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<title>The Annual Calendar — Classroom Data Field Guide</title>
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<p class="kicker">Field Guide · Chapter Three</p>
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<h1>The Annual Calendar</h1>
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<p class="dek">The whole almanac on one page — when to seed a habit, when to prune a process, and when to close the books.</p>
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<a href="index.html">Home</a>
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<a href="ledger.html">Attendance Ledger</a>
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<a href="iep.html">IEP Tracking</a>
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<a href="calendar.html">Annual Calendar</a>
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<p>The calendar is the skeleton the whole field guide hangs on. I keep it in three tenses: what I <em>do</em>, when I <em>review</em>, and what I <em>harvest</em>. Plan it once in August, and the year runs itself — which is exactly what a school year should feel like from the data side: calm, because it was planned.</p>
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<h2>The year at a glance</h2>
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<div class="week"><div class="lab">Late Aug</div><ul><li>Reconcile roster against master list; flag every special-education student with a divider.</li><li>Build the year's calendar of report-card windows and IEP review dates before the first bell.</li><li>Seed the single non-negotiable: daily attendance by 8:20.</li></ul></div>
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<div class="week"><div class="lab">September</div><ul><li>Observe the opening pattern quietly. Lates in week one are transportation chaos; lates by week four are a pattern.</li><li>Train any new assistant on the reconciliation — three-way check, every morning.</li></ul></div>
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<div class="week"><div class="lab">October–Nov</div><ul><li>First report-card data window. Run a mid-quarter check on the grade ledger for missing work patterns.</li><li>Begin the weekly IEP accommodation review if not already running.</li><li>Raise any September-seeded pattern (the child who's late every Tuesday) with teacher + counselor while it's still early enough to help.</li></ul></div>
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<div class="week"><div class="lab">December</div><ul><li>Partial close. Archive term-one paper, back up digital files twice.</li><li>Note anything the system got wrong this quarter onto "next year's list" — do it now, not in the June rush.</li></ul></div>
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<div class="week"><div class="lab">January–Feb</div><ul><li>IEP review season — the part I never rush. Check every accommodation page against the plan's promise.</li><li>Re-seed the attendance habit after winter break; it always loosens.</li></ul></div>
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<div class="week"><div class="lab">Mar–Apr</div><ul><li>State testing windows. This is where the accommodation tracker earns its keep — the separate room, the extended time, the read-aloud. Prove the promise on test day.</li><li>Begin the closing inventory: what's been accurate, what's leaked.</li></ul></div>
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<div class="week"><div class="lab">May–June</div><ul><li>Close the books. File, archive, and run the honest reckoning from "next year's list."</li><li>Harvest the patterns the whole year produced — they are next year's first lesson.</li></ul></div>
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<h3>Why this rhythm works</h3>
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<p>Because it maps the data work onto the school's natural breath. There are exactly four high-stakes windows — opening week, report cards, IEP reviews, and state testing — and everything else is maintenance. If you nail those four, the year is won. Everything I do is built to make sure those four windows are already prepared before they arrive.</p>
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<blockquote>"A gardener doesn't get busy in May and hope. A gardener sowed in March, when the weather was still lying about spring. The ledger is no different."</blockquote>
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<p>That's the field guide, front to back. Start at <a href="index.html">the home page</a>, or dig into the <a href="ledger.html">attendance ledger</a> and the <a href="iep.html">IEP tracker</a> — the two machines that carry the school every single day.</p>
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<p>Barbara Asbell · Teaching Assistant · Troy, Michigan<br/>
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Field guide pages: <a href="index.html">Home</a> · <a href="ledger.html">Attendance Ledger</a> · <a href="iep.html">IEP Tracking</a> · <a href="calendar.html">Annual Calendar</a></p>
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