LeadershipandCollaboration

Parentinteractionstohelpstudents:
MessagesHomeAboutBehavior:
Thesemessagesweresenthomeaspointsintheescalationofclassroommanagement.
Eachofthemessagesismeanttobeabriefdescriptionoftheeventsothatstudentsareableto
discusstheissuewiththeirparentorguardian.

Emailhomeaboutbehaviorone:
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:

Iwantedtoreachouttoyouabout
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stimeinclasstoday.Afterreceivingawarninganda
lunchdetention,
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stillcontinuedtobeadisruptiveinfluencetothosearoundherwhich
resultedinherbeingaskedtospendsometimeinthehallway.Thiswillbehersecondlunch
detentioninMarch.AsamatterofkeepingopencommunicationIwantedtoletyouknowaboutthe
incident.Pleaseletmeknowifyouhaveanyquestions.

Sincerely,
Mr.BoyerStudentteacher
th
Mrs.Fink6
gradescience

Responsefromoneparent:
Ms.Fink,
I'msosorry.Ihavereadherthisemail.Iwillalsosharethisemailwithherfathertonight.
Thankyouforlettingmeknow.Pleaseletmeknowifshedoesanythingatallinthefuture.
XXXXXXX
willbeleavingtogotoCaliforniatomorrow,andwillnotreturnuntilApril1st.Iwas
hopingtogetanyworkshewillmisswhenwereturn.
Thankyou,
XXXXXX

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Emailhomeaboutbehaviortwo:
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and
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Iwantedtoreachabout
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inclasstoday.Afterseveralwarningsaboutbeingdisruptivetoher
fellowstudents,
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wassentouttothehall.Thisweekhashadacoupleofinstanceswherewe
havehadtotalkwith
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aboutsocializingwithothersintheclass.Inthepastourconversations
haverevolvedaroundfindingaseatingarrangementthatmightbelessconducivetohertalkingwith
others,butinthepasttwoweeksthewarningshavehappenedwithtwoseparateseating
arrangements.Iknowwehadmentionedthisbefore,butwejustwantedtokeepyouintheloopto
howprogresshasbeengoing.

KoltonBoyer(studentteacher)


Emailhomeaboutbehaviorthree:
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and
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Iwantedtoreachouttoyouabout
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'stimeinclassthisweek.
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hasneeded
redirectiontogetontopiceachday.Thisdriftingofftopichascomeattheexpenseofnotjusthis
tablemates,butalsoothersintheclass.Wehavetriedtodiscussthiswithhimonseveraloccasions,
includinglunchdetentionsinthepast,tonoavail.InthehopesofkeepingopencommunicationI
wantedtokeepyouintheloop.

Respectfully,
KoltonBoyer(studentteacher)

MessagesHomeAboutUpcomingActivities:
Thesemessagesweresenttoparentsandguardiansbeforemajorbenchmarks.Theemailswere
reallywellreceivedduetothedatabaseofcontactinformationavailablethroughtheInfinitecampus
LMSinplace.

PushMessageHomeOne:

PleaseseetheattachedstudyguideforthetestthatwilltakeplaceMonday2/15.Thisstudyguide
willhavesamplequestionslikethoseyourstudentwillbeseeingonthetestforthispastunit.Please
observeandnotethetimethatyourstudentstudiesanddocumentthetimeonthetest,Theycanget
anextracreditpointforthetest(5%).Weareworkingtotrackthestudyhabitsofoursixthgrade
studentsandwouldappreciateyourhelp.

Thanks,
KoltonBoyerStudentTeacher

Responsereplyresponsewithoneparent:
Canyoupleasesendthishomeviapapercopy?Idonothaveawaytoprintthisfrom
home.Thanks
XXXXXX

XXXXX

XXXXXXX

XXXX
'smom
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doeshaveacopyofthis.Wepassedthemouttodayandthe
studentsworkedonthem.
Awesome!Thankyousomuch!

PushMessageHomeTwo:

Hello,
Ihopeyourspringisofftoagreatstart!Thisnextweek,onWednesday,allsixthgradestudentswill
betakingamidtrimestertestinScience.Eachstudentwasgivenacopyofthestudyguide
(attached)andgivenachancetogetcorrectanswerwrittendownduringclassreview.Thereare
goingtobeverysimilarquestionsonthetest,sothestudyguidewillbeagreatresourceforthe
studentstostudy.Ihopethismessagewillhelpintestpreparation.

KoltonBoyer(StudentTeacher)
Responsefromoneparent:
Thankyou!Ireallyappreciateyousendinginadvance!
Responsefromasecondparent:
Thankyoufortheinfo!Iespeciallyappreciatethestudyguidewithanswers!LOLWoulditbe
possibletogetablankcopyforpractice?Thanksagain,andhaveagreatweekend!

Formforconferencesthatwasused.Thespringconferenceshadparentor
guardianrepresentativesforroughlyfiftystudents.

WelcometoParentConferences.Pleasesignin.
Thankyou.

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ParentName

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Colleagueinteractionstohelpstudents:

ThesearetwosituationswhereIwasabletohelpothermembersoftheCarlisle
MiddleSchoolteamtohelpthestudents.

Ivisitedyourclassroomandstudentteachertoday.Ilovethatyourstudentswerelearningabout
microscopesandlearningtheparts/functions.Therubricwherestudentswereselfassessing
themselvesontheirworkwasalsogoodforstudentstouse.Havingstudentsawareofevaluation
criteriaandthenselfassessmentisagreatconnectiontoVisibleLearning.

Haveagreatafternoon!

KariMurray
612BuildingLearningCoordinator
CarlisleCommunitySchoolDistrict

ThesecondwasinrelationtoabusinesslessonthatItaughtduringstudentteachingtoallsixth
gradersintheirscienceclass: