This is the presentation that Principal Beth Rhine presented at Back to School Night on September 10, 2015. Welcome back to school!

1. Back To School
Night
September 10,
2015
Oxford Elementary School

2. Our Staff - Introductions

3. Who is missing?
2nd grade teacher, Cheryl Sheppard
 If you want to help, we are collecting
donations for alternative treatments (i.e.
acupuncture, massage, naturopath, etc.)
 Box in the office and in classrooms
 Have your child write a letter to her
 Send good wishes her way

4. What is new this year?
 Staff Updates (Paul Jones, Eileen Cullen,
Vanessa Yee, Niani Frye, Mel Stenger, Noelle
Sedor, Tiana Townsend, Deirdre Sproul)
 Nurse Judy on site
 Intervention Block, 3 times a week
 After school schedule – HWK first, then
enrichment
 Math Intervention Program
 Building on teacher leaders on site
 Garden, K-3, once a week
 Growth Mindset

5. What are we building on?
 Peer Classroom Observations
 Toolbox & Welcoming Schools
 Professional Development
 Collaboration and Planning
 Math Program
 Leveled Literacy Intervention
 Technology

6. My Goals
 Supporting student’s growth, academically and
social-emotionally, providing intervention, support
and challenge
 Teacher growth through coaching, collaboration,
reflection and support
 Provide a rich curriculum and a safe place for
students so they love school, feel connected and
miss Oxford when they leave
 Build school community with a common vision of
seeing the children as all our kids

7. We love acronyms!
 ELD
 ELA
 CCSS
 RTI
 PD
 PLC
 PTA
 IEP
 ASOU
 SGC
 ELAC
 SPED
 SST
 NCLB
 AYP
 API
 SBAC (SBA or SBAS)
 CAASPP

8. SBAC/SBA
3rd – 5th Grade, Spring Testing
o Computer-Adaptive Test
o One piece of the picture
o Include student scores, achievement levels, and descriptors
that describe performance.
o Interpret results alongside other available information about
a student’s academic achievement, including such
measures as, classroom assignments and grades,
classrooms tests, report cards, and teacher feedback.
o Like the new learning goals they were designed to
measure, these new tests are much too different from the
old exams to make any comparisons between old scores
and new.
o A starting point–a baseline for the progress we expect
students to make over time.

9. How can you help?
 Drive clockwise around the school
 Do not park on Oxford St. in front of the school
 Don’t block the bus zone on Walnut St.
 Join the PTA
 Consider running for SGC
 Join the ELAC
 Donations, donations, donations
 Volunteer (Classroom, Events, Grant Writing)
 Outreach – make connections to families