Culture...it's a BIG DEAL!

This week I want to continue our conversation about culture.  Some of you might wonder why are we talking about culture when we are working hard to increase our ability to teach using Teach Like a Champion Strategies and use data to drive instruction.  We are doing a lot at TCEA to ensure that our students have the best educational opportunities available.  But the bigger circle that these strategies and professional development lie in is CULTURE.

Organizational culture is defined as the underlying beliefs, assumptions, values and ways of interacting that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization.

Organizational culture includes an organization’s expectations, experiences, philosophy, as well as the values that guide member behavior, and is expressed in member self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations. Culture is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written and unwritten rules that have been developed over time and are considered valid (The Business Dictionary).

Culture also includes the organization’s vision, values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits (Needle, 2004).

Simply stated, organizational culture is “the way things are done around here” (Deal & Kennedy, 2000).

Before we can strengthen the culture at TCEA, let's define our culture. Please watch the video below and then complete a post on our Padlet (click HERE to access) and share one concept/idea (expressed or not expressed) that makes up our school's culture.

Don't forget to post something on the Padlet by 10.12.18!

Enjoy your Sunday and I'll see everyone tomorrow.  - Angela

Week of Monday, October 8- Friday, October 12, 2018

Observations and Pre/Post Observations Continue

Monday, October 8

• i-Ready ELA 6th/Makeup Day
• 1st Grade Math Cluster 2 Pre-Assessment
• 2nd Grade Math Clusters 3 & 4 Pre-Assessments
• 4th grade library 9-10
• 4th grade library 1:15-2:15
• 5th Grade planning 10-11
• Hill at NCDPI 11 am -4 pm
• Planning for Middle Grades ELA/Humanities (Motsinger, Fiore, and Connors) 2-3
• Planning for Middle Grades Math (Ezell and Clough) 2-3
• All staff member of the month ballots returned

Tuesday, October 9

• PLCs (Data and Intervention) with Covington
• 5th 10-11
• 4th 12-1
• Humanities (SS and ELA) 2-3
• Hill Covers Campagna's Room for Birthday
• BOG for 3rd Grade Student Makeup 10-2
• i-Ready ELA 5th and 4th grade
• 3rd Grade Math Cluster 3 Pre-Assessment
• 3rd Grade Planning 12-1
• Arts Integration Team Mtg. in Mrs. Ward's Studio 1 PM-2 PM
• Cane-Pond
• Acosta- Strimel
• Marshall- Lanham
• Planning for Middle Grades Science (Ezell and Hughes) 2 PM-3 PM
• Hill leaves at 3:15 PM

Wednesday, October 10

• September Missions Due by 5 PM
• PLCs (Data and Intervention) with Covington
• K 8 am- 9 am
• 2nd 9 am- 10 am
• 1st 10 am -11 am
• 3rd 12 pm- 1 pm
• Middle School Science and Math 2 pm- 3 pm 
• i-Ready ELA 3rd and 2nd grade
• 4th Grade ELA Unit 1: Habits of Great Readers Post Assessment
• Instructional PLCs (Covington, Samuelson, Hill) 1 PM-2 PM
• Hill leaves at 3:20 PM

Thursday, October 11

• i-Ready Math 1st and Kindergarten
• 5th Grade Math Cluster 3 Pre-Assessment
• Kindergarten Planning 8 am- 9 am
• 2nd Grade Adopt a Cop Bullying Lesson in Cafe 8:30-9:00
• 3rd Grade Adopt a Cop Bullying Lesson in Theater 9 am -9:30 am
• 2nd Grade Planning 9 am- 10 am
• Hill at appointment 10 am -11 am
• 4th Grade planning 12 pm -1 pm
• Arts Integration Team Meeting in Mrs. Ward's Studio 1 PM- 2PM
• DeNoble- Riffle Covers
• Weir- Thomas Covers
• Miller- Covington Covers
• Department Chair Mtg 3:30-4:00 PM

Friday, October 12

• i-Ready ELA 1st and Kindergarten
• Kinder Math Cluster 1 Post Assessment
• Fall Pictures - Carlton Hubbard 8 am- 11 am
• Please see schedule sent by Mrs. Trojan for your time
• Kindergarten Planning 8 am- 9 am
• 1st grade Planning 10 am- 11 am
• A+ Facilitator Visit 12 PM- 3 PM
• Submit yout GIVE FIVE students by 3:00 PM

Other Items of Importance

This is a STAFF COMPETITION! Any staff member that donates items will be given a "Jeans Day" pass and the department that donates the most items will be rewarded with a Lunch from a local downtown restaurant!

If students would like to donate, they will be able to sign and display their name on chameleon coins that will be posted on bulletin boards around the school.

Here are some specific requests. Gift cards to Walmart or Target would also very useful.

Reams of copier paper
Rolls of bulletin board paper, any color
Bulletin board borders, any kind/style
Construction paper, large and small
Drawing paper, large and small
Flip chart pads
Poster board
Crayons
Colored pencils
Markers
Expo markers
Books, book sets and big books
cleaning products
notebook paper
copier paper
pocket folders
Pencils
General school supplies

These items will be going to help A+ schools as well as Maysville Elementary School, Trenton Elementary School, and Trenton Middle School.

Please give supplies collected to department chairs:

K-2: Caudle

3-5: Majka

Middle School: Hughes

Arts: Kline

Support Staff/EC/Admin: Hill

Please hold supplies until Thursday Department Mtg. and Chairs can bring with them to meeting. If students bring in supplies, PLEASE make note of who did so we can get chameleons to them to sign. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Hill!

Challenges for September (due 10/10/18)

Culture: Contact each of your homeroom students' families and give a positive shout out. Arts and Support Staff, pick at least 21 students' families to give a positive shout out to. These can be done in Dojo or over the phone.  A form will be placed in your box for documentation this week.

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a GOOSE (Get out of school early pass).

Arts: Plan and execute an Arts Integration Lesson in Math and share out to staff in an email or social media post. Must include pictures and a piece for student work and if using on social media use the hashtag #tceaarts

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a Jeans Pass.

Academic: Complete and document at least one of the strategies shared by Ms. Covington. Please follow the directions in the memo to share.

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a visit from the Hoot! Hoot! Cart

Personal: Pick two other people at work and create a Trio Accountability Model.  Each of you will hold each other accountable for a personal goal set by each person for themselves.  You will have to submit pictures of your trip meeting at least four times this month and email pictures and your goals to ahill@capitolencoreacademy.org

Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a Coffee/Tea Delivery to your room/office.

Don't forget to complete your PDP after your first observation; We will discuss them at your post observations and complete as needed.

October's Teaching Strategies can be found here, or in the curriculum folder in VIP OR on Ms. Covington's website!

2nd Step Lessons should be taught EACH WEEK. Don't remember when? 

Check BELOW!!!

	M	T	W	TH	F
K				2:00 PM
1st		2:00 PM
2nd			2:00 PM
3rd				During SS Block
4th			During SS Block
5th		During SS Block
MS			Club Time at 11:30 AM

Our Next Teacher Workday is Monday, October 29th.  The PD we had scheduled for that day has changed so the layout will be as follows:

• Committee Mtgs. 8 am- 9 am
• TLaC Culture and Behavior (con't from this August) 9 am- 11:30 am
• Lunch 11:30 am- 12:30 pm
• Pick Your Own Adventure PD Or Work in Your Room 12:30 PM-3:00 PM
• I need to hear from you to make this what you want.  Please complete this survey by 10/17 if you want to share what you want to learn more about OR what you are comfortable teaching to peers. Once I gather the info I will have sign ups for the PD online the week of 10/22.

🦎👏 Chameleon Claps🦎👏

From Mrs. Ward:

Shout out to Mr. Haslam and Mr. Kline because they’ve just been so fantastic! thank you♥️

From Mrs. Hill:

Thank you to Mr. Thomas for giving his all for our kids!

Thank you to Mrs. Trojan, Mr. Thomas, Ms. Lanham, Ms. Akers for holding down the front office so I could complete one my goals that I have sadly never met until last week...

25 walk throughs in one week!!!!!!

From Mrs. Akers:

Shout out to the following staff members for having accurate lunch counts the last week in September!

Ms. Hughes

Ms. Acosta

Ms. DeNoble

Ms. Weir

Ms. Caudle

Ms. Johnson

Ms. Person

Ms. Brown