Correlates of Effective Schools
Pot Pourri
Student Accountability
Employee & K12 Handbook
Middle School Staff Trivia
100

Wendy Kopp's quote is best connected to this correlate of effective schools.

Climate of High Expectations for Success

100

Mr. DeYager's student meetings will be held on this date.

Wednesday, August 24.

100

What you tolerate, you can come to ___________.

Expect

100

According to the RVCSD __________ of __________ policy, employees may only solicit other employees or students for personal or financial gain with the prior, advance approval of the superintendent.

Conflict of Interest

this includes emails

*PRIZE*

100

This staff member doesn't do well with re-arranged furniture and got engaged this summer.

Mr. Rens

*PRIZE*

200

In the effective school, student academic progress is measured ____________ through a ____________ of assessment procedures.

frequently

variety

*PRIZE*

200

Student meetings will be held during these class periods.  

1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

200

True or False. What you do in your classroom impacts your colleagues.

True

*PRIZE*

200

Great teams do the little things well. This includes abiding by the school's adopted work day in the employee handbook which goes from ________ a.m. to ________ p.m

7:45

3:45

200

This staff member is a marginally faster swimmer than Mr. DeYager.

Mr. Judge

300

This is RVCSD's mission statement.

The Rock Valley Community School District is Committed to Providing All Students with Educational Opportunities to Achieve Their Optimum Potential in a Global Society."

300

This is one important document that can be found on Mr. DeYager's Middle School 22-23 Google Classroom.

(answers vary) 

Join Code: f2zz3qt

Please Join Now!

300

Students in this building will address adults with these honorifics.

Mrs. Ms. Mr. Sr. Sra.

300

According to the RVCSD employee & K12 handbooks' Student Performance Objectives, all Rock Valley students will be… (name any one of the six items)

Quality Producers

Effective Communicators

Complex Thinkers

Collaborative Community Contributors

Self-Directed Learners

Knowledgeable Persons

*PRIZE*

300

These three middle school staff members received STEM scale up grants for this school year.

Melissa Wynia (PTLW)

Lisa Jansma (hydroponics)

Micah Weber (drones)

400

One of the characteristics of the most effective schools is their willingness to declare that some things are more important than others; they are willing to ____________ some less important content so as to be able to have enough time dedicated to those areas that are valued the most.

abandon

What are you willing to abandon this year?

400

Lesson plans need to be updated weekly and should begin with the _____ in mind. 

end

Great things rarely happen randomly. Every teacher needs a plan if we are going to raise the bar on student achievement.

*PRIZE*

400

True or False. Teacher presence in the hallway greatly reduces the number of negative behaviors observed.

True

400

We are all different in our approach (classroom, kids, employee responsibilities). Knowing and understanding our handbooks helps both us and students to ____________ the scope of possible outcomes to inappropriate behaviors.

narrow

Your new superintendent is a self-proclaimed policy guru. Know your handbooks.

400

These staff members taught in Abu Dabi for three years.

Mr. & Mrs. Lund

*PRIZE*

500

It is unlikely that a school’s faculty could successfully teach its students to work together unless the adults in the school model ___________  ___________ in their own professional working relationships.

model

collaborative

500

We have seven new teachers k-12 this year. Name four of the seven.

Tyson Lund

Kallie Lund

Tate Kellenberger

Nancy Dickman

Jaclyn Van Kekerix

Austin Haak

Keely Salazar

*PRIZE*

500

Student accountability is ____________'s responsibility.

Everyone

Issues should be brought to me only after unsuccessful attempts...address with student, address with parent

500

This is the consequence if a student cell phone is taken by a teacher.

1st Offense: Device will be confiscated for the rest of the day or longer and the parent must pick it up from the Principal; detention assigned.

500

This is the roster of the staff dodgeball team that lost to 6th graders last year.

Even, Rens, Judge, Swets, Schnell, Schwien, Wright

*PRIZE*

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