Blog 12 of Spilling Ink Challenge More on walk-throughs…I’ve explored various ways of keeping track of walk-throughs. This past year I used a spreadsheet for each quarter. On the left collumn were all teacher names (organized by grade level, then alphabetically, because that was easiest for me). Then there were 9 collumns…one for each week … [Read more…]
Blog 11 of Spilling Ink I’ve previously talked about my professional development plan (for state licensure renewal) being focused on using walk-throughs to improve student learning. My goal this year was to get into at least 15 classrooms each week and provide staff with meaningful feedback. When I wasn’t inundated with tasks related to my … [Read more…]
Blog 10 of Spilling Ink challenge (Yes, I know I’m way behind and will likely not catch up to meet the 30 posts in June challenge, but at least I’m blogging more than normal). There is a lot to celebrate at our school in the changes and progress that has been made since I’ve started … [Read more…]
One very unique part of my school’s history is that up until 8 years ago it was 3 separate small/rural schools. At that point the district consolidated its separate, old/run-down buildings and built one large new building for all of K-12. While there were many benefits to this, it was a lot of animosity between … [Read more…]
Blog 8 of Spilling Ink Challenge Summer is a time to rejuvenate…this usually means that I finally catch up on professional reading that I’ve wanted to do all year long, but didn’t find the time for. Here’s my summer reading list:Difficult Conversations : How to Discuss What Matters Most No matter how many difficult conversations … [Read more…]
Day 7 of blogging 30 days in June (that’s my new way to still meet the challenge…not necessarily every day, but 30 blog posts!) Later on I’ll be posting about my reflection on this past school year…what went well, what didn’t and my goals for next year. But, I’m not ready to get that deep … [Read more…]
Well, I skipped blogging yesterday…can I say that I made my own rule to not blog on Sundays? So, today is actually day 6 for me to blog. Compared to the rest of my peers on twitter, we are far behind on the use of technology in my school/district. In fact when I started in … [Read more…]
Day 5 of blogging each day in June for the “Spilling Ink” Challenge Last year was the first year that my staff voted on a school-wide theme for this year. We started out the year with the theme and decorations around the building, but that’s really as far as it went. This year I took … [Read more…]
Day 4 of blogging each day in June for the “Spilling Ink” Challenge I remember working in a previous district where my principal joked about us all getting to gether to hold hands and sing “Kumbaya” to build unity. I thought he was nuts. Well, now I’m starting to reconsider…just not with singing “Kumbaya.” Before … [Read more…]
Day 3 of posting a blog a day for Spilling Ink Challenge I had my baby on Friday, May 14th…a beautiful, perfect baby boy who looks identical to my first son. My maternity leave started that day…or did it? Well, let’s see. I stayed home that day from work timing my contractions all day ( … [Read more…]