August 14, 2025
Coffee with Principal
Our Time Together in Three Parts
PART 1:
Reconnecting + Introductions
PART 3:
The Metacognition of Mistakes
PART 2:
School Focus for SY 25/26
Who are we in the room?
Coffee Topics
Each Coffee Meeting we do…
Aug: Who is your admin?, Vision for the year, Metacognition of Mistakes
Sept: Goal Setting and Supporting your student academically
Oct: “Student Schedule” and Course Selections
Nov: Social Skills + SEL
Dec: Managing Emotions + Coping Skills
Who is John?
Who is John Professionally?
Principal at Dana MS since January 2024
School Administrator for 8 years + 2 Years as School Coach in the UK
19th year in education
Practitioner Faculty at HTH GSE for aspiring School Leaders M.Ed Program
Relevance + Relationships Matter
Engagement + Rigor Matters
JOHN BOSSELMAN
My Core Values
Health
Trust
Joy
Our Time Together in Three Parts
PART 1:
Reconnecting + Introductions
PART 3:
The Metacognition of Mistakes
PART 2:
School Focus for SY 25/26
SDUSD Goals & Guardrails
Guardrail 1:
Effective Communication
Guardrail 2:
Student Motivation
Guardrail 3:
Economic Self Sufficiency
Instructional Vision
At Dana MS, we believe in providing intellectually rigorous and engaging learning opportunities that focus on the use of academic language, problem-solving, collaboration, inquiry, and communication.
We believe in restorative practices, fostering the social-emotional well-being of all students, and celebrating student strengths. We believe in safe, welcoming classrooms that honor diversity and student voice.
We believe in collective teacher reflection and collaboration that utilizes best practices.
Focus 1: Broadening Instructional Toolkit
UDL +
Asset Based Pedagogy
What is Asset Based Pedagogy?
“Asset-based pedagogy (which includes culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy) seeks to address and redress the inequities and injustices in school systems that harm culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, especially those who are ethnically diverse and people of color. It teaches to and through the strengths of CLD students and is therefore validating and affirming.”
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Santos & Hopkins, 2020, p.68
Define People by Their Aspirations, Not Their Challenges
Focus 2: Grade Level Team to Support our Students
How might we structure ourselves as a grade level team to continue to build our systems, and individual and collective capacity to best serve our spotlight students in developing a sense of belonging and their core academics?
5th Grade Site Contact: Peter Mazur
5th Grade Teaching Team
5th Grade Counselor
Sabrina Cox
5th Grade Administrator: John Bosselman
5th Grade Case Managers: Alexi, Carmen, Nick* (.8)
5th Grade PIFs
5th Grade Student + Family
6th Grade Site Contact: Jackie Inzunza
6th Grade Teaching Team
6th Grade Counselor
Yvette Toma
6th Grade Administrator: Randee Matuk
6th Grade Case Managers
Su, Joi, Nick (.2), April (.2)
6th Grade PIFs
6th Grade Student + Family
Focus 3: Communication + Family engagement
Website Refresh
Attendance + Tardies to School
Report absences via google form, email, or phone
Independent Study
Independent study policy updates can be as short as three days [some one or two day exceptions at principal discretion]. Allows for unplanned and planned IS. Maximum of 15 days total for the school year.
Automated form process- complete this form and it goes to teachers and you
“One stop shop” for what to do when you are absent– minimize the questions about what to do and emails waiting for a response.
Complete the work and submit to your teacher for grading and approval. Attendance is changed at the close of grading periods.
Coffee Topics
Each Coffee Meeting we do…
Sept: Goal Setting and Supporting your student academically
Oct: “Student Schedule” and Course Selections
Nov: Social Skills + SEL
Dec: Managing Emotions + Coping Skills
Our Time Together in Three Parts
PART 1:
Reconnecting + Introductions
PART 3:
The Metacognition of Mistakes
PART 2:
School Focus for SY 25/26
Metacognition of Mistakes