Vanguard Kick-Off
August 27, 2016
THANK YOU!
I can't say thank you enough to everyone who attended, presented, and supported the Vanguard Kick-Off on Saturday. Here's a recap of everything shared throughout the day, including some team tweets!!
Oh....and here are my signs that forgot to make the trip to McNair with me for the event.
OPENING SESSION
VanChise
BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
APPLE: Presented By David Lockhart
For schools that selected the iPad as their device, or your school has a large number of iPads for student use, check out David's presentation! Creating With iPad
GOOGLE: Presented By Marcus Borders
For schools that have selected the Chromebook as their device, or will be GAFE schools, please review Marcus's presentation materials!
Presentation: The Teacher's Personal Suitcase
MICROSOFT: Presented By Darren Clay & Christian Padgett
No matter the device your school selected, Fulton uses and readily supports Office365. View Darren and Christian's presentation to better understand how you can use Microsoft in your schools.
Vanguard Voice
One of our breakout sessions consisted of conversation and comments. Vanguard members shared their thoughts on a number of issues related to the betterment of our team. Those ideas will be shared out later this week. In the meantime, feel free to use our "Vanguard Voice" form to share your own thoughts. (Log-in is not required and answers may remain anonymous, if you choose.)
LEARNING COMMUNITY SESSIONS
Essential Vanguard Documents
Learning Community Leads shared the Vanguard team expectations, reviewed upcoming dates, and coaching plans for different Vanguard groups.
LC Leads will be following up with members of their learning community who were unable to attend the Kick-Off. They will review the information and give you an opportunity to ask questions.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DOCUMENTS:
- All Vanguard members will need to sign the Vanguard Commitment form to remain on the team for 2016-2017.
- Cohorts 1, 2, 3 will select AT LEAST two individuals to coach.
- Cohorts 4a, 4b, & 5 will select AT LEAST one individual to coach.
- Cohort 5 will not begin coaching until January, and after self-paced training modules are complete.
- Administrators will follow a slightly different coaching plan.
All of the documents referred to during the meeting are available for download in a Vanguard OneDrive folder. Please bookmark or save the link to the folder!
GIVEAWAYS
PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES
We had some great prizes to give away at the kick-off event. Here are an assortment of the winners! Consider adding items to your wish list for when it's time to spend your Vanguard stipend!
Osmo Coding
Glif Phone Mount & Tripod
Headphone Splitter
Apple TV
Osmo Set
Ricoh Theta 360 Degree Camera
CLOSING
New iPads
Did you receive a new iPad on Saturday? Be sure to enter your information into the form linked below.
Were you scheduled to receive an iPad, but were unable to attend? Your learning community lead will reach out in the near future with pick-up information.
ABOUT US
Email: heather@ksuiteach.org
Website: fcsvanguard.org
Phone: 678-902-5782
Twitter: @FCSVanguard