Staff Bulletin for the Week of January 2

Professional Time

This week we'll have our faculty meeting beginning with snacks provided by the English department.  Our meeting will start at 1:45pm.  The agenda is located here.  Advisory planning time will be given from 2:55-3:25pm.

Advisory

This Wednesday we will have advisory. Please be sure to remind the upperclassmen.  Mr. Higgins will be sending out the suggestions for grade-level activities.

BE Events for Students and Staff

Notes:

Admin/Guidance meeting will focus on counselor watch students.
The secretary's meeting will be canceled on Tuesday.
We'll have our School Leadership Team meeting on Wednesday, beginning at 12:40pm in the library conference room.
Don't forget the mini-grant award reception on Wednesday evening at 5:30pm.

SRBI will be held Friday at 8:00am.

BE Home Varsity Athletic Events

Notices:

Midyear common assessments:   The midyear common assessments are scheduled to begin on Thursday, January 19th with assessments for Blocks 1 and 2.  January 20th, 23rd, and 24th will also be used for administration of assessments.  Please be sure to have reviewed your assessments PRIOR to the date of administration. It is also important to review the district FAQ common assessment document prior to administration of the exams.  Remember that this document can be found on the Bristol BOE intranet under common assessments.

Grade 8 open house:  The Grade 8 Welcome will be coming up in the next couple of weeks  Please consider representing your department at an academic table in the cafeteria.  If the club or activity you supervise is interested in having a table to introduce their group to future students, please send an email to Creighton Paquette-Claman and/or Mike Higgins.

Midyear Conferences:  Midyear conferences will begin in February.  Remember, these conferences are an opportunity to revisit your student learning objectives and professional practice objectives you've set earlier this year.  Using the interim information you've collected thus far, we'll review whether or not your goals are still attainable yet rigorous.  Prior to these meetings, you'll want to:

1. Review any formative or summative assessment data you have related to your SLO/PPO.
2. Review your goals.  You may have emaild them to your supervisor or you may have shared them within Google Drive.  
3. You'll want to note any possible adjustments you think you will need to make to your goals.  Do not make any changes to the electronic documents at this time.  Please wait until your conference.