November 9-13

by Melanie Sylvester · November 6, 2020

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW! Together we ARE better!

Our total contribution as an ES for the Flood Relief Campaign was:

176,525,000

Thanks so much everyone!

Dragon Cloud over the SSIS Dragons! Thanks Carlos for capturing this! Amazing!

ES Sports: Season Two tryouts begin this week!

Tripod Survey: We will be administering the tripod survey this week. The tripod survey is an opportunity for students to give feedback to their teachers about their impressions of the teaching and learning experience from their perspective. We are including students in grades 1 and 2 this year, which is new for us.
Attached is the administration guide for the survey. The administration guide provides you:

A teacher script for how to administer the survey with students
Alternate phrasing for students who are uncertain about the meaning of a question

If teachers are interested in providing additional support and explanations to students, you are requested to ‘trade teachers’ with another class while administering so that students do not feel pressured to provide certain answers.Specialists should arrange with classes to bring iPads or laptops to your specialist class so the students may take the survey.Login cards are being printed and will be delivered to you in the next few days.
If you are unsure about how Tripod is administered, please talk to a teacher in grades 3-5 who administered it last year, so you understand the general process.After the data has been gathered, Mel and I will set up meetings to have teachers reflect on their response data. This data is used for professional development purposes, not for teacher evaluation.

Please see Dan’s email for more information.

Save the Date- ES Faculty Social on Friday, November 20:

Care and Excellence in Action: There are so many amazing things happening every day! Please take a moment to recognize a colleague! This can brighten a day!