Nov 26

Happy December 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow as we continue the journey toward success for our students. Being out for a week will definitely require a review of the building expectations. We don’t want to wait until it is out of control before we readdress expectations. We want to continue to hold our students accountable for both academic and behavior standards of Pershing. It is going to be a great week and a fast four weeks. I look forward to being a part of it with all of you.

GOOD-Things 

Elementary 1st Quarter Celebration: 

Elementary 2nd Annual Turkey Trot (Safe Community) 

Positive Office Referrals: Safe Community and global society 

Kick-Off Slides 2023 

Day 3- Kick-off Slides 

Day 2- Kick-off Slides 

Day 1 - Kick-off Slides 

Why collaborate- presentation HERE

October Staff Meeting Slides - HERE

Instructional 

Professional Learning Teams (PLT’s) 

This week schedule will look like the following

Elementary
Rise and Shine- CFA Data - Bring student work and formative 

Middle School

Thursday: Bring student Work and Formative Data 

Science- Julie McClure’s room 

ELA- Christina Burt’s room 

Social Studies- Kevin Kleiner’s room 

Math- Maria Grindstaff’s room

Elementary- Mrs. Fleetwood's room

Grading Expectations Reminder

Pershing Grading expectations is at least 2 grades per week entered into Eschool.

Mid-Term Grades 

Mid-term Grades will be sent home on Thursday Nov. 30th. Please have you grades update by Wednesday Nov. 29th.  

Staff Meeting 11/28

We will have our second monthly staff meeting Tuesday Nov. 28th 7:30-8:30. We will meet as committees. I will send out an email tomorrow about location of those meetings. 

Instructional Considerations for Backwards Planning 2nd Quarter:

• There are 20 days until Winter Break.
• Galileo Benchmark 2 the Elementary side is December 4th-15th
• Galileo Benchmark 2 for the Middle School side is December 4th-8th

Mid-Quarter Dates

September 22

November 17

February 2

April 19 

Kickup Coaching Update (Update)

When you work with your coach, (Aaron Salley) you may notice the coach completes a coaching log.  The purpose of the log is to track focus areas of support. Beginning November 13, when a log is complete that is connected to a team or a specific teacher, the teacher will receive an email notification of what has been included in this log. Thank you for your patience in the oversight that this was not viewable to the team or teacher.

Operational 

Positive Office Referrals- LINK

Please send in Positive Office Referrals the link is above and permanently to the right of the page.

Early Notice Incentive - $1500 deadline is November 30th

Springfield Public Schools is dedicated to retaining, supporting and recruiting the best teachers, leaders and staff to meet the needs of students. Identifying potential vacancies for the upcoming school year as early as possible helps SPS fill these positions with qualified candidates.

To support these efforts, SPS offers incentives for eligible employees who are able to provide notice of retirement or resignation by specific a deadline. This year, a one-time only $1500 incentive has been added for early notification submitted by Nov. 30, 2023, for employees who meet eligibility criteria.

More information can be found here.

Elementary Parent Newsletter 

https://www.smore.com/dets2

Important Dates 

November Birthdays

11/28 Lindsey Mitchell

December Birthdays

1- Jodi Swanner 

9- Elizabeth Hailey 

25- Jennifer Teal 

29- Jeremy Cook

November

    28- Staff Meeting 7:30-8:30

December

    6- Alice/Mental Health Training 4:30-6:30 pm

    4-8- Middle School Galileo Testing 

    18- Choir Christmas Concert @ Hickory Hills 

    19- Orchestra Winter Concert 

    21- Band Winter Concert 

    22- Middle School Winter Band Assembly 

    18-22 DCA Window 

    25-Jan 2- Christmas Break 

January 

    3- Professional Day