11/18 ERS, SS Vertical Team 2

Started the day COLD!  Welcoming students into the school.

Set up for the Aides Meeting with the following agenda:

Minutes found here.

Met with Kindergarten student about behavior in the classroom.

Printed resources for SS vertical Team

Wrote this blog post: http://coachinandout.blogspot.com/2014/11/thinking-about-experiential-learning.html

Made Wednesday folder checklist...

Worked on Cross referencing the NGSS with the GLEs
High School
Middle School
Elementary School

Headed over to set up for Social Studies Vertical Team. Minutes taken here.

10/14 WGHS, WGCO, Avery

Started the day finalizing the Edgar Road MAP report for conversation tomorrow at Edgar Road. District MAP data looked like this.

I was interviewed by the Webster/Kirkwood times regarding the award(s) I won.

I met with Assistant Superintendant to review and draft a timeline of curriculum implementation to present to the vertical teams for approval.

We also emailed DESE assessment director in regards to the NGSS and their role in future assessments.

This sentence:  "Development, administration, scoring, and reporting of 5th and 8th grade summative
science assessments and released items aligned to the 2.0 GLEs."
Worried us.


Afterwords I met with two teachers at Avery.  We discussed the iPad Mini program for their struggling readers and PD/training that may be needed for staff, students and parents.

I went back to the office to finalize the minute analysis on Science and Social studies, see my infographic here:

Then READ this: http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/10/maximize-your-potential-99u/

And listened to this: http://readitfor.me/blog/2013/04/creating-your-own-personal-commandments/?offer=start-succeeding&inf_contact_key=4bba93f936732a5b69478f7272773289e0a728e2ef4b94fc29939ad9fecfde22

9/29 WGCO, Hudson, WGHS

STarted the day at the Values meeting at Central Office.  We discussed the Core values of the district and proposed a solution moving forward in the Strategic Planning process.

Afterwords went over to Hudson.

Teachers signed up for times on a google document HERE

I met with 3rd grade to outline what we would want in a field trip. Ideas included:

Hudson and one Avery Morning 

BREAK

3 Avery classes

People/Stations we'd like:

Mayor

Parks person

Streets person

Police and Fire

Planning and zoning

Finance - (maybe the assessor)

Courts

City Manager

Public works

Lunch Plan?

Extra station for possibly a tour of police/fire or Journaling/running

I drafted an agenda for Social Studies vertical Team:

and a proposed alignment for 6-8th grade Social Studies

After Hudson I went back over to WGHS to:

• Print resources and gather folders for Vertical Team
• Draft 5th grade Science learning goals

5/3 Coordinator Meeting, Edgar Road

Started the day with Coordinator meeting, discussed:

• Common Core meeting
• Server access from Home: http://204.184.92.22
• Statesmen Scholar
• Next year and Calendar

Headed over to TLC to discuss SSL and Webmail issues

Then to Edgar Road to:

• Finalize 2nd grade NGSS units:
• Structure and Properties of Matter: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBS05wTXg0N1F4b2c/edit?usp=sharing
• Processes that Shape the Earth: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBQXlIOHpjcDZiOHM/edit?usp=sharing
• Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBNUFfZ1NOYm5SYnc/edit?usp=sharing
• Begun 3rd Grade Units
• Forces: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2myX1fkAsIBRlR4d1FkWHRaT1E/edit?usp=sharing
• Looked over MySci Project Based learning resources
• Planned 5/15 Vertical team meeting

3/27 Steger/Computer School, Avery, SS Vertical Team

Started the day at Steger Elementary

Started the day swinging pendulums in Kindergarten:

I then helped students with their East Asia Projects in World Studies:

I watched and helped students research South Africa:

Hung out with some 5th graders as they were working on their Science and Social studies through literacy.  This one team learned about stars so I showed them a cool app call Sky Map:

Also shared the TOP iOs apps for Astronomy: http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/top-astronomy-applications-for-iphone/

I then had lunch with the Computer school where we discussed tech tips, google resources and ways to use collaboration in the classroom.

I then went up to have lunch with some of the Steger teachers.

Finally I wrapped up the day in a 6th grade science class.  We looked at:

• Ways to organize student work
• ways to organize student assessments
• Ways to organize student notebooks
• Conversations to be had with parents about grades and Standards-based grading

Afterwords, went over to Avery to drop off transition materials for a teacher moving from Kindergarten to 3rd grade. Items included:
This form:

and

• List of facilitators for Science and Social studies
• Science GLEs
• Social Studies GLEs
• January Draft of the NGSS for 3rd grade
• How to read the NGSS

I then went over the the Board room to set up for the Vertical Team Meeting for Social Studies.

We completed a sheet like this for every grade level:

Notes from that meeting found here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1mdOSL8xxQ1hel5nmjcQKRW59YNg65DOs92kUP401L_A/edit