Thursday MM - June 2nd

EOG - MATH !!!!

We had a really good day during our ELA assessment. Thanks for your support of our students and staff.  Today will be better as we have the boost from our relational trust crew session.    

Speaking of CREW.  I have the following request from Mark Conrad, Chief Schools Officer for EL Education;

• We use the term "affiliate year" to represent the first official year of school-wide implementation of EL practices and it applies to start-up schools that are just opening their doors and existing schools that are making the transition to EL. Many schools have planning years or other forms of partnership with EL prior to their affiliate year but the affiliate year marks a key point in our partnership. As you know, we have very specific partnership readiness criteria for our new partnerships and we see something special in you as leaders and in the potential of your schools. 
• The Mentor School Initiative is entering its 6th year and is made up of credentialed EL schools that have demonstrated a readiness and willingness to actively mentor our newest partners. 
• As an affiliate school, we have matched you with an EL Education Mentor School that will provide collaboration, thought-partnership, inspiration and support for the next two years.  I'll be introducing you to your Mentor partner via email early next week. 
• To help prepare for that communication, please send me a paragraph description of your school, your community and any unique aspects of your mission (in addition to becoming an EL Education School). If possible, please send me your paragraph by the end of this week (Friday, June 3). I realize this is a short turnaround so let me know if this won't be possible.
• I look forward to meeting all of you over the course of your partnership with EL and hope to see many of you at our Leadership Induction Institute this summer in July. Thanks again for your dedication to a strong partnership with EL!

I would like to assign this paragraph to a couple of willing faculty members and post their collaborative writing on the Monday Blog of June 6th.  If you have any "bullet points" about our school please submit them to me before the end of the day Thursday so I can get those to the writing team.

Subs:
Rosemary Hazy for Demarie
Carol Sumner for Happy