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Wednesday, July 3

Board Office:

• Met with the core content area supervisors to work on planning for our summer institute.

I took the afternoon and Friday off for the holiday.

Tuesday, July 2

High School:

• Facilitated pacing review and common assessment development for teams from grades 6, 9, 10, and 11.
• Replied to a parent email regarding credit for a transfer world history course.
• Replied to a parent email requesting a meeting regarding REACH non-placement.

Monday, July 1

Board Office:

• Reviewed all honors/AP course requests to be sure students meet the appropriate criteria. For those who did not, emails were sent to guidance counselors to have their schedules adjusted.
• Replied to two student appeal emails regarding an AP class.
• Prepared for tomorrow's grade 6, 9, 10, and 11 pacing review work.
• Left a message for a textbook representative about a new AP US History text.
• Completed my monthly report.
• Prepared for next week's Government and Politics curriculum writing.
• Prepared for and held a parent meeting regarding a non-placement for REACH. 
• Replied to an email from a Rutgers professor about a long-term substitute we had.
• Replied to a parent email regarding a REACH non-placement.
• Worked on the elementary social studies pacing based on survey results from teachers.

Friday, June 28

Board Office:

- Responded to a parent email about REACH placement

- Worked with the core content area supervisors on planning our summer institute

Thursday, June 27

Board Office:

- Worked with a team of 5th and 8th grade teachers to review pacing and start developing common assessments.

Out of District:

- Attended NJPSA meeting on a new supervisor certificate proposal

Wednesday, June 26

Board Office:

- Attended Stronge administrator training

- Finalized high school teachers' schedules

- Sent out an announcement about our "new" hire to all hs teachers

- Prepared for tomorrow's 5th and 8th grade common assessment work

Tuesday, June 25

High School:

- Facilitated Common Assessment Development training

Monday, June 24

Board Office:

- Responded to five parent emails regarding REACH placements

Intermediate School:

- Attended a full day Stronge Evaluation System training session on student growth objectives

Friday, August 21

Middle School:

- Attended a meeting of the District Evaluation Advisory Committee to reflect on the pilot evaluation experience

Board Office:

- Met with the core content supervisors to finalize the Common Assessment Development training for next year

- Attended a meeting/training session about moving to a new online lesson planning system

Thursday, June 20

High School:

- Finished closing out the entire department

- Finished APR meetings

- Met with a teacher to discuss his improvement plan for next year

- Worked on the HS schedule

- Worked on my part of the Common Assessment Development presentation

Board Office:

- Spoke with a candidate for the high school and with the assistant superintendent. It turned out that we refused to offer him credit for his years of experience teaching out of state so he accepted a job elsewhere.

- Responded to two parent emails about REACH placement

Wednesday, June 19

Board Office:

- Facilitated a meeting with the elementary REACH teachers to reflect on the adjustments to identification we made

- Finalized summative evaluations for my two pilot teachers

- Booked my hotel for the ASCD Leader 2 Leader conference

High School:

- Facilitated APR meetings

- Closed out about 1/3 of the department members

- Responded to a parent request for an honors appeal

- Responded to two parent questions about REACH screening

- Responded to two parent questions about REACH placement decisions

- Responded to an interview request from a high school teacher for his graduate work

- Distributed pacing surveys to all social studies teachers

Tuesday, June 18

Board Office:

- Worked on planning Common Assessment Development training with the core content area supervisors

- Uploaded the 4th grade project final rubric scores to share with the schools

- Sent out next year's REACH teacher budget allotment

Middle School:

- Facilitated two APR meetings

Monday, June 17

Board Office:

- Worked with the core content supervisors to begin planning our summer institute

Out of District

- Attended the NJASCD Executive Board where I was elected secretary for the next two years

Friday, June 14

Elementary School:

- Attended a Flag Day ceremony

High School:

- Facilitated APR meetings

Middle School:

- Facilitated APR meetings

Thursday, June 13

Elementary Schools

- Facilitated two good sets of project presentations

Board Office:

- Attended (briefly) the district supervisors' meeting

- Finalized REACH placement decisions

- Scheduled the rest of the APR meetings

- Provided interview feedback to a former student teacher

- Responded to a parent question about honors placement

Wednesday, June 12

Elementary Schools:

- Facilitated two more sets of presentations. The first went really well and the second had some problems. The school did not follow grouping instructions well so instead of having 4-5 sets of students presenting complete projects, each classroom had one large group of 20-25 students presenting one project.

Board Office:

- Drafted the close out instructions memo for the high school

- Worked on planning for Common Assessment Development

- Worked on summative evaluations for pilot teachers

Tuesday, June 11

Elementary Schools:

- Facilitated judges' training and presentations at two elementary schools. At the first one, 2 of the 3 parent volunteers did not show up so we had to scramble to cover the classes. Unfortunately this led to a less than ideal experience for the students. Things ran smoothly at the second elementary school thanks to a great coordinator at the building.

In the meantime, I worked on writing some of the REACH annual performance reviews and managing the 4th grade project paperwork so that we can use it later for data analysis.

Monday, June 10

Board Office:

- Worked on REACH placements

- Reviewed final exams

- Provided hours documentation to an elementary teacher

- Responded to a teacher's email about how to respond to lockdown drills during common assessment use

Intermediate School:

- Met with a teacher to pilot an interview for a grad class

High School:

- Sent out final details for 4th grade project presentations

- Met with the two long-term substitutes to inform them that they would not be offered the job

Friday, June 7

High School:

- Worked on REACH placement decisions

- Facilitated one APR meeting

Board Office:

- Worked on APRs

- Spoke with a teacher and the director of technology about transferring a SS teacher to technology for 1 year

- Met with the assistant superintendent to discuss a teacher issue

Middle School:

- Facilitated APR meetings

Board Office:

- Distributed the social studies weekly update

Thursday, June 6

High School:

- Attended the senior breakfast

- Facilitated annual performance review meetings

- Reviewed lesson plans

- Set up Renzulli Learning account access for the person new to REACH at the intermediate school

- Worked on finalizing 4th grade project rubrics and details

Board Office:

- Updated the REACH placement spreadsheet

- Provided a teacher support for dealing with a parent issue

- Spoke with an elementary teacher about problems with how that school handled organizing the 4th grade student projects

- Responded to a parent question about REACH

- Worked on REACH placements

Intermediate School:

- Attended an update on negotiations from the Principals and Supervisors Association. We are entering our second year without a contract with little hope of any resolution before February 2014.

Wednesday, June 5

Board Office:

- Forwarded information about curriculum writing for the next Board agenda

- Reviewed final exams

- Drafted memos about Colonial Day

- Worked on middle school annual evaluations

- Met with the assistant superintendent to discuss a teacher issue and Confratute

Intermediate School:

- Met with a teacher who is taking over a section of REACH next year

- Facilitated a 5th grade curriculum implementation meeting

Tuesday, June 4

Intermediate School:

- Held a Colonial Day debriefing session to reflect on this year and begin planning for next year

- Facilitated a meeting of the Grade 5-8 REACH subcommittee discussing changes to the program at those levels

Monday, June 3

Board Office:

- Worked on Confratute plan

- Worked on the 4th grade project presentation schedule

- Worked on annual evaluations for the high school

High School:

- Spoke with the teacher liaison about the finalists for the teacher position

- Met with the AP US History teachers about summer training for the new exam

Board Office:

- Submitted my monthly report

- Updated REACH numbers

- Worked on the schedule for judging the 4th grade project presentations

- Provided feedback to a middle school social studies teacher who I did not make a finalist for the high school position

- Sent the names of three teacher finalists to the high school vice principals for interviewing

- Finalized a middle school annual evaluation 

Friday, May 31

I spent the entire day at intermediate school's Colonial Day. Despite 90+ degree weather, the day was successful and the kids had a great time. There was coverage by a local newspaper that I hope to be able to post next week.

Thursday, May 30

High School:

-Conducted two observations of internal candidates for the high school position

-Spoke with a vice principal about a parent complaint

Board Office:

-Met with the Superintendent for my monthly curriculum conversation

-Distributed the prompt for the next 5th grade common assessment

-Worked on the final drafts of the new REACH matrices for placement

-Attended the district's multicultural lunch

-Participated in a conference call regarding the NJDOE model curriculum for US History II

-Worked on the presentation plan for the 4th grade projects

-Finalized the observation report for a long-term substitute

-Reviewed the World History CP final exam

Wednesday, May 29

Intermediate School:

-Facilitated a Colonial Day planning committee meeting

-Met with visitors from another school district in to see our 1:1 technology pilot

Board Office:

-Finalized the student schedules for Colonial Day

Out of District:

-Had lunch with the Princeton University teacher prep staff and the outgoing president of the NJ Social Studies Supervisors Association

Tuesday, May 28

High School:

-Scheduled a final Colonial Day planning meeting

-Spoke with the Fife and Drum Corps to confirm Friday's plan

-Sent an update to AP US History teachers about summer professional development

-Sent an email to fourth grade teachers to gather volunteers to present at the state social studies conference next year

-Notified a middle school teacher that he would not be placed in the high school position

-Sent an email to the NJ Social Studies Supervisors Association board of directors about the plan for elections

-Held a pre-observation conference with a long-term substitute

Intermediate School

-Finalized plan for Colonial Day student sessions

Board Office:

-Spoke with the intermediate school principal about 6th grade REACH staffing

-Responded to an email regarding an online summer class

Thursday and Friday, May 23-24

I was out of district attending the annual NJASCD Executive Board retreat.

Wednesday, May 22

Intermediate School:

-Facilitated a Colonial Day planning meeting

Board Office:

-Conducted several interviews for the high school position

-Sent an email with registration information for Confratute

-Sent an email with information regarding AP US History summer institute registration

-Prepared the social studies weekly update

Tuesday, May 21

High School:

-Met with the union president and a teacher to discuss an email that was sent pressuring teachers not to participate in a summer professional development activity due to stalled contract negotiations

Board Office:

-Met with a parent to discuss her concerns with a high school teacher

-Interviewed several candidates for the high school position

-Reviewed lesson plans

-Sent invites to district leadership for Colonial Day

Monday, May 20

Board Office:

-Facilitated a world history work session to develop the final exam

-Worked on placement decisions for 5-8th grade REACH

-Finalized two observation reports

-Submitted my reimbursement paperwork for spring semester doctoral classes

-Submitted paperwork to attend ASCD L2L conference in July

-Submitted the high school social studies student award winners

-Prepared for this week's interviews

-Began working on some high school annual performance reviews

-Interviewed a candidate for the high school position

Friday, May 17

Board Office:

- Met with the assistant superintendent to discuss the teacher/union issue, another teacher's request to meet with her, and Confratute planning

- Interviewed a candidate for the HS opening

Elementary School:

- Observed a first grade class

Board Office:

- Responded to a parent's request for a meeting via email

- Sent reminders to world history teachers regarding Monday's work session

- Spoke with the union president regarding the teacher issue

- Distributed the social studies weekly update

- Sent a request out to meet with all AP US History teachers on Monday

- Invited the teacher-in-question to a meeting on Monday

- Interviewed a candidate for the HS opening

Thursday, May 16

High School:

- Met with a teacher for an annual performance review conference

- Met with a long-term sub to plan an observation

Board Office:

- Responded to an email about a grading scale for a World History Honors exam

- Began dealing with a potential union issue where a teacher sent an email to colleagues that caused them to feel pressured into not doing something asked of them by their supervisor. This led me back to the high school to meet with a union vice president. This will require follow-up next week.

Intermediate School:

- Facilitated the 5th grade curriculum integration meetings

Board Office:

- Sent emails to all job applicants who have not moved on to the in-person interview round

- Corresponded with the high school teacher who raised the union issue

- Worked on the high school schedule for next year

- Reviewed lesson plans

- Prepared for tomorrow's interview

Wednesday, May 15

Board Office:

- Submitted course counts for 2013-14 to the high school principal for review

- Attended a meeting with the core supervisors and the intermediate school principal to plan for next year's curriculum implementation meetings

- Worked with the special education supervisor on scheduling

- Forwarded a Colonial Day resource to the superintendent/intermediate school principal

- Worked with elementary REACH teachers to schedule release time for finalizing placement decisions

- Responded to a student's question about taking a course over the summer for honors credit

- Prepared for tomorrow's 5th grade curriculum implementation meeting

- Prepared for Friday's Colonial Day meeting

- Reviewed lesson plans

Middle School:

- Met with two teachers for post-observation conferences

- Observed a 7th grade class

Monday, May 13 and Tuesday, May 14

I took two vacation days and spent them in Atlantic City!

Friday, May 10

I was out of the district today attending the spring meeting of the New Jersey Social Studies Supervisors' Association where I was formally appointed president effective July 1. The meeting focused on the development of student growth objectives for the new teacher evaluation system, changes to AP US History, and materials provided by Brown University for the use of primary sources.

Thursday, May 9

Board Office:

- Attended the monthly supervisors' meeting/PLC

- Provided a resource to an elementary school principal about REACH for a parent meeting

- Submitted materials for curriculum writing posting

- Worked on the high school schedule

- Scheduled interviews with 16 finalists for the high school job

- Drafted the social studies weekly update

Wednesday, May 8

High School:

- Held annual performance review conferences with two non-tenured teachers

- Worked on next year's schedule

- Conducted final application review for the open position

Board Office:

- Responded to two parent questions about REACH placement

- Provided support to a teacher for responding to a REACH question

- Responded to an elementary school teacher's email about a teacher concern

- Finalized the 4th grade project announcements and distributed

- Finalized observation reports

Middle School:

- Hosted an NJASCD professional development event with approximately 50 educators from throughout the state

Tuesday, May 7

Board Office:

- Forwarded the department's student book award selection to the principal

- Worked on another possibility for a student Skype session as a reward for the 4th grade final project

- Responded to questions about summer common assessment development

- Reviewed lesson plans

Middle School:

- Observed two eighth grade classes

Board Office:

- Prepped for tomorrow's NJASCD event that we are hosting in district

- Put together some samples for a long-term substitute

Middle School:

- Met with a teacher to discuss questions/concerns she has

Board Office:

- Drafted an update to the REACH entrance criteria matrix based on the newest test data

Monday, May 6

High School:

- Followed up on the student-teacher issue from last week

- Met with the department liaison to discuss his interview and the plan for the department meeting

- Finalized the department meeting agenda

- Met with a teacher to review common assessment data

- Reviewed applicants' additional responses to finalize a group for interviews

- Led the department meeting

- Hosted the REACH Senior Internship dinner

Friday, May 3

High School:

- Met with a vice principal, teacher, two parents, and student about a teacher-student issue. I think it was resolved amicably.

Board Office:

- Interviewed an internal candidate for the open social studies position

- Sent a request for input into Monday's high school department meeting agenda

- Distributed the social studies weekly update

High School:

- Met with a long-term substitute to provide support for next week

Thursday, May 2

High School:

- Met with the supervisors of literacy, math and science to plan our summer institute and common assessment development schedules

Board Office:

- Drafted postings for summer work

- Drafted letters and a sign-up form for 4th grade regions project volunteers

- Wrote annual performance reviews for the three non-tenured teachers I supervise

- Provided feedback to a 5th grade teacher on a common assessment

- Sent information about history jobs to a teacher who requested it

- Worked on REACH placement results for grades 5-8

Wednesday, May 1

High School:

- Investigated an issue with an independent study student

- Met for a post-observation conference

- Did research in preparation for a discussion related to a teacher issue

Elementary School:

- Conducted informal observations of two pilot teachers

Board Office:

- Interviewed an internal candidate for the open position at the high school

- Followed up on emails related to the 4th grade project

- Spoke with a student who called last week with a teacher issue

Tuesday, April 30

Board Office:

- Forwarded summer work to the district webmaster for posting

- Began working on analyzing the REACH screening results for grades 5-8

- Submitted my monthly report

- Finished screening applications for the social studies position

- Sent 4th grade regions project Phase II information to the committee for review

Monday, April 29

Board Office:

- Sent a high school teacher a sample observation report to help with growth

- Updated the summer work schedule

High School:

- Held a post-observation conference with a long-term substitute

Board Office:

- Returned a REACH parent phone call

- Screened applications for the open high school position

- Spoke with the Supervisor of Special Education about a teacher-student issue

High School:

- Met with the US History I Honors teachers about summer professional development

- Emailed approximately 55 candidates for the open position and invited them to the next round of screening

- Met with a special education teacher and his supervisor to discuss issues in the class

- Attended a PLC meeting 

Friday, April 26

High School:

- Replied to parent emails about how we are handling grades in Genocide and Holocaust

- Asked some follow-up questions on the plan for grading World History common assessments

- Met with the new long-term sub to talk about next week and introduced her to her mentor

Board Office:

- Replied to an email from a REACH teacher about matrices

- Responded to a parent question about REACH opportunities at the intermediate school

- Corresponded with a high school teacher about professional development hours

- Prepared for a post-observation meeting 

- Followed up on yesterday's 5th grade meetings

High School:

- Met with a teacher for a post-observation conference that I anticipated going poorly. This teacher has had several poor evaluations and is still not improving in the areas where I think he needs to improve. The meeting went fine although we clearly disagree on certain things. I expect next week to receive a written rebuttal to what we talked about though.

- Met with the principal to talk about the long-term substitute situation, the open position we have for hiring, and AP US History summer training

Board Office:

- Sent out my weekly update to the social studies teachers

- Spoke with the intermediate school principal about next year's REACH teachers

- Spoke with a high school student about his concerns in a class

Thursday, April 25

Intermediate School:

- Attended a Colonial Day planning session

Board Office:

- Responded to an e-mail from a coach about a candidate

- Checked references on our newest long-term substitute and submitted the paperwork to make her hiring official

- Finalized plans to provide a release day to world history teachers to work on the final exam and common assessments

- Finished grading Genocide and Holocaust work

- Prepared for the 5th grade curriculum integration meetings

Intermediate School:

- Facilitated the 5th grade meetings where we focused on developing consistency in scoring a recently given common writing assessment

Wednesday, April 24

Board Office:

- Forwarded a copy of the letter regarding the teacher on leave to the high school department

- Responded to a student's request to meet with me

- Prepared for tomorrow's 5th grade curriculum integration meeting

- Prepared for tomorrow's Colonial Day planning meeting

- Spoke with the president of NJ Association for Gifted Children about partnering on a speaker next year

- Attended the annual Administrative Assistants lunch

High School:

- Met with an evaluation pilot teacher to review Common Assessment data

- Graded work from Genocide and Holocaust

Middle School:

- Held a post-observation conference with a teacher

Board Office:

- Responded to student's question about Genocide and Holocaust

Tuesday, April 23

Board Office:

- Reviewed a final letter to students/parents regarding the previously suspended teacher who is now out on leave

- Returned a parent phone call regarding student-teacher issues

- Provided feedback to a Rutgers student on her cover letter/resume

- Finalized an observation report

- Reviewed lesson plans

High School:

- Observed a long-term substitute. The lesson was okay. There were some challenging students in the class and we'll work together on developing strategies for dealing with them.

Board Office:

- Confirmed information about an online course for AP preparation

- Replied to a high school teacher's e-mail about concerns with a substitute

- Finalized an observation report

Monday, April 22

Board Office:

- Replied to emails from the 8th grade team about extending the current unit of study

- Corresponded with a high school teacher about student concerns and grading issues

- Spoke with the high school principal about how we are handling grades in the classroom where the teacher has been absent.

High School:

- Met with a long-term substitute for a pre-observation conference

- Met with another long-term substitute to review plans for teaching this week

- Observed a class

- Met with a teacher for a post-observation conference

Board Office:

- Finalized an observation report

- Worked on final edits to the 4th grade project rubrics

Friday, April 19

Out of District:

-Attended the NJASCD/NJACTE event (http://njascd.org/njascd/lib/njascd/April_2013_Symposium_Info.pdf). The featured speakers were the NJDOE person in charge of the new teacher evaluation system and a researcher/educator who designed one such evaluation system. I was part of the steering committee that organized the event and it was a good day.

Thursday, April 18

Board Office:

-Worked on the NJDOE Model Curriculum project via video chat

-Responded to a question about retesting on the CogAT

High School:

-Worked with a vice principal on a teacher-student issue and then met with the teacher about it

-Provided support to a high school teacher regarding home instruction issues

-Replied to a teacher's email for support with a parent issue

Wednesday, April 17

Board Office:

-Prepared for and then led a meeting with the elementary school principals about the 4th grade regions project

-Worked on an issue with a teacher out on medical leave

-Responded to three parent contacts regarding REACH screening

-Attended training on Nexus 7 tablets for our pilot program in K-4

-Sent out a survey to world history teachers about a future release day

-Spoke with a substitute about a potential long-term sub situation

Tuesday, April 16

High School:

-Held a post-observation conference

-Sent emails to all USI and USII teachers summarizing yesterday's PLC decisions

Middle School:

-Stopped in to do an observation but the timing didn't work out

Board Office:

-Reviewed lesson plans

-Provided a teacher with supporting information to meet Corrective Action Plan expectations

-Provided feedback to a student from Rutgers regarding her resume and cover letter

-Followed up on the world history common assessment

-Worked with a high school vice principal on a student-teacher issue

-Responded to phone calls from three parents regarding REACH screening

-Finalized an observation report

-Spoke with an elementary principal about a student testing issue

-Prepared materials related to the 4th grade regions project

Monday, April 15

Intermediate School:

-Attended NJASK training

Board Office:

-Prepared for this week's observations

-Worked out an issue with the department writing rubric

-Reviewed applications for the open high school position

-Spoke with an elementary school teacher about a CogAT testing issue

High School:

-Met for a post-observation conference

-Observed a world history class

-Began working on a rubric score conversion issue with two teachers

-Spoke with an elementary REACH teacher about a special testing situation

-Sat in with USI and USII PLCs

Board Office:

-Met with the Asst. Superintendent for Personnel to discuss a teacher issue

Friday, 4/12

Board Office:

- Because I know the Township well, I drove the two assistant superintendents to a distant part of the Township after the police notified us of a bus accident. En route, we learned that the bus was not carrying our district's students and by the time we were there it was already cleared.

Middle School:

- Attended a technology planning session to map out the next three years of technology goals

High School:

- Held a post-observation conference

Board Office:

- Updated a pilot teacher's observation to reflect some additional information

- Distributed the social studies weekly update

- Drafted a schedule of summer activities related to social studies

- Finalized Grade 5 common assessment information and distributed

Thursday, 4/11

Intermediate School:

- Facilitated a Colonial Day planning meeting

Board Office:

- Prepared for this evening's presentation to graduated students at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education who are going into social studies education

- Attended the district supervisors' meeting

Wednesday, 4/10

Board Office:

- Responded to questions about an upcoming US History II common assessment

- Requested all teachers submit reflection materials for their annual evaluations

- Forwarded additional documents related to the 4th grade project to the project committee members

- Responded to a teacher's CogAT question

- Met with the Director of Special Services to discuss a CogAT issue with a special education student

Middle School:

- Observed a 7th grade teacher

Elementary School:

- Held post-observation conferences with my two pilot teachers

High School:

- Observed a US History I CP class

- Met with the principal to discuss scheduled for US History I Honors and AP US History

Board Office:

- Submitted reimbursement paperwork for the ASCD conference in Chicago

- Replied to an email from the person who supervises the high school REACH internships related to his retirement

- Finalized an observation report

- Prepared for tomorrow's Colonial Day planning meeting

- Updated the pilot teachers' observation reports based on our meetings

- Sent out additional information about the upcoming 5th grade common assessment

- Followed up on the CogAT/special education issue

Tuesday, 4/9

Board Office:

- Attended the district leadership team meeting

- Met with a parent to discuss why a child does not qualify for acceleration along with the Supervisor of Math and an elementary school principal

High School:

- Observed a teacher in US History I

- Met for a post-observation conference

Board Office:

- Distributed all remaining test materials for elementary REACH screening

- Emailed all district 4th grade teachers with project materials

- Sent an email to all AP teachers requesting summer work

- Submitted graduate study course approval paperwork for the summer semester

- Emailed a teacher and the principal about changes to who is teaching REACH at the intermediate school next year

- Followed up with an external consultant who worked with our teachers on the 4th grade project yesterday

- Reviewed lesson plans

Monday, April 8

Board Office:

- Spent the majority of the day (8am-3pm) facilitating work by the 4th grade project planning committee. We got a lot accomplished and the end-of-the-year project is off to a great start. We have some really exciting things in the planning stages!

- Reviewed lesson plans of one teacher.

- Prepared for a parent meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

- Reviewed 8th grade lesson plans.

Friday, April 5

Board Office:

-Interviewed two colleagues about teacher evaluation training for a grad school project

-Replied to a parent's email about an age discrepancy on a child's CogAT results

-Replied to a summer course question

-Sent Confratute proposal to the Assistant Superintendent

-Replied to a 6th grade teacher's question about pacing in light of state testing

-Worked with the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel on recording an introduction to our end-of-the-year fourth grade project

-Finalized observation reports for the two pilot teachers and pushed them out

-Corresponded with an elementary school principal about a job opening there

-Worked on my part of the model curriculum for the state and sent it out for review

-Spoke with a parent about posting of assignments online

-Drafted a letter to Great Adventure to get them involved with our 4th grade project

-Distributed the social studies weekly update

-Worked on the plan for Monday's 4th grade project committee meeting

Thursday, April 4

High School:

-Observed a World History Honors class

-Spoke with the principal and department liaison about the medical condition of a teacher

-Sent final filming information for 4th grade project introduction to Asst. Superintendent for Personnel

-Worked on my part of the action plan for the teacher I met with earlier in the week

Middle School:

-Went to observe a teacher to find out he was absent

Board Office:

-Replied to a question about how to handle CogAT questions from parents

-Replied to a parent's question about CogAT results

-Replied to a teacher's question about CogAT results

Elementary School:

-Observed a 3rd grade teacher

Board Office:

-Responded to an 8th grade placement question

-Spoke with a representative from Renzulli Learning about Confratute discounts

-Replied to a parent's question about summer course options

-Replied to an email from the teacher who received the memo clarifying an expectation

-Provided feedback on the revised common assessment plan for US History I

-Replied to a parent question regarding posting of grades and assignments online

Wednesday, April 3

High School:

-Spoke with a high school teacher about a medical issue with another teacher in the department

-Conducted an observation of an AP Economics class

-Checked in with the teacher in for maternity leave and with the department liaison

Board Office:

-Spoke with the intermediate school principal about how to handle a REACH nomination issue

-Finalized an observation report

-Spoke with the high school principal about the teacher with a medical issue

Elementary School:

-Conducted an observation of a second grade class

High School:

-Attended the high school supervisors' meeting

Board Office:

-Attended my monthly curriculum chat with the superintendent

-Finalized the coverage plan for the teacher on medical leave and submitted it to all who needed it

-Emailed all 5th grade teachers with information for them to review regarding the upcoming common assessment

Tuesday, April 2

High School:

-Attended a meeting of the Option II committee where we finalized plans for new procedures for approved summer course options

-Provided the evaluative memorandum to the teacher from yesterday

-Responded to a parent's email about REACH

-Spoke with a supervisor from another district who is going to come into our district as a consultant next week

Elementary School:

-Held pre-observation conferences with two teachers I will be observing later this week as part of the pilot program for the new teacher evaluation system

Intermediate School:

-Met with the 5th grade vice principal to talk about room assignments for Colonial Day

-Met with a team of teachers to talk about a REACH nomination issue

Board Office:

-Replied to a high school teacher about online book access

-Distributed CogAT result information to all 2nd grade teachers and principals

Monday. April 1

Board Office:

-Prep for meeting with teacher to discuss use of rated "R" movies and other lingering concerns

High School:

-Met with teacher to discuss issues. Meeting went pretty well until the very end, but overall it was good.

Board Office:

-Sent a memo to the Business Administrator to reserve funds for the remainder of the fiscal year.

-Wrote up the teacher's meeting from this morning into formal evaluative memorandum language.

Elementary School:

-Attended a meeting with a team of special education and REACH staff to discuss a transition plan for a student who is gifted but also has Asperger's syndrome.

Board Office:

-Worked with my partner for a grad school project on gifted education

-Reviewed US History II and US History I common assessments and provided feedback to the appropriate teams of teachers

-Prepared for this week's observations

-Reviewed lesson plans

Wednesday, March 27

I took vacation days on Monday and Tuesday and district offices are closed on Thursday and Friday, but today I worked. The main activity was participating in a video conference with the US History II model curriculum writing team although I tried to deal with some other odds and ends as well.

Friday, March 22

Elementary School:

• Visited the final "presentations" of a 4th grade project that included developing a business model, marketing it, and a whole lot more. Really cool stuff!

High School:

• Met with the teacher liaison to discuss last night's Board meeting where the teacher who had been suspended earlier in the month announced his retirement from the district. Articles at http://hillsborough.patch.com/articles/teacher-announces-retirement-after-weeklong-suspension. 

Board Office:

• Prepped materials for using the next achievement test for REACH placement in grades 5-8
• Return a phone call regarding REACH placement
• Returned 8th grade honors placement calls/emails
• Updated the spreadsheet for REACH placement to reflect the new CogAT results
• Sent an email regarding Confratute attendance in the summer for those who completed the graduate certificate program
• Spoke with a parent/community member who wanted to share her concerns with how we teach American history
• Provided guidance to world history teachers regarding common assessment development
• Distributed the social studies weekly update

Thursday, March 21

Intermediate School:

• Facilitated a Colonial Day planning committee meeting

High School:

• Met with the long-term sub who is starting to cover for someone going out on maternity leave

Board Office:

• Prepared for the elementary REACH meeting
• Processed the delivery of some books from last week's guest speaker to get them out to the parents who ordered them
• Met with the elementary REACH teachers to review the CogAT results and discuss how we would proceed into testing
• Reviewed US History I and grade 7 lesson plans
• Met with the Assistant Superintendent to get my plan for CogAT results approved
• Drafted a new CogAT notification letter
• Process 500+ CogAT results for mailing

Friday, March 15 through Wednesday, March 20

From Friday, March 15 through Wednesday, March 20, I was in Chicago to attend the ASCD Annual Conference and then to do some touristy stuff as well. As always, I had a great time with colleagues from around the world. The highlights were the inspiring keynote speakers - the president of the University of Maryland - Baltimore County and Maya Angelou. A session with Sandra Day O'Connor was certainly exciting too!

Thursday, March 14

Board Office:

• Completed paperwork to get teachers paid who ran registration at Monday's REACH parent event
• Worked on CogAT results analysis
• Sent a note to elementary REACH teachers about CogAT results and the need for a meeting to discuss how we use them
• Attended the monthly supervisors' meeting
• Sent the Assistant Superintendent an update on my goals for this year
• Sent out the revised NJASCD event announcement
• Sent out the social studies weekly update
• Responded to the 8th grade teachers' request to adjust the curriculum pacing
• Replied to a US History II common essay proposal

Wednesday, March 13

High School:

• Conducted an observation

Elementary School:

• Held grade level meetings with 1st and 2nd grade teams to discuss their concerns/questions regarding the new curriculum and resources

High School:

• Met with the teacher who had been suspended for the first of what will likely be several meetings to discuss curriculum and instruction issues

Board Office:

• Sent an email to announce the teachers who would be getting the Chromebooks for next year
• Responded to three contacts regarding honors placements
• Worked on the high school writing rubric revisions
• Worked on scheduling the next meeting with the teacher in question
• Sent out the announcement regarding the 4th grade end of the year project to all 4th grade teachers and principals
• Completed paperwork for NJAGC reimbursement
• Completed paperwork for Rutgers reimbursement

Tuesday, March 12

Board Office:

• Prepped for the identification subcommittee meeting of the Gifted and Talented steering committee
• Attended the Leadership Team meeting
• Facilitated the ID subcommittee meeting
• Followed up on yesterday's guest speaker with parents

Monday, March 11

Board Office:

• Set up and ran a gifted PD event for about 30 teachers with a speaker on using drawing to help with thinking through most of the morning
• Revised the high school writing rubric
• Reviewed lesson plans with a focus on the teacher who was reinstated
• Followed up on CogAT testing for hearing impaired student
• Followed up with PLC of suspended teacher after they had an issue today

Elementary School:

• Sat in the room while the speaker worked with the elementary REACH PLC on some additional things
• Followed up on 8th grade honors placement results
• Worked out details of a long-term sub starting/ending date
• Sent out an email to high school teachers to begin the 2013-14 scheduling process

Had dinner with the guest speaker

Middle School:

• Ran an event for about 100 parents with the guest speaker
• Reviewed the AP US History final exam
• Sent an email about AP US History common assessment labeling

Friday, March 8

Out of District:

• Attended the NJ Association for Gifted Children annual conference

Board Office:

• Responded to phone calls/emails regarding honors placement decisions
• Responded to a question about CogAT testing
• Met with the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and the high school principal to discuss the personnel issue

Thursday, March 7

Out of District:

• Spent the day at the NJASCD Annual Conference which focused on Common Core State Standards and teacher evaluation.

Wednesday, March 6

Board Office:

• Met with the elementary REACH teachers to discuss testing procedures for this year
• Reviewed lesson plans
• Worked on developing a couple days of lesson plans for the class that is being covered by substitute teachers

Out of District:

• Attended a planning meeting for the NJASCD/NJACTE symposium on connecting K-12 and higher education

Middle School:

• Met with social studies teachers to discuss common assessment expectations and how they relate to teacher evaluation

Board Office:

• Sent an email to elementary principals to describe the new REACH testing expectations
• Worked on getting substitute coverage for the 4th grade project planning committee for our next meeting
• Sent an update on Civil War Day planning to the two 6th grade teachers working on it
• Sent an email to the high school department members about reflecting on this week's meeting

Tuesday, March 5

Board Office:

• Most of the day was spent working with a small group of 4th grade teachers on developing an end-of-the-year project. It went really well and is going to make for a great program in April-June.
• Met with the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and the high school principal to discuss the teacher personnel issue
• Sent emails to project planning committee members and elementary school principals about the project
• Worked on preparation for tomorrow morning's elementary REACH meeting

Monday, March 4

High School:

• Prepared for this afternoon's department meeting
• Met with my teacher liaison to discuss the department meeting
• Observed a teacher
• Met with the principal and a vice principal to discuss the teacher personnel issue
• Participated in a Google Hangout with the NJ model curriculum team for US History II
• Facilitated the department meeting with a focus on analyzing data from the US History I midterms

Board Office:

• Prepared for tomorrow's 4th grade project planning meeting

Although I did not attend the meeting, tonight's Board of Education meeting became a hotbed of discussion related to the personnel issue in the department. Although it is important to note that this information may lack some accuracy, some may be interested in seeing what's been going on.

March 6 article - http://hillsborough.patch.com/articles/students-seek-answers-on-high-school-teacher-s-suspension

March 6 article - http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2013/03/10/hillsborough_beacon/news/doc5135a173a8c97370717721.txt

March 7 article - http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2013/03/10/hillsborough_beacon/news/doc51375c41ee7b5063935862.txt

March 8 article - http://hillsborough.patch.com/articles/attorney-teacher-cleared-to-return-classroom

Friday, March 1

Elementary School:

• Read a book to a 1st grade class and a 2nd grade class as part of Read Across America day

High School:

• Drafted a lesson plan for a high school class for Monday
• Met with a teacher about the teacher evaluation pilot
• Met with a teacher and then a vice principal and then a student about a concern related to our ongoing personnel issue

Board Office:

• Distributed the agenda for Monday's high school department meeting
• Sent out my weekly update

Middle School:

• Conducted a post-observation conference

Out of District:

• Participated on a review panel for a teacher education candidate at Princeton University

Thursday, February 28

Board Office:

• Submitted my monthly report to the Assistant Superintendent
• Documented my part of the personnel investigation in a memo to the Superintendent

Intermediate School/Middle School:

• Helped the technology department host representatives from four school districts who wanted to learn about our iPad and Chromebook 1:1 pilots.

Board Office:

• Drafted a lesson plan for tomorrow for a high school class

Wednesday, February 27

Board Office:

• Sent out a reminder email about next week's NJASCD regional event
• Conducted an inventory of REACH testing materials
• Provided information about Destination Imagination to an elementary REACH teacher who requested it
• Prepared for implementing the pilot of the new teacher evaluation system
• Returned a parent's phone call
• Developed procedures for REACH testing for this year
• Reviewed the teacher with the personnel issue's lesson plans for the past several months
• Sent an email to all World History Honors teachers about their progress towards common assessments

Middle School:

• Met with a union representative about issues a teacher raised

Board Office:

• Corresponded with a guidance counselor about how to handle a new student who wants to be considered for honors
• Launched the Gifted Education Resource Center
• Replied to a high school teacher's request for information about curriculum development for a graduate school assignment he is doing
• Completed all paperwork for the ASCD Annual Conference in Chicago
• Spoke with the high school vice principal who conducted the teacher personnel investigation about where we are

Tuesday, February 26

Board Office:

• Met with both assistant superintendents and the superintendent to discuss a personnel issue. This resulted in the decision to suspend the teacher pending the outcome of an investigation.

Elementary School:

• Held a post-observation conference with a REACH teacher

Board Office:

• Prepared for a GT Steering Committee subcommittee meeting on our program in grades 5-8

Intermediate School:

• Facilitated the subcommittee meeting

Board Office:

• Spoke with our March 11 speaker about the details of the event
• Approved a field trip request

Monday, February 25

Intermediate School:

• Attended a 6th grade social studies PLC meeting to offer support on common assessment development

High School:

• Met with two vice principals to follow up on a teacher issue/investigation from last week
• Sent information regarding a PD event to all staff
• Forwarded request for substitutes for an event on March 11

Middle School:

• Attended a meeting to discuss common assessment expectations

High School:

• Attended a meeting with high school administrators to review the procedures we use for approving summer courses for students
• Attended HSPA training
• Filmed a new teacher about interviewing/applying for jobs to be used in presentations I'm doing at local colleges in late March and April
• Sent an email to middle school teachers about rescheduling their PLC meeting next week

Friday, February 22

Intermediate School:

• Facilitated a Colonial Day planning meeting

Board Office:

• Facilitated a meeting of the underrepresentation subcommittee of the Gifted and Talented Steering Committee
• Sent the social studies weekly update
• Spoke with high school vice principals about a teacher issue
• Participated in a video chat with the US History II model curriculum writing team
• Conducted a post-observation conference with an elementary REACH teacher over the phone
• Worked on the flyer announcing the March 11 parent event

Thursday, February 21

Elementary School:

• Conducted an observation of a REACH class

Board Office:

• Followed up on honors placement information
• Finalized an observation and sent it out
• Prepared for tomorrow's Colonial Day planning meeting
• Worked on preparation for March 11 event with outside presenter
• Drafted the letter to be sent home to all students who are "partially recommended" for honors placement
• Prepared for tomorrow's Gifted and Talented Steering Committee meeting on underrepresentation

Wednesday, February 20

Board Office:

• Finalized honors placement decisions, prepared presentation for 8th grade teachers and documents to distribute for recommendations
• Updated the social studies common assessment spreadsheet
• Reviewed lesson plans
• Prepared for tomorrow's 5th grade curriculum integration meeting
• Sent out various catalogs for teachers to order from
• Completed reimbursement paperwork for January and February professional development
• Submitted paperwork to get a raise based on completing 15 graduate credits (as of December)

Middle School:

• Conducted an observation
• Met with the 8th grade teachers to share honors placement results
• Spoke with the principal about a teacher's observation rating and a proposed 8th grade REACH event in May

Board Office:

• Forwarded staffing information to the database manager
• Completed additional reimbursement paperwork

Tuesday, February 19

High School:

• Facilitated post-observation conferences with two teachers
• Worked on finalizing 8th grade honors placement data

Elementary School:

• Observed a REACH class

High School:

• Spoke with a consultant/speaker who we are working on bringing in to do a parent workshop in 2.5 weeks
• Met with my teacher liaison to discuss various things
• Updated the social studies common assessment spreadsheet

Middle School:

• Facilitated a post-observation conference with one teacher

Friday, February 15

Intermediate School:

• Met with two teachers to discuss the possibility of a Civil War day

High School:

• Met with a teacher to discuss a project idea she has for an imperialism simulation
• Conducted a post-observation conference

Board Office:

• Worked on 8th grade honors placements

Middle School:

• Met with a vice principal about an 8th grade REACH event
• Conducted a post-observation conference

Board Office:

• Responded to an email from an elementary principal about coming to a future meeting to help teachers
• Sent out the weekly social studies update

Thursday, February 14

Board Office:

• Replied to a parent email asking for information about the US History II midterm
• Finalized three observation reports
• Drafted letters of congratulations for graduate certificate participants
• Attended the district supervisors' meeting

Wednesday, February 13

High School:

• Conducted observations of two teachers

Board Office:

• Spoke with a community member about the requirements for starting a Young Republicans club at the high school
• Met with the Assistant Superintendent to discuss the union concerns from yesterday

High School:

• Conducted an observation
• Attended the high school supervisors' meeting

Board Office:

• Met with the Supervisor of Math to discuss a student who may need acceleration

Tuesday, February 12

Board Office:

• Prepared for this afternoon's Gifted and Talented Steering Committee identification subcommittee meeting
• Attended the district leadership team meeting
• Facilitated the identification subcommittee meeting
• Met with a high school teacher/union vice president about concerns some teachers have with 1) my expectation that AP US History teachers attend PD this summer (at district expense) in order for them to know the requirements of the updated course and 2) my expectation that the world history teachers fix the problems from the world history exam on their own time.
• Emailed a high school vice principal to get some release time for teachers to complete their world history exam changes

Monday, February 11

Board Office:

• Prepared my presentation for tonight's Board of Education meeting
• Met with the core content area supervisors to discuss a possible revision to REACH

High School:

• Met with two teachers to discuss their concerns with the world history midterm

Board Office:

• Spoke with a high school guidance counselor about a new student's schedule

High School:

• Held a post-observation conference
• Provided books to a teacher
• Facilitated a PLC meeting, first with the whole department and then with the world history group to discuss midterms problems in world history and the writing rubric.

Intermediate School:

• Presented at the Board meeting about the gifted education graduate certificate program. We just graduated 12 Hillsborough educators from the program which gives us 12 of the 29 people statewide with the certificate. The video of this presentation is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbuJRdW1Mug&list=PL9A007B2537CEFF8E&index=1. My part begins at 8:40. 

Friday, February 8

Middle School:

• Met with all 7th grade teams to discuss REACH nomination procedures and other REACH-related concerns

Board Office:

• Emailed the Rutgers professor who will be attending our Board meeting on Monday
• Followed up with 7th grade teams regarding this morning's meeting
• Forwarded information to elementary REACH teachers about a Renzulli Learning webinar
• Sent the weekly update to all social studies teachers
• Worked on the plan to attend ASCD in Chicago
• Sent information about AP US History PD opportunities to all HS teachers
• Prepared for Monday night's Board presentation on the Gifted Education Graduate Certificate program that has now concluded

Thursday, February 7

High School:

• Conducted an observation
• Met with a teacher to discuss a new way to handle final exams in an elective course
• Solved a Renzulli Learning access problem for an elementary REACH teacher
• Emailed all AP US History teachers about professional development opportunities and expectations
• Completed state-mandated school ethics paperwork

Middle School:

• Conducted an observation

Board Office:

• Approved an elementary school field trip application
• Input data for honors placement decisions
• Sent an email to all 4th grade participants in developing a district-wide project
• Corresponded with an elementary school principal about a social studies meeting with teachers there

Out of District:

• Attended a talk given by a leader in diversity in gifted education, Donna Y. Ford, at Rutgers - info here

Wednesday, February 6

Intermediate School:

• Facilitated a Colonial Day Planning Committee meeting

High School:

• Met with my teacher liaison to discuss midterm rubrics, midterm exams, and 8th grade honors assessment data
• Emailed the high school teachers regarding the collection of midterm exam materials
• Emailed high school world history teachers about their midterm difficulties

Board Office:

• Prepped for and facilitated a Gifted Education Steering Committee subcommittee meeting on underrepresentation of black, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students
• Worked on processing information for 8th grade honors placement decisions
• Reviewed lesson plans

Monday, February 4

Board Office:

• Wrote up an intermediate school teacher for failing to meet a professional expectation
• Attending a World Language Task Force meeting
• Returned a phone call from the parent of a 9th grade student
• Finalized an observation report
• Spoke with a high school teacher about the syllabus used on the midterm exam

I left early on 2/4 to go to a wake and was out on 2/5 due to a funeral.

Wednesday, January 30

Board Office:

• Prepared to serve on a review committee to determine whether a student at Princeton University should be recommended to receive teaching certification
• Finalized a teacher observation report

Middle School:

• Conducted an observation

Board Office:

• Corresponded with a high school teacher about pacing
• Prepared the social studies weekly update
• Reviewed lesson plans
• Provided teachers with updated expectations regarding midterms

Out of District:

• Served on the Princeton committee
• Traveled to Atlantic City to attend Techspo on January 31 and February 1