Dear Deep Creek Family,
As our year together comes to a close, I want to thank each of you for your hard work. We leave tired as we have done our very best all year. My hope is the summer will be a time of refreshing and renewal so you have the strength to come back and do your amazing work another year.
Our first set of FSA data for 3rd grade is awesome! My hope is the rest of our data will follow the same pattern. Much accolades to our third grade team for their collaborative approach all year which has resulted in fantastic scores and improvement from the year before.
Since we will not be together when FSA results come out, I recently read the following and would like you to keep it in mind:
Schools undertake performance benchmarking to identify their position relative to other schools or education systems. This sort of benchmarking is useful when a school wants to gauge the levels of performance they will need to reach the levels of “the best.”
Schools undertake strategic benchmarking to identify the strategies and approaches that have enabled high-performing schools to succeed. This sort of benchmarking is useful when a school wants to identify potential solutions to improving their own performance.
Of course, performance benchmarking and strategic benchmarking are often linked together.
The district and the media will take care of the performance benchmarking for us. It will be important that we use the strategic benchmarking ourselves for our growth. We must remember where we have come from and where we are going! I started the year with the Mission Possible prezi and within it there was a quote that said "Perfection is a direction not a destination!" We will always be climbing uphill. So stay in shape by sharpening your saw. Read a book or attend a professional development this summer. I'll be glad to recommend a book, loan you one, or purchase one if you just ask.
I don't know how to insert the song, so I am including the music video for "The Climb". One of my favorite songs and appropriate for the topic this week.
Thank you for EVERYTHING!
Enjoy your summer,
Adrienne
No comments:
Post a Comment