Feeling Down and Out??? It Can Happen In October!

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

• 2nd Grade Math Clusters 3 & 4 Pre-Assessments
• 4th Grade Math Cluster 3 Post Assessment
• 6th Grade Math Ratio Cluster Post Assessment
• Kindergarten Planning 8-9 am
• First Grade 10-11 am
• MTSS Mtg 1-3 pm
• Wrestiling Event 5-9 pm
• 4th Friday 5-7 pm
• Staff Working: Salisbury, Johnson, Motsinger, Strimel, Trojan, Lanham, Falls

Saturday, October 27

• Wrestling Show 5-9 pm

Monday, October 29: Mandatory Teacher Workday

• 8-9: Committee Meetings
• 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

Next Mission If You Please

Your mission if you choose to accept it....

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
• Hill leaves at 2:30 

Wednesday, October 17

• PLC (MTSS Focus): (Pond= K-2, Samuelson= 3-5, Falls= Middle Grades)
• 8-9: Kindergarten
• 9-10: 2nd Grade
• 10-11: 1st Grade
• 12-1: 3rd Grade
• 2-3: Middle School
• PD Survey Due for 10/29 Workday
• iReady Make Up Day
• 1st Grade Math Cluster 1 Post Assessment
• 4th Grade Math Cluster 2 Post Assessment
• Daze assessment 3rd Grade
• i-Ready Testing in Cafe 8-11
• Friends of Methodist Visit for 5th Grade 11-12
• Beginning Teacher Mtg 3:30-4:30

Thursday, October 18

• Mr. Thomas at Charter School Leadership Mtg.
• 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!!!!!!
👶👶

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

Fish Can't See Water

Last Thursday and Friday, I attended a conference focused on issues faced by women in educational leaderships roles.  We had 10 speakers over those two days but one speaker spoke of the challenges of educating students in the 21st century and how it differs from years gone by.  Mr. Suhail Farooqui, CEO K12 Insight, shared a presentation entitled "The Brave New World of 21st Century Leadership".

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He had many points during his presentation but the concept I want to focus on goes along with the idea that "fish can't see water".  Fish don't know that they're floating in water. They just do as they have always done. It is the same way with culture. When you're working in a school, you do not see all that makes up the culture.  We have to be aware of this concept and realize that the students and families might "experience" our culture in a different way than we do.

I got a taste of this when I went to visit another charter school recently.  I was lost on their large campus and could not find my meeting space.  I passed at least three staff members and no one stopped to help me out and I promise I had the "I AM LOST" look on my face.  After 10 minutes I found my way and I had already decided that nothing good happens at this school because no one was out to greet me, as promised.  After a day visit I had a better opinion of the school but I promise...it took me half the day to get over my arrival.

What do people think about our school?  What is our culture? I promise we might be the last to know.  We have to be open to the feedback that our students/ families give us.  One superintendent does Lunch and Learn sessions with her students to hear about their dreams and what they need from their school/teachers? 

 Get ready to offer suggestions on how we can gauge our culture at our staff meeting on Thursday!  I have also posted a quick video to illustrate this culture unawareness issue.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and see you tomorrow!        - Angela

Week of Monday, October 1- Friday, October 5

*Observations and Pre-Observation Conferences Begin This Week

* No PLCs This Week

iReady Assessment Dates Have Been Revised 9.30.18 at 9:30 PM

Monday, October 1

• Stomp Out Bullying Day
• Please join us on Monday, October 1st, to "stomp out bullying" and wear blue! Students will be allowed to be out of uniform if they are wearing a school appropriate blue top/dress. Closed-toe shoes(no heels) are still expected. STAFF CAN WEAR BLUE JEANS!!!
• Donors Choose Applications Need to Be Submitted by this date (all homeroom and arts staff must have a program submitted- can be done by grade or department)
• 5th Grade Planning 10 am- 11 am
• Planning for Middle Grades Math (Ezell and Clough) 2 pm-3 pm
• Planning for Middle Grades ELA/Humanities (Motsinger, Fiore, and Connors) 2 pm-3 pm
• i-Ready Math 8th and 7th grade
• 2nd Grade Math Clusters 3 & 4 Pre-Assessments

Tuesday, October 2

• Admin Meeting 9 am- 10 am
• 3rd Grade Planning 12 pm- 1 pm
• Arts Integration Team Meeting 1 pm- 2 pm
• Caudle- Akers
• Johnson- Strimel
• Williams- Hill (for Pond)
• Planning for Middle Grades Science (Ezell and Hughes) 2 pm-3 pm
• i-Ready Math 6th grade
• 3rd Grade Math Cluster 3 Pre-Assessment

Wednesday, October 3

• i-Ready Math 5th and 4th grade
• 4th Grade ELA Unit 1: Habits of Great Readers Post Assessment

Thursday, October 4

• Lanham and Pond Out at Vision Training
• Kindergarten Planning 8 am- 9 am
• Second Planning 9 am- 10 am
• 4th Grade Planning 12 pm -1 pm
• Arts Integration Team Meeting 1 pm-2 pm
• Person- Falls
• Campagna- Samuelson
• Brown- Hill
• Mandatory Faculty Mtg 3:30-3:45 (Lobby)
• i-Ready Math 3rd and 2nd grade

Friday, October 5

• Progress Reports Go Home
• Kindergarten Planning 8 am-9 am
• Grades Due-T1 Progress Report at 8 am
• First Grade Planning 10 am- 11 am
• MTSS Monthly Team Meeting  1:30-3:00
• i-Ready ELA 8th and 7th grade
• Kinder Math Cluster 1 Post Assessment

🦎👏 Chameleon Clap🦎👏

From Ms. Akers on 9/26:

2nd lunch count was perfect today!! Thank you Teachers!!!!

From Mrs. Hill:

Thank you to everyone that helped with Curriculum Night and the 4th Friday Table!! Can't wait top read feedback forms from the event.

Don't Forget

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.

Let's Try This Again...

As I shared with most of the folks on Friday, we have yet to complete an entire week of school for the 2018-2019 school year! I can't believe that! But, here we are so let's try this start of school again :)

Monday will be a normal day and this Friday will be a workday so...we'll have to wait until the week of Oct. 1 for a full week but let's make this week an amazing and productive one.  Many things have had to be moved around and adjusted so put on your flexible game face and get ready!

Due to us being out of school for 7 days, I have extended the deadlines for the September challenge to October 10th. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

Updates

• We do not know anything about make up days.  We are waiting for the General Assembly's decision on how many days we'll have to make up and then the October Board Mtg on 10/15 for the plan from our Board Members.  As soon as we know something we'll inform staff and families.Please feel free to share that update with parents if they ask.  I will also share this with them through Facebook and Dojo.

• If any parents say they have been impacted by the storm please forward them this survey: http://bit.ly/2QHZo1y

• We are still having Curriculum Night on Friday, September 28th. I have sent this form to your department chairs and they will be able to add names to the chart. They will be contacting you to see who'll be representing your grade. Support, MTSS and EC Staff: Please email me if you are going to represent your team on Friday and I will add you.  I am also going to have a parent sign up link to see how many people we can expect so you can prepare handout properly.  More info will come later this week but just wanted to remind you today about this vital parent night.

And finally...Below are your challenges for September again! Good luck and remember our mission to develop artists who inspire others with principles of design and artful thinking through the integration of academic excellence, virtuous character and disciplined artistry is possible when we all work together and give our best to the mission.

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.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend and I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! - Angela

Week of Monday, September 24- Friday, September 28, 2018

Monday, September 24

• 5th Grade Planning: 10 AM
• Builder's Club Info Mtg for all middle school students in theater 11:30-12:00
• Planning for Middle Grades ELA/Humanities (Motsinger, Fiore, and Connors) at 2 PM
• Planning for Middle Grades Math (Ezell and Clough) at 2 PM
• BOY Reading 3D (K-3) Continues

Tuesday, September 25

• Hill Cover Clough for Birthday
• Thomas at Testing Meeting
• 3rd Grade Planning 12-1
• Planning for Middle Grades Science (Ezell and Hughes) 2-3
• Instructional PLC (Covington, Hill and Thomas) 2-3
• BOY Reading 3D (K-3) Continues

Wednesday, September 26

• BOG3
• BOY Reading 3D (K-3) Continues
• Hill at NCDPI Epicenter Training 12-4
• BOY Reading 3D (K-3) Continues
• Last day for parents to drop off uniforms for swap (noon)

Thursday, September 27

• Kindergarten Planning 8-9
• Second Grade Planning 9-10
• 4th Grade Planning 12-1
• AI Planning 1 PM-2 PM in Ms. Ward's Room
• Middle School Teachers : Please leave detailed plans for the staff covering your room.
• Motsinger-  Mr.Falls
• Fiore- Mrs.Hill
• Conners- Mr.Thomas
• Hughes- Ms. Lanham
• Ezell- Ms. Covington
• Clough- Ms. Brown
• BOG3 (Make Up Testing)
• Hill at We LEAD Conference in Greensboro
• BOY Reading 3D (K-3) Continues
• Friday Folders Go Home with October Newsletter

Friday, September 28

• Hill at We LEAD Conference in Greensboro
• Teacher Workday (Mandatory)
• 8-9: Committee Meetings (locations TBD)
• 9-2 (with an hour lunch break from 11:00-12:00): Math PD: strategies, philosophies, and how to use Math in Focus/flow of lesson
• Mandatory for all staff that teach or coach staff and students in Math; Optional for other staff members (attendance will be documented of those that attend and CEUs will be given)

Or

• Work in your rooms, plan, grade, etc. but must work at school

• Uniform Swap 8 AM-3 PM and 6 PM-7:30 PM
• Curriculum Night 6-7:30 PM
• Pay Day!!!💰💰💰💰

Don't Forget

• Have you signed up for a committee and 4th Friday Events? No, do NOW HERE!
• Have you completed your health assessments from Mrs. Trojan? They were due 9/15!! Do them now...don't wait!
• Questions on how we grade at TCEA? Your chair will share more later but take a look at the Grading Folder in the VIP Folder.
• Our Celebration Dinner will now be held after the October Board Meeting on 10/17.

🦎👏 Chameleon Clap🦎👏

• Thank you to Mr. Kline for keeping watch of the building during the storm.
• Thank you to Mr. Salisbury for arranging clean up for the building and for feeding us a great breakfast on Friday!
• Thank you to everyone for coming in Friday and putting all the pieces back together.
• Thanks to all for a wonderful birthday on the 11th. I really appreciate all the gifts and kind wishes.