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QUOTE FOR THE WEEK...

"In a fast moving field like technology there are NO "best practices." Only "good practices" & the need to continually invent better ones."

Marc Prensky

LOOKING FORWARD-THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...

•2/17-2/21 Enjoy Your Break!!!
•2/24  Board Update and Topics Due
•2/24  Leadership
•2/24 & 2/25 TK-2 Common Core Mathematics Professional Development-Which one are you attending?  (<:
•2/27 (9:00-11:30) SBAC Testing Meeting with MC Teachers and Tech Lab Teachers
•2/27 (4:00-5:30) ACSA Social Gathering @ WineSteals in Cardiff

EDUAWESOME DROPS IN OUR BUCKET...

•Congratulations to Jerry Jones-Solana Ranch Staffing is well on its way!
•Thank you to All of our Principals and members of Cabinet who attended the STEM Envision Team Meeting!  Thank you also to Caroline, John, Angie and Jo for working with me to plan and debrief the meeting.
•Kudos to Carlos and Terry Decker for an EDUAWESOME presentation to the Board on LCFF & LCAP!  You two ROCKED!!
•Yeah for all of the teachers and administrators who attended the iPad Summit-Two EDUAWESOME days dedicated to celebrating and digging deeper into how technology can support effective Teaching and Learning.
•Congratulations to Elisa and the Solana Pacific staff for being granted a Distinguished School validation visit!  Yahoo!!

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

•From Janitor, to Teacher, to Principal...All at the same elementary school!  Great Story!

BLOGS, TWEETS AND PINS-OUR VERY OWN PLC

Pin Me:  Be My Valentine Great ideas to support Valentine's Day to teach social and emotional learning + fun crafts and recipes.  (I know that this Pinterest Site is a little late for this year, but maybe for next year...

Timely Articles for Principals

•10 Little Things That Make a Huge Difference
•The SAMR Model in Real Life 
•What Dog Sled Teams Can Teach Us About Leadership 
• Making Time to Lead and to Learn:  Action Step for Busy Principals

Timely Articles for Teachers

•25 Things to do Before/During/After Reading 
•Thomas Edison's Insanely Ambitious To-Do List 1888 ...And We Think That Our To-Do List is Ambitious! 
•Let the Games Begin! Have a Learning Olympics in your class/school. (PS our filter block this site...but you can access the site at home.  Worth the effort)

FINAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER

•"Principals don't have all of the answers, but can engage, support, ask Questions & Listen! Affirm, clarify & continually LIVE the vision."

@Bill Sterrett

hmmm...Just pondering, about all of the ways that we as Instructional Leaders model this concept...

Too Funny...