JUDAIC FACULTY MEETING

Wednesday August 13,2008

AgendaWelcome MissionAdministrative Details School partnershipBreakD.I./CurriculumGood to Great Goals Looking a head

Mission Statement

The co-educational Lower School division features a caring yet rigorous environment designed to meet the diverse needs of the Memphis Jewish community and highly attuned to the individual needs of every student. Its innovative curricula and extracurricular programming actively nurture curiosity and creativity, community and camaraderie, while facilitating maximal student learning in a full array of General and Judaic studies.

Welcome

Working as a team Getting to know each other Share 3 things that have nothing to do

with school

Administrivia First and Last

The health of an organization is that its meetings are productive – Patrick Lenciconni

In the future faculty meetings will be a time to reflect on curriculum and student needs

Faculty Handbook

Sick and personal day Please call me as early as possible . Judaic

substitutes are hard to find Call my cell (901) 229-1174 Emergency Policies

Non Classroom Responsibilities Lunch and recess DutyClass recessSafety Classrooms locked

Miscellaneous

Classroom set up Book Inventory Faculty meeting schedule Support staff

School Partnership

Parents Students and Teachers

Teacher

StudentParent

Parent Communication

Newsletters Soin Phone calls phone logs Formal communication Informal communication

Teachers

Lesson plans / Unit plans Formal Evaluations Grading policies H.W. policies

HELPING YOUR STUDENTS REACH THEIR POTENTIAL

To help someone reach their potential

Catch them doing something good

Take a Break

D.I. and Curriculum

Introduction1. Not something new- Torah , Rambam ,

One room school house2. Philosophy Foundation 1. CurriculumAsking the Hard questions and being

honest Tal am Hebrew Reading Looking back - spiral

Readiness

Formation of a curriculum 1. What have we done 2. Next step for this year KUD

KUD

K- Know – Basic facts we want our students to know

Examples

U-Understand – concepts we want our students to understand

Examples

D- What we want our students to be able to Do

Examples

Reflect and Respond

Know your students Pre assessment /Post Assessments D.I. Activities

D.I. Activities

-Getting to know the students Step one: Ask random questions and have the

students stand up each time if the question describes them (5-10 min)

For example: Are you the oldest in your family? Are you the youngest Do you like chocolate Do you like sports? Step two have students fill out Learner profile

cards: on it students will write down their interests how and what they like to learn etc. ( 3-5 min)

D.I. Activities Con’t

• Pre Assessment• Three column chart of what they know about

What I already know What I don’t know What I would like to know

More D.I. Activities

Student need Modification

Give an pre assessment of concepts and terms to determine prior

knowledge

Based on the pre assessment you may need to go over with some students the

definition and concept giving them examples while another group will

come up with examples on their own for each term

The class may not see the relevance of Talmud

Give an example of trying to follow directions if they only give you topic

headings without all the detailsOne or two students may have

impulsivity issuesCome up with a develop goals and

consequences both positive and negative

Goals

Set student and personal goals Goals bring about Change

Good to Great

Jim Collins in his book Good to Great says the following

“Indeed the real question is not Why Greatness but what work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness. If you have to ask the question why should we make it great isn’t success enough? Then you are probably engaged in the wrong line of work

Thank you and I look forward to traveling with you on the journey towards

excellence and becoming A

Great School