LAST CHANCE TO NOMINATE FOR SEPTEMBER! Please take a moment to nominate yourself, or a colleague, for always shooting for the stars! This month, we're continuing to focus on building relationships. If you know someone who shines in this area, be sure to nominate them HERE for a chance to win a customized Box o' Fun
All nominees will have their name displayed as a "Shining Star" on the Ed Services Homecoming float, at the Homecoming game booth, and on the Star of Fame at Meredith!
We are excited to have Homecoming week upon us. This is a great week to celebrate, share our excitement and pride for Kaneland. Please take a moment to step back and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Be proud that during this difficult fall you have all persevered and are making a difference every day in the lives of our students. Educators rarely celebrate themselves and the hard work put into each and every day of teaching and learning. This year the Department of Educational Service wants to celebrate all of you as the Stars of Kaneland Connects. Please note the exciting events that celebrate you this week:
1. On Wednesday night during the Homecoming parade, Kaneland Administration had a float that featured all staff members that were peer nominated for Star Knights through Star Search.
2. . All the nominated staff members will have a star at the booth Friday night at the football game. Please stop over at the booth to play some games and check out the stars of our district. You can also enter to win a raffle or on the spot prizes at the booth too!
3. At the booth Friday night we will have a chance for students and community to also nominate a staff member for a chance to win a great prize box. We will encourage all community to stop over and celebrate you with a nomination.
4. All the stars of Kaneland will be posted in the LRC at Meredith this year. It has already been impressive how many peer to peer nominations have been sent in and we want to celebrate your hard work all year long. Any time you are at Meredith stop over and see the Star of Fame wall.
We want to thank each and every one of you for being strong and finding the energy every day to provide the best possible learning experience for our students. Cheers to you!
This fall the State of Illinois adopted new sex education standards for K-12. Like any newly approved standards process, we are looking for a subgroup of staff members to come together, review the standards as written, and complete a crosswalk based on current practice and new expectations of the standards. This team will meet starting in October or November (depending on members' schedules) during contract time to review the content and determine where to embed the standards or shift our learning practices. The new standards do not go into effect until next Fall, but we want to begin the process with a half sub to review the content and begin the discussion. This is a voluntary subgroup of K-5 EAC and will share updates with the EAC. The standards are a requirement for next year and this year is the opportunity to share your voice on how to deliver the content. Please email Sarah Mumm at 10358@kaneland.org if interested in being on the subgroup.
Let's take some time to share fun facts about our Knight Family. Did you figure out the answers from last week's submissions? Here they are for you.
1. Who cannot keep plants alive...not even succulents? Courtney Yager
2. Who is a mom to twins and has a twin niece and nephew also? Jill Hardekopf
3. Who is teaching their dog to talk with buttons? Amanda Mojica
4. Who worked in Alaska for a summer season? Sue Sensor
Try your hand at these fun facts about your peers, can you guess who?
1. Who hated reading as a child but loves browsing the bookstores now?
2. Who has been skydiving?
3. Who does not drink but met their husband at the pub?
4. Who taught English in Taiwan?
Hints to help you match this week:
Kristin Schroeder- KSS
Kara Christensen- KSS
Morgan Padalik- KSS
Katie Reilley-KBK
This summer a EC-12 team of staff members came together to create a parent resource and newsletter for SEL. We are excited to share the link with all staff and families this month. Please feel free to PR this link in any communication you have with families. Happy reading. Thank you to the members of the summer SEL team for this amazing work.
Let's take a moment to just stop and CELEBRATE! Our SIP data far exceeds our last Fall's data. We are so excited about the pre-data from this Fall. Kudos to all staff for setting routines and expectations that include I can statements, the intent and purpose of learning, feedback cycles, and learner self reflection and advocacy. While scoring the pre-data you could see the language of your hard work and effort come alive through the students. Please see the following for our SIP pre-data.
By February 2022, the overall percent of students observed at levels 2 and 3 on the proficiency based self-reflection rubric will increase from 67.7 % in September 2021 to 85% by February 2022 on lesson/unit exit slips administered randomly.
By February 2022, the overall percent of students assessed on learning needs and advocacy through the use of learning reflection tools at levels 2 and 3 on the learner advocacy rubric will increase from February 2020 levels of 74.4%% to 85%. (Fall 2021 81.9%)
By February 2022, all areas of the CASEL competencies will see an increase in levels 3 and 4 compared to September 2021 collected data. Students will anonymously self-reflect on the 5 areas through the use of a Google form reflection given during selected times on a randomly selected day.
Fall Pre-Data:
Personal Self- Awareness Fall Data: Relationship Skills Fall Data:
1-3% 1-3%
2-20% 2-13%
3-36% 3-46%
4-41% 4-38%
Self-Management Fall Data: Responsible Decision Making Data:
1-7% 1-3%
2-32% 2-18%
3-30% 3-45%
4-31% 4-34%
Social Awareness Fall Data:
1-3%
2-15%
3-44%
4-38%
Yes, you are reading correctly, as a district we have almost met our end of the year goal! Keep it up!
