*register for your home campus by clicking the appropriate link below
*register by 4pm January 3 to receive credit for this day of learning
Board of Trustees Summary
The Board of Trustees met in regular session on Thursday, December 8. The following link will provide you a summary of actions taken at their meeting.
> View December 8, 2016 e-review
> View Trustee Webpage
Do we have your correct mailing address?
As BISD prepares to mail W-2s and the ACA 1099c forms, it is important that the District has the correct mailing address for all employees. To verify your address or make necessary changes, go to Munis Employee Self Service. If you need assistance with your login, contact the BISD Help Desk at x5888.
Superintendent’s Communications Council Q&A – December 2016
Digital Learning
Tweet to Share and Be Entered to Win!
Tweet and share great teaching and learning Dec. 6-14 and be entered to win 1 of 5 prizes of $15 worth of IOS apps.
Be sure to use the hashtag #BirdvilleLearns
GREAT TECH GIFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY:
37 Best Tech Gifts (recommended by bestproducts.com)
Tom’s Guides to Tech Gifts in Categories
Best Educational Tech Toys 2016
Top STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Tech Toys 2016 –
click this link: recommended by Tech Age Kids and also try this link: recommended by Melinda Gates and more
Winter 2016 Well~Connected Newsletter
2016 Holiday Concerts
Visit birdvilleschools.net/HolidayConcerts
to view the upcoming holiday concerts.
16-17 Staff Safety Surveys
Staff: BISD is conducting a survey of campus staff, students in grades 3–12, and parents November 14 – December 2. The purpose of the survey is to gain insight on safety concerns across the District.
“Click Here” to take the survey. It is important that you take this opportunity to provide valuable information to District leadership regarding school safety.
In addition to being a staff member, if you have a student in BISD, please take the Parent Survey. (Parent Safety Survey)
The survey is open November 14 – December 2.
#WeAreBirdvilleISD #BISDShines
Former Watauga Middle School and Birdville ISD graduate (Haltom High School) Halapoulivaati Vaitai is a starting offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles. (He also played college football at TCU.) Vaitai recently sent a message of encouragement to the Watauga Middle School football team. #BISDShines #WeAreBirdvilleISD
Blended is dynamic. Blended is progressive. …
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oes blended presume that students–not just teenagers, but human learners in general–are equipped to grapple with rigorous, higher-order concepts without explicit and direct instruction, the inaugural stage in the lesson cycle?
I believe it does.
I believe that our new instructional model is not just dynamic, but it is also flexible. Blended learning operates within certain prescribed parameters–data-driven instruction, student agency, flexible grouping, station rotations–yet it is agile enough to adapt, to change, to accommodate to thrive.
I believe that student performance will shape the trajectory of learning.
If direct instruction in required, then blended will allow for it. If students can learn collaboratively or autonomously, then blended will embrace that too. Systems are sustainable.
~ Scott Evans, Richland High School