Weekly update - please read before staff meeting on August 15, 2015

August 14, 2014
2014-2015
BLOG will return.  Please read it before a staff meeting and each Friday am.  We will take the first 5 minutes and answer questions from the BLOG.  Hopefully this will cut down the "announcement" time during our staff meeting and we can concentrate on the work in the schools and learning together.

Begin staff meetings 9:00
Tanya will be in the conference room my 8:30 if anyone has something that pertains to only them that they want to discuss.
If there is an item to discuss with only math or science then that group will meet at 8:30 or at 1:30.

As part of our emphasis on coaching this year, we need to encourage the teacher to be reflective. When we leave they need to be able to do things that they couldn't do before we got there. They need to feel more confident in their ability to do something.  We should be able to assist with and model  questioning, and formative assessment in our lessons.   Offer to help them with differentiated instruction  and with planning.

For your one schools there might be a lot of modeling.  Please ask the teacher should give the specialist feedback so that they're getting in the habit for year two and beyond.  We need to be moving into that reflective coaching cycle.  

We need to use ongoing evidence of learning to inform our support and to guide feedback for our teachers. We need to do what we ask our teachers to do. Use PQP when we are teaching and ask the teachers to give us feedback. 

GOOD NEWS:   InService is buying a new copier.  The copier from down stair will be moved upstairs.  We will assume the service contract on it.  I'm guessing the one upstairs will be deleted from inventory and picked up.  We will have to request that to be done. 

Dr. Bice will be at Jacksonville High School on October 7 at 6 pm.  As many as possible, we need to be there.   

Please try to post something on our  JSU AMSTI page at least weekly.  Post where you are, who you are working with, a lesson you are teaching, student work posted in the hallway, something.   If you have a professional twitter account, post something there too.   Promote your work!!!!!

Check the JSU Facebook page for Material pick up pics.  Trying to promote their work too. 

SDE news:  Dr. Mark Kirkmier is not our Regional Support Coordinator any longer.  He took another job at the SDE or just stopped doing 2 jobs.   Karen Winn is our Regional Support Coordinator. 

By next Friday, August 22, please submit an updated list of every piece of equipment  you have in your possession that belongs to JSU AMSTI.  This includes cameras, clickers, remotes, computers, speakers, projectors, etc.

Please bring the review of work and planning for work form to the staff meeting on Sept 19. [days in a school, pd, etc..]

Email from Jeff Loper:

Please get with your science specialist and make sure they get with their teachers on how to redeem the Living Material cards.  Apparently several are going on line and placing orders for additional ‘critters’ with the sites PO# (See below).   Michelle is going to get me a list and I will be in contact with the sites that need to address this issue.

The teachers are going on the web and ordered their living materials and referenced site’s PO#.  Customer service is looking to see how many more we have had in the past couple of days.