Thursday, July 25, 2013

Summer Post #4

I have developed a new habit of watching TED talks while I eat my lunch.  They are between 5-15 minutes in length and engage me in learning and laughing.  Try this short TED Talk on Books and then go explore and find something that you want to learn about.

New Staff Alert!  Mrs. Suzette Lopez will be our 2nd grade Transitional Bilingual Teacher.   We have completed the full-time positions and have one PRT and  a 30% AIG teacher that still need to be hired.  Due to the budget passed by the legislature, we have been asked to delay offering these positions while our leaders determine the impact of the cuts to education.  

One byproduct of our hiring and growth is some classroom movement as listed below;
  • Jennifer Castello (kindergarten TBE) in room 1
  • Angela Adams (1st grade) in room 13
  • Suzette Lopez (2nd grade TBE) in room 15
  • Bridgette Hollomon (2nd grade) in room 28
  • Charity Cota-Robles (4th grade) in mobile 38
  • Stephanie Ingram (ESL) in mobile(s) 35/40
  • Darcy Steele (3rd HAG) in room 25
  • Sara Davis (4th HAG) in room 21
  • Stacy Swanson (Tech Ed) in room 20/computer lab
I have completed a draft for our Specials schedule for the first 9 weeks.  In the draft form I have 7 time slots for specials and 4 teachers assigned to each slot.  Perfect to accommodate the 28 classrooms we serve, yet imperfect to provide common planning for each grade level.  Of our nine  learning teams can you use mathematical clues to determine how many teams do not have common planning?

The data presented of 9 teams with 7 slots could indicate that two teams are without common planning.  That is my current draft of the schedule, yet I have worked an alternative to have only one team without common planning and am looking at other options to provide consistency.  This is not proprietary information and you may visit the school and look over the draft anytime.  If you have input, leave a note or zip me an e-mail.  

I promised you more details concerning the 19th-23rd and here they are!


August 19th
August 20th
August 21st
August 22nd
August 23rd
8:00
PTA Welcome
coffee & pastries
in the café
8:15
Meet new staff
8:30
 Class Prep
12:00
Lunch Break
1:00
PD – PBIS
3:45
Workday ends with a Ice Cream Social in the cafeteria

8:00
Building Closes
8:00
Reserved Central Office Staff Development Day







3:45
Workday ends










8:00
Building Closes

8:00
60 minute PD/Level

·        8:00 HAG

·        9:15 3-5

·        10:30 K-2

·        1:30 Specialists, ESL & EC

·        2:45 Classified

3:45
Workday ends






8:00
Building Closes

8:00
Building open
12:00
Work day starts
Class Preparation

4:30
Staff meeting with Pizza from Burke Street in the Media center
5:30
Open House begins
7:30
Open House ends


8:00
Building Closes
8:00
PD – EIE 
(New Staff)

11:45
Lunch Break

1:00
PD – EIE 
(All Staff)







3:45
Workday ends


8:00
Building Closes

 

That's It for this week.  I am taking Friday as a Vacation day and will return to work on Monday the 29th.  Next week I will be at the annual WSFCS Leadership Retreat on August 1st and 2nd.  

Stay in touch and see you soon.

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