Celebrate Mondays!
12/12/16
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Thank You's, Recognitions and Kudos
- Much appreciation to John Leland and his team for delivering a well received and informative Tool Training for our STREAM TOSAs! Nicely done-I think we all learned a lot!!
- Thank you to Erin for offering her Club House for our Annual Holiday Party! Thank you to all of the Cabinet members for stepping up and offering to bring the beverages, appetizers and desserts! What a team effort!
- Congratulations to Dr. Schade, our new School Board President! And congratulations to Rich Lieb and Julie Union who were sworn in at this past Board Meeting.
- Hooray to Carmel Creek and Lisa Ryder-What a fun School Spotlight this month!
WHAT'S COMING UP...
- 12/12 Leadership Holiday Party-Don't forget your ornament!
- 12/14 Business Services Holiday Breakfast
- 12/15 January Board Topics due
- 12/16 Weekly TOSA Meeting
- 12/16 District Office Holiday Luncheon/Party-Don't forget to bring your salt shaker! (<:
- 12/19/16-1/2/17 Winter Break
TOSA TALK-Did You Know??
Remember that the reason for this section being added to the Celebrate Monday Memo, is so that you can know some of the ways that our TOSAs are supporting teachers, and then you can recommend their support when you hear teachers talking about those topics...
- Stephanie and Kelsey worked with teachers at Carmel Creek and Solana Highlands on the minimum day! Stephanie worked with grade levels wanting to know more about Project Based Learning and Kelsey helped support teachers who were working on Notice and Note strategies.
- Angie and Shawntanet have been busy modeling Number Talks in many classrooms.
- Lisa Owen met with Special Ed Instructional Assistants during the minimum day and helped them understand how to read IEP's and support Special Education students in the General Education classrooms.
ALL of the TOSAs are ready and willing to support our teachers!
LEADERSHIP MATTERS
Leadership
- 10 Reasons Nice Bosses Finish First
- A Principal's Perspective-The Importance of School Culture
- The Power & Pressure of the Prinicipalship. What we can do about it now.
- The Most Critical Trait of Highly Effective Education Leaders
- Education Research Highlights from 2016
Teaching and Learning
- If you aren't using Wonderopolis your classroom, you are missing out! Check out this Blog for the 50 Great Wonders from Wonderopolis for Primary Grades.
- The Top 20 Technologies and Tools for Makerspaces-We are definitely on the right track!!
- 5 Ways to Give Students Feedback During Project Based Learning
- Using Brain Breaks to Restore Students' Focus
Be a Connected Educator
- Hour of Code kicked off last week...but it's not too late to participate. Click on the link for more information.
- The Tipping Point of Transformation
Work/Life Balance