Federal Way Practicum Area
Directors - important communication and calendar information
Meet your new SR (and learn how best to communicate with her).
But WAIT! I'm not a part of those communities! Why did I get this newsletter?
Improving communication between directors and between communities
Introducing Wiggio
More quick information about Wiggio
The most important reason for using Wiggio however, is the shared calendar. If we work together to put information meetings and open houses on the calendar strategically, then there is always an information meeting or open house to send someone to. We don't have to each (individually) scramble to put together an information meeting for that one person we know who is interested in joining CC, costing us valuable time!
So I encourage you to get to know wiggio. There are great tools for learning on youtube. It can really help us provide a great deal of service to our parents without burning ourselves out.
You will be receiving several invitations to join Wiggio groups (because I put you in several groups to allow you to sort your to-do lists, calendars, and messages by the group you are looking for, and save time by filtering information you don't need.) Please take the time to accept the invitation and join! This tool is completely free and will help us all help each other!
Shared events that are happening now!
Directors, I apologize for the short notice of deadlines on some of these events. Remember that I just "officially" took over this job a week and a half ago. Please get this information out to your families ASAP so that they don't miss these great opportunities!
Please send a Check to Gorette Hu, and *tell her what level of test you want to order, as well as the name of your student! 19895 Beall Rd. SW Vashon Island, WA 98070.
American Mathematics Competition 10 and 12:
Wednesday Feb 25 from 4:00 to 5:00 at the Puyallup Library. There will be no study sessions this year, but study materials will be placed in the files on Wiggio which you can provide to interested families. AMC 10 is available for any interested student up to 10th grade. AMC 12 is for kids in the 11th and 12th grades. The cost of the competition is $78 per student. Please have your checks to Cindy Clendenen at 21618 78th Ave E. Graham, WA by Jan 28th.
Science Fair:
Please Join CC Challenge B students from the Graham, Edgewood, and Federal Way communities for the Science Fair on Thursday, February 18th at LifeWay Church in Auburn. 502 16th St NE, Unit C-312. in Auburn.
Window into Challenge:
There are 3 tentative dates for this event. We are just waiting to hear from Edgewood Church about which date works best for them. It will either be Mon, Jan. 18, Tues Jan 19, or Tues Jan 26. We will let you know as soon as we get confirmation of the date from the church (hopefully tomorrow!) Edgewood community church at 7 PM. Do you have families who want to know more about Challenge? send them to the window into challenge event held jointly by the Graham, Edgewood, and Maple Valley communities! Come hear challenge directors from several communities talk about what challenge is, how it works, and why you need to be a part of it! Pass the word on to your communities, to other communities, and encourage your families to pass the word on too!
Director Business
It's time to start thinking about director candidates again. We have several positions we need to fill. Please send any potential director candidates my way so that we can get that ball rolling ASAP! (Look first at motivated parents in your classes!)
Director meetings and community visits:
Once you have accepted the invitation to join Wiggio. it will ask you to take a poll. The poll will allow you to vote on times and other variable so that we can know the best time to set up our monthly director meetings. If you can get that done within this week that would be helpful to the group. During our first director meeting, I will schedule community visits so that I can some get face-time with all of you wonderful people!
Information Meeting Training:
SR Nichol Strode is doing information meeting training soon! I have had several of you ask for additional training, so here it is! Begin forwarded message from Nichol: "We have an official Information Meeting training coming up! Yes! What a great time to jump on in with both feet and get equipped for sharing Classical Conversation's program with others! Even if you have already attended one of these in the past, I highly advise attending another to brush up and freshen up on your I.M. skills.
If you have not yet attended an Information Meeting Training, please do so soon. There will be some more options coming your way, if this one doesn't work for you.
Grab you popcorn!
Here is the scoop:
January 15th ~ 7:00-8:00 p.m. ~ On line Go-To Meeting
Click on the following link to download it to your computer (Keep in mind it may take a few minutes to download the free app, so be sure to allow adequate time to do so):
1. Please join my meeting, Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/789954981
2. Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.
Dial +1 (408) 650-3123
Access Code: 789-954-981
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
Meeting ID: 789-954-981
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One to one calls:
One to one calls have been scheduled with each of you. Bring your questions! I'm here to help!
Putting together IM's and Open Houses:
Once you have accepted your Wiggo invitations, one of the first things you will see is a conversation about weeks that you can take for an information meeting. Let's try to get an information meeting every week while we are in registration season. (Directors are supposed to do a minimum of 2. If we each do our 2, we can string together 16 weeks of IM's, which will get us to the end of the school year). Remember to schedule your open houses as communities accordingly!
Practicum Hostess:
I am looking for a person to serve as practicum hostess. I have some calls out, but if there is someone who is positive, loves cc, is organized and detail oriented in your community, please send me their info!
Prayers appreciated:
I am learning as quickly as I can what it takes to be a useful and encouraging support to you! Please pray for me as I take on this new role and learn to balance it with the needs of being a parent-educator and a director!