Friday, December 12, 2014

12-12-14

THINK WIN-WIN 


PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST 

12/15  Grade 2 Math PD
12/15  Negotiations
12/15  Leadership
12/17  BTSA
12/18  Board Topics and Updates Due
12/19  Jimbo's Lunch at the District Office
12/22  YAHOO!! WINTER BREAK!

SYNERGIZE 

*Thank you to Nancy and Tom for hosting yet another wonderful Holiday Party!  So much fun-and so many incredibly thoughtful ornaments!
*Huge Kudos to Cara and Katy who continue to hit home runs with their Math PD days!  TK/K, and 1st grade days were very well received!
*Thank you Lisa P for those YUMMY treats at Leadership-(Sal, did you get some of your favorite chips?)
*Kudos to all of our Computer Discovery Lab Instructors for participating in Hour of Code-Our students are loving it!

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers

Hmmmm...Common Core Mathematics for teachers!

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Friday, November 21, 2014

11-21-14

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PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST 

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
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

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Friday, November 14, 2014

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

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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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Monday, November 10, 2014

11-7-14

THINK WIN-WIN




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


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One of my "most favorite" quotes!!

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Friday, October 31, 2014

10-31-14

THINK WIN-WIN




PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST 

11/3  Leadership (Lyn Perino here to debrief Strategic Planning)
11/4  Walkthroughs begin-Team 2 (Elisa, Becky, Terri D) to Solana Vista
11/5  Walkthrough-Team 1 (Lisa D, Lisa R, Matt) to Skyline
11/5  BTSA
11/6  Walkthrough-Team 3 ( Jerry, Lisa P) to Solana Highlands
11/6  Math Committee Mtg 3:30-5:30
11/7  Walkthrough-Team 1 to Carmel Creek
11/10 & 11/11 Holiday!!

SYNERGIZE 

*Kudos to Cara, Angie and Ellen Leventhall for an outstanding presentation at Fall CUE!  They represented out district well and really gave teachers concrete examples of What App Smashing is and how easy it is to do with students!
*Thank you to Jo for being diligent about making sure that our primary (especially Kinder) has the apps that they need
*Major applause to Terry Decker for being flexible and redesigning the Math PD days to give our teachers some much needed time to collaborate about math instruction in their classrooms.
*Thank You to Carlos, Sal, Terry Decker, Terri Davis and Elisa for serving on the negotiations team-such a tough job!  We appreciate you!
*Yahoo to Stephanie for coordinating two fabulous Joint Job-A-Like days for our Discovery Lab Instructors!
*Another great Secretary/Clerk Job-A-Like was facilitated by Caroline this week!
*Congratulations to all of the DO staff for making the CDC Halloween Parade so much fun for the Preschoolers!  (Actually, I'm not sure who had more fun-the children or the staff!?)


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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers
"The grade is what you know at the end, not what it took to get there!"


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"Less homework does not equal less rigor. And more doesn't mean more!" 

If you haven't checked out "Cybraryman.com" you should!  Jerry Blumengarten has a page on EVERYTHING!!  Here is the link to his  "My Administrators & Technology Page!"  Check it out!



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Friday, October 10, 2014

10-10-14

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PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST 

10/11  Teacher of the Year Event-Congratulations Monica Rainville!
10/13  Leadership-Thank You Terri Davis for providing us snacks!
10/14  Strategic Planning SR
10/14  Ladies golf lessons begin! 6:00 @ The Crossings
10/15  Julie to Skyline for Progress Report Teacher Q&A
10/15  BTSA
10/15  Progress Report Parent Information Night at Skyline
10/16  Progress Report Parent Information Night at Solana Pacific
10/16  Julie to Solana Santa Fe for Progress Report Teacher Q&A
10/16  Math K-2 PD
10/17  Math K-2 PD
Whew!! Another busy week in SBSD!

SYNERGIZE 

•Congratulations to Matt, Elisa and Lisa P!  EduAwesome Strategic Planning days this week!  The presentations were amazing and everyone is so excited about the work that is happening at each school! 
•Kudos to Terry Decker for his PowerPoint & Voice Over on the Progress Report Video!  I see an Academy Award in your future!  We make a great team!
•Hooray for Stephanie and Katy on receiving Permanent Status!

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers


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Great grant opportunity for your teachers!  SD Foundation Grant Info

 "Great Teachers embrace learning rather than teaching as the fundamental purpose of the school."
STREAM ENERGY UNIT HAPPENINGS!





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Love the Kid President-He's back!!!  20 Things that you should say more often!

A great example of "Fair doesn't mean equal-it means getting what you need to be successful!"

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

10-3-14

THINK WIN-WIN



Who are you going to be a Champion for this next week?

PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST 

10/6  Site Strategic Planning Solana Highlands
10/6  Leadership-Snacks provided by Caroline
10/7  Site Strategic Planning Solana Pacific
10/7  Classified and Certificated Forums
10/8  Site Strategic Planning Solana Vista
10/9  District Advisory Forum
10/9  School Board Meeting-All attend-Recognition for our Permanent teachers
10/11 Teacher of the Year-Congratulations Monica Rainville!



SYNERGIZE 

*Yahoo!  Check it off!  Skyline, Solana Santa Fe and Carmel Creek all had EduAwesome Site Strategic Planning Days! Incredible presentations and amazing participation!
*Congratulations to Lisa Ryder who hosted her first official Staff Meeting Thursday night.  STREAM Activities, fun little Second Step characters (I can't remember what they are called) everywhere!  What fun they have at the preschool!
*Thank you to the Katy and Cara for helping me finalize the new Progress Report FAQ.  Word on the street is that it has been very helpful to teachers.
*Speaking of TOSA's-The principals loved having you at our Leadership meeting.  Everyone was so impressed with all that you are doing and all that you have to offer our teachers.  THANK YOU!!
*Thank you to Caroline for working so diligently with me to get the Progress Reports and all of the supporting documentation out to teachers.  So many little details!

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Instructional Leaders
*Two Secrets to Staff Motivation 
*The Homework Myth-Author, Alfie Kohn, gives us food for thought...Does Homework benefit students.  Watch this YouTube Video for homework!
*How to create a Bully Free Environment 
*Mind the Gap (...it's bigger than you think)  Ways to help you lead change in your schools.

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Blogs/Articles/Videos for Teachers
How to build your Personal Learning Network? Check out Cybrary Man's recommendation of who to follow on Twitter.



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"Being positive in a negative situation is not naive.  It's leadership!"

 "My teacher thought I was smarter than I actually was.  So I was!'
Awesome Quote from a 6 year old



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