3/25 Avery Arcade, WGHS

Started the morning with Hixson Middle School and the students at the Hixson Arcade.  We packed up the games and headed over to Avery.

Headed back to the office to:

1. Work through email (100+)
2. set up 2nd year teacher meeting(s)
3. finalized 2nd year teacher location
4. set up meetings for the week.

Met with Discovery Education and Assistant Supt to discuss Techbook.

12/9 Hixson, Hudson, WGHS, Central Office, WGHS

Started the day meeting with 7th grade socials studies teacher.  We discussed the curriculum draft process and developing a meeting to iron our location of content in middle school.  As a result I reached out to building principals.

Afterwords I went to 8th grade science.  There students gave presentations on the experiments they designed.  Images here:

Packed up quad beam balances and drove them over to Hudson.

Dropped of 12 balances to Hudson for use in 5th grade science class.

Headed to WGHS.  Met with Coordinators to Plan January 30th Staff development.  Notes and details here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1c5P20lFvkxUNyInAkzuYCcNpxaxBkOevtotiQWXjPSw/edit

Headed over to Central Office to meet with Assistant Supt.  We planned out the January 6th Staff development day and visioned an Edcamp Style session offering.

Back to WGHS to:

• advertise SS vertical team
• reach out to 3rd grade and 6th grade regard Force and Motion Assessments
• email Hixson regarding the 17th Hixson coordinator day

Headed home to:

• storify PDK tweets (see blog post from 12/5 and 12/6)

4/5 Hixson, Avery, Edgar Road

Started the day at Hixson,

I helped students load their games into a box truck

We took the box truck and two buses of students over to Avery for the Hixson Arcade.

Went back over to Edgar Road afterwords to work on:

• Finalizing schedule for next week
• Plan Hudson Vertical teaming
• Work on Collaborative space
• Emailed Clark about inventory day

Then met with Webster University Undergrads and prospective students as a part of a Alumni Panel.

4/1 Central Office, WGHS, Edgar Road, Hixson, Central Office

Met for Eval with supervisor, went over Eval document and this: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1Vxk1RLNX2AuB1Klk0cnPtS-Obe9M2J0uHCoUq2yOUPo/edit
Went over to WGHS to scan binders

Worked in office and sent district and building wide emails

Separated scanned binders in to usable pdf files then moved files onto server

Met with Hixson Principal

Answered emails regarding arcade and responded to others

Attended PDC meeting

3/28 Hudson Arcade, Edgar Road

Started the day over at Hixson.  We loaded up projects in the Box truck, loaded students in the buses and took 8th graders from Hixson to Hudson.

The projects they took over were arcade projects.

The students were inspired by the video Caine's arcade:



Caine's Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.


The project highlighted their learning in Electricity but more importantly they were able to demonstrate how fun learning can be in Science.

Here are some images and videos from the day!

What the photos/videos don't capture:

• Older kids caring for younger kids
• kids advertising their game
• pride in their work
• older kids helping younger students
• desire for the older kids to want their game to be the coolest
• When a project breaks the frantic nature for which the older kids were trying to fix it so it worked like it was suppose to.

Afterwords went back to Hixson to clean up.  I then went back to Edgar Road.

I worked on a presentation on Next Generation Assessments: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PX5O-R6pLAYfZMv6xgRLV2zq-3P7YSALjxd3lselcfU/edit#slide=id.p

I finalized notes from the Vertical Team meeting: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1mdOSL8xxQ1hel5nmjcQKRW59YNg65DOs92kUP401L_A/edit#heading=h.gy2cnbuh97ew

2/26 Edgar Road, CO, Hixson

Read articles:

• Can Student surveys measure teacher quality: https://drive.google.com/?tab=mo&authuser=0#folders/0Bwz1J6fj2c9rZTdjZjMxODUtYThhNi00NDcyLWJkYjctNzNiNzUzNGEzYTg4
• If a tree falls: https://drive.google.com/?tab=mo&authuser=0#folders/0Bwz1J6fj2c9rZTdjZjMxODUtYThhNi00NDcyLWJkYjctNzNiNzUzNGEzYTg4

Answered emails highlighted by:

• Connected with Gateway Greening refgaridng collaborating with 3rd grade class
• Connected 3rd grade class with Preservation research corp
• Set up Day at Hudson on 3/6
• Proposed day at Clark on 3/4

Prepped for 7th grade Science Meeting

• Copied WC Map
• Copied WC assessment
• Copied Next Gen
• Copied How to read
• Copied and Made Sorting activity
• Copied DOK
• Organized in folders
• Copied 7th Goals
• Copied MS GLEs

Finalize Science Probes, Post to server, made handout for email

Met with Simpson at 1

Met with 8th grade science re: Challenge based learning

• Discussed iLearn2gether
• Watched video:

Met with Pearson Rep for science resource selection

• Took notes here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1UqrirekmjzWkfUY-pgHtC3GaAPvl2E63EA4R1EZTJEU/edit 
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1/15 Edgar, Hixson, Steger

Started the day at Edgar Road working on:

• cleaning up 6th grade Earth's processes assessment
• Finalizing conversation about Hypothesis/Prediction
• Attended staff development on chapters 9 and 10 of Marzano

Hixson:

• Met with 8th grade SS
• Planned 3/1 full day
• Met with 8th science
• Met 7th science
• Planned 2/27 full day
• Met with 7th Social Studies

Clark

• Met with Maryann
• Discussed orders before the end fo the year
• discussed survey staff
• discussed kit sign up process

Mentor meeting

• Planned summer work
• discussed summer process
• discussed days already booked
• submitted summer work to supervisor

Went to Office Max to cut spine off formative assessment book

Went to Art of Entertainment for gift card for summer food.

Planned weekend work:

• read first mover workbook
• submit order for rob
•  read riverfield stuff
• Finish riverfield blog post
• Connect SS/ Sci learning goals on Gdoc
• How do I use edsurge
• read internet trends
• Write internet trends blog post
• Send thank you emails from EdcampSTL
• when are the next facilitator meetings, agenda, space
• when are the next vertical team meetings, agenda, space
• work on Weather/climate assessment
• Finish PLN session
• Finish Science Kit sign up
• add consumables to sign up sheet sight
• Blog post Electricity project
• prep for Edcamp wrap up hangout
• record writing a learning goal video
• review and reply for Monsanto
• Target walmart purchase orders
• GLE and goals for Presidents govt 3rd grade Sunday
• GLEs for SS to Vertical topics

2/14 WGHS, ER, Hudson, Hixson

Started the day at WGHS meeting with Building principal to discuss the roll-out of the Next Generation science standards.

I went back to Edgar Road to:

• Unpack from full day curriculum
• unpack from EdcampSTL
• Go through snail mail
• Made contact with Gateway Greening for 3rd grade project
• Investigated Science fair
• Investigated Prediction vs hypothesis
• Scheduled textbook conversation for Glencoe
• Met with 3rd grade teacher about essentials and proficiency scales
• Scheduled meeting with IQWST people
• Confirmed spaces for full day curriculum workshops
• Made contact with Scholastic resource person

Went over to Hudson to:

• Meet with ELA coordinator to discuss essentials and proficiency scales
• Got and FNP done on me :-) 98% fluency

Went over to Hixson to meet with 8th grade social studies about maps

Went home to:

• Go through book list from Scholastic for resources for 5th grade chemical interactions
• continue to work on todo list

1/4 WGHS, Bread Co, Hixson, Edgar Road

Started the day at WGHS.

Assisted Dr. Simpson on the presentation for the information of the CCSS.

Backchannel conversation recorded here: http://todaysmeet.com/wgsd

Facilitated the sorting activity with 6th grade and encore teachers to gain further clarification on the details included on the CCSS.

Afterwords I led an unpacking activity with the 6th grade World studies and Science teachers.
Presentation found here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/presentation/d/1BKZKXK60Vyt4TWNMlv1VxOG0ADyspw4J9ZG67p-gt-w/edit


I had lunch at Bread Co and met with 7th grade social studies teachers.  We discussed assessment creation, revision, and grading.

I then went over to Hixson.

I met with teachers of 8th and 7th grade science and social studies to check in.

I met with 8th grade science department chair to plan the 18th full-day curriculum workshop.

I then went over to Edgar road to clean up and unpack items taken home for the holidays.  The network was inconsistent so I went home to answer emails.

From  home I added items to to weekend and Monday to do lists:

Weekend:

• Read: http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2013/jan/02/education-resurfaces-on-legislative-agenda/
• Read: http://www.pernilleripp.com/2013/01/when-we-cut-science-and-social-studies.html
• Plan Google Research Skills
• Continue working on ADE
• Finish Google Apps

Monday:

• Work on Edcamp
• Meet with Susan and Liz re new teacher training
• email Amanda
• Prep for WS meeting
• Prep for Searching skills class
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12/6 Curating Resources, DLT, Meetings and SS facilitators

Started the morning with science over at Hixson.  We discussed Resources and made a decision.
Our plan is to determine our greatest needs now, purchase those resources.  And plan for the future of curating resources for the future of Science instruction at Hixson.

After words I went over to Clark for the DLT observation.  We observe a 5th grade classroom and discussed Marzano's design questions as they relate to curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning.

Some images from the day...

After the observation we rehashed what we saw and where we are headed as a district and had conversations about science and social studies.

After the DLT meeting I met with Mrs. Corley.  We discussed options for curating a digital resource.  We started a document here.

I then went over the WGHS to meet with the Tech Director.  We discussed options for digital resources and possible questions as we move forward.

After that headed over to Central Office for the Social Studies Facilitator Meeting K-5.
Agenda Included:
Checking in
Highlighting GLEs
Writing Learning goals
Discussing C3 content standards

11/13 Hudson, Hixson

Spent the day at Hudson Elementary.

Observed science and social studies and chatted with teachers.  Great day.  Hudson ROCKS!

After school went over to Hixson.

At Hixson we discussed resources.  We shared the process of adopting resources.  We planned that on the 27th we will experience iBooks Author and check out iBooks and itunes U options for middle school science.