1 Elementary Principal’s Report 9/17/07 Pender Public Schools

2 New Practices Office in Elementary 2 days per week Walk through at least by-weekly Supervise before school Supervise recess Supervise lunch Will start evaluations in October Monthly Character Assemblies

3 Opportunities 3 rd – 6 th Grades Farm Safety Day Pender, Walthill, Wakefield Rusty Bartlett puts on a Quality Program Local Farmers and Merchants Participate FFA students and Alumni Participate Teachers and Students view this event as a highlight every year!

4 Opportunities 5 th Grade – Missouri River Outdoor Expo Ponca State Park »Beginning Archery »Outdoor Survival »Radio Telemetry »Fish of the Missouri River »Camp Life

5 AimsWeb Benchmarking Tuesday Morning, September 18 th Every Student K-8 Math, Spelling & Reading More people probing More people grading Even more organized than before Should take less time Teachers should have reports sooner

6 Superintendent’s Report 9/17/07 Pender Public Schools

Advisory Council I was elected to ESU #1’s A.C. Will participate with a superintendent from each county in ESU #1 area Provide Guidance & Advice to Bob Uhing –Budget Planning –Staff Development Direction –Superintendent Meeting Subjects –Hear in depth reports from ESU

Poverty Plan Attendance & Transportation Student Mobility Parental Involvement Class Size Reduction Interruption Free Teaching Time Access to Early Childhood Access to Social Workers Summer School, After School Programs Professional Development & Mentoring An Evaluation Plan

Poverty Plan Parental Involvement 3,548 Preschool25,632 Clerical Salary (attendance) 1,857 Utilities19,455 Professional Development 3,381 Pupil Transportation26,978 Class Size Reduction29,592 Total x.85 $93, This year $34,854

10 Sheriff’s Request Narcotics Detection K-9 ($5000) Seeking donations ($1000 Walmart) School K-9 demonstrations School Sniffs lockers, rooms & cars Increased use in and around Pender Will explore casual for a cause fund.

11 McRel Research Request NASB has suggested you attend a McRel session at NASB November Conference NCSA/NDE wants every principal in Nebraska to take Balanced Leadership ESU # 1’s October training has been transferred to South Sioux City (4 th & 5 th ) SSC trainer has requested I assist her with the presentation

12 Surplus Sale Results Kitchen Items$ General Items$ Total$ Items Remaining: 24 Monitors, 10 CPU’s, 23 Printers, 2 Scanners, 3 Chairs, 2 Typewriters, 7 boxes of miscellaneous computer stuff, 6 boxes of dictionaries and encyclopedias, 3 boxes of miscellaneous kitchen stuff, 1 fountain. Riemers (West Point) & Ficke (Lincoln) were disinterested in remaining items.

13 CIA Director’s Report 9/17/07 Pender Public Schools

14 Implementing The Plan Update on Continuous School Improvement Dr. Pat Roschewski SIP Chair

15 Parent Surveys At Board Suggestion… We included the parent survey in the handbook and forms distribution We have received well over 150 responses Lisa Johnson is entering all the data New report should come in October

16 Teacher Surveys At my summer conference… “Best Practices” self evaluation Teachers completed it during pre-service Lisa has entered the data I should have a report for you in October This helps in planning Staff Development

17 Standards Subsets Last Spring… subset revisions During Pre-service… standards notebooks Lisa has been working and is nearly completed updating the notebooks and the data entry spreadsheets Lisa and Jason went to a Data Analysis retreat on Thursday at ESU # 1 Lisa is a tremendous asset to our team

18 Curriculum Committees Faculty Meeting Explained the expectations of CC’s Explained the Flexible Funding Plan Committees have begun to meet Doug Christiansen has expressed interest He desires to attend an early out

19 Pender’s Math Peer Review November 1, assessment reporting to NDE will include:  Reading  Writing  Math  Science