OH NO!!!!!!! The more-than-usual confusing and lost look on my face next week will be due to the fact that Paula will be out of the building all week. Luckily, Wanda Harter will be subbing the entire week for her so we all hope she is able to keep me on track until Paula returns. Please DO NOT email Paula but rather send any office messages to Wanda at: mgsub1@waukee.k12.ia.us
April 18 PD will focus on your math instruction, assessment and curriculum needs. Leslie sent a Google recording form to BLT members. Special education/ESL teachers should attach to your grade level PLC team. Please complete that prior to PD. Related arts team will be with SE's team and Lyndsay here at Maple Grove! A summary of future professional development includes...
- May 2 - Concept PLC work, reflection and planning (I will be reaching out to facilitators soon!)
- May 16 - CELEBRATION!!! Like last year, teams should begin planning a skit, song, dance, etc. to highlight your goal work, student progress, team learning or whatever else your team would like to share. More information to come. I CANNOT WAIT...lots of laughs and learning last year!
Odd's n End's
- Hope to see you at the Family Fun night tomorrow night at the YMCA!
- Please review upcoming dates located within the April 6 FWR below.
- Annual conference forms due today! Those conferences with Lyndsay or I begin next Friday. Please see the online sign-up form.
- Lyndsay and I will be out of the building until after 2pm next Thursday (Instructional Rounds).
- Two early out schedules next week (SORRY!). Wednesday PD and Friday PTO assembly (Magic Storyteller).
- A group of teachers from Villisca (IA) will be visiting on Monday, April 23. They are coming to see Daily 5, Words Their Way and EDM. I will get information out to staff regarding their schedule.
- The final at-bat scores will be released next week. WAITING on a couple teams to turn them in today. :-)
"Friday the 13th" makes me think a lot about the power of thinking. I cannot remember my age, but at some point the number "13" became my lucky number. Whether it was a pro athlete, a teacher, my older brother, or just my choice - someone influenced my decision to not believe that a specific number was bad luck and I decided that I liked that number! It became my sports number for any sport that had numbers. I always picked "13" for any game, activity, time to set my alarm, etc. It was the power of someone else's thinking and/or my own self-talk that lead me to be in the minority - I like Friday the 13th! I've heard at least a half-dozen times this week, "Ohh...I bet the kids will be nuts this Friday!" and think, "Yes, they probably will if that is what they hear." As educators who spend a large portion of our lives influencing their lives, it makes sense to focus on the positive message. Our building leadership team has spent some time this year reading a Jon Gordon book, The Energy Bus and we are excited to share our learning, understanding and growing with all of you this coming summer and fall. I know that being a leader (in your classroom, your team, your family, etc.) puts you in a position where others are watching and listening to you all the time. YOU have a challenging job so it's hard to always focus on the positive all the time!! I appreciate you looking for ways to find the positive AND share that with your team, your students and our building. Jon Gordon posted yesterday,
Being positive doesn't just make you better.
It makes everyone around you better.
Agreed.
Happy Friday the 13th, gang.
It is going to be a great one!
It is going to be a great one!
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