THINK WIN-WIN
PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST
2/2 Negotiations
2/2 Leadership
2/4 Kindergarten Start Date Task Force
2/7 Foundation Strategic Planning Day
2/2 Leadership
2/4 Kindergarten Start Date Task Force
2/7 Foundation Strategic Planning Day
SYNERGIZE
*Congratulations to Becky, Jerry and Terri on successful Walkthrough days! So many wonderful things happening in our schools-It was great for our teachers who joined us to begin spreading Best Practices across our district!
*Once again our TOSA's knocked it out of the park with the Math PD Days! The teacher feedback has been outstanding! Thank you Cara and Katy for supporting our teachers on this Common Core Math Journey! It was also nice having Angie make a "guest appearance" each day to show Tech Integration!
*Thank you to Lisa D and Jerry for representing the principals on the Parent/Teacher Conference Task Force. Special Kudos to Terry D and Nancy for taking this on and facilitating such a great process!
*Yeah for all of our schools for participating in The Great Kindness Challenge! So great for our kids!
*Fun visit to Qualcomm's Thinkabit Lab! What an inspiriting place!
*Congratulations to Erik Johnson and Tabor Samuelson-they will be our Summer Enrichment Principals!
STREAM-At Any Age!
COMMON CORE MATH STRATEGIES EVERYWHERE!!
We are seeing more and more posting of the objectives...
*Once again our TOSA's knocked it out of the park with the Math PD Days! The teacher feedback has been outstanding! Thank you Cara and Katy for supporting our teachers on this Common Core Math Journey! It was also nice having Angie make a "guest appearance" each day to show Tech Integration!
*Thank you to Lisa D and Jerry for representing the principals on the Parent/Teacher Conference Task Force. Special Kudos to Terry D and Nancy for taking this on and facilitating such a great process!
*Yeah for all of our schools for participating in The Great Kindness Challenge! So great for our kids!
*Fun visit to Qualcomm's Thinkabit Lab! What an inspiriting place!
*Congratulations to Erik Johnson and Tabor Samuelson-they will be our Summer Enrichment Principals!
BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders
•Research Supports Engagement: 5 Reasons to Improve Yours-Excellent article highlighting why it is important to Engage our teachers in our schools!
•OMG!!! If you are not following this Facebook Page/Twitter Feed/Blog, YOU are missing out on something AMAZING! (Thank you Elisa for introducing it to me!)
Humans of New York is so inspiring! Currently running a story about a boy and his principal.
Facebook-Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton@humansofny
•OMG!!! If you are not following this Facebook Page/Twitter Feed/Blog, YOU are missing out on something AMAZING! (Thank you Elisa for introducing it to me!)
Humans of New York is so inspiring! Currently running a story about a boy and his principal.
Facebook-Humans of New York
Brandon Stanton@humansofny
•Fostering True Teacher Leadership
•Teacher Leadership-One of the Many Factors that Lead to School Improvement
•Love this idea: No Office Day
•Teacher Leadership-One of the Many Factors that Lead to School Improvement
•Love this idea: No Office Day
SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND
Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers
BE PROACTIVE
Great ideas from Twitter this week...
..."If culture is a school's personality, climate is its attitude."
..."You don't have to prove who's in charge, everybody knows who's in charge. The more you try to prove it, the more people try to prove you wrong."
...If Everyone is happy, then you're not doing it right..."
...What are the characteristics of schools that Students, Teachers and Parents knock down the doors to get into each day?
..."If culture is a school's personality, climate is its attitude."
..."You don't have to prove who's in charge, everybody knows who's in charge. The more you try to prove it, the more people try to prove you wrong."
...If Everyone is happy, then you're not doing it right..."
...What are the characteristics of schools that Students, Teachers and Parents knock down the doors to get into each day?
USING OLD TECH TO TEACH THINKING SKILLS!
WOW!!
SHARPEN THE SAW
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