, and Biology 1 for high school for 2014-2105 and 2015-2016 school years.
- Social Studies: 2014-2015 school year – Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies as adopted in 2012; All four social studies assessments are OAS-aligned in Grades 5, 7, and 8, as well as high school U.S. History. All four assessments will be fully operational in 2014-2015.
- Fine Arts: 2014-2015 school year – transition to new standards adopted by law in June of 2014, The annual district arts assessment report will be due at the Oklahoma State Department of Education the end of May 2015.
- World Languages: 2014-15 school year – PASS standards, no state assessment. New standards will be written beginning fall 2014.
- Personal Financial Literacy: 2014-2015 school year – Oklahoma Academic Standards for Personal Financial Literacy as adopted in 2008, no state assessment.
- Health/Safety Education: 2014-2015 school year – PASS Standards, no state assessment.
- Kindergarten: 2014-2015 school year – PASS standards, no state assessments.
- PreKindergarten: 2014-2015 PASS standards; no state assessments.
Videos Worth Watching:
Sesame Street: Kermit and Joey Say the Alphabet - GREAT!!!!
Articles Worth Reading:
13 Common Sayings to Avoid - via @edutopia - How many are you saying?!!?!?!?
A few ideas on how to make tomorrow awesome: - via @iamkidpresident
Discrimination at School Harms Development of Young ELLs, Study Says - via @educationweek
Q4 How do classroom and school design impact student learning? What factors should be considered? - via @E_Sheninger
The Power of Labels - via @fastcranny
4 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy - via @TeachThought
20 words that once meant something very different - via @TEDTalks
Join Us in Celebrating Constitution and Citizenship Day - via @usedgov
An eighth-grade boy’s ‘outrageous’ class schedule - via @washingtonpost
Lesson 6: It starts with your people - via @troymooney
Weekly Look Ahead: No bookfair, no professional development, no principals meeting. What are we going to do this week?!?!?
Monday September 14, 2015 - Normal school day.
Tuesday September 15, 2015 - Normal school day; Boy Scouts in the cafeteria after school; Faculty Meeting after school;
Wednesday September 16, 2015 - Normal school day; Grade Level Meetings in teacher classrooms during planning time; IEP at 2:00pm
Continued - First and Second Grade Learner First Meeting with Green, Leyva and Ross from 8:00am to 8:40am (students in the cafeteria at that time) - Meeting in Wolfe's classroom.
Continued - First and Second Grade Learner First Meeting with Green, Leyva and Ross from 8:00am to 8:40am (students in the cafeteria at that time) - Meeting in Wolfe's classroom.
Thursday September 17, 2015 - Ms. West to Asst. Principal's meeting; Normal school day; Make up grade level meetings for any that were missed. It is constitution day, might be a great opportunity for some cross-curricular activities!
Friday September 18, 2015 - Spirit Day.
Continued - Fifth and Sixth Grade Learner First Meeting with Brittingham, Billy and Ross from 8:00am to 8:40am. (students in the cafeteria at that time) - Meeting in Billy's classroom.
Continued - Fifth and Sixth Grade Learner First Meeting with Brittingham, Billy and Ross from 8:00am to 8:40am. (students in the cafeteria at that time) - Meeting in Billy's classroom.
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