Briargrove Elementary School

2009 – 2010

Weekly Early Dismissal Schedule

Why a Weekly Early Dismissal?

Increased Need for Professional Collaboration Time•Individual Teacher Planning/Classroom Preparation Time

•Parent/Teacher Conferences

•Grade Level Planning

•Vertical Team Planning

•Faculty Meetings

•Professional Development

•Intervention Assistance Team Meetings

•504 Meetings/ARDs

Weekly Early Dismissal Timeline

• Special “Hurricane IKE” SDMC, 10/1/08• SDMC, 11/12/09• Parent/Teacher Focus Group, 11/18/09• PTO Board Meeting, 11/20/08• Faculty Meeting, 12/17/08• Parent/Teacher Focus 1/13/09• SDMC, 1/21/09• PTO Board Meeting, 2/5/09• 2nd Grade Program, 2/19/09• Faculty Meeting, 2/25/09

What will the Student Schedule Look Like?

Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays

7:00 AM The building opens for morning student supervision

7:15 Breakfast is served

7:30 Kindergarten, First and Second Graders are taken to the cluster areas.

7:40 The first bell rings. The students go to class.

7:45 The second bell (the tardy bell) rings. BGTV begins. The school day begins.

3:15 School is dismissed.

What will the Student Schedule Look Like?

Wednesdays

• 7:00 AM The building opens for morning student supervision

• 7:15 Breakfast is served• 7:30 Kindergarten, First and Second

Graders are taken to the cluster areas.• 7:40 The first bell rings. The students go to

class. • 7:45 The second bell (the tardy bell) rings.

BGTV begins. The school day begins.• 12:45 School is dismissed.

Options for Students on Wednesdays

• Home

• Champions, YMCA, Robindell, Excel Academy, etc.

• Fee for Service Programs, i.e. Art After School, Soccer, Robotics, etc.

• Camp Roadrunner – Homework Study Hall, Enrichment Class (Art, Music, P.E., Computer, Library, Science) and Play.

What will the teacher’s Wednesday schedule look like? • Week #1:

Grade Level Planning/Meeting – 1:15-2:15

Faculty Meeting – 2:15-3:15

• Week #2:

Grade Level Planning/Meeting – 1:15-2:15

Grade Level Planning (Content Focus) 2:00-2:45

Grade Chairs/FAC/Others – 2:45-3:15

Others Classroom Preparation – 2:45-3:15

• Week #3:

SDMC (When scheduled) 1:15-2:15

Professional Development 1:15-2:15

Grade Level Planning/Meeting – 2:15-3:15

• Week #4:

Grade Level Planning/Meeting 1:15-2:15

Vertical Team Meetings – 2:15-3:15

What will the teacher’s Wednesday schedule look like?

• Week #1 and #3: - K,1st, and 2nd Grade Teachers will have a GLM w/ administrator

• Week #2 and #4: - K, 1st, and 2nd Grade Teachers will have a GLP w/o administrator

• Week #1 and #3: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Teachers will have a GLM w/ an administrator

• Week #2 and #4: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Teachers will have a GLP w/o an administrator.

What will the teacher’s Wednesday schedule look like?

What Will Teachers Be Collaborating About on Wednesdays?

• Common Assessments Classroom Management• Student Interventions Homework• Student Enrichment Grading/Assessment

Practices• Best Teaching Practices ESL Instruction• TAKS Scores GT Instruction• SAT 10 Scores Renzulli/TPSP Project• EVAAS Data – Value-Added Data Instructional Technology• Envision Math Horizontal and Vertical-• Guided Reading -Curriculum Planning• Language Social Studies• Science

Schools Which Currently Have or Will Have a Weekly Early Dismissal Next School Year

• River Oaks• School At St. George Place• Pilgrim• Piney Point • Briarmeadow Charter• Walnut Bend• Askew• Shadowbriar• Daily• Ashford

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