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

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

11/6 Office Hours, LMT

Started the morning going through e-mails and responding to emails and youtube questions.

• I made contact with our Nystrom REP about replacing Maps and globes.  Hard to purchase from them when you can find better stuff on Amazon.
• Downloaded and checked out STRATALOGICA - Seems cool, but not enough better than google earth/maps.  A lot better than apple maps (hehe)
• Researched Globes for Kindergarten
• Began Managing the Wiki for the Saint Louis Science Leadership Consortium
• Prepped for Edgar Road MAP meeting tomorrow
• Sent out a test for people that are having access to the server issues.... apparently there are problems...
• Sent e-mail to Hudson / Bristol for full day availability
• Downloaded and installed update to new SMART notebook software for Macs
• Finished Blog post on Finding Reading Levels
• Shared with Hixson and Steger the classroom observation application

• Emailed Kirkwood, Maplewood, Lindbergh about co-Authoring e-books.
• Began Work on an interdisciplinary unit around the second grade understanding of SOUND.
• Look at goals
• Connected them to the GLEs
• Wrote Goals
• Developed Assessment
• Mapped the Unit

Wrapped up the day at the LMT meeting at Central Office, agenda included:

• Follet site
• News:  WGSD Library updates - eBooks, personal accounts, previews, OneSearch
• http://wgsd-connections.posterous.com/
• Changes in access for authenticated devices from TLC
• Timeline Review for completing the 2013 Technology plan
• September:  Commendations
• November: Recommendations
• January:  Final draft approval
• March:  Plan submitted to School board and DESE for approval
• April: Focus groups form to work on Goals

• Protocol for Recommendations:   http://goo.gl/x42Io

• The Goal:  to review current plan and needs assessments and draft recommendations for   the new plan

            The Role of Leaders :  Setting the stage

            I.  Review requirements of the plan:  The Focus Area Goals
            II.  Review last years summary report

            III.  Review of dream activities from focus groups and staff survey (needs assessment)
            IV.  Form Recommendations for the plan:  EITHER

                   A.  discard the Objective as complete or out-dated    
                   B.  revise the current objective and update strategies

                   C.  draft a new objective statement and suggest strategies    

• Reports/Comments from the Building LMT committees

• Reporting back to the building LMT committees
• Library Updates
• Progress of plan revision - opportunity to offer input from the staff
• Any comments / answers to questions posed by the group

10/25 Office, Social Studies Facilitators

Started the morning helping the sub for the librarian set up all the items she needed so her day ran smooth.

Answered e-mails then started working...

Spent the day dragging files and folders setting up the server space for social studies teachers.  My screen has looked this this for the last two days...

At 3:30 led the social studies facilitator meeting: 

Here's the e-mail I sent out:

Thank you SS CORE team,

Tonight's conversation was centered around the theme of "dropping a pin on a map."  Knowing where we are, what we do will help us figure out how to move forward.

Tonight we shared the excitement of THE SERVER!  Log on today, add stuff, copy stuff, collaborate, e-mail each other about cool lessons you find.  This will revolutionize how we teach our units. Very exciting!

We looked at the board approved curriculum (2006), the Missouri (2008) GLE's and took a peek at the National Council for the Social Studies standards (2012).  

The bulk of our time was centered around writing learning goals for the units we teach.  Will will continue working on this over the next couple months.

All resources used during our meeting are located here, take a peek:  http://goo.gl/Up1Cn

Let's keep the momentum PRIOR to our next meeting do some of these:

1.  Add resources to the server :-)

2.  Share how to log to the server with your building mates

3.  As you are teaching, when you are thinking about learning goals, add them to our learning goal document we started: http://goo.gl/pBZYP

4.  email someone using your grade level e-mail distribution lists already set up in outlook about a lesson of file you found on the server!

See you Nov. 29th in the board room!