Writing - Nelda Mundy

Twenty classrooms were visited to accomplish this task. 18 of the 20 classrooms had recent (within 2 weeks) writing. Twelve of the 20 classrooms had rubrics either embedded or attached to the student writing and while three more teachers have Restate,Answer,Details (RAD) embedded into their class writing strategies.

PBIS - Nelda Mundy

Great time speaking with JP...lots of information. In addition to our PBIS Team participating in the January Cohort, the school has in place a Structured Recess program that supports individual students and their needs in being successful in social and academic settings. With the onset of March we are including regular PBIS updates in both our parent and faculty newsletters as a method to ensure program understanding and long-term implementation.

Preparing for CAASPP at Nelda Mundy

We have completed our initial CAASPP training for our teachers at yesterday's staff meeting and are getting affidavits signed and returned to Shelley so that we can get our TOMS accounts up and running. We hope to have our students engaging in the training and practice tests by mid-week next week. Our grade-level's have chosen their testing windows and we are in the process of formalizing our school-wide testing schedule!

Nelda Mundy - Customer Service

This has been a great opportunity to connect with parents in various settings. Including morning drop-off, I've met and established relationships through SST's, IEP's, and the 100 Mile Running Club. It's been a win-win for our community overall.

Nelda Mundy - Community Engagement

We have established to establish relationships with both the Solono County Office of Education and Cordelia library. In conjunction with our Safety Committee they have agreed to be emergency evacuation centers for Nelda Mundy if circumstances dictates an evacuation of our facility. In addition to including "Library News" in our parent newsletters during the month of March the library will be hosting several classrooms to their Dr. Suess reading event, March 3, 2016. This walking fieldtrip should be the first in an on-going series of Library-School events.

SAMR and Tech Integration at Nelda Mundy

At our first staff meeting, we showed the SAMR in 120 Seconds video and did some work linking SAMR to DOK and Blooms. Since then, and with the support of our AMAZING Ed Tech Specialist, we have seen the level and rigor for technology integration increase significantly. Currently, there are a handful of classes who reach Redefinition regularly through SKYPE, coding, and the use of Spheros and Ozobots. We're so excited to see how technology continues to be integrated into our classroom instruction!

PBIS Update at Nelda Mundy

Our Tier I PBIS Team is incredibly excited to present at our next staff meeting. After our cohort meeting yesterday, we are highly motivated to create a good example/bad example video with our staff. We think after they view this video from Rocklin Elementary, they will be just as excited to join us in making our own!

Nelda Mundy - Customer Service Survey

We have established a designated area (Conference Room)for parents to take the survey. More importantly, I am utilizing the devices as a method of outreach by hand carrying a chromebook and introducing myself to parents as a method to kick-start a relationship!

Nelda Mundy - Response To Intervention

We have just completed the RTi survey and will support our Nelda Mundy staff with an RTi Powerpoint presentation during our March faculty meeting. We will also embed the PPT into this weeks faculty newsletter as a pre-amble.

Nelda Mundy - Foster Youth

This has been a great experience. We discovered that 4 of our 6 Foster Youth had been adopted since the beginning of the school year, which was great news. We were also able to connect through both the personal letter home and phone call with the other family (2 kids). Through this process we have now begun to communicate with our "overflow" families ahead of them arriving to our campus which continues the "personal touch" that this was intended.

Attendance Incentive - Nelda Mundy

Already having strong attendance we are really excited about our next steps for improvement. beginning in March we have developed and are rewarding students Daily, Weekly, and Monthly. Parents are involved through notification in our newsletter and recognition of their child for perfect attendance weekly and monthly. With an overall (yearly) goal of 97.50 we feel confident these steps will continue us on our way.

PBIS is Coming to Nelda Mundy!

Nelda Mundy is currently establishing their PBIS team, which is scheduled to introduce PBIS to the staff at the March staff meeting via Blogger. We will be using teacher blogs to allow staff to reflect upon and redefine current PBIS practices at Mundy. We will be showing the Rita Pierson Ted Talk, "Every Kid Needs a Champion," to have staff collaborate and blog about the need and purpose for PBIS at our site.

Technology Rocks!

Hi Everyone!
       I'm so excited to be part of this incredible admin team! I can't wait to see how this collaborative effort makes our schools even better for our students! 

Rebecca Dinwiddie

Assistant Principal

Nelda Mundy Elementary School