TMS BLIF Update
9/2/16
Troutman is a GREAT school with GREAT teachers, staff and students!
“ I start every school year with a mindset...I try to keep my mind focused on creating a positive experience for the students…” - Jen Schwanke Education Week Teacher
POSITIVE TEACHER PLEDGE
POSITIVE TEACHER PLEDGE
I pledge to be a positive teacher/administrator and positive influence on my fellow educators, students and school.
· I promise to be positively contagious and share more smiles, laughter, encouragement and joy with those around me.
· I vow to stay positive in the face of negativity.
· When I am surrounded by pessimism, I will choose optimism.
· When I feel fear, I will choose faith.
· When I want to hate, I will choose love.
· When I want to be bitter, I will choose to get better.
· When I experience a challenge, I will look for opportunity to learn and grow and help others to grow.
· When faced with adversity, I will find strength.
· When I experience a set-back, I will be resilient.
· When I meet failure, I will fail forward and create a future success.
· With vision, hope and faith, I will never give up and will always find ways to make a difference.
· I believe my best days are ahead of me, not behind me.
· I believe I’m here for a reason and my purpose is greater than my challenges.
· I believe that being positive not only makes me better, it makes my student better.
So today and every day, I will be positive and strive to make a positive impact on my students, my school and the world!
Resources
SMARTboard Filewave
Click on the Red Button for Filewave
Click on Install Software
Click on Install Software
Information
Please Read Your Emails
This is a good idea for managing student laptops in the classroom
IAM Login
There are many Help Desk tickets from students about the "Unauthorized" message. This means they bookmarked the login screen.
Workshops in Time Keeper
All workshops in Time Keeper that were lost during the platform conversion have been re-entered. Because all registrations for workshops were deleted during the catastrophic upload, individuals will need to re-register for any workshops they have attended since July 1, 2016 or plan on attending. Please contact Teresa Shade with any questions.
I-SS participating in ASW 2016-17
September 11-17 has been designated as Arts Education Week.
Professional Development Opportunities
SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Training
Use of the SIOP features benefits all students, and especially ELs.
One of our departmental goals is to bring this training to as many classroom teachers and administrators as possible.
Personal Learning Networks
Follow Me On Twitter!
Let me know if you have set up a professional Twitter account and I will add it to our list. I will help anyone who wants to set one up. It is a great way to follow up to date information about education, our district, and what your fellow teachers are doing in their classrooms!
Twitter Handles
@JayeParks1
@bhill-iss (Barbara Hill)
@tmfox10 (Traci Fox)
@TroutmanMS
@swozny (Stacy Wozny)
@msteytler2 (Magdalena Steytler)
@kristie_loveiss (Kristie Love)
@angelahines (Angela Hines)
@techjackiep (Jackie Parker)
@web20classroom (Stephen W. Anderson)
@kathyshrock (Kathy Shrock)
Hashtags
#lwylearniss - Love Where You Learn ISS
#ISSMSSS - Middle School Social Studies
#ISSMSSCI - Middle School Science
#ISSMSELA - Middle School English/Language Arts
#ISSMSMATH - Middle School Math
Grant Information
Grant Information
Award: $5,000
Number of Awards: Up to 1,000
Qualification: Public schools only
Application Deadline: Sept. 26
NEA Learning & Leadership Grants
Award: $2,000 to $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Oct. 15
Deadline: Ongoing
Deadline: Ongoing
Jaye Parks-TMS BLIF
Email: parksj@iss.k12.nc.us
Twitter: @JayeParks1