Author: Teresa James

Knightdale Elementary School

Knight’s Knews

Inside this issue:

PLT Topics for the Month—August/September

PLT Topics and Focus	1
Quote of the Month	1
Reminders and Information	2
This Month’s Staff Meeting	2
Events This Month	3
Events Next Month	3
Continued... / continued	4

This year, our PLT time will be used primarily for “Kid Talk”. The purpose of “Kid Talk is to provide targeted support for students in your grade level at Tiers 1, 2, and 3.
Your team will discuss interventions for individual and groups of students through the following “Kid Talk” process:
Fidelity check of progress monitoring
Data review of student progress
Adjustments to intervention(s)
Next steps
The 60 minute agenda should be divided into segments for 20 minute discussion about Academics, 20 minute discussion about Behavior/Attendance, and 20 minute discussion about Collaboration.
Teams should record the names of students discussed on the PLT Kid Talk Meeting form.

Questions to consider during Kid Talk discussion:
Are the interventions being implemented as designed? If not, why?
Are there additional supports/resources that are needed?
Is the frequency and duration of the intervention implemented being recorded?
Has the student responded to the intervention?
Does the data indicate that the intervention(s) is/are effective?
Do we need to increase the frequency and/or duration of the intervention? Are we working on the right skill? Can we be more explicit or more multisensory in our instruction?
What is the next step to get the student moving towards proficiency?

“Creativity is
intelligence having fun.”
-Albert Einstein

PLT Focus

From the Learning and Teaching Objective of the WCPSS Strategic Plan, focus on the MTSS Strategy: Create a culture of learning where students feel ownership of their learning and the adults surrounding the students are responsive to how each student learns, providing multiple pathways to success; and the Dynamic Learning Experiences strategy: Provide learning experiences that are active, engaging, and responsive to unique student needs, honor failure as a part of learning, and adaptive to the ever-changing world. Begin the “Kid Talk” process as outlined on the document, MTSS Process: Getting Ready for Kid Talk. We will talk more specifically about the MTSS process at our September 9 early release professional development session.

Reminders and Information

Please remember to make a positive phone call to families before Open House and invite them to come.
Review all student cum. folders and complete your “Kid Talk” forms accordingly prior to the September 9 PLT meeting. More details on 8/23.
Universal screeners and digging deeper assessments will be happening right away. Be sure to collaborate with your intervention teacher(s) early.
Please remember to teach ARMOR lessons for the first several weeks of school until they get it right. Ms. Ingram provided a schedule for the different areas of the school. In addition, Ms. Ingram and I will visit classrooms for BOY ARMOR and Own Your Own Learning talks the first few weeks of school! CKH+ARMOR=student success!
School-wide PDP Goals were shared with you on 8/17 (PPT). Please include them on your BOY PDP by September 2.
Please be sure to complete the required staff training videos (Seclusion and Restraint, Bloodborne Pathogens, Sexual Harassment, Diabetes, Emergency Action Plan, and Employee Handbook). They can all be found on the KES wiki , the WCPSS website, or Ms. Ingram’s PPT. Then be sure to sign the signature packet in the office by September 6. Please see Alex with any questions. Thanks!
Please welcome our new KES staff members: Julie Stark, Victoria Wrigley, Elana Mason, Devena Whitley, and Rhonda Greene. #WeareKES
Be sure to choose your PD sessions and sign up for your Committee by September 2. Please sign up on the google doc with your choices (from Valerie) no later than 9/2. Also sign up for committees on the google doc that has been shared with you. Thanks!
PLT leaders please email Mrs. James what your take-home item(s) will be for Open House by 8/24. Thanks!
Lowe’s campus renovation begins 8/22! Please have your grade levels make a sign/banner to present to Lowe’s for their generous donations to KES! I would like to present them in early September. Thanks!

ARMOR
Always Safe
Respectful
Motivated for Success
On Task
Responsible

This Month’s Staff Meeting will be Hosted by: Administration

For this year’s staff meetings, teams will take turns hosting the meetings, in order to build cohesiveness and leadership. Agendas will use the EXCEL Format from CKH, and will
include:
Collaboration and Imagination,
Sharing your team’s perspective, expertise, experiences, successes and challenges with OUR students, Vertical alignment and purpose, and the topic(s) will be provided for each meeting.
For the month of August/September, our topic will be Student Agency and Engagement. We look forward to sharing and learning with you!

The remainder of the staff meetings will be:
October 5– Special Ed.—Progressive Learning Environments
November 2– 5th grade—Adaptive Resources
December 7– 1st grade— 4Cs
January 4– 3rd grade— Assessment
February 1– 4th grade— Digital Portfolios
March 1- Intervention— Educational Opportunities
April 5- 2nd grade— Non-Academic Student Supports
May 3- Kindergarten— Student Achievement
June 12– Admin. and Specialists—EOY Celebration

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#WeareKES

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Events This Month:

August 15—CKH Training
August 16—CKH Training
August 17—Welcome Back Celebration
August 18—SIT Retreat
August 19—Workday

August 22—Workday
August 23—Workday with PD
August 24—Workday
August 25—Workday and Open House, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
August 26—Workday
August 29—1st day of school!
September 5—Holiday
September 6-26—mclass window
September 7— Staff Meeting, 8:00
September 9—Early Release (1:15)/Staff Development (2:00-5:00)
September 13—1st whole group PLT “Kid Talk”
September 15—Committees
September 21—SIT
September 30—Early Release (1:15)/Staff Development (2:00-5:00)
PLT: September 13, 20, 27

Events Next Month:

October 5—Staff Meeting, 8:00
October 13—Committees
October 21—Early Release (1:15)/
Staff Development (2:00-5:00)
October 30—Workday
PLT: October 4, 11, 18, 25

Reminders and Information continued...

Thanks again for your participation and enthusiasm with CKH! Now let’s be committed to making it work! CKH Expectations for all staff are: [EX and L] - greetings; affirmations/good things; social contract process; journal/warm-up activity.
We are looking at ways to provide CKH info. to our teachers who missed the training, our teacher assistants, and our subs. Any ideas would be a great help! Stay tuned for more information.
Please continue to provide affirmations to your KES colleagues! It makes a positive difference!
Open House reminders: call families to invite them; play the Title I video continuously on TV, provide take-home material(s); inviting room/personalization/resources on display; collaborative spaces; Title I compacts; 1st impressions-let them know you care!
PD for 9/9 will be whole group. The focus is MTSS and Kid Talk. It will be a follow-up to the session on 8/23.
Please give any extra books from your classroom library to Karina. If you need books for your classroom library, please see Karina. Thanks!
As mentioned, the Leadership Team will create our new Walkthrough document(s) for this year at our Septem,ber meeting. In the meantime, please know that my plan is to have each member of the Academic Team help with walkthroughs, and my intention is to spend more time in classrooms to provide more targeted feedback, while still visiting every classroom every day as much as possible.
NCEES Orientation meeting will be 8/24 at 11:00 in the computer lab.

#WeareKES

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Check out the lovely KNIGHT that Karina and Alex built during the summer!