Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast

5:45

Week 19: Springing Into 2024

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Happy First Friday of 2024!Welcome back! I hope you all had a festive yet restful Christmas Break and are ready to continue our progress for this school year. The Spring Semester is an intense time bringing a heightened sense of intensity compared to the fall. This period is marked by a rapid acceleration in academic rigor, as students delve deeper into their curricula, building upon the foundational knowledge established in the previous months. Academically, it's a crucial time for ATLAS testing

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3:19

Week 18: A Good Fall Semester

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/12/20

Happy Wednesday!I am proud to congratulate each of you for the academic achievements our students have gained this semester. Your dedication, expertise, and unwavering commitment to our students' education have yielded exceptional academic results, as detailed in our latest update.In our K-5 grades, the growth in reading skills has been phenomenal. Every student showed progress, with an average growth ranging from 51 to 83 points, surpassing the 60-point benchmark that signifies advancement to the

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6:02

Week 17: A Week of Learning and Accomplishment

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/12/15

Happy Friday!It is the last Friday of the fall semester and it has come upon us very quickly! Thank you for all you have done this week as we approach the end. I know that these closing days leading up to a break are busier as we wrap things up and I appreciate all of the effort that has been put forth to make learning happen. Our performance targets have been updated but the academic data is not all in because of our assessment window still being open. That information will be reported to the board

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3:19

Week 16: Nearing the End of the First Semester

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/12/08

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have done this week to reach our performance targets for the year. Our trends in discipline and attendance continue on the same trajectories but we will have some academic updates by next week to see if our other efforts are paying off. There is not much to write about this week; so, this Wrap-up will be all about the instructional data that has been collected in anticipation of our end-of-semester academic updates. Data UpdateSeveral more classroom walkthroughs

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7:40

Week 15: Teaching Mastery is a Lifelong Journey

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/12/01

Happy Friday!Thanks for all you did this week to model for our students the concept of lifelong learning! Working with Bailey Group, Solution Tree, and DESE consultants has caused much professional conversation about how to hone our abilities to make sure our students are getting what they need to be prepared and successful. It is a never-ending cycle of planning, doing, checking, and reflecting. As we continue our work, we will embrace these enriching experiences and collaborative efforts, ensuring

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5:21

Week 14: Happy Thanksgiving

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/11/17

Happy Friday!Fridays before long breaks are even better Fridays and I hope yours has been good. Thank you for all you have done this week. Our academic updates for our performance targets will be done next month but our other trends continue on the same trajectory, which is good for attendance but bad for discipline. The district PLC team has started looking deeper into the discipline data for insights in hopes of finding ways we might reverse the trend. But as we head into this well-deserved break,

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5:09

Week 13: Updates on LEARNS

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/11/10

Happy Friday!Thank you for another week of teaching and learning! Our performance targets are continuing with the same trends as last week for attendance and behavior. Our academic reports’ hard data should be updated in December and January. That is the data that is gathered from across all students at all grade levels. Not all of the data is in yet but early indicators show that we are seeing growth coming from Tier 2 intervention data. This Wrap-up is intended to update you all on the LEARNS

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7:15

Week 12: Engineers and Technicians of Learning

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/11/03

Happy Friday!Thank you for a successful Week 12! We are on day number 55 with 115 remaining. Our performance targets have been updated for the week and show that we are staying on track in attendance, but our discipline referrals were up again by 11 percent.In this week’s Wrap-up, I want to focus on all of us being reflective practitioners who use data to guide instruction by comparing what we do to other professions.Technicians and EngineersTo begin this week a team of K through 5 teachers and

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4:36

Week 11: The Stories Behind the Numbers

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/10/27

Happy Friday!Thank you for your efforts this week! It was a good week - a short week - and although not quite as eventful as last week we still have much to reflect on. It began with our Ladycat Volleyball team in the state tournament, a very successful Louise Durham Fall Carvinval, Red Ribbon Week activities, and the Middle School Fall Dance, and ended with day number 50 of the school year. A big thanks go out to all of you who made these things happen for our students!Our performance targets for

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5:34

Week 10: Mena, The Arkansas "Capital for a Day"

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/10/20

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have done this week to balance the celebratory events with our regular work to educate students. As far as I know, there has never been a week like this at Mena Public Schools when we have an international film crew doing a documentary and our Governor establishes her administration here to tour and operate. It has been quite a memorable week.Our performance targets are up-to-date and what is most notable is a 10.5 percent increase in discipline referrals in the

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6:04

Week 9: The End of the First Quarter

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/10/13

Happy Friday!Thank you, again, for the hard work and effort in Week 9! As mentioned in the heading, our current state of progress is clearer and even though we have some data sets yet to be complete, our target dashboard is complete and useful for keeping track of our district’s overall progress. Our work is cut out for us as we strive to reach our performance targets.This week’s Wrap-up has no overall theme but will be a hodgepodge of information.The Right to ReadThe Right to Read film by Levar

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8:21

Week 8: Delving Deeper into Stories Hidden in Data

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/10/06

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have done this week to help us reach our district targets and work toward your professional goals, as well. As we wrap up another exciting week of exploration and discovery, our journey through the world of data has been nothing short of enlightening. Week 8 and the weeks to follow will be all about peeling back the layers and looking beyond the surface to reveal the intricate narratives and valuable insights concealed within the data we have. Making Sense of the

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8:34

Week 7: The Score Is In: A Look at Our State and...

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/29

Happy Friday!As we wrap up Week 7 and our first 31 days of the school year, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for everyone's tireless efforts in fulfilling our district's mission. Teachers, staff, and administrators are going above and beyond to meet our district’s performance targets and create an effective learning environment. This week, we have reached a significant milestone with the release of our state-issued school report card, a valuable tool for assessing our strengths and areas for

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7:27

Week 6: Don't Just Hope, Know

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/22

Happy Friday!Thank you for all the effort put into Week 6! It has been a productive week here at Mena Public Schools as our District Targets are beginning to come to light and building plans are being implemented. Our Walkthrough data is becoming very informative to us as to the teaching that is happening throughout the district. This information is helpful to all of us because if we know where we are going and we stay on the right path, we will reach our destination. In this week’s Wrap-up, I want

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7:03

Week 5: The Unsung Heroes: Remembering 9/11 and...

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/15

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have endured this week to accomplish the mission of our school district! We are already a month into this school year and our pace and rhythm are starting to set in. Across our school district, teachers, staff, and administrators are putting in tireless hours and immense effort to create a nurturing and effective learning environment for our students. Our community recognizes and deeply appreciates this dedication, understanding that it takes a collective effort to

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9:00

Week 4: Clearing the Path for 23-24

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/08

Happy Friday!Thank you for all that you did this week to further establish a good tone and high expectations for the new school year. The back-to-school issues of the past do not seem to be as prominent this year, but I do not want to take anything for granted so, please, take a little time to give us some feedback on the start of school. We will be asking our community the same question in a different Thought Exchange to compare your thoughts to theirs. In this week’s Wrap-up, I will tell you about

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6:55

Week 3: Setting Goals Isn't as Simple as it Sounds

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/01

Happy Friday!Thank you for all of your efforts this week. I hope that your routines are starting to be settled and that your students are getting back into the learning mode. We have had a good week at Mena Public Schools. Just as noted in last week’s Wrap-up, the district leadership PLC has met and is working toward establishing our district goals for the year. We are also planning this year’s budget. In this Wrap-up, I will provide some insight and information related to both of these tasks and

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6:07

Week 2: Learning About LEARNS, ATLAS, and Accountability

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/08/25

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you did this week to successfully complete the first full week of our new school year. Getting through the first full week is tough enough without the added heat wave but we have dealt with it patiently and will be getting some much-needed relief from the weather next week. In this week’s Wrap-up, I want to share some insights gained from Mrs. Buckley’s first LEARNS workgroup meeting for school accountability and provide other tidbits that may be of interest to you.A

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3:22

Week 1: A Good Start

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/08/18

Happy Friday!Thank you for all of the hard work and effort in the days leading up to last Wednesday and our students’ first day of school for the 23-24 school year! These first three days have been rather smooth with only minor issues that were easily resolved or are being resolved. This speaks to the foresight each of you used to prepare to begin school with our students as your focus.This Wrap-up will be short as I only have a few things to update you on. Our Academic GoalsThe building principals

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5:23

Week 35: Finishing The School Year

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/05/19

Happy Friday!This is the last Friday of the school year and the last Wrap-up, too. Tomorrow will be graduation day for the class of 2023 and our culminating event to put our product into the marketplaces of the world. Although much of the fanfare takes place at the high school, each one of you who taught these graduates from Pre-K to twelfth grade, had the academic and social influence that it took to get them to this stage of life. Not only the teachers but also the paraprofessionals, food service

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