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Building leadership team work session

August 16, 2007 By: Rick Category: School leadership No Comments →

I’m pulling together the notes from our building leadership team last week, and I’m just organizing some priorities here.  This is probably more for my benefit than for yours, and most of this will likely only make sense if you were actually at the meeting.  But, you might get something out of it.  And after all, that’s the whole point of a blog, right?

Who are we as a building leadership team?  What are strengths/areas of improvement?

  • We are excited to be at Sunset.  We work hard, and we believe that we can go that extra degree to get to the next level as a school. 
  • Our kids’ various achievement scores reflect the commitment that our staff shows in reaching our kids. 
  • We also need to take time to celebrate our successes.
  • Put together a welcome-back bags for the teachers at school.
  • Put together a staff blog.
  • Put together a parent’s blog
  • Computer evening for our parents who may not have internet access at home.

Staff shirt idea:  One degree/Un degrado (based on the 212 movie idea)

What behaviors will our school need to demonstrate to become a destination school?

  • Support new teachers as they start school

Positive Attitudes

  • Welcome bags for new teachers
  • Sunset staff blog
  • Family night–computer night, movie night, science night
  • One degree t-shirt

Communication

  • Procedures discussion–What do we expect and what are the consequences?
  • Vignettes video for Monday morning message–behavior team
  • Sunset staff blog
  • Sunset parents’ blog

Need to get done:

  • New teacher’s In-service meeting
  • Building in-service presentation
  • Behavior program–first day assembly presentation
  • Finish up staff blog

Ok!  Time to quit blogging and get to work. 

Kids doing cool stuff

August 08, 2007 By: Rick Category: Kids No Comments →

I’ve seen some grown-ups not cover this song as well as these middle schoolers are.  Good stuff here.

 HT:  Stephen Rahn

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Eight things

August 07, 2007 By: Rick Category: Uncategorized 4 Comments →

Ms. Mercer tagged me a while back, so I thought this would be as good of a time as any to get back in to my blogging routine.  I’m supposed to post eight things about me, but there are some rules:

1) Post these rules before you give your facts

2) List 8 random facts about yourself

3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them

4) Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they’ve been tagged

I’m supposed to try this in 140 characters or less too

I’m not sure what eight people I’m going to tag yet, but I’m sure I’ll think of somebody.  So without further ado, here are eight things about me in 140 characters or less:

  1. 6′ 5″
  2. Lost 58 lbs.
  3. Two boys
  4. Piano/keys and bass guitar
  5. Hermiston, Oregon
  6. Biking
  7. 40
  8. Two degrees from Oregon State.  Go Beavs!

Ok, time to tag some people.  Hopefully they haven’t been tagged yet:

Ok, that’s four.  Hopefully I’m not breaking a bad rule by not tagging more.

Now that I’ve broken my blog-fast, stay tuned for updates and changes in the near future.  If you’re reading this through your aggregator, thanks for sticking with me!  I’m back in the saddle.