11-21-14

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Enjoy Your Break Next Week!  We have so much to be thankful for!

12/1  Leadership (Who would like to do snacks!?)
12/3  BTSA
12/4  New Principal Meeting
12/5  Ed Coalition
12/5  Holiday Party @ Nancy's (Thank You Nancy & Tom)

SYNERGIZE 

*AMAZING!! Katy and Cara did an AMAZING job planning and facilitating the New and Improved Math PD days this week!  Loved this quote from a 3rd grade teacher, "This day will improve my math instruction ten-fold!  What a valuable day!  Thank You!"
*Thank You to Angie for coordinating and supporting the Apple PD days!
*Thank you to Melani for restocking the snacks for each of the PD days-The grapes were delicious!
*Kudos to Terry Decker and Carlos for holding down the fort this week!  Smooth sailing!

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders

Gratitude Can Fuel School Transformation

Flipping Staff Development (Staff Meeting Content too!) Great article on how to extend learning past the presentation!

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers

8 Ways to Foster Gratitude in Your Students
9 Ways to Teach Mistakes
27 Things to Do When Students Aren't Engaged 

Beyond SAMR-One Teachers Journey to Integrate Technology

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10 Best Ted Talks for Educators-2014

SHARPEN THE SAW

11-14-14

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PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST 

11/17  Apple PD
11/17  Leadership-Thank you Carlos for Snacks!
11/18  Apple PD
11/18  Math PD Grade 3
11/18  ELD Meeting
11/19  Math PD Grade 4
11/19  BTSA
11/20  Math PD Grade 5
11/20  Board Topics and Board Updates due
11/21  Math PD Grade 6
11/21  CDC Thanksgiving Feast

SYNERGIZE 

*Another Great Week of Walkthroughs!  Congratulations to Solana Pacific, Solana Santa Fe and Solana Ranch!  Elisa, Becky and Jerry should be very proud of the amazing work that is happening at your sites-our teachers are really "shifting" their instruction to implement the new State Standards and provide our students with opportunities for depth and complexity in their learning. I had a blast Tweeting out real time highlights of each visit-check them out #sbsdedu

*WOW!!! A big round of applause to all of our Sites for their progress on their STREAM Year 1 Implementation Plans.  Our Envision Committee meeting was a huge success.  Each site is doing a fabulous job providing STREAM opportunities for our students!  We had the opportunity to hear from each school and to share all of the exciting things that are happening across the district.

*A special thank you to Jeff Busby for all of his years of service to the Solana Beach School District-We appreciate all that you have done for our students!

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders

18 Things that Great Principals Do Differently

13 Educators You Should be Following on Twitter

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers
6 Rules to Break for Better
Delivering Differentiated Instruction in your Classroom-It's not just about acceleration!

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3 Tedx Talks from Kids Doing Amazing Things

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30 Attention-grabbing techniques, so you don't have to do this...

11-7-14

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PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST 

11/10&11/11 Happy Veteran's Day
11/12 Walkthroughs continue at Solana Pacific-Team 2 (Elisa, Becky and Terri)
11/12  Envision Committee Meeting
11/13  Walkthrough @ Solana Santa Fe-Team 3 (Jerry and Lisa P)
11/13  School Board Meeting
11/14  Walkthrough @ Solana Ranch-Team 1 (Lisa D, Lisa R, Matt)
11/9    Congratulations to the Mother of the Bride!

SYNERGIZE 

*What a great week of Walkthroughs!  Thank you to all of the staff members at SV, SKY, SH and CC!  Such amazing things happening at all of our schools! Check out our tweets (#sbsdedu) highlighting some of the highlights!

*Kudos to Katy and Cara for a Fabulous Math Committee Meeting.  The prep from the day before's work group set the stage nicely for the meeting and as we plan for the future Math PD days!
*Thank you to John, Caroline and Tech for working with us to get the Core APP list resolved and put into place!
*A great big thank you to Monica for working with SDCOE to get all of the Eureka math materials printed!  Whew!  What a task!

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders

The Disease of Being Busy...Something to think about for us and for our kids!
The Life of a Project -A great summary of the foundation of true STREAM Units-Project Based Learning (PBL)
9 Ways to Plan Transformational Lessons-Are you seeing these shifts in your classrooms?

I would suggest that we are in "the dip" with our New Progress Report-and that's OK-Because I know that by the end of the year, we will see the Possibilities of the Curve!  Our job is to support our teachers as they move through this change.

ASCD Article on Standards Based Grading

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers
15 Reasons Why I Teach

6 Ways to Save Time Using Technology

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SHARPEN THE SAW

One of my "most favorite" quotes!!