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hmmm...What tools/practices are we still using that might be outdated...Just Pondering...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