3-21-14

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

"Unless school technology enables students to do more, solve more difficult problems & make better decisions, it's of little use!"  Marc Prensky

It's a shame that this class isn't using Technology to enhance instruction!

LOOKING FORWARD-THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...

•3/24 Skyline Walkthrough (Team 2)
•3/24 Leadership
•3/24 Grade 3-6 Evening Math Staff Development @4:15
•3/25 Solana Santa Fe Walkthrough (Team 3)
•3/26 Solana Vista Walkthrough (Team 1)

EDUAWESOME DROPS IN OUR BUCKET...

•Oh My Gosh-What an exciting week in the Instructional Services Dept.  We had so much fun visiting Carmel Creek, Solana Highlands and Solana Pacific.  The walkthroughs were amazing!  Thank you Matt, Terri and Elysa for planning such a productive day for all of us! We should all be so proud of our teachers!  They are working hard, taking risks and providing our students with an unbelievable education!  Check out the pics down below. Also, follow me on twitter @julienorby to see what the rest of the world learned about your school!
•Thank you to Caroline for planning and facilitating the Secretary/Clerk JobAlike meeting!
•Kudos to Shabir and his staff for making the District Office Administrators look like we know what we are doing at the Staff Appreciation Pancake Breakfast!

•Yeah Sal!  I do believe this is the first time in MANY years that we were able to notify our Temporary Teachers that they will have a contract next year-Before Spring Break!
•A big hug to Kristie for arranging lunch for the principals during our early lunchtime Leadership Meeting!  How nice for everyone to be together...and get to eat lunch at a decent time-sitting down no less!!

VIDEO OF THE WEEK 

•Marc Prensky (Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants) talks about FUTURE-cation.  The video is not very polished, but the message is worth the 11 minutes!

BLOGS, TWEETS and PINS-OUR VERY OWN PLC

Another great person to follow on twitter is: TerriDavis@CC_Cougars

Timely Articles for Principals
•8 Things we know better but do anyway...
•100 Action Steps for Today's Busy Principals
•Twitter for Beginners-Especially Educators-Easy Video to watch and understand

Timely Articles for Teachers
•What is Student Engagement?  5 Rules of Student Engagement
•Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes
•What Makes a Great Teacher

FINAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER

"You want to become more passionate?  Surround yourself with passionate people." hmmm...Who are the passionate people in your life?  Are you someone that people consider as passionate?  Just Pondering....

Pics from the Walkthroughs-All I can say is WOW!!

 Can you say Pictures, Numbers and Words?!

 So Many Strategies,
 So Little Time!

How many ways can you
 show the number 8?

 We all could remember these simple
"2nd Step" Strategies for Calming Down!

Isn't it nice to know that our students have so many tools available to support their math understanding!

3-7-14

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

"Yesterday's Future is Here!"

LOOKING FORWARD-THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...

•3/10 Leadership with a Twist!  SBSD Draft:  Start Time 2:30-Don't forget your staffing cards-see Terry Deckers Email for more information
•3/11 Tech and Music Job Alikes
•3/12 Secretary/Clerk Job Alike
•3/13 PE, Science, Art Job Alikes
•3/13 School Board Meeting 

EDUAWESOME DROPS IN OUR BUCKET...

•Thank you Angie Tremble for setting up the amazing "Field Trip" to Design 39 Campus-The new Poway "Outside of the Box" School opening in the Fall.  Absolutely amazing and inspiring!  Check out their website-(link above)
• A Drop in the Bucket for John Leland for all of his efforts to coordinate the visit to Los Altos to see their STEM project in action!
•Congratulations to our new TOSA's:  Cara Spitzmiller and Katy Anderson-We are so lucky to have them join the Instructional Team in SBSD!
•Thank You to Carlos for gathering the "dollar data" on various Staffing Scenarios to support some innovative thinking!
•Kudos to Sal for meeting with the Temporary Teachers and giving them the "low down" on the process and what they can expect in the upcoming weeks and what our process for "re-hiring" looks like.
•Drop in the Bucket to Becky Gauthier who has been dealing with a group of disgruntled parents-She has handled the situation with grace!

VIDEO OF THE WEEK BLOGS, TWEETS and PINS-OUR VERY OWN PLC

•Teacher's Guide to Using Videos

BLOGS, TWEETS and PINS-OUR VERY OWN PLC

Another great person/site to follow on twitter is:  @Wonderopolis 

A great site that provides daily "Wonders" for kids-Wonderopolis

Timely Articles for Principals
•10 Conversations You Need to Have in Your School
•5 Ways to Make a Change Happen Faster

Timely Articles for Teachers
•The Things that Linger After They've Forgotten Everything You Taught
•3 Simple Strategies for More Rigorous Instruction

•5 "Degrees" to becoming a Common Core Ninja 

FINAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER

I would also prefer the newest and most current practices

hmmm...What tools/practices are we still using that might be outdated...Just Pondering...

Too Funny...Or Not...

Is this You?  Do you know someone like this??

Let failure motivate you...A rejection letter to Bono from a record label in 1979!