Superintendent’s Report

October 14, 2014

Peck Place Community Open House• September 28th

• Self-Guided Tour, follow the ‘paw prints’

• Pen & a ‘Guide’• About 70 people attended• Guests were admiring --

appreciated the work• Did not accomplish the goal

Our ELL Program Recognized

• ELL program -- attracting positive attention

• As a result, our ELL teacher invited to sit on a state-wide sub-committee of CAPPELL to write the new ELL proficiency standards

• Goal = revise old ELL CT Framework to meet new federal standards

Code Red Drills at all 4 Schools

• September Drills – announced• Kids and teachers – excellent!• Equipment ‘glitch-y’• Repaired and retested the

equipment Friday & Columbus Day

• Standardized ‘Emergency Operations Guides’ for the classrooms

Journeys Reading Curriculum

• ‘The Launch’ • District-wide = ‘stamina’ charts,

bins of leveled-readers, Daily 5 activities

• ‘I am reading independently and using context clues for the words I don’t know.’

• Ask your student about their ‘stamina,’ = xx minutes

Connecticut Association of Schools• Thursday, October 9th at St.

Clements Castle• Mike Gray was one of 6

administrators recognized• Large contingency of

supporters• He’s currently on his way to

Washington, DC

Friday’s Professional Development• Teachers and Special Ed =

Journey’s Curriculum in their buildings

• Paraprofessionals = Evaluation at MLT

• Specialists = Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) / Common Assessments at MLT