An educator's life in any school district is extremely demanding, and requires more talent, time, energy, dedication, resilience, and involves giving more of herself/himself than almost any other profession. At a school like Woodland Heights you have to be a 'rock star' to even survive. No kidding.
To share an inkling of what our teachers are attending to at this time of year, beyond their normal responsibilities of educating their students and keeping them safe, let me share the following list:
A.] Administer, score and report results of Everyday Math Final Exam.
B.] Administer, score and report the results of year end literacy assessments.
C.] Develop balanced class lists that will be used to determine class placement for 2011-2012.
D.] Complete data grids that include all of the most pertinent assessment data and other ratings of academic and social performance over the following year that will be used by new teachers to plan for the coming year.
E.] Nominate students vor various summer programs.
F.] Develop a budget and order materials to assure quality programming for the coming year.
G.] Pack their entire classroom and materials, and clean classroom furniture and fixtures.
H.] Complete Quarter #4 Report Cards, and place necessary documents in student cumulative files.
I.] Begin meeting with teaching team for 2011-2012.
J.] Plan summer professional development schedule.
Thank goodness for our students, we have a whole school of 'rock stars' who are getting better and better all the time. As we wrap up our important business for this school year, we begin to look with anticipation to next year. As we say at WHS, "the future looks bright!"
