Friday, September 14

Out of District:

• Attended the NJASCD/NJACTE symposium entitled K-12 and Higher Education - A Shared Responsibility to Impact Teaching Practice

Thursday, September 13

Board Office:

• Spoke with a guidance counselor about a student's request to change teachers
• Responded to a question about REACH placement at an elementary school
• Worked on various book distribution issues
• Attended the first meeting of the supervisors' PLC
• Attended the district supervisors' meeting
• Distributed student access codes to digital materials to middle and high school teachers
• Worked with a vice principal at the intermediate school to set up for textbook distribution

Wednesday, September 12

Board Office:

• Developed a book numbering system for the high school
• Updated the district website with a student contest announcement
• Set up digital materials for the intermediate school book
• Commented on lesson plans for one of the new high school teachers
• Responded to a parent e-mail regarding a teacher change request and spoke with the appropriate guidance counselor
• Spoke with a guidance counselor regarding a student placement appeal
• Worked on Candidates' Night preparation and scheduling
• Sent an e-mail to elementary REACH teachers regarding the upcoming event
• Spoke with the middle school principal about observations
• Worked on my observation schedule for the year
• Spoke with an intermediate school guidance counselor about REACH placements
• Updated the elementary principals about a delay in material shipment

High School:

• Met with the vice principals to discuss teacher change requests and potential teacher issues
• Attended the high school supervisors' meeting
• Worked in the book room to unpack some deliveries

Tuesday, September 11

High School:

• Monitored a student poll regarding the common reading of a book about 9/11 
• Wandered the building to see the full school approach to the book in action

Board Office:

• Attended a district leadership team meeting
• Met with the elementary principals to talk about the delivery of the new social studies materials
• Met with the assistant superintendent and some supervisors to schedule meetings 
• Worked on various textbook issues that have come up during the deliveries
• E-mailed high school vice principals regarding issues that have come up with one high school teacher
• Met with the superintendent for my first monthly 1 on 1 discussion 

Monday, September 10

Board Office:

• Sent a clarification regarding this afternoon's PLC meetings to high school teachers
• Responded to e-mails regarding lesson plans
• Responded to a guidance counselor's question regarding REACH at the intermediate school
• Worked on the high school text distribution list
• Sent an e-mail to the state department of education about some issues for the social studies supervisors' association
• Sent around a catalog for teaching resources at the HS
• Spoke with the president of the NJ Association for Gifted Children about our upcoming event
• E-mailed an elementary school teacher about a student
• Finished the nomination paperwork for a high school teacher to be recognized as social studies teacher of the year
• Corresponded with a vendor about issues with our online lesson planning software
• Responded to a question from a middle school teacher regarding resources for special education teachers

Elementary School:

• Worked through a delivery of materials with an elementary principal

High School:

• Facilitated the first PLC meeting of the year

Middle School:

• Stopped by the distribution of computer devices for students in the 1:1 pilot

Intermediate School:

• Attended the Board of Education meeting to recognize new staff

Friday, September 7

Board Office:

• Sent an e-mail to the elementary principals regarding textbook delivery
• Sent an e-mail to a contact at the state Department of Education on behalf of the NJSSSA
• Finished developing the surveys to use during the 3rd grade REACH overview session
• Prepared for Monday's PLC meetings

High School:

• Met with the principal and two vice principals to develop a plan to give a poll to the students on Tuesday regarding the book
• Met with the high school teacher who will be the Teacher Liaison to discuss his role and my expectations
• Met with a high school teacher to chat about a few things that were on his mind after the first two days of school
• Spoke with the rep from a textbook company about our pending order
• Sent invitations to the 5 candidates for Township Committee inviting them to Candidates' Night
• Sent out the social studies weekly update

Thursday, September 6

Board Office:

• Completed paperwork for some professional development
• Developed a reflection form for next week's NJASCD symposium
• Reviewed the NJ Education Transformation Task Force report
• Sent around a catalog for the middle school world history teachers to select new materials from
• Sent an invitation to 3rd grade teachers and elementary school principals at attend the district's first 3rd Grade REACH orientation for parents and students
• Spoke with the mayor about participating in Candidates' Night
• Prepared for Candidates' Night
• Distributed digital access to another elementary school
• Developed a poll regarding "The Day the World Came to Town" that we could give to students on 9/11 to evaluate the effectiveness of our "One Book" campaign
• Sent another follow-up e-mail to a parent regarding a REACH placement decision and subsequent meeting
• Worked with the middle school principal regarding the delivery of new textbooks and sent information to the teachers
• Started working on a survey to use during the 3rd grade parent/student session

Wednesday, September 5

Board Office:

• Made recommendations for who I thought should serve in a new Teacher Liaison position for the high school social studies department
• Prepared for a meeting with the elementary REACH specialists
• Worked on getting the new teachers access to the online lesson planning program
• Worked with a textbook publisher to schedule some training on using the new digital materials
• Facilitated a meeting with the elementary REACH specialists
• Responded to questions regarding REACH screening from the middle school guidance counselors
• Distributed digital material codes to two elementary schools
• Drafted a response to a parent with whom I met last week regarding REACH placement decisions
• Corresponded with a high school teacher about issues with textbooks
• Reached out to a vendor representative to get an update on delivery of materials
• Worked with the new high school teachers on needed materials
• Started working on a nomination packet for a teacher of the year award for one of my high school teachers

Tuesday, September 4

High School:

• Attended an opening faculty meeting
• Presented an overview of the Common Core State Standards and the changes to the social studies curriculum to all grades 7-12 social studies teachers
• Presented a similar overview to all K-6 teachers

Board Office:

• Distributed online textbook access information to middle school teachers
• Responded to as many e-mails as I could on a variety of topics