Below is a little observation humor. Enjoy and see everyone Monday! - Angela
Week of Monday, October 29- Friday, November 2
*no arts integration this week
*no plc this week
Monday, October 29
Mandatory Teacher Workday
8-9: Committee Meetings (meet in theater & then break out)
9-10: Differentiation Training in Theater (classroom teachers and EC teachers) and Lesson Plan Tweaks- please bring your plans for the week (arts staff)
10-12: TLaC Training in Theater
12-1: Lunch Break (lunch will be paid for Admin, EC, Support Staff for supply drive)
1-3: Pick your own adventure
Session I: 1-2 PM
Seesaw: Mr. Haslem's Room
Guided Reading: Mrs. Samuelson (Theater)
Session II: 2-3 PM
Technology: Ms. Brown (Location TBD)
Think Tank: Various Staff Members (Theater)
Tuesday, October 30
Builder's Club 11:30-12:00
3rd Grade Planning 12-1
Planning for Middle Grades Science (Ezell and Hughes) 2-3
Hill leaves at 3:30 PM
Wednesday, October 31
TCEA hosts CPI Training in Theater 9 am-4 pm
Thursday, November 1
Scholastic Book fair in Theater
Kindergarten Planning 8-9
2nd Grade Planning 9-10
4th Grade Planning 12-1
Admin Mtg 1-2
Faculty Mtg 3:30-3:45 (mandatory)
Friday, November 2
Scholastic Book fair in Theater
1st Grade ELA Unit 2: Stories & Characters Post Assessment
Kindergarten Planning 8-9
1st Grade Planning 10-11
Middle School Glow Party 1-2
🦎👏Chameleon Clap🦎👏
From Mrs. Hill:
Thanks to Mr. Salisbury and all of the staff that helped put on a successful wrestling event.
Thanks to Mr. Kline for giving up his theater this week (in advance).
Thanks to Ms. Akers for allowing our kids to have a chance at good books by hosting the Book Fair.
Thanks to Mr. Thomas, Ms. Covington, Ms. Samuelson, Ms. Hughes, Mr. Haslem, Ms. Brown, Mr. Falls, Ms. Pond, Ms. R. Brown, and my Think-Tank Crew for making Monday happen.
I used to be reminded every October how tough certain points of the year can be in a teacher's life by Trish Brownlee, our former Visual Arts Teacher. Trish had a knack for truly "feeling" a space and had no issue letting me know what was going on.
At Erwin Elementary, I had this amazing 3rd Grade teacher, Susan Johnson, that would remind me to celebrate the little things because people were feeling down or stressed or overwhelmed. She could "feel" a space as well.
Now please know that I care and feel but I am usually just like this duck pictured below...
But as Dory says..."I just keep swimming" 🐟. And I can say this because I have been in this NC Educational System since 2001. Seriously...I have almost seen and done it all and I have seen that it does get better. It always has.
But for many of you...you don't know this truth yet! You only learn this by doing the work. And I hate to say this to you but the work is HARD. As you know, or I hope you already do, anything worth having is HARD. So, let's all do the HARD together. Together all things are possible!
If you don't do anything else, please listen to this podcast if you're experiencing the October Blues. It is 13 minutes and 29 seconds (maybe listen during your commute to work).
I see you and all you're doing for the students. I appreciate what you're doing for the students. Remember the work is hard and more importantly it is worth it!
Hope you have had a great weekend! - Angela M. Hill
Week of Monday, October 22- Friday, October 23
Red Ribbon Week 2018
Monday, October 22: Sock it to Drugs Day (Wear crazy socks)
4th Grade Library 9-10
5th Grade Planning 10-11
4th Grade Library 1:15-2:15
Planning for Middle Grades ELA/Humanities (Motsinger, Fiore, and Connors) 2-3
Planning for Middle Grades Math (Ezell and Clough) 2-3
Hill at Appt 2-3
Tuesday, October 23: Drugs are Wacky (Wear something tacky to school)
Read to Achieve Testing (4th grade with reading retention label)
PLCs: PD Strand Facilitated by Hill (Please check you email the morning of your PLC for your assignment)
10-11 am: 5th Grade
12-1 pm: 4th Grade
4th Grade Math Cluster 4 Pre-Assessment
5th Grade Math Cluster 3 Pre-Assessment
Hill covers Riffle for Birthday
3rd Grade Planning 12-1
Planning for Middle Grades Science (Ezell and Hughes) 2-3
Wednesday, October 24: Red Out! Wear Red
PLCs: PD Strand Facilitated by Hill (Please check you email the morning of your PLC for your assignment)
8-9 am: Kindergarten
9-10 am: 2nd Grade
10-11 am: 1st Grade
12-1 pm: 3rd Grade
2-3 pm: Middle School
RTA Make Up Day
Instructional PLC 8:45-9:30
Thursday, October 25: Follow Your Dreams...Don't Do Drugs (School Appropriate PJ)
Kindergarten Planning 8-9
2nd Grade Planning 9-10
4th Grade Planning 12-1
Arts Integration Team Planning 1-2 pm
Motsinger- Falls
Fiore- Hill
Conners- Thomas
Hughes- Lanham
Ezell- Covington
Friday, October 26: United We Stand Against Drugs- Patriotic Day
9-10: MTSS Training and Arts Training (More Info Later)
10-12: TLaC Training
12-1: Lunch
1-3: Pick your adventure (Courses will open up on Tuesday, via email, and you have until Thursday to pick)
🦎👏 Chameleon Clap🦎👏
From Mrs. Hill- Thank you to everyone who worked together to make the schedule work for our visitors this past Friday. I appreciate all you do!
Thank you to 1st grade and Middle School for consistently teaching the 2nd Step Lessons when scheduled to be taught. The state has a new requirement of SEL (Social Emotional Learning) being taught and this helps us maintain our good status with the state and empowers our students for the 21st century.
Thanks to the Admin Team for holding it down while I was away last week.
Congratulations to Mr. Kline for a wonderful production of Sleepy Hollow and thank you to all that came out to support the show! The Hill ladies enjoyed it very much and no bad dreams so a win-win!
From Mrs. Hill and Ms. Akers- Thanks to the following staff for having perfect lunch counts last week: Williams, Brown, Johnson, Person, Campagna,Weir, DeNoble, Miller, Marshall, Cane, Scriven, Motsinger, Hughes
I am still counting up staff who completed the challenges given month and will have it announced on FB by end of week. Thanks again for all who participated. Remember, you don't have to do all but you should attempt at least one a month.
Here are the challenges for October 15- November 16: No one picked the ART Challenge last month so it is back...
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.
Only two people completed this challenge so...you guessed it...IT'S BACK!!!!
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
Culture: Using the padlet write your own personal mission statement regarding the culture in your room/studio/space and post outside of your room. Take a picture of it and email to Mrs. Hill by 11/16.
Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a room service
Personal: Think of someone at TCEA that deserves gratitude from you and send a Chameleon Clap to Mrs. Hill for the Sunday Blog.
Mission Completed: Earns a Mission Accomplished Stamp on your Mission File and a Coffee/Tea Delivery to your room/office.
I hope everyone has had a great weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!! - Angela
Week of Monday, October 15- Friday, October 19
Monday, October 15
i-Ready ELA 1st and Kindergarten
1st Grade test from 8:00-9:30; which means teachers you need to have them login and ready go at 8:00 not starting the login process at 8.
Kindergarten test from 11:30-1:30; which means you need to start the testing process as close to the 11:30 as possible.
Hoping that there are only a few who don't finish; have the reminder of students who aren't finished, from both grades test from 1:30-2:30.
7th Grade Math Cluster 2 Rational Numbers Pre-Assessment
Mr. Thomas is Ms. Acosta
Admin Meet Up at 8:05 AM
5th Grade Planning 10-11
Planning for Middle Grades ELA/Humanities (Motsinger, Fiore, and Connors) 2-3
Planning for Middle Grades Math (Ezell and Clough) 2-3
TCEA Board Mtg 5:15-6:15
Celebration Dinner at Huske Hardware at 6:30 PM
Tuesday, October 16
PLCs: MTSS Focus Facilitated by MTSS Team (Samuelson= 3-5)
5th Grade: 10-11
4th Grade: 12-1
i-Ready ELA 1st and Kindergarten
1st Grade test from 8:00-9:30; which means teachers you need to have them login and ready go at 8:00 not starting the login process at 8.
Kindergarten test from 11:30-1:30; which means you need to start the testing process as close to the 11:30 as possible.
Hoping that there are only a few who don't finish; have the reminder of students who aren't finished, from both grades test from 1:30-2:30.
Admin Meeting 9-10
3rd Grade Planning 12-1
Arts Integration Team Planning 1-2 in Mrs. Ward's Art Studio
Majka's Class covered by Riffle
McLaughlin's Class covered by Akers
Planning for Middle Grades Science (Ezell and Hughes) 2-3
Mrs. Hill and Ms. Norris at A+ State Leadership Mtg.
Ms. Bigler, Ms. Connors, Ms. Motsinger, Mrs. Fiore, Ms. Caudle and Ms. Covington at A+ Teacher Mtg.
Kindergarten Planning 8-9
2nd Grade Planning 9-10
4th Grade Planning 12-1
Arts Integration Team Mtg. 1-2
Scriven's room covered by Samuelson
Bigler's room covered by R. Brown (Ms. Bigler is out so no coverage needed)
Optional Faculty Meeting at 3:30-3:45 in lobby of school
Friday, October 19
Hill at Charter School State Conference Mtg.
2nd Grade ELA Unit 2: Characters Post Assessment
3rd Grade Math Cluster 2 Post Assessment
Kindergarten Planning 8-9
First Grade Planning 10-11
Singapore Math Model Lessons (schedule will be shared in upcoming email)
Sleepy Hollow 6 pm-7 pm
More Important Dates
Sleep Hollow Saturday at 2 pm and 6 pm at TCEA; Please try to attend one of these shows to support the Chameleon Children's Theatre
November 15th- Fall Make Up Pictures (if you missed pictures this week please mark this down)
🦎👏 Chameleon Clap🦎👏
From Ms. Akers:
Shout out to staff with 100% accuracy on Lunch Count week of 10/1:
Hughes
Clough
Motsinger
Caudle
Brown
Person
Campagna
Majka
MacLaughlin
100% Accuracy for Lunch Count Week of 10/8:
Hughes
Connors
Scriven
Marshall
Miller
DeNoble
Weir
Brown
Johnson
Williams
Person
From Mrs. Hill:
Thank you to everyone who filled in at the front desk last week! You're very much appreciated!
From Ms. Johnson: Chameleon Clap to my teammates Miss Caudle and Miss Williams for helping me out on lunch duty today. AND ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM MRS. HILL... From Mrs. Hill: Congrats to Mrs. Samuelson on her double baby surprise...SHE'S HAVING TWIN GIRLS!!!!!! 👶👶
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
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!!!
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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!
