1/25 CO meeting, Edgar Road

Started the day at a coordinator meeting.  We met to discuss events and decisions happening at Central office, budgets and summer work as well as to have a discussion around being patient problem solvers. We watched this video:

Afterwords I stopped by Clark to drop off a kit.  Then to Central office to drop off the projector.

I then went to Edgar Road to work in my office.

• Cleaned and straightened
• delivered books to 5th grade
• answered emails
• scheduled full day observations at Avery and Bristol
• discussed with mentor budgets

After school I met with Tim to discuss the upcoming iPad training at Bristol.

1/23 NGSS, Edgar Road

Read and evaluated Next Generation Science Standards

Collaborated around: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/presentation/d/16buhk9qqXJEyjZxAsU2uPkA3DAfr84UVqZYP-LW6KD0/edit#slide=id.g8dbd8092_0_45

Facilitated K-5 Science facilitators meeting

Met with Liz about DBQ project

Attended Edgar Road Curriculum Night

1/22 Next Generation Science standards

Started the day in Kirkwood meeting with the Science coordinator. We discussed:

• NGSS
• how to process with teachers
• how to read
• We then set up a wiki to record our thinking: http://ngssreview.wikispaces.com/

After I decided to take the idea of a wiki and set up a google presentation for our work here in Webster.

https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/presentation/d/16buhk9qqXJEyjZxAsU2uPkA3DAfr84UVqZYP-LW6KD0/edit#slide=id.g8dbd8092_0_374

I then prepped for tomorrow's collaborative reading

• I made copies of the pdf survey
• I separated the copies 
• I created a handout for the rating system

I then went over to Hixson for the 7th grade Social Studies meeting.  

• We planned a second curriculum work day
• We revised an assessment we made and discussed how we could break it up into parts.

I went home after words to:

•  complete the google doc for the NGSS collaborative reading
• Plan in detail the science facilitator meeting
• Plan in detail the social studies facilitator meeting
• Email about getting into schools
• Send reminder to social studies facilitators
• Send email regarding using sound system in the auditorium for edcamp

1/17 8th grade science

Met with 8th grade science:

Our work noted here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1cjvfOd3eEelCNJyafWgvqls-b1AwcZAzSFtjrYNnkvM/edit

Our Summative we developed: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/1QSvXf3ZEFcHzAfp8n1Tw_ASVvr-UEjtJQv6944gQkkM/edit

Discussed summer work:

• Curating resources
• Time to clean/organize
• Pacing guide
• Activities/lesson
• Curriculum Map

Discussed upcoming meetings, agenda items, etc.

1/17 WAECC, Hixson

Spent the day with New teacher K-5:

Agenda

8:00-8:30         Welcome, Community Building, and Announcements

8:30-10:30       View and debrief Videos 1, 2, and 3

10:30-11:15     Math Curriculum & Instruction Professional Development

11:15-12:00     Lunch (provided in honor of your efforts producing and sharing your videos)

12:00-2:00       View and debrief Videos 4, 5, and 6

2:00-2:45         English Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction Professional Development

2:45-3:00         Closing, Announcements, and Evaluations

After school met with Hixson 7th grade to discuss:

• Purchasing a resource
• Full day planning 2/28

1/16 Foss, Hixson, Weather, SS Coord, Eta meeting

Started the morning meeting with school specialty/Foss/Delta representative we discussed:

•  options that are available through Foss and Delta
• where they might fit in the next-generation science standards
•  furthermore we then looked at what elementary has and what we might need

Next I arrive at hixson middle school where I sat in on a great science class.  Students were giving energy presentations on the different kinds of energy.  Here are some of the notes students were taking:

After I met with Ms. Right to discuss how to finalize essential learning goals and specific learning goals we finalize a lot of work and develop these essentials for weather and climate.  See our work here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/document/d/10B-4s0BbLwFH3Iaf65VMwS5OLL3jrLQINocDxBmlnzk/edit

Had lunch with the social studies Cordinator for Kirkwood where he discussed BYOC as well as the role of the social studies facilitator in social studies curriculum development from kindergarten to 12th grade.  Advertise at EdcampSTL with him.

After lunch headed over to Brentwood where the Educational Technology Association meeting was being held and here are the takeaways from that meeting:

If you are using Discovery Education Streaming we need to let CSD know!
I also learned about: www.capzles.com/, http://www.thinglink.com/, http://www.socrative.com/, https://lastpass.com/, and www.artsonia.com



After that went back to Hixson to meet with two organizers for a Edcamp just to begin planning and placing events around the building.

1/15 Bristol, Edgar Road

Last night I finished and submitted my Apple Distinguished Educator submission, video below:

This morning I started the day at Bristol.  I delivered the "our united states" books.  I also saw the map we installed in Kindergarten classroom.

Here are writing samples from the kindergarten class as they watch the map being installed.

Here are some timeline from 5th grade social studies!

I fixed a smartboard!

Worked on Kit sign ups for next year.  A sample we might use is here: http://wgsdsciss.signupsheet.com/

Organized NGSS collaborative reading days, registration found here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFoyMXV2N1BsZ2NBbkR1MnBYeHBMUVE6MQ#gid=0

Met with Betsy to discuss learning goals, how to write them, how to assess them, etc.

Phone conversation with TCI: http://www.teachtci.com/

• Teacher's curriculum Institute - Social studies only K-12
• 1989 started
• Answers in the back of the chapter are missing
• preview activity
• Text features highlight engaging strategies
• asked for a demo account and will share

Printed and made copies of NGSS for Middle School, matrix for meetings this week.

Coordinated coolers for EdcampSTL

Added Voki sponsorship for EdcampSTL

Finalized learning goals for Latin America 6th grade

Finalized Learning goals East Asia Unit

Helped teachers with her iphone

Filled out tec req for faulty printer

Tonight:

Alumni Board of directors meeting and Webster University