Celebrate Mondays!
9/5/16
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
Gotta Love Kid President!
YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Thank You's, Recognitions and Kudos
- Whoo Hoo!!! We all survived the First Week of School! In the words of our newest principal, "It was a good week, I didn't lose any kids!" Isn't that the truth!
- Thank you to our TOSAs for all of the Eduawesome Planning this past week! I think we have a FABULOUS plan for supporting our teachers' Personalized PL! #VoiceandChoice! Can't wait to share the plan with the Leadership team on Tuesday!
- Congrats to Skyline and Solana Santa Fe! Back-to-School Night 2016-17 is in the books! Nice job!
- Kudos to Stephanie for organizing and facilitating a wonderful and collaborative STREAM TOSA Job a Like!
- Kudos also to John Leland for organizing and facilitating a wonderful and very informative Technology Lab Instructors Job a Like! Loved having the Lab Instructors and STREAM TOSAs learning about Scratch together! Thank you to Gina Thackery for leading this portion of the joint Job a Like! And Thank You to Kelsey Holohan for reminding us about the importance of teaching Digital Citizenship!
- The STREAM TOSAs say, "Thank you Business Services for getting the Home Depot PO system up and running for us!"
Rest in Peace Gene Wilder
LEADERSHIP MATTERS
Leadership
- Great TedTalk-Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action
- Top 6 Qualities of Great Leaders
- 4 Habits for Effective School Leadership
- Ground Rules for Great Principals
Teaching and Learning
- Everything an Educator Needs to Know About Student Led Conferences
- The Importance of Sand Box Time in Teacher PD!
- The Ultimate Guide to Working with Parents-Including Back to School Night Tips
- 6 Opening and Closing Routines for Teachers
Work/Life Balance
- Balance it Out: Easy Ways to Get Your Life Back from Work
- 31 Days to a Better Work + Life Balance (*disclaimer-parts are a bit religious-but the tips are good!)
Be a Connected Educator
- 7 Technologies that will Transform Learning in the Next 5 Years
- Are you ready for the Twitter Challenge? It Starts Tuesday...
Solana Beach Teachers and Administrators are Connecting!
WHAT'S COMING UP...
- 9/5 I hope everyone is "Celebrating Monday" and enjoying a much deserved day off!
- 9/6 MAP Testing Window Opens
- 9/6 TOSA PLC
- 9/6 Strategic Planning Office Hours @ 1:00
- 9/6 Leadership-Thank You Lisa D. for offering to bring Snacks!
- 9/7 BTSA Meeting
- 9/8 September Board Meeting-All Principals Attend-BRIEF presentation on the Opening of School
- 9/9 TOSA Mtg. @ DO
- 9/10 Teacher of the Year Celebration-Congratulations Alice Prince!