MS Principal Tickler – On My Radar
Month / TaskJune / 1 –Assess PD needs of current faculty
1 – Design preliminary plan for Summer & Yearly PD calendar for next year
1 – Develop Interim Assessment Calendar
1 – Identify which Instructional Leaders will observe which teachers next year
2 – Create Curriculum Exit Memo Template
3 – Set PD goals with/for returning faculty
4 – End of School
July / 1 – Create Student Reflection Form for IAs
2 –
3 –Finalize Summer PD Agendas
4 – Create Teacher Task Lists: Incorporate tasks from Curriculum Exit Memos into Teacher Task Lists
August / 1 –
2 –Curriculum Planning Week
3 – Instructional Leader & All-Staff Summer PD
3 – Distribute DDI Student Reflection Form to teachers
3 – Create Instructional Leader Schedule w/Weekly Check-ins & observations
3 – Create schedule of quarterly walkthroughs with Principal and instructional leaders
4 – First Week of School
4 – Set yearly PD goals for returning teachers in Observation Tracker
September / 1 –Introduce non-verbals to students (circle)
1 – Review lesson plans of Veterans & new teachers
2 – Have the 1st round of interim assessments (or the closest proxy) finalized
2 – 1st interim assessments (or the closest proxy) have already been seen by the teachers (Transparency) so that they can plan for mastery
2 – Culture Walk-Through (include use of non-verbals as focus)
2 – Quarterly Leadership Team Meeting
2 –Co-observe Teachers with ILs
3 – Set yearly PD goals for all new teachers in observation tracker
4 – Develop plan to determine how test scoring and analysis will be completed
4 – Monthly MS Principals Meeting
4 – Score all Curriculum Plans (Trimesters 1 and 2) on the rubric; return for revision
4 –Reward HW superstars
October / 1 – Have teachers predict performance on interim assessment #1
1 – School Culture Walkthrough—all instructional leaders
1 – Team Meetings- Develop action plans deriving from culture walkthrough observations
1 – Analysis spreadsheets and action plan templates ready
2 – Interim Assessment #1
2 – Deliver PD to school’s instructional leaders in DDI analysis & leading analysis meetings
3 – IA Data Analysis
3 – IA Analysis Meetings & Re-teach
3 – Principal observes analysis meetings, giving feedback to instructional leaders about their facilitation
4 – Staff PD:
- Run Results Meeting to plan to re-teach challenging standards
- Have teachers add rigor to their lessons using “Data-driven Best Practices for Increasing Rigor”
November / 1 – 2nd assessment is in the hands of the teachers so they can plan to teach for mastery
1 –Coordinate grade level culture walkthroughs
1 – Conduct Pre-evaluation of instructional leaders
2 – Review lesson plans: is there evidence of implementation of teacher action plans from the assessment analysis meeting?
2 – Observe classes: is there evidence of implementation of teacher action plans? Can resident/post-resident identify examples of changed teaching practices?
2 –Evaluate School on DDI Rubric
3 – Have teachers predict performance on 2nd interim assessment
3 – Release Days for Trimester 3 curriculum planning (teachers who require it)
4 – Trimester Grades Due; Thanksgiving
December / 1 – Score Trimester 3 Curriculum Plans on Rubric; return for revision
1 – Interim Assessment #2
2 – Observe or Model IA Data Conference for IL
2 – IA Data Analysis, meetings, & reteach
3 – Quarterly Leadership Team Meeting
3 – Staff PD: Run Results Meeting to plan to re-teach challenging standards
4 – Vacation
January 2011 / 1 – Revise observation schedule with Principal Coach based on teacher needs
1 – 3rd assessment is in the hands of the teachers to plan for mastery
1 – Have teachers add rigor to their lesson using “Data-driven Best Practices for Increasing Rigor”
2 – Teacher Mid-year Evaluations
2 – Give teachers Curriculum Planning update and revision time
3 – Teacher Mid-year Evaluations
4 – Teacher Mid-year Evaluations
4 – Have teachers predict performance on 2nd interim assessment
4 – Monthly MS Principals Meeting
4 –Reward HW Superstars
February / 1 – Interim Assessment #3
2 – Model or Observe IA Data Conferences
2 – IA Data Analysis & Meetings & Re-teach
3 – Coordinate Grade Level Walk Throughs (create schedule, compile data)
3 – Quarterly Leadership Team Meeting
March / 1 – Trimester II Grades Due
2 – Conduct Culture Walk-Through
2 – Cross Campus PD
3 – Write Evaluations for instructional leaders
3 – Have teachers predict performance on next interim assessment
4 – NSA Assessment #4
4 – Monthly MS Principals Meeting
4 –Reward HW Superstars
April / 1 – IA Analysis Meetings & Re-teach
2 – Staff PD: Run Results Meeting to plan to re-teach challenging standards
3 – Spring Break
4 – Science Curriculum Release Day on ½ Day PD
4 – MS Leaders Meeting
May / 1 – State Test Graders 6-8
2 – State Test Grades 3-5
2 – Teacher Appreciation Week
2 – History Curriculum Release Day (1/2 Day PD)
3 – Quarterly Leadership Team Meeting
June / 1 – TerraNova
1 – Develop Interim Assessment Calendar for following year
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4 – Last week of School; Trimester III Grades Due