Kollasch

Dear Teachers,
Welcome to a new school year! We have a wonderful opportunity to offer our
students, their families, the parish community and one another the best we have
to give; our love of God, our belief in good and our desire to pass on to others the
love of learning and growing in the direction God provides.
May each day bring you a sense of purpose, a chance to laugh, and abundant
opportunities to grow!
Prayers and Peace for each of you!
Pat



Jesus, Others, Yourself - Priorities in living a

life filled with JOY!



The ABC’s of it all …

A – Assurance; The brain needs an environment conducive for learning. This includes an environment that is absent of threat
and supportive of confidence and certainty in one’s own abilities.

B – Meaning; Be meaningful. The brain naturally searches for connection and meaning. It is constantly trying to understand
purpose and significance.

C – Collaboration; The brain is social. People are built to work, play, learn, and live together. Collaborating with others is the
key to the learning process and human development.

D – Differentiation; Every brain is unique and learns differently. Understanding each learner’s social, emotional, and academic
functions help guide the academic process.

E – Emotion; Emotion drives our attention and our attention drives our learning. The use of emotion hooks and engages the
learners to the lesson.

F – Feedback; The brain craves immediate feedback. It is feedback that is essential for creating accurate neural growth.

C.L.A.S.S. – Connecting learning assures successful students. 2016

Lesson Plans should include; specific teaching and learning strategies, student activities, outcomes and assessments, re-
teaching, guided and independent practice opportunities, materials used, pacing and careful thought on student based needs,
interests, and current or seasonal events.
Lesson Plans are to be completed weekly and submitted via email to the school receptionist on the first workday of the week;
by 8:00 am.
A substitute folder and access to plans and materials must be readily available in case of teacher
absence.



Taking time to reflect on daily and weekly plans is part of sound educational practice and is an expectation of STE.



AUGUST ST. ELIZABETH SCHOOL
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 2018-2019 MASS SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 8:30 a.m. (8th) Randolph
Wednesday, September 05, 2018 8:30 a.m. (7th) Green
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 8:30 a.m. (6th) Stranz
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:30 a.m. (5th) Wantz
8:30 a.m. (4th) Fritz
OCTOBER 8:30 a.m. (3rd) Brooks
Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 8:30 a.m. (2nd) Scanlon ECC attends
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 8:30 a.m. (1st) Kinney ECC attends
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:30 a.m. (8th) Layton ECC attends
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:30 a.m. (7th) Dayson
8:30 a.m. (5th) Ruff
NOVEMBER
Friday, November 9, 2018 8:30 a.m. (6th) Walsh- Grandparents' Mass
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 8:30 a.m. (4th) Hogge - Veteran's Mass
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8:30 a.m. (3rd) Droege

DECEMBER 8:30 a.m. (2nd) Wendt
Wednesday, December 05, 2018 8:30 a.m. (1st) O'Sullivan
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 8:30 a.m. (8th) Randolph - Christmas Mass
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
8:30am (7th) Green - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Mothers' Mass
JANUARY 8:30 a.m. (6th) Stranz
Wednesday, January 09, 2019 8:30 a.m. (5th) Wantz
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 8:30 a.m. Catholic Schools Week Committee
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 8:30 a.m. (4th) Fritz
8:30 a.m. (3rd) Brooks
FEBRUARY 8:30 a.m. (2nd) Scanlon
Wednesday, February 06, 2019 8:30 a.m. (1st) Kinney
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:30 a.m. (8th) Layton - Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:30 a.m. (7th) Dayson - Father's Mass
8:30 a.m. (6th) Walsh
MARCH
Wednesday, March 06, 2019 8:30 a.m. (2nd) Wendt
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:30 a.m. (5th) Ruff
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8:30 a.m. (4th) Hogge
8:30 a.m. (1st) O'Sullivan
APRIL
Wednesday, April 03, 2019 8:30 a.m. (7th) Green
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 8:30 a.m. (3rd) Droege
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 8:30 a.m. Randolph & Layton - 8th Grade Last Mass
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 10:30 AM Outreach Committee

MAY
Wednesday, May 01, 2019
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Friday, May 24, 2019







August 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
4
Make Prayer a priority 1 2 3
with your students! Share Principal Principal Diocesan
mtg. mtg. new
your joy! employee
mtg.

56 7 8 9 10 11
Virtual day Flex day
STE new 8am – 3pm 8am – 3pm
New parent employee
mtg. 6:30 mtg. 1 pm Welcome! Faculty PD
Staff Pictures

8:30

Staff mtg.9am
Packet Day
4-7 pm

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

8am – 3pm Faith Formation Convocation First day of Full day of
CPR training Introduction Feast of the School! school
Assumption 12:20 8:30
Committee mtgs. Mentor mtg. dismissal assembly in
Faculty PD gym

Open

House

5-7 pm

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Back to

Faculty mtg. School night Mass 8:30 Back to
6th8th 6pm School night

ECC 6pm

26 27 28 29 30 31

Faculty mtg. Back to Mass 8:30 12 days
School night
1st-5th 6pm



Sunday Monday September 2018 Friday Saturday
1
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Ensure every student is getting very familiar with your routines
and procedures. Connect with colleagues to build consistency

in these practices.
This is an essential element to a positive learning environment.

23 4 5 6 7 8
Spirit Day
Labor Day Mass 8:30
No School OT pre-K
School Board Screen K
mtg.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Mass 8:30 8th Retreat

Faculty mtg. OT pre-
Epilepsy school
Training

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Smokin in
Faculty Mtg. Student Mass 8:30 Faculty/staff Waldo
Picture Day retreat contest

K,5,6 health BBQ Social
screening

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Mass 8:30 Vision $ Pink day

Faculty Mtg. Accreditation K,5,6 health Screening Cancer
visit screenings 1st-4th Seton research

Hall

OT practicals Parent OT practicals
Reconciliation OT practicals
mtg. 6:30

30



October 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6
K,5,6 health Mass 8:30 Spirit Day
NO faculty sceening OT Pre-K &K
mtg.
Rosary
2:50pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Local PD day

School Board Mass 8:30 No school

Faculty mtg. mtg.

Rosary

2:50pm

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Fire Week End of Mass 8:30 FIREBall
Faculty mtg. Quarter PK, Pre –S Grades due
Rosary Vision
2:50pm 41 days screening $ Fire
9:00 fundraiser

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Mass 8:30 Kindergarten Post grades
. Information
Faculty mtg. night OT 3yrs
Rosary .
2:50pm Trunk or
Treat

28 29 30 31
Mass 8:30
Faculty mtg.
Rosary El Salvador
2:50pm students visit

Halloween

52 days

Praying the Rosary is an important Catholic tradition. We
celebrate the Feast of the Holy Rosary on October 7th. We
can honor this practice and help our students build their
own faith life by providing them the opportunity to pray
the Rosary as a school family.



November 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3
Conferences Conferences
11-7pm 8-4pm

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Faculty Mtg. No Mass Math Night Grandparent
School Board Friday 6:30pm Day and
mtg. Schedule Mass

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Veterans ACRE Testing Veteran’s Jr. High
Day Day Mass Walk –a-thon
Faculty Mtg.
18 this week
Book Fair 5th & 8th gr.
19 this week
20 22 23 24
21
No No School
School

Faculty Mtg. Thanksgiving
Day

25 26 27 28 29 30
Faculty Mtg.

What is Eucharistic Adoration?

Understood simply, Eucharistic Adoration is adoring or
honoring the Eucharistic Presence of Christ. In a deeper
sense, it involves "the contemplation of the Mystery of
Christ truly present before us".



December 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

The season of Advent provides us time to prepare
the way of the LORD! Using the Christskills as
part of our way of life allows us to prepare every

day!

23 4 5 6 7 8

Mass 8:30

Band Spirit Day

Faculty mtg. School Board Concert ?

Mtg.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Christmas

Mass 8:30 Sweater Day

Faculty mtg. $ for STE

Christmas Stars

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Mass 8:30

Happy Faculty/staff NO School

Christmas Birthday Work day Enjoy the

Program Jesus! Christmas
Faculty mtg. 3rd-5th church Holidays!
Holiday party

6:30pm End of Quarter
82 days

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Christmas

Christmas Break No School

30 31



January 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5
No School
New Year's School Feast of St.
Day Resumes Elizabeth Ann

Seton

Spirit day
Grades due

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Mom’s Day
Mass

Faculty mtg. School Board Grades
Mtg. posted

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Mass
No School
P/T
conferences

Faculty Mtg.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Mass OT PreK & K

M L King Day
No School

27 28 29 30 31
10:00 Mass Chris Cakes Mass Chris Cakes
CSW kick off
Teacher Happy
Hour!

Faculty Mtg.

The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2019 is “Catholic

Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed.” Schools typically observe the
annual celebration week with Masses, open houses and other activities
for students, families, parishioners and community members. Through

these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to
young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and
our nation.



February 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
2
1
Spirit Day
Volleyball
game

34 5 6 7 89
Mass OT – Pre&K

School Board Randy Nadler
Mtg. Presentations

Faculty mtg.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Mass
Valentine's Day PD day
Class No School
Parties

Faculty mtg.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Mass
No School Class Science Night
pictures
Presidents'
Day

OT- PreK&K

24 25 26 27 28
Mass

Faculty mtg.

Students must be given access to information about
their performance . . . At the broadest level, students
need to know if they actually have mastered the
material or not. Giving them information about the
ways they are studying, reading, searching for
information, or answering questions can be invaluable.



March 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 CPTA
Auction!
Spirit Day
OT- Pre&K

34 5 6 7 8 9
1st and 2nd
Ash

Wednesday Music OT PreK&K

Faculty mtg. School Board Mass program 6:30 Stations 2:45

Mtg.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Mass 23
Dad’s Mass No School
EMF day
Faculty mtg.

17 18 19 End of Quarter
47 days
Spring
Break 20 21 22
March 16-23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Mass OT – Pre&K

Faculty mtg. Grades due Parent 1st Stations 2:45
Comm. Mtg. Post grades

31 What is the meaning of receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday?

Ashes are an ancient symbol of repentance (sackcloth and ashes).
They also remind us of our mortality ("remember that you are dust")
and thus of the day when we will stand before God and be judged.
This can be linked easily to the death and resurrection motif of
Baptism. To prepare well for the day we die, we must die now to sin
and rise to new life in Christ. Being marked with ashes at the
beginning of Lent indicates our recognition of the need for deeper
conversion of our lives during this season of renewal.



April 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 23 4 56
Faculty mtg. Spirit Day
Mass Band Stations 2:45
Iowa School Board Concert
mtg. 7pm

Assessments

78 9 10 11 12 13
8th Retreat
Faculty mtg. School Stations
Reconciliation
Service

OT Pre&K

Iowa Assessments

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mass Holy
Thursday Good Friday
Faculty mtg. No School
12:20
Dismissal

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Easter

Sunday No School Mass

28 29 30

Faculty mtg.

This resource will help students to perform at their best
levels during testing situations. Includes strategies such as
having a positive attitude, managing their time, reviewing
their answers, and many more helpful hints.
https://www.teachervision.com/study-skills-test-prep/top-
10-test-taking-tips-students



May 2019

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
4
1 2 3
Mass

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
First Mass Service Day
Communion School Board
Mtg.

Faculty mtg.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Faculty mtg. Mass Graduation
Mother's
Day

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Field Day Last Day of workday
School
Faculty mtg. Mass

End of quarter
42 days

26 27 28 29 30 31

Memorial Work day Work day Grades due Work day
Day

Through Mary, I was invited into the Catholic fold. It was her feminine presence
and the safety of her motherhood that helped me grow. My child’s heart was so full

of love for my mother in heaven and understood already what my head could not
yet know: Mary would bring me to Jesus. The growing would be toward Jesus, for

Jesus, with Jesus. Through Mary, Jesus was brought to you and to me. She was
delivered up like an innocent, perfect spring flower to lighten our spirits, complete

our senses, bring the very aroma of heaven to our world in need of warming, and
welcome our hearts into the eternal mystery of spring and growing things.

A Childhood Reflection by Elizabeth Kelly



Sunday Monday June 2019 Friday Saturday
1
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

23 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Father's Day

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30

2018 - 2019 Professional Development Plan

1) St. Elizabeth School provides a Christ centered, child focused learning environment where Catholic ideals and a

tradition of excellence are instilled.

2) The mission of Professional Development is to improve student achievement and success through the creation of a

professional learning community that provides opportunities and resources to ensure that all staff members are highly

qualified and supported in the work of teaching and learning ensuring a well-round educational experience for students.

These opportunities will:

A. promote student achievement and a positive learning environment
B. promote continued effective teaching and learning
C. explore current research and best practice in education
D. facilitate the implementation and evaluation of Diocesan standards
E. foster personal and professional growth
F. integrate technology to enhance and extend learning creating a blended learning environment
G. provide for safe and well managed classroom environments and consistency of expectations
H. integrate the use of assessment data to drive instructional decision making and foster individual student

progress especially in providing student feedback to promote increased achievement
I. build skills to foster the inclusion of varied learners in the regular classroom setting

Activities are designed to;


- Provide opportunities for staff to acquire and apply effective teaching, communication, and safe classroom
management strategies, especially focusing on the effective and appropriate use of technology (ongoing)
- Provide opportunities for staff to acquire and apply effective teaching, communication, and safe classroom
management strategies, utilizing data in brain research, special education, and child development supporting a well-
rounded educational experience (on-going)
- Provide training in crisis management that promotes a safe school environment (ongoing)
- Establish positive school and classroom environments by implementing well designed and implemented routines and
procedures, utilizing anti-bullying programs and the Second Step curriculum (Pre-8th), and a variety of behavior and
management resources including C.L.A.S.S. structures (ongoing)
- Develop educational leadership within our faculty by membership on Building Leadership team and various school
focused committees (ongoing)
- Utilize a variety of Professional Development resources as tools in acquiring skills in best practice, student
engagement, integration of technology, assessment practices, data collection and encourage school wide achievement
of goals and provide individual opportunities for targeted teacher improvement (ongoing)
-Support Adoption and build consistency of programs of any new or existing resources in order to facilitate delivery of
the Diocesan Curriculum Standards and measure achievement on the IOWA assessment, Diocesan FA’s and local
benchmark assessments. (ongoing)

3) Methods for determining professional development goal:

- Diocesan directives – Year long planning through the Brain to Brain program – C.L.A.S.S. and School
Improvement goals – As measured on ACRE and IOWA assessments

- Teacher SMART goals
- Locally identified teaching structures such as guided reading, fact fluency, growth mindset, student feedback
and Second Step

- Analysis of student data (Iowa Assessments, bench mark testing and common assessments)
- Annual Review of Diocesan ELA and Math Standards and curriculum alignment to all diocesan standards
- Student achievement and growth
- Teacher, student and parent surveys
- Current research on educational best practice

4) Statement of goals for school-sponsored and/or school supported professional development activities: On-going

• Faculty members and administrators will increase their ability to integrate the use of technology into
their classroom instruction carrying out integrated technology based projects within their grade level
curriculum

• Faculty members and administrators will increase their knowledge of effective teaching and classroom
management strategies, including brain based instruction, implementation of consistent expectations in
classroom and school wide routines and procedures especially using the Second Step curriculum and
differentiated instruction as indicated by current research.

• Faculty members and administrators will increase their understanding, use and application of
assessment data as it applies to instructional practices, decision making, and individual student feedback
to promote progress

• Faculty members and administrators will expand their knowledge and application of best practices in all
curricular areas to enhance student learning, student engagement and achievement; incorporating
differentiated instruction, student evaluation and feedback and intervention strategies including a focus
on special needs students.

• Students and faculty will work with the parish to carry out our baptismal call of service. Students,
families, and staff will participate in school, family, and individual service opportunities. A Service day
will be planned annually.


2018 - 2019 School Improvement Goals

• Goal 1: Diocesan scores in each of the six domains on the Information for Growth (IFG): Assessment of
Children/Youth Religious Education (ACRE) assessment will meet or exceed the national average for
proficient or above by students in grades 5 and 8 by the year end 2020.

• Goal 2: To support learning and skill development in ELA, students will increase the percentage correct

on the punctuation skill domain area of the IA assessment. Increasing total number of students in the
ELA area to proficient and advanced quartiles annually.

• Goal 3: To support learning and concept development in math students will increase the percentage

correct on the measurement skill domain area of the IA assessment. Increasing total number of
students in the math area to proficient and advanced quartiles annually.

*Committees will create grade level and school wide plan to implement and support goal achievement. Plans will be

developed by September 1, 2018

6) Evaluation methods for determining the effectiveness of professional development activities:

- Classroom walk-throughs, visits and observations
- Advanced Ed. ELEOT system
- Teacher conferencing and evaluations, teacher goals and reflections
- PLC meeting minutes

- Student achievement in improvement areas as noted by IA scores, student grades, and evaluation of student
growth in common assessments and benchmark testing
- Student, Parent, and teacher surveys
- Evaluation of individual student data identifying student growth and performance levels

Professional Development Log

2018 -2019




1. Faculty members and administrators will increase their ability to integrate the use of technology into their classroom
instruction carrying out integrated technology based projects within their grade level curriculum.

2. Faculty members and administrators will increase their knowledge of effective teaching and classroom management
strategies, including brain based instruction, implementation of consistent expectations in classroom and school wide routines
and procedures especially using the Second Step curriculum and differentiated instruction as indicated by current research.

3. Faculty members and administrators will increase their understanding, use and application of assessment data as it applies to
instructional practices, decision making, and individual student feedback to promote progress

4. Faculty members and administrators will expand their knowledge and application of best practices in all curricular areas to

enhance student learning, student engagement and achievement incorporating differentiated instruction, student evaluation

and feedback and intervention strategies including a focus on special needs students.



Goal Date Title and Description Hours Verification

Professional Development Log Hours Verification
2018 -2019

Goal Date Title and Description

Professional Development Log Hours Verification
2018 -2019

Goal Date Title and Description

Professional Development Log Hours Verification
2018 -2019

Goal Date Title and Description



St. Elizabeth School Improvement Goals
2018 - 2019



Goal 1: Diocesan scores in each of the six domains on the Information for Growth (IFG): Assessment

of Children/Youth Religious Education (ACRE) assessment will meet or exceed the national average

for proficient or above by students in grades 5 and 8 by the year end 2020.

Strategy Parties Responsible Dates

1.

2.

3.



Goal 2: To support learning and skill development in ELA, students will increase the percentage

correct on the punctuation skill domain area of the IA assessment. Increasing total number of

students in the ELA area to proficient and advanced quartiles annually.

Strategy Parties Responsible Dates

1.

2.

3.



Goal 3: To support learning and concept development in math students will increase the percentage

correct on the measurement skill domain area of the IA assessment. Increasing total number of

students in the math area to proficient and advanced quartiles annually.

Strategy Parties Responsible Dates

1.

2.

3.