New Staff
School Climate
EE, SLOs, and PPGs...oh my!
GDS Fun Facts
GDS History
100
This new teacher sings and plays an instrument.
Who is Janet Hienneman?
100
The percentage of GDS students had 0 or 1 Major Behavior referrals last school year.
What is 92%?
100
This is what the acronym PPG stands for.
What is Professional Practice Goal?
100
This is the new assessment that replaces EXPLORE.
What is Aspire?
100
This teacher started and organizes the GDS Fun Run.
Who is Dan Zweifel?
200
This new staff member is going to Upham Woods for three days.
Who is Reed Foster?
200
This encouraging catch phrase reminds students to be positive on a daily - or at least Monday, Wednesday, Friday - basis.
What is "Stay Classy!"
200
The number of SLOs that staff members need to include in their Educator Effectiveness Plan (EEP).
What is one?
200
The number of new printers that will be ordered for GDS this school year.
What is eight?
200
These two GDS teachers led the contest to name the GDS school prairie.
Who are Barb Koykkar and Bob Schlaefer?
300
Two of our new teachers come from this neighboring district.
What is School District of Sun Prairie?
300
This school rule is the most inconsistently followed by students and has been an item of contention since the opening of GDS.
What is chewing gum?
300
This is what the acronym SMART stands for.
What is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound?
300
The local composer who wrote "Glacial Drumlin Overture."
Who is Kathy Punwar?
300
These two Wisconsin legislators attended the GDS opening ceremony in Fall 2008.
Who are Senator Mark Miller and Representative Gary Hebl.
400
This new staff member recently worked for a national research organization.
Who is Nicole Carlisle?
400
These two student groups are over-identified for Major Behavior discipline referrals.
What is African-American (Black) Students and Male Students.
400
The author of the teacher evaluation system.
Who is Charlotte Danielson?
400
Five of the vegetables that are grown in the GDS garden.
What is tomatillos, tomatoes, onions, peppers, summer squash, pumpkins.
400
These school colors were contentiously debated for GDS.
What is blue and silver (vs. red and black)?
500
This new teacher lives 1/4 mile from Glacial Drumlin School.
Who is Tracy Frame?
500
This example of a Culturally Relevant Practice is one that GDS will be focusing on for the 2014-2015 school year.
What is the Circle Process? - or Community Circle, Restorative Circle, etc.
500
The four domains of the teacher evaluation system.
What is: Planning and Preparation; The Classroom Environment; Instruction; and Professional Responsibilities.
500
Student performance on the MEL-Con shows over 80% proficiency in this category.
What is Main Idea?
500
These two energy saving measures are among the ways that GDS saves significant amounts of money each year.
What is Geothermal Heating and motion-sensored lights.
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