Garland Independent School District

Diverse Community - Shared Vision - Exceptional Education

McDade Minutes
McDade Minutes

Area Directors Message
Teachers role versus students role
Students cant be taught they can only be helped to learn. In a stu-
dent-centered classroom, our role is to help and encourage students to
develop their skills, but without relinquishing our more traditonal role as
a source of informaton, advice, and knowledge. In a student-centered
classroom, the teacher and students are a team working together. To-
gether our role is to make sure everyone benefts from the lesson, sup-
portng one another.
Were responsible for helping students work independently, monitoring
them while theyre working together, and giving them feedback afer-
ward. In a whole-class actvity, students and the teacher interact, and
students accept the authority of the teacher as their manager. When
working together, students will be responsible for their own behavior
and learning while the teacher walks around the classroom monitoring.

Are your classrooms student-centered?



Walnut Glen Academy For Excellence Nicholson Cup Winner
35% of students completed summer reading







Weekly Schedule
Principals,

Leadership matters, what leaders think, say and do pro-
foundly affects organizational performance. Leaders
thoughts and actions shape the culture of their organiza-
tions and set the direction and pace for professional learn-
ing and teamwork ( Leading for Results). We are quickly
approaching the end of the first six weeks grading period
which provides an excellent opportunity for us to reflect
upon our leadership practices. What did you do differently
this year? What will you do differently during the next six
weeks? How are you monitoring teacher performance and
student achievement? What changes did you make as a re-
sult of your classroom observations and feed-back confer-
ences? Is your campus on track for making significant gains
in student achievement?
Challenge yourself to get in classrooms daily and look for
the following things:
*Objectives
*Objectives matching student learning
*Student-Centered Activities
Keep a log of what you see and share it with your staff as a
whole.


Regards,

Janet McDade

September 17/18: Kemerer/Crain Documentaton Training @Garland/Rowlet Room 8:00-
4:30 (Breakfast and lunch provided)

September 17: College Day
September 20: 2013-2014 CIP Due / ISIP Screening Deadline

September 21: Healthy Living Expo 9:00-1:00 @ CCC
September 23: Area Meetng @ 8:00-10:00 Freeman Elementary
September 23-27: HERO Week
September 27: Documentaton that all staf members on your campus have viewed specifc
training videos
CWT Training Day #1 @ 8:00-4:30 at Technology-Transportaton Training Room
September 30: Principal Self-Assessment Due
Goal-Setng Form Due
October 4: First Grading Period Ends
October 7: Fair Day

October 8: Staf Development

October9-November 8: ELEMENTARY Parent/Teacher Conference Window
Meetngs/ Upcoming Events
Monday: Work in Ofce
9:00 Meetng about GISD Toy Run
11:00 Campus Improvement Meetng for Area Directors
Various Campuses
Tuesday: Kemerer/Crain Documentaton Training 8:00-4:30
Wednesday: Various Campuses
1:30-4:30 Area Director Meetng
1:45 Interventon Walk-thru with Kim Holcomb @ Park Crest

Thursday: Various Campuses
Friday: Various Campuses
September 13, 2013
Area #1
INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
Student Centered Classrooms
The Student Centered Classroom by Leo Jones
Kudos/Happenings