Weekly Coaching Communication
Make it a great day -- every day!
06 -- 10 May 2019
HATS OFF TO YOU!
It's Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you to all of our teachers and support staff for making CPU a great school and our students successful!
- Huge WOOHOOO to Mr. Halac and Mr. Klett for making the Unified Playdate a HUGE success!!! Your planning and collaboration to give ALL of our kids, including high school, a chance to be included really paid off. The Twitter PR is awesome! Thank you
- Shout out to Mr. Espinosa on finishing his student teacher experience with Mr. Tupa -- we wish you the best in your future endeavors!
- Congratulations to National Honor Society members, inductees and sponsors, Mrs. Cummings and Mr. Tjaden -- a great group of academicians, citizens and great people
- Shout out to Mrs. Cummings and the cast and crew of "A Piece of Cake" for two phenomenal performances for a spring play
- Congratulations to Mr. Wilson and the Jacobis for corralling great musical performances in the State Large Group competition -- Treble II, Concert I and Band I ratings!
- Thank you, Mr. Burke, for bringing in a guest speaker and sharing with the rest of the school; shout out to Mr. Halac for sharing his teaching space to make this event happen
- Thank you, Mrs. Husmann and the Book Club, for the reminder of the need to read (and relax); a second thank you to Keystone Savings Bank for the treats
- Congratulations to Mr. Wilson (and his ten chaperones) for a great trip to Kansas City to show off our students and provide some experiences they may never have had
- DTLs -- Thank you for your dedication and service this past year -- with all of the changes to the template and protocol, and then dealing with midweek weather (snowdays) so many times in January and February, you've been real troopers
#nobetterplacetowork #CPUnation
*As always . . . my intent here is not to leave out anyone, so if you know of some great things happening in this building, please send me a text or email so I can include them -- share the greatness that people are choosing to do for our learners and for each other.
Professional Learning Make-up Ideas
VISIBLE LEARNING ARTICLE OPTIONS: Read the article and provide a summary and connections to your classroom, or something similar, as your artifact.
- "How Hattie's Research Helps (and Doesn't Help) Improve Student Achievement" -- a blog about the flaws of Hattie's research.
- Video interview with John Almarode: What is Visible Learning for Science and Why Does it Matter?
- "John Hattie is Wrong" -- a blog by Robert Slavin
- "Hattie Haters and Lovers Are Both Still Missing the Effective Implementation Steps that Practitioners Need" -- a blog from Project Achieve
- Visible Learning Glossary
WEBINAR LEARNING OPTIONS: Watch the webinar and provide a summary and connections to your classroom, or something similar, as your artifact.
- ASCD has several webinars that are free to non-members. Here is the link to the web page that lists several opportunities of learning.
- Making Teachers Better, Not Bitter: Balancing Evaluation, Supervision, and Reflection with Paul Mielke (ASCD)
- Measuring What We Do In Schools with Victoria Bernhardt (ASCD)
- Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice with Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral (ASCD)
BLOG/ARTICLE LEARNING OPTIONS: Read the blog and provide a summary and connections to your classroom, or something similar, as your artifact.
- "Mindfulness in the Classroom" by Erica Kosal, PhD and published in Faculty Focus
- MeTA Musings by Matt Townsley is a great blog to follow and is rich with reflections and suggestions for SBL practice
HABITS of MIND CHALLENGE . . .
Here is my progress on my two goals:
MY GOAL: To share wonderment and awe with at least one teacher for each day that I am able to be in the building. The observable data will be consistently based on teacher practice and highly effective strategies.
Measurement: Tally record by date for teachers with whom I have noted the observable data. Carbon copy or photocopy notes for record.
For the MONTH of . . .
January Goal NOT Met 0/3 weeks
February Goal Met 3/4 weeks
March Goal Met 4/4 weeks
April Goal NOT Met 1/4 weeks
May goal . . .
4/28-5/3 Goal NOT Met (0 notes/ 3.5 days)
MY GOAL: To better prepare questions and think of potential roadblocks ahead of conversations and to actually ask the questions that generate from the discussion.
Measurement: Prepare (in writing) questions and potential roadblocks ahead of conversations. When a question arises in conversation, write the stem and ASK IT. Reflect on the usefulness of preparation questions and problems after each conversation with a + or - for usefulness. During conversation questions will be recorded and tallied.
For the MONTH of . . .
January Goal NOT Met 0/3 weeks
February Goal Met 3/4 weeks
March Goal Met 3/4 weeks
April Goal Met 3/4 weeks
May Goal . . .
4/28-5/3 GOAL MET (2/2 Conversations)
Coaching Schedule -- see Google Calendar for specific "Busy" times **schedule subject to change**
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
Monday, 06 May
- 8:00 - 10:00 AM Future PL Planning w/ Vaupel @ MS
- Serve Teachers & Students
- Research & Resources
Tuesday, 07 May
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Transitions and Scheduling Meeting with Rozek & Libolt
- Serve Teachers & Students
- Research & Resources
Wednesday, 08 May -- 7:30 AM Morning MTG -- Collaborative Structures
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM IC/Principal Mtg w/ Rozek & Libolt
- 1:30 - 2:30 PM IC/Program Lead w/ Wooldridge
- Serve Teachers & Students
- Research & Resources
Thursday, 09 May
- 9:15 - 11:30 AM Healthy Indicators District Mtg w/ Kelly Jones
- 1:30 -3:30 PM Secondary Planning Mtg w/ Libolt, Vaupel, Tupa
- Serve Teachers & Students
- Research & Resources
Friday, 10 May
- 8:00 - 10:30 AM John Almarode Converation
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM tech Meeting @ MS
- 12:00 - 1:00 PM IC Mtg
- 1:00 - 3:30 PM IC & Program Leads Mtg
- Serve Teachers & Students
- Research & Resources
ARCHIVE LINKS
Click on the link to access 2015-16 prior weekly communications.
Pope's IC Weekly Communication Archive & Index 2016-17
Click on the link to access 2016-17 prior weekly communications.
Pope's IC Weekly Communication Archive & Index 2017-18
Click on the link to access 2016-17 prior weekly communications.
Contact Information
Center Point - Urbana CSD
Email: epopenhagen@cpuschools.org
Phone: 319-849-1102+91015
Twitter: @Epopenhagen