5/19 STEAM, WGHS, CO

Met with leaders of STEAM professional learning to iron out details for June 2 and 3.

Read this ridiculous article on cell phone bans in schools = student success. (can you tell how I feel about it?)

Prepped for meeting with Asst Supt.

Worked on Summer Task list: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14-9T5ktNdhVsXLNSrdpxkAYw4BNASIYjyzJ4cWYrDy8/edit#slide=id.p

Met with Asst. Supt.

Recorded this video for summer work




Made this assessment introduction

Recorded this video:

5/18 WGHS

Started the day working through emails

Worked on scheduling summer PD locations/events for Social studies and facilitators
6/16 - 324
7/7 - 324
7/8 - Bristol (following summer school)
7/16 - 324
7/20 - 324
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Sent emails about combining groups...

Met with Webster University Science department about Content Specific Professional Learning for K-12 teachers.

Began list of resources for an assistant.

Worked on creating list of items that would make up our NEW science kits.

Started on Summer facilitator tasks. Seen here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14-9T5ktNdhVsXLNSrdpxkAYw4BNASIYjyzJ4cWYrDy8/edit#slide=id.p

5/13 ERS

Started the day welcoming students into the school.

Wrote letter to students no longer enrolled.

Worked on Summer calendar for Professional Learning.

Coordinated MySci Pickup

Sent this email:
Hey Team,

I need to coordinate MySci kit pick up.  Please make sure they are in your building’s main office by Monday 5/18.  I will coordinate with the WASHU team to ensure they are picked up that day or shortly thereafter.

Thanks for piloting!  Please make sure that your feedback has been noted on the google form.  If you have been keeping your own form of feedback, please copy and paste your notes in the appropriate form below:

K: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BNu0-a7F0BI0E3B7Dlz_8nfv4KQA1RATf_mFYkZMdcw/viewform

1: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_3ZhY2VyGdz3v7LoTzmYqbDvGVtwgRtfgTubApR3uuk/viewform

3: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WG-z4XvzM8vL-UTjj1wjciLaRUKIHW63VTG0OoJq9Ew/viewform

4: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HWfsIUo9hxCc5k3c1KzHAqGHig3ElbO3_VgMkhMUy-E/viewform

5: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c2Rj8APKfS0Zz67JM8yIkkdzdZ1Wvm07ObXl6tZnaeI/viewform

If you’d like to expand our pilot next year, please make sure you reach out to me ASAP.

Met about Retreat at CIC @4240

Walked around, sat in classrooms, played at recess

Worked on 21st century Technology workshop

5/11 ERS

Started the day meeting with two 5th grade students

Met with MySci partnership liaison to discuss programming for 15-16 and beyond.

Met with 5th grade student.

Investigated Instagram

Met with Hixson teacher about Hixson Author's event.

Met with team at Bristol re: student acceleration

Further investigated Instagram

Assisted with dismissal

Worked on district PD calendar

5/7 ERS, DLT, WGHS

Started the day at Edgar Road school.  Welcomed in teachers and students.

headed over to Central office for a district leadership team meeting.  We discussed:
DLT Professional Development Focus for 2015-16
Meeting dates for 2015-16
SSD Update
Infrastructure Update
C & I Update
HR Update
Budget Update
Retreat Planning
Superintendent’s Update

Answered emails.

Finished drafting "Complex change" documents for science and social studies. Authored presentation for complex change Science

Read: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secret-of-better-meetings-fun/

5/6 Project-Based Learning with Lego

Spent the day at Education Plus learning about lego!

5/5 ERS

Started the day welcomgin staff and students into the school.

Drafted email to K-5 teachers.

K-5 Teachers,

Next year we will be implementing a new social studies curriculum K-5.  If you feel like you need support in making this transition below are some opportunities to support you and your team.
SUMMER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Our curriculum leaders throughout the district are poised and ready to share their vision of social studies with you. Sign up using this google form!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uzD_5lYGoOtaq2Un5Qf1MjH8s7uqW4gYamrnVV8C-xI/viewform
If you’re interested please sign up by 5/15!
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Need a quick overview of all the resource to support you, check out this 3 minute video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHit-okwybI
RESOURCE HUB
Our team has been (and will continue this summer) putting together  resources, advice, support, examples and cool links on our resource hub.  Check it out at http://hub.wgcloud.org
CNI SERVER
Over the summer our plan is to clean up and curate the social studies section of the CNI server.  Both the server and the resource hub (above) will replace the blue binders that sit on the shelves in your classroom.
Forgot how to get to the CNI server?  Watch this video here: https://sites.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/wgsd-sciss/home/how-to-use-the-cni-server
TIMELINE
Our team has been working hard to ensure this implementation is smooth.  No timeline is perfect and we’re sure we overlooked something, but we’ve put together a comprehensive list of tasks from the time we started through today. We posted our timeline here: https://sites.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/wgsd-sciss/timeline
ALIGNMENT
Our team has made sure that topics don’t overlap, content is covered and students are engaged in the most relevant social studies learning possible.  Check out our alignment documents here: https://sites.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/wgsd-sciss/home/alignment
EVEN MORE SUPPORT IN 15-16
Next year we will return to holding our grade level days where we will review the above material in-person.  We will also organize a implementation “support group” to come together to solve problems as they arise.

Recorded some videos for Edcamp Leadership

Facilitated all school walk with the principal:

Scheduled meeting with Webster University re: Content Specific PD

Scheduled meeting with Washington University re: Content specific PD

Put together budget for summer work for Science and Social Studies

Input data from Avery city government field trip

Summaries of the experience below:

Avery: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/forms/d/1vQNMW6_k_bCrzu5IePTpYiO7G0oWdo6ztF3aba1s0oI/viewanalytics

Hudson:
https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/forms/d/1epvnZ7PEWQ3nelfEZUykexom2Pf-LQzUbWQOgwehoQw/viewanalytics

Authored Social Studies document on "managing complex change" in regards to curriculum changes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZMkybN9mvZJ9xNfWkMYYJFV7cCmN1tjR800FNVCPqKk/edit#

Assisted with dismissal