4-4-14

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK

LOOKING FORWARD-THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW...

4/10  ACSA/CUE Leadership 3.0  Check the Google Doc from Monica Smith for specifics.  We'll plan on meeting for dinner on Thursday evening-let's meet in the lobby around 6:30 pm.  There is a restaurant in the hotel-that might be easiest for everyone, since we are all arriving at different times, but we can decide that evening.
4/11  Teacher Applicant Screening due to HR
4/14  Leadership @ 1:30
4/15  Teacher Interviews
4/16  Envision Team (STREAM) meeting 3:30-6:30 dinner will be served!
4/17 & 4/18 Grade 3-6 Common Core Math Training (Which one will you attend?)
4/17  New Principal Meeting @ 4:00 (Elisa, you are welcome to attend, but this is not our monthly meeting-more for our "newbies."  (<:

EDUAWESOME DROPS IN OUR BUCKET...

•Thank You LIsa D. and Sal for creating the EduAwesome Teacher Paper Screening Spreadsheet!
•Hoorah for Angie Tremble for her EduAwesome Social Media Training with the Leadership team!  YOU ROCK!! (Has everyone tweeted their first tweet?)
•Mucho Thanks to Jo Hanes for her EduAwesome presentation to the TK teachers!  We are ready to STEAM up our TK classrooms.  Rumor has it that the Kinder teachers want to get on the band wagon!  Yahoo!
•Thank you to our Summer Enrichment principal (Lisa Ryder) and Lisa D., Lisa P. and Mary Ellen for meeting to transition the program from Skyline to Solana Vista.  Love all of the collaboration and positivity!
•Thank You to Monica for organizing our Leadership 3.0 Symposium Trip-planning for all of us is a little like herding cats!!
•Congratulations to Elisa and the entire SP team for an absolutely amazing Distinguished School Validation vist!  What an EduAwesome place for students!!
•Thank you to John Leland, Angie and Jerry for taking a road trip to Menifee with me to observe Project Lead the Way in action!  What an outstanding program!
•Thank you to Melani & the Tech Dept. for all of their hard work getting the Summer Enrichment Registration up and running!  Did you know that we already have 137 students registered AND 2 Ready Set Go classes filled!!  WooHoo!!

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

•Why would any administrator want to use Twitter?

BLOGS, TWEETS and PINS-OUR VERY OWN PLC

Another great person to follow on twitter is: Michelle Smart @PrincipalSmart

Timely Articles for Principals
•How Do You Know You've Become a True Leader?
•5 Key Practices of Effective Principal 
•Parents Guide and Tutorial for Twitter

Timely Articles for Teachers
•Cyberbullying Issue (And What Teachers Can Do To Help)  
•Students Yearn for Creativity, Not Tests
•App Smashing:  Combining Apps for Better Results

FINAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER

•It is never about programs; it is always about people!"  hmmmm...After doing our Admin walkthroughs, I couldn't agree more!!

Too Funny...

Good Luck to everyone as we begin SBAC Testing on Monday, April 14!!