1st Day of 2nd Semester Highlights

Today was the opening of the second semester.  It was not possible to get into every single teacher's classroom in our Academy, but I was able to visit many.  Throughout the school day, I tweeted "highlights" from these classroom Walk-Through's:

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1st day of 2nd semester highlights: Teacher reviewing @AshbrookHS's "Points of Pride", focusing on Graduation Rate.#ashbrookpride

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1st day of 2nd semester highlights Teacher explaining how Edmodo will be used throughout the semester & its accessibility.#ashbrookpride

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Teacher stressing to class, "If you come to class every day and do what is expected, I PROMISE good things will happen."#ashbrookpride

Envelope Activity

The best advice I received during my first-year teaching was from the Mentor of New Teachers, Myra Dietz.  She suggested for all of us to create a "Nice Stuff" file, as a collection of items of appreciation.  She stressed, "You may not realize it now, but being able to look back at this material will make a huge difference in your careers."

I followed her advice and continue to add to my "Nice Stuff" file as an Assistant Principal.  It contains thank you's from students, notes from parents, emails from colleagues, etc.  More than just a collection of sentimental tokens of appreciation, this file serves a much larger role.

Influence of #ncadmin cont.

Our first #ncadmin chat of 2013, "Practical Strategies for Discipline", was highly-attended with participants across the United States.  As a result, the hashtag was "trending":

Screenshot from January 9th, 2013 c/o my iPad

For those of us involved in the creation and promotion of #ncadmin, this feat was monumental and an outstanding way to begin 2013.

Our next #ncadmin chat is this Wednesday, January 23rd, at 8 pm: "Strategies for Building Strong School/District Teams."

Please plan on joining us!

See related blog post: Influence of #ncadmin

CS



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Report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee

The link below is the 150-page document is the annual report of school crime & violence, suspensions & expulsions, and dropout rates for all North Carolina Public Schools.

Link from ncpublicschools.org:
Consolidated Report

This post is solely to share public information about our districts.

CS


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Summary of NC Teacher Evaluation #NCADMIN Chats

The final three #ncadmin chats involved the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation System, which continues to be a learning process for all those involved.  Through the engagement of these three chats, principals, assistant principals, teachers, and other educators were able to collaborate and discuss the standards and various elements.

All three chats have been archived in my Storify account.  It is my hope that other administrators and teachers across North Carolina use the collaborative efforts of the #ncadmin PLN as a resource when discussing the NCEES tool.

Part I (Standards I & II)

Part II (Standards III & IV)

Part III (Standards IV cont. & V)


Thanks for reading and follow me @CSmithGoBlue.

CS

The opinions shared in this blog belong to Craig Smith     and do not represent the school or district in which he works.