Celebrate Mondays!
8/15/16
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
WHAT'S THE CELEBRATE MONDAY?
You may remember that I used to do something called The Friday Focus. I stopped doing them last year for a variety of reasons, but mainly because I was feeling like The Focus wasn't meeting the needs of all of those to whom it was distributed (TOSAs, Principals, District Administrators and sometimes other "leaders" in our District.)
I've had many of you ask me to bring back The Friday Focus, and I have been kicking around how to do so in a way that was relevant to all. Hence, the birth of "Celebrate Monday!" I hope that this new format and topics will be beneficial to all of you. Thank You to those of you who gave me input as to the sections that you liked from before and more importantly, what you thought the new weekly memo might include.
It feels good to once again be collecting "material" for a weekly communication. I welcome your feedback. Enjoy!
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE
- Tons of Thank You's to Melani and Monica for helping to prepare all of our materials for our Leadership Retreat!
- Kudos to all of our presenters (Terry, Caroline, Carlos, Sal, Sabrina, Siri, Jennifer, Matt and Becky) at the Leadership Retreat! Special Academy Award presented to Superintendent Decker for his Story Telling presentation!
- Great Venue-Thanks Kristie!
- Gotta Love the 3 D Printer Titanics! You Rock John! (And I love my Eiffel Tower!)
- Loved getting to know each of you a "little deeper!: Great activity Jerry! And I loved the video-now I know what a Trim Tab is!
- Are you ready for the August Professional Learning Symposium Days? So many people are working hard to make these days spectacular and meaningful! Each of our TOSAs are facilitating a Deep Dive-Thank You Shawntanet, Angie, Stephanie, Kelsey and Lisa for all of their work on the Summer Task Forces and all of their efforts preparing for these two days!
- A special thank you to Erin for jumping right in and co-facilitating the Minds on Learning Deep Dive! What a trooper!
LEADERSHIP MATTERS-Our very own PLN...
- "It's not what you are able to accomplish that defines you; it's what you empower & enable others to accomplish that matters most!" #leadership
- Curious about what the 4 behaviors that account for 89% of Leadership Effectiveness are...Click here to find out
- How Instructional Coaches Can Help Connect Teachers and Administrators
- A Positive Attitude is Contagious
- 7 Surprising Habits That All Great Leaders Have
Teaching and Learning
- How to Weave Growth Mindset into School Culture
- 5 Tips for Creating Rapport with Your Students
- Asking students these 8 Questions can drastically change your year
Be a Connected Educator
- Looking for some great people to follow on Twitter? Check out Jerry Blumengarten @cybraryman1 (Jerry also has a website filled with resources on EVERY subject imaginable at www.cybraryman.com) He even has a page dedicated to Twitter for Educators, including this 30 Day Challenge for Educators.
- Wondering what are the Top 10 Hashtags Every Educational Leader Should Follow?
- Don't forget to check out these hashtags; #sbsdlearn; #sbsdlol; #sbsdmath; #sbsdwriting; and #sbsdstream (hint...you can also post to these hashtags when you find something applicable) Don't forget to always include our district hashtag #sbsdedu
- A great blog to follow Edutopia!
- Did you know that our very own Jerry Jones has a blog? Way to set an example for all of us!
Work/Life Balance
WHAT'S COMING UP...
- 8/15 TOSA Meeting
- 8/15 First Leadership Meeting of the 2016-17 School Year! See you at 2:00!
- 8/16 Lucy Calkins Year 2 Writing Professional Learning Day
- 8/16 New Employee Orientation
- 8/17 PL Day Set Up @ SP (12:30)
- 8/18 & 8/19 August Professional Learning Symposium Days