August 17, 2015

Welcome to the Speas Global Elementary Blog!

All staff members, let's make sure we are teaching, reteaching, and teaching again the procedures in the common areas (Hallway, Cafeteria, Bathrooms, Playground, Bus).  We should be giving out lots of Bee's for students demonstrating the basic expectations.  It is a good idea to review the procedures before you leave one area to travel to another area.  

Our Mission: It is the mission of Speas Elementary School to provide its students with the tools necessary to successfully meet the challenges they will face in a diverse world.

Goals:

To increase English Language Arts achievement by 10%
To increase Mathematics achievement by 10%
To increase Science Achievement by 10%

Check out this graphic about global education.  The things above water are just the tip of the iceberg.   Try to go deeper in your instruction and touch some of the issues below the surface.

Always be aware of your impact on students.  :-)

No, you may not say this at open house.

I know no one here did this everyday for that last week.

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Gentle Reminders:
The school day for staff begins at 7:15 AM.

Announcements:
Welcome and welcome back.  This is going to be an awesome year as we continue to develop into global educators.   This blog will be used to help organize our activity as a school family and share ideas with one another.  I like to post videos periodically.  Below you will find a few videos to help us all think about a higher level of expectations for ourselves and our students.  This year it will be critical for all of us to adopt a growth mindset. Below the videos you will find a calendar of events.  If something needs to be added to the calendar let me know and I will add it.  Beneath that you will find some resources for your consideration, including a Symbaloo page and a Livebinders directory for IB PYP material.   I also just added a very good slideshow that summarizes Eric Jensen's book Teaching with Poverty in Mind.   Thanks for looking.  It's going to be an amazing year.

We have a Speas Symbaloo page.

email: djjohnson@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
pass: speasbees2014

Here is a great idea for PBIS and/or IB.  It could be modified to reward students for exhibiting the learner profiles and/or attitudes.

http://www.luckylittlelearners.com/2015/07/brag-tags.html

Below you will find a list of files with various information, websites, etc. that other schools have used to help them implement the IB PYP.

Teaching with Poverty in Mind

Teaching with poverty in mind by eric jensen from robinlstewart