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Principal's School Board Report

ST. JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BOARD REPORT

January 15, 2020

Facilitator of Faith Community

Model & Teach
- Ongoing: morning prayers, Friday Mass
- Student centered prayers

Standard #1 Vision

Standard #2 Culture and Instructional Program

Professional Development
- Teach Like a Pirate - Dave Burgess
- Visible Learning - John Hattie
- Switch - Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- Calendar of walk throughs
- Staff meetings and evaluations
Student Learning
- MobyMax - 1st grade started in November
- Typing curriculum investigated
Assessment
- FAST Winter screening window opens Jan. 13 and closes Feb. 7
- - Email to teachers already out
  - Requested all testing done by Feb. 4
- ELPA21 opens Feb. 4 and closes March 27
- Iowa Statewide Assessments of Student Progress ISASP

Standard #3 Management

Personnel
- Time Redesigned
  - Instructional leadership vs. management
- ELPA21 modules due Feb. 20 - teachers with ELL students must have modules completed
Operations
- Bus evacuation drill scheduled for March 3 @ 8:35 3YO PreK-5th
Finances
- Will find out from teachers where they are with materials for Social Studies curriculum to determine if what is budgeted can remain the same or needs to be increased
Enrollment Update
- Letter for registration will go out the week after CSW Monday, Feb. 3
- Looking at approximately 120 students for the 2020-2021 school year based on full prek and all of kindergarten returning for 1st grade
- 3 YO 16
- 4 YO 20
- K 15
- 1st 15
- 2nd 12
- 3rd 13
- 4th 13
- 5th 10

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Standard #4 Collaboration

AEA
- Communication/scheduling between AEA consultants and WCSD special education regarding transition/update meeting
Community
Diocese
- Attended Principal’s meeting Jan. 7
Home & School
- Last meeting Jan. 6
Parents
- Contacted parents to write a testimonial about the education at St. James to update school website
Parish
Public School
- Communication between Stewart and St. James regarding transition/update meeting
Teachers & Staff
- CSW
  - Theme - Jesus is the Anchor to my Soul
  - Prayers & Pancakes
  - Reading Relay
  - Mass family activities planned by teams
  - Family Night Thursday of CSW
  - Penny Wars - money collected from 1/15/2020 - 1/24/2020 with proceeds going to purchase fleece to make tie blankets (3rd grade Family Night Activity) then donated to the Children’s Hospital

Standard #5 Ethics

Reporting
- Mid-terms will go home Tuesday, Feb. 4
- Moby Max reports will be shared at conferences
- FAST progress monitoring reports will be shared at conferences
Evaluation
Social Media
- Ongoing to research/learn more about the use of Facebook as a marketing tool

Standard #6 Learning Community

Media/Public Relations
- Catholic Messenger story of Beth and I
- Catholic Schools Week - Prayers and Pancakes
- New principal article - Journal/Union paper

Sent by Rebecca Clarahan on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 11:43AM