Meeting with principal re evaluations.
Made my way around all the classrooms.
Sat with a student who was serving ISS.
Did recess/lunch duties with each grade level.
Started working on Bristol evaluations.
Dismissal duties.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
March 26, Clark
Seems like it has been a while since I've been here!
Greeted teachers throughout the building. (Funny how a building's layout can make this an easy task. This would not be easy at Bristol.)
Greeted students as they arrived at Bristol.
Morning announcements.
Made my way around all the classrooms.
Two of our students are moving to Japan so attended their going away parties in their classrooms.
Monitored three recesses and lunches.
Helped four other educators help a child get in from recess. Got very muddy in the process. Haha.
Shoved food in my face very quickly. :)
Did some work on MAP prep for teachers.
Started thinking about and preparing MAP training for those who proctor and administer the test.
Dismissal duties.
Greeted teachers throughout the building. (Funny how a building's layout can make this an easy task. This would not be easy at Bristol.)
Greeted students as they arrived at Bristol.
Morning announcements.
Made my way around all the classrooms.
Two of our students are moving to Japan so attended their going away parties in their classrooms.
Monitored three recesses and lunches.
Helped four other educators help a child get in from recess. Got very muddy in the process. Haha.
Shoved food in my face very quickly. :)
Did some work on MAP prep for teachers.
Started thinking about and preparing MAP training for those who proctor and administer the test.
Dismissal duties.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
March 25, Bristol
Conference with a teacher upon arrival.
Greeted students as they arrived at school.
Visited K and 1st grade classrooms.
Meeting with FACE director. FACE is Family/Community Engagement program that our school district provides families with children birth-K.
Visited 2-5th grade classrooms. Saw a lesson on
Spent time in my office with a student.
Had lunch with three 5th graders who earned a lunch with me. (Poor kids.)
Took part in the 2nd grade placements
Went to Crestview Middle School in Rockwood to talk about an initiative they are doing to reach students who are on the cusp of moving in a positive direction but need a little help.
Greeted students as they arrived at school.
Visited K and 1st grade classrooms.
Meeting with FACE director. FACE is Family/Community Engagement program that our school district provides families with children birth-K.
Visited 2-5th grade classrooms. Saw a lesson on
Spent time in my office with a student.
Had lunch with three 5th graders who earned a lunch with me. (Poor kids.)
Took part in the 2nd grade placements
Went to Crestview Middle School in Rockwood to talk about an initiative they are doing to reach students who are on the cusp of moving in a positive direction but need a little help.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
March 24, Bristol
It's a rainy day. Feeling wiped but need to be up for the students. They need our best!
E-mailed with a teacher who is brainstorming ways to clearly communicate with parents.
Greeted students as they arrived.
Brainstormed with a teacher about professional next steps.
Visited K-3 classrooms. Witnessed the second graders playing "Guess My Shape" as they worked to become more and more familiar with geometric definitions. (4th graders are at Jeff City exploring our state's capital.)
Made sure building was secure by checking all doors.
Visited 5th grade classrooms.
Spent time with a student who needed some redirection.
Helped another student get to class.
Looked at data from other districts and compared to WG. Interesting to see the difference across the state.
Took part in the K placement meeting. This is where the K teachers come together and put their students into 1st grade classrooms for the next year. These meetings here at Bristol will take place over the next two weeks at all grade levels.
Dismissal duties.
E-mailed with a teacher who is brainstorming ways to clearly communicate with parents.
Greeted students as they arrived.
Brainstormed with a teacher about professional next steps.
Visited K-3 classrooms. Witnessed the second graders playing "Guess My Shape" as they worked to become more and more familiar with geometric definitions. (4th graders are at Jeff City exploring our state's capital.)
Made sure building was secure by checking all doors.
Visited 5th grade classrooms.
Spent time with a student who needed some redirection.
Helped another student get to class.
Looked at data from other districts and compared to WG. Interesting to see the difference across the state.
Took part in the K placement meeting. This is where the K teachers come together and put their students into 1st grade classrooms for the next year. These meetings here at Bristol will take place over the next two weeks at all grade levels.
Dismissal duties.
Monday, March 23, 2015
March 23, Bristol
Spring Break was a great time of rest and relaxation. Went to Universal with my 12 year old. Great time of reconnecting/bonding with her. :Loved every minute.
Greeted students as they arrived to school.
Made my way to K-3rd grade classrooms.
Data entry from the K visits I did in early March. Sent them on to the social worker of our school for her input.
Visited the 4th and 5th grade classrooms.
Called 2 families on the west coast who are moving to area and want to tour the school. Set up those tours.
Spent time outside at recess and at lunch.
Ate lunch and read School Communication that Works.
Sat in on the 4th grade meeting in which the teachers prepped the students for their trip to MO's capital, Jefferson City.
Dismissal duties.
On to grad school...
Greeted students as they arrived to school.
Made my way to K-3rd grade classrooms.
Data entry from the K visits I did in early March. Sent them on to the social worker of our school for her input.
Visited the 4th and 5th grade classrooms.
Called 2 families on the west coast who are moving to area and want to tour the school. Set up those tours.
Spent time outside at recess and at lunch.
Ate lunch and read School Communication that Works.
Sat in on the 4th grade meeting in which the teachers prepped the students for their trip to MO's capital, Jefferson City.
Dismissal duties.
On to grad school...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
March 11, Bristol/Rockwood School District/Clark
Greeted students as they arrived.
Made my way around the classrooms.
Gave a tour of the school to a family moving into the area.
Went to Rockwood to shadow the superintendent, Dr. Eric Knost.
Attended a faith based leaders luncheon with Dr. Knost.
Sat in on a student advisory committee that Dr. Knost set up at Lafayette High School.
Then finished my time in Rockwood by watching Dr. Knost do a video interview with high school students.
Back to Bristol.
Dismissal Duties.
Over to Clark for Parent/Teacher conferences.
Made my way around the classrooms.
Gave a tour of the school to a family moving into the area.
Went to Rockwood to shadow the superintendent, Dr. Eric Knost.
Attended a faith based leaders luncheon with Dr. Knost.
Sat in on a student advisory committee that Dr. Knost set up at Lafayette High School.
Then finished my time in Rockwood by watching Dr. Knost do a video interview with high school students.
Back to Bristol.
Dismissal Duties.
Over to Clark for Parent/Teacher conferences.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
March 10, Bristol
Greeted students as they arrived on a rainy day.
Made my way around all the classrooms except for 5th grade.
Took the Principal of the Day (a student who won in a raffle drawing) around the school for a hour.
Visited the 5th grade classrooms.
Conducted K meetings with the school social worker. My job was to talk with the incoming K kids which is the best part of this job! This took half of the day.
Attended teaching assistants' meeting.
Dismissal duties.
A full night of parent/teacher conferences.
Made my way around all the classrooms except for 5th grade.
Took the Principal of the Day (a student who won in a raffle drawing) around the school for a hour.
Visited the 5th grade classrooms.
Conducted K meetings with the school social worker. My job was to talk with the incoming K kids which is the best part of this job! This took half of the day.
Attended teaching assistants' meeting.
Dismissal duties.
A full night of parent/teacher conferences.
Monday, March 9, 2015
March 9, Clark
Greeted students and families as they arrived.
Did morning announcements.
Spent time with a couple of students who are sad because their dog is sick.
Made rounds to the classrooms.
Had an admin meeting with Clark team in which we discussed All Things Clark.
Went out to 1/2 recess and then lunch. Helped with the K/5 lunch and recess.
Ate lunch.
Helped with 3/4 lunch and recess. Was All Time Pitcher for the epic 4th grade kickball game.
Helped a student get to class who wasn't real excited about getting back to class.
Gave that student a break a bit later and the student looked good and was smiling!
Dismissal duties.
Did morning announcements.
Spent time with a couple of students who are sad because their dog is sick.
Made rounds to the classrooms.
Had an admin meeting with Clark team in which we discussed All Things Clark.
Went out to 1/2 recess and then lunch. Helped with the K/5 lunch and recess.
Ate lunch.
Helped with 3/4 lunch and recess. Was All Time Pitcher for the epic 4th grade kickball game.
Helped a student get to class who wasn't real excited about getting back to class.
Gave that student a break a bit later and the student looked good and was smiling!
Dismissal duties.
March 6, Clark
Welcomed students as they arrived.
Made morning announcements.
Visited 5th grade classrooms.
Greeted the freshmen and sophomores from Maryville University who were visiting Clark to see elementary school education in action.
Went to Central Office where the Central Office staff were honoring principals, assistant principals and even interns. It's Principal Appreciation Week, yo!
Visited 3rd grade classes.
Attended every recess today to help manage outdoor recess. It's our first outdoor recess in...forever! First recess starts at 10:55 and the last one ends at 1.35.
Visited the rest of the classrooms.
Spent time with a student who needed a bit of a break from his routine.
Greeted 2nd grade parents as they came to watch their children in the wax museum.
The wax museum in the gym was a hit! Huge smiles everywhere one looked as the children's learning was on full display.
Dismissal duties.
Made morning announcements.
Visited 5th grade classrooms.
Greeted the freshmen and sophomores from Maryville University who were visiting Clark to see elementary school education in action.
Went to Central Office where the Central Office staff were honoring principals, assistant principals and even interns. It's Principal Appreciation Week, yo!
Visited 3rd grade classes.
Attended every recess today to help manage outdoor recess. It's our first outdoor recess in...forever! First recess starts at 10:55 and the last one ends at 1.35.
Visited the rest of the classrooms.
Spent time with a student who needed a bit of a break from his routine.
Greeted 2nd grade parents as they came to watch their children in the wax museum.
The wax museum in the gym was a hit! Huge smiles everywhere one looked as the children's learning was on full display.
Dismissal duties.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
March 5, Clark
Got caught up with the principal. It's been busy around here!
Did morning announcements.
Had a student with me all day who needed to reflect on some things.
Visited every classroom. Today, the 2nd graders were doing a wax museum and the 1st graders set up businesses to explore being consumers of goods and sellers of goods. In the 5th grade classrooms, students were putting together their projects for Genius Hour. I got to see a student's movie trailer for a movie he's making. The experiential learning happening today...wow!
Set up a google doc so that staff can contribute ideas and feedback on the new 3rd and 4th grade recess/lunch experience. Conversation while a new change is being implemented is vitally important to the success of the change. So far, nothing but good things being said about the new experience.
Helped the student with me with some of the student's work.
Spent time at each grade level's lunch. Specifically, I wanted to see how the 3rd and 4th grade recess/lunch worked. It works well but the grade levels are still loud. We're going to work on that. :)
Had lunch provided by the 5th grade team for Principal's Day. Much appreciated!
Continued working with student who spent the day in my office.
Got into the 4th grade classrooms.
Dismissal duties.
Interviewed three candidates for a teaching position.
Attended Bristol's Literacy Night. What a great event for the community!
Did morning announcements.
Had a student with me all day who needed to reflect on some things.
Visited every classroom. Today, the 2nd graders were doing a wax museum and the 1st graders set up businesses to explore being consumers of goods and sellers of goods. In the 5th grade classrooms, students were putting together their projects for Genius Hour. I got to see a student's movie trailer for a movie he's making. The experiential learning happening today...wow!
Set up a google doc so that staff can contribute ideas and feedback on the new 3rd and 4th grade recess/lunch experience. Conversation while a new change is being implemented is vitally important to the success of the change. So far, nothing but good things being said about the new experience.
Helped the student with me with some of the student's work.
Spent time at each grade level's lunch. Specifically, I wanted to see how the 3rd and 4th grade recess/lunch worked. It works well but the grade levels are still loud. We're going to work on that. :)
Had lunch provided by the 5th grade team for Principal's Day. Much appreciated!
Continued working with student who spent the day in my office.
Got into the 4th grade classrooms.
Dismissal duties.
Interviewed three candidates for a teaching position.
Attended Bristol's Literacy Night. What a great event for the community!
March 4, Bristol
Greeted students as they arrived.
Took picture with 5th grade class. It's a pretty cool tradition here at Bristol that every 5th grade class has a huge portrait on the walls of the schools.
Went to 5th grade GLM. Talked math and behavior.
Visited 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.
Welcomed the K kids back from a field trip to the Botanical Gardens.
At lunch in the cafeteria with a group of 2nd graders.
Visited 4th, 5th grade classrooms.
Attended an eligibility meeting.
Worked on setting up a FaceTime conversation with a teacher in Iowa who has redesigned his room in a way that is conducive to discovery and experience.
Dismissal duties.
Took picture with 5th grade class. It's a pretty cool tradition here at Bristol that every 5th grade class has a huge portrait on the walls of the schools.
Went to 5th grade GLM. Talked math and behavior.
Visited 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.
Welcomed the K kids back from a field trip to the Botanical Gardens.
At lunch in the cafeteria with a group of 2nd graders.
Visited 4th, 5th grade classrooms.
Attended an eligibility meeting.
Worked on setting up a FaceTime conversation with a teacher in Iowa who has redesigned his room in a way that is conducive to discovery and experience.
Dismissal duties.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
March 3, Bristol
Conferred with principal about the potential of a student attending summer school.
Filled out references for two current employees seeking teaching positions.
Greeted students as they arrived.
Made my way around the K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. A teacher said to me, "It's so good that you are in the classroom every day." It's an easy concept - to get into every classroom every day - but it's often very hard to pull off. What matters is that both teachers and students appreciate it. It's meaningful.
Attended the 4th grade Grade Level Meeting (GLM).
Visited the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms.
Spent time, a majority of my afternoon, with a struggling student.
Attended Missed the 1st grade GLM spending time with struggling student.
Attended the K GLM.
Tornado drill!! Run for your lives...better yet, stay calm and listen to the teacher...which our students did!
Continued to work on a superintendent shadowing experience with Rockwood's, Dr. Eric Knost.
Dismissal duties.
Filled out references for two current employees seeking teaching positions.
Greeted students as they arrived.
Made my way around the K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. A teacher said to me, "It's so good that you are in the classroom every day." It's an easy concept - to get into every classroom every day - but it's often very hard to pull off. What matters is that both teachers and students appreciate it. It's meaningful.
Attended the 4th grade Grade Level Meeting (GLM).
Visited the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms.
Spent time, a majority of my afternoon, with a struggling student.
Attended the K GLM.
Tornado drill!! Run for your lives...better yet, stay calm and listen to the teacher...which our students did!
Continued to work on a superintendent shadowing experience with Rockwood's, Dr. Eric Knost.
Dismissal duties.
March 2, Bristol
Over the weekend, attended Bristol's Trivia Night. Was a scorer at the judges' table. Trivia Night is a great way to build community and raise money for the school. They say over $40,000 was raised!
Greeted students as they arrived on this chilly Monday morning.
Helped a student who didn't want to leave his mom. Monday Blues stink.
Hung with the lunch crews that made their way through the cafeteria.
Had lunch with a student.
Spent time with two 5th graders. We played a bit of finger football. I won. :)
Attended a RED meeting.
Visited every classroom.
Dismissal duties.
Greeted students as they arrived on this chilly Monday morning.
Helped a student who didn't want to leave his mom. Monday Blues stink.
Hung with the lunch crews that made their way through the cafeteria.
Had lunch with a student.
Spent time with two 5th graders. We played a bit of finger football. I won. :)
Attended a RED meeting.
Visited every classroom.
Dismissal duties.
Monday, March 2, 2015
February 27, Clark
Interviewed candidates for SSD para position open starting next week.
Visited every classroom. Saw a classroom meeting in action in 5th grade. They were talking about Root Beer Feelings.
Conduced two final interviews for the SSD para position.
Helped a struggling student transition to class.
Listened to some concerns a 5th grade group were having about some recent school developments.
Gave a struggling student a break from class.
Hung out with the 5th graders at their lunch.
Attempted to get to the bottom of a disagreement some students were having.
Visited every classroom. Saw a classroom meeting in action in 5th grade. They were talking about Root Beer Feelings.
Conduced two final interviews for the SSD para position.
Helped a struggling student transition to class.
Listened to some concerns a 5th grade group were having about some recent school developments.
Gave a struggling student a break from class.
Hung out with the 5th graders at their lunch.
Attempted to get to the bottom of a disagreement some students were having.
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