Monday, May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010

Please send me (by Wednesday, lunch) the dates you will be taking your vacations, aka, ncds. 

And please keep Google updated.  As soon as you know something that will take you “out of pocket”, i.e.… not at work during the school year, please place it on Google. It helps with long range planning..

Please hold February 1 – 3 for a possible statewide staff meeting. 

Sustainability:
Joanne will be working with us – coaching us – during the 2010-2010 school year.  Save these dates:

July 13th – I know that a conflict with one vacation but it was the best we could do.  We will catch you up.
October 11, January 17, and  March 7. 

            News from SDE AMSTI
New hire plan – directors are working on implementing.

Need 10 questions for pre and post test (10 total, same test pre and post) for workshops this summer.

Nick has worked on a MSP worksheet.  Tanya will place it on Google (by Tuesday lunch) for you to add your contact hours. Please have all contacts hours for 2009-2010 entered by July 30.  Include teachers who attend the summer workshops.  Tanya will add anything that she has been involved in... data meetings, plts,  ACHE workshops, etc.   This is all AMSTI teachers. You will enter it by school and there is one column for you indicate the teacher’s names in order not to count the same person twice.

As of right now, our budget for 2011 is approximately the same as 2010.

State BOE will vote in November to adopt or reject Common Core Standards.

            Materials
Make your request to Barry and he will get it filled for you.  Request in writing..email, note, something.  He must keep track of what leaves the warehouse.

Remember… anything you need from the warehouse… ask Barry.

In preparation for warehouse system, please review the lessons you taught this year during sustainability and make a list of items/material that you used in those lesson. By June 30 to Barry.  As we discussed before, we will find an area, vault/workroom, where these commonly used items will be stored and not part of the inventory system.  

Friday, May 14, 2010

May 14, 2010

WOW, wasn't the 7 Habits Training wonderful!

Please remember to register on STI PD for the 7 Habits training.  https://pdweb.alsde.edu/pdweb/

Registration for 7 Habits on STI-PD

AMSTI-ASU-JSU-UAB-7Habits

Please remember we have the Listening Post with Steve, Robin or Sandy, Tod or Sheila on Thursday May 20 at 2 PM in the Board Room 2113 at the InService Center.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

May 7, 2010

Oops!  In last week's BLOG, it has been brought to my attention that there was a major typo.  I wish this had spell check....

I meant to say.... Lynn has worked very hard in our VAULT to make room for the valuable equipment that should be kept behind a locked door.  Equipment purchased with MSP money: cameras and the rest of the equipment as soon as it arrives will be stored in the vault.  Teachers who attended the training by Eric can check our the equipment to use in their classroom or to train their school.  Specialists can also check out the equipment.

7 HABITS!  YEA!    See the email on snacks:  UAB will bring snacks on Monday,  Athens on Tuesday and JSU on Wednesday.  Everyone bring what you like to drink.  I'm bringing a case of water on Monday, brownies, cookies and something salty on Wednesday.  7 Habits training is listed on the InService website.  Please register:  http://inservice.jsu.edu/