Joel’s Journal for the Week of February 3rd
February 3 (M)
PBIS Focus: Be Respectful8:30-9:45, Joel teaches reading for Kristen in 3rd. Kristen at Counseling Meeting
6:30-7:45, PTO Meeting, Are you coming in February? Arwen was the first teacher to attend this school year in January. Thank you Arwen.
February 4 (T)
2:30- 5:00, Joel to Elementary Principals’ Meeting (Gilham)
4:00-5:00, Joel at Equity Meeting on Framework for 4J
February 5 (W)
Last Day of PE8:45-9:45, Joel in Formal Observation
3:00-4:00, Staff Meeting in Room 13
4:00-4:30, Post Observation Meeting
4:00-5:30, 3rd Annual National Digital Learning Day (Chavez)February 6 (H)
9:00-11:30, 2nd Grade Field Trip to Science Factory11:00-1:00, Joel at Resource Principal Meeting in Sara Cramer’s Office
3:00-4:00, IPBS Meeting Conference Room
February 7 (F)
Report Card Grading Day – No Students
8:00-11:35, 2nd Annual Instructional Extravaganza for Educational Assistants (Ed Center)
12:00-4:00, Do the Math Training for all Awbrey Park EA’s, (Ed Center)
February 8 (S)
Joel to Corvallis with Carmen Urbina, Juan Cuadros, and Eric Anderson to the OALA Conference. (Oregon Association of Latino Administrators)
Mid Term Goals Meetings and Talent Ed Forms – I think we did a tremendous job getting through the mid Term Goals meetings. Please make sure that you submit the mid term goals form if we have met. Also, it would be great if all SLGO Goals Forms are submitted this week. There are several that have been saved but not submitted. Now is the time to submit these documents. Makes those final edits and push the button. Thanks.
EA Extravaganza – I know information about the EA Extravaganza (Elementary Grading Day, Feb. 7th from 8:00 to 11:35 at the Ed Center) has been sent out earlier, but I did want to let EAs know this training is optional. I’ve heard great things about last year’s Extravaganza, but use your discretion as to how best to use your time this day.
Do the Math Training from 12:00-4:00 at the Ed Center is required for all EA’s teaching any math including kindergarten. The Instruction Dept. will pay for extra hours beyond your normal work day for this training.
Staff Meeting Moved to Wednesday – I moved the staff meeting to Wednesday the 5th this week due to being triple booked on Tuesday. I don’t like to do this Wednesdays, but it is the only day available. Other weeks are fully booked already on Tuesdays. I also understand that some will leave early for Digital Learning Day. We have less on the agenda and hope we can adjourn by 3:40.
The agenda is:
Connections with Jamie- 10 minutes -Led by Jamie
Nuts and Bolts (Report Card Kinks and Communications) – 10 minutes – Open
New District Laptops COW Input- 10 minutes, Conversation guided by Joel
Planning Dr. Seuss Week: Teacher Input on Dr. Seuss Week- 10 minutes, Led by Sara Justice
Technology Bond Update & New COW – All 4J schools will be receiving a new COW of 36 student laptops. The catch is that all schools will need to give up 36 of their oldest computers, so if you have any ancient technology hiding in your classroom, please give it to me or David. I’d like to try to hang onto as much of our usable technology as possible. I’d like to get teacher input at the staff meeting about where this new COW will go.
Report Card Send-Home Date, 2/28 – The normal report card send home day is 2 weeks slower than normal so we can all get used to these new processes. Please let your families know via your newsletter. I will also be letting them know via E News. Specialists should give their report cards to classroom teachers well before that date, so classroom teachers can build off of any of your comments and also so they have sufficient time to stuff report card envelopes.
PBIS Focus: Be Respectful – The February PBIS monthly focus is Be Caring. There, there are several connections that can be made to CFK Curriculum. If you’d like more help finding these connections, please ask Pam, our CFK Leader.
National School Counselor Week – This week is National School Counselor Week. Awbrey Park is very lucky to have such a rock star counselor in Kristen. So, if you have a moment, give Kristen a high five!
Young Writers Contest – Wordcrafters of Eugene is hosting the first ever fiction writers conference in Lane County, the weekend of March 7th at the Eugene Hilton. New York Times best selling authors Terry Brooks and Elizabeth George will be keynote speakers. As part of the conference, they are having a young fiction writers contest that includes some great prizes like gift certificates to the University of Oregon Bookstore. The contest is for all school age students in Lane county, with separate elementary, middle and high school categories. See the flyer for details.
Best of 2013 Multicultural Children’s Literature – Here is a book list of the Best Multicultural Children’s Books of 2013! The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature put together this list of quality literature for teachers and students. The list covers PreK-12 and the levels are listed at the end of each title descriptor.
Title 1 Newsletter – If you’d like to know what’s happening in Title 1 from the district perspective, here is the latest Title 1 Newsletter that went out to all Title 1 Coordinators and principals.
Black History Month Events – Here is a list of great opportunities at the UO for Black History Month, including “Race and Football: Humanities Context for Contemporary Understanding” co-sponsored by Intercollegiate Athletics and the Oregon Historical Society. And don’t forget to stop by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art to discover the amazing new “Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power” exhibit.
Kinder Readiness Results – The state has just released the kinder assessment results which we administered last Fall. Here is an article written by the Oregonian about the state’s overall readiness in this critical grade level.
Thanks and have a wonderful week.
Joel