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Thanks to everyone who came to last Tuesday night's Board meeting. It was a long one, so thanks for sticking it out and for your support!
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Thanks for the AWESOME holiday party! Thanks to Erica Bender and Abbey Vraney for planning, and thanks to everyone for making me feel welcome. It was great to see you all smiling, laughing, and having fun! I appreciate you letting me join!
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Thanks to the Math Team at Stanton for letting me join your meeting so we all get clearer on our fence posts and rails!
-From Heather
Thank you Kim Husko, Chris Carvell, Melissa Williams and Lisa Huck for your help in making two NJHS dodgeball tournaments successful. The December tournament raised $103.34 for Our House of Hope Pet Rescue, and the January tournament raised $128.00, which is going to Feed My Starving Children. Awesome!
-From Karen Brnot
-All from Rachelle Peters
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Thanks for the AWESOME holiday party! Thanks to Erica Bender and Abbey Vraney for planning, and thanks to everyone for making me feel welcome. It was great to see you all smiling, laughing, and having fun! I appreciate you letting me join!
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Thanks to the Math Team at Stanton for letting me join your meeting so we all get clearer on our fence posts and rails!
-From Heather
Thank you Kim Husko, Chris Carvell, Melissa Williams and Lisa Huck for your help in making two NJHS dodgeball tournaments successful. The December tournament raised $103.34 for Our House of Hope Pet Rescue, and the January tournament raised $128.00, which is going to Feed My Starving Children. Awesome!
-From Karen Brnot
Thanks to Abbey Vraney and Erica Bender for organizing a wonderful get together on Friday!
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Thank you to everyone who has passed along their coupons to me the last few weeks! I am able to make more sizable donations to our schools and area organizations with your help!
-From Melissa Williams
Becky Allard is AMAZING! I told her it was no urgency at all since I know she is busy, and she did it right away! Becky also enrolled me in the eye plan which I was previously told I couldn't have, as I am insured through my husbands insurance. With our whole family needing glasses/contacts, this extra insurance for myself is going to be amazing, and just in time for my eye appointment after school on Tuesday! I am beyond happy! Thank YOU!!!!!
-From Jenn Wicks
Thank you to Mike Szotek and David Roat who worked tirelessly to get our phones up and going when they were down.
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Thank you to our sweep team...Betty Cwiak, Amanda Rash, and Kendra Wedl for completing all of our Aims Web fluency benchmarking!
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Thank you to all of our RTI teachers who collaborate together and are always looking for the best interventions to use with our students...Greer Lally, Katy Gardner, Niccole Culbertson, Sarah Swearingen, Betty Cwiak, and Amanda Rash.
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Thank you to Keli Swierczek for organizing and scheduling the GCHS placement meetings. Thank you to all our teachers for their flexibility during this time.
I would like to give a kudos to Gayle McManamon, for coming to my aide when she noticed me on the side of the road, bumper-less, after a minor accident. She was kind enough to pull over and check on me to make sure I was okay. She truly is a good soul.
-From Paige Shaffer
When you have a kudo to share for someone, please just email me and I'll include it here! The goal is to create system celebrations--so your input is truly welcome!
News from the Business Office
Bereavement Days
There has been inconsistent interpretation on the allowable use of bereavement days. To clarify:
Page 15 of Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), states: "each member shall be entitled to up to three (3) bereavement days per incident to be used to attend the funeral of a member of his/her immediate family as defined in Section 24-6 of the Illinois School Code"
The Illinois School Code defines immediate family as - parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, children, grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and legal guardians.
Effective January 22, 2018, the language above will guide the use of bereavement days so that our practices are in alignment with School Code. If you have questions about what days can be used for what, or want to discuss how to navigate a specific situation, please see me. I'm more than happy to help!
Reimbursement
If you are purchasing anything with the intent of being reimbursed for the purchase, please keep the following in mind:
1. The purchase must be pre-approved by an administrator.
2. All receipts must be submitted with the Check Request Form.
3. The district cannot reimburse sales tax. If you know you'll be making a purchase and it's pre-approved, please be sure to get a Tax Exempt form so tax isn't charged.
Please see Becky Allard or me with any questions!
February 9 Institute Day
The administrative team is working to make the plan for February 9. We're working on details for the day, but you can expect to see:
-Math materials review and input from all
-SEL materials review and input from all
-"Fence Posts and Rails" curriculum work for all content areas other than math
-Job-specific training for custodians
-Job-specific training for kitchen staff
-AND MORE!!!
It's shaping up to be a great day! More to come!
2018-19 Calendar
The EAFL Executive Board and the administrative team will be working together to make proposals for the 2018-19 calendar. We'll be considering lots of input and local district calendars, and will then partner together to come up with options. These options will be presented to the Board at the February meeting, then shared for full staff input during late February/early March. The final recommendation will be presented to the Board at its March meeting, and we'll hope for approval at that point!
Thanks in advance to everyone who will be part of this collaborative effort!
-Math materials review and input from all
-SEL materials review and input from all
-"Fence Posts and Rails" curriculum work for all content areas other than math
-Job-specific training for custodians
-Job-specific training for kitchen staff
-AND MORE!!!
It's shaping up to be a great day! More to come!
2018-19 Calendar
The EAFL Executive Board and the administrative team will be working together to make proposals for the 2018-19 calendar. We'll be considering lots of input and local district calendars, and will then partner together to come up with options. These options will be presented to the Board at the February meeting, then shared for full staff input during late February/early March. The final recommendation will be presented to the Board at its March meeting, and we'll hope for approval at that point!
Thanks in advance to everyone who will be part of this collaborative effort!
Speech and Language Tips from Abbey
Check out this week's tips from Abbey! She came up with the fabulous idea of putting each week's ideas on a slide, then adding the slides so all the info is in one place...you can go back and look at any time!
Click here to see her amazing ideas! Updated today!
FACILITIES UPDATES
Keep watching for news and updates!
Keep watching here for updates!
Education Association of Fox Lake News and Updates
Early Career Teachers Professional Development Day: Click Here to Register
Saturday, February 10, 2018; 8:30am-3:00pm; IEA Naperville Office
The 2018 IEA Early Career Teachers Professional Development Day is a networking and professional development event sponsored by the IEA Early Career Teachers Committee.
This event aims to meet the needs of teachers in their 1st through 10th years of teaching. $20 registration fee includes lunch, and all sessions (session may be used for CPDUs).
For more information, please contact IEA early career teachers committee chairperson, Nicole Kurtovich, via email nicole.kurtovich@gmail.com
Maureen DeVoss, Vice President for Certified Staff
Chris Brown, Vice President for Non-Certified Staff
Katy Gardner, Treasurer
Betty Cwiak, Secretary
Barb Brown, Region Representative
Matt Shannon, Stanton School Representative
Tiffany Tardio, Lotus School Representative
17-18 Payroll Schedule--UPDATED 10/22/17
Blue Cross Blue Shield:
Guardian:
Questions for thought as you read...
Given this short summary of a piece on Professional Learning Communities:
1. What are we already doing?
2. What are we in the process of doing?
3. Where can we keep growing?
A Roadmap for Professional Learning Communities
In this article in The Learning Professional, Anita Stewart McCafferty and Jeffrey Beaudry (University of Southern Maine) recommend a step-by-step process for teacher teamwork centering on three guiding questions (this is based on the work of Chappuis and Hattie):
• Where are we going?
Clear learning targets
Examples of strong and weak student work with criteria (rubrics)
• Where are we now?
Timely, descriptive feedback that directly affects learning
Student self-assessment and goal-setting
• What strategies will close the gap?
Teachers use evidence of student learning to decide on next steps
Focused practice and revision
Student self-reflection, tracking progress, and sharing learning with peers and others
McCafferty and Beaudry describe a professional development activity in which teachers from an entire district did a gallery walk of artifacts from each of the steps and made major gains in assessment literacy and team efficacy.
“The Gallery Walk: Educators Step Up to Build Assessment Literacy” by Anita Stewart McCafferty and Jeffrey Beaudry in The Learning Professional, December 2017 (Vol. 38, #6, p. 48-53), e-link for members only http://bit.ly/2Dkoe3Q; the authors can be reached at anita.stewart@maine.edu and jeffrey.beaudry@maine.edu.
Long Range Planning Committee
Dates:
January 23, 30
February 6, 13
Likely times 6:30PM-8:30PM
January 27--Rotary Chili Cook Off!
February 13--PTA Meeting (just before Long Range Planning Meeting)
February 20--Board of Education Meeting
Thanks to Erica Bender for keeping us all informed as to arrangements for Cathy Cyrzan. In case you need the information:
Visitation for Cathy Cyrzan will be Tuesday, January 23, from 4-8 p.m., at Hamsher Lakeside Funerals and Cremations, 12 N. Pistakee Lake Rd., Fox Lake.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 24, at St. Bede Catholic Church, 36455 N. Wilson Rd., Ingleside. All are invited to go directly to the Church. Burial will follow at Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville.
Please keep Cathy's entire family and all those who love her in your thoughts and prayers.
Let's count our blessings this week and appreciate each and every day!
Heather
