An article in today's Star Advertiser reports promising news regarding compliance in No Child Left Behind regarding licensing and highly qualified status:
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20101129_More_new_isle_teachers_are_licensed.html
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Survey for New Teachers!
New Teachers, we want to hear from you! We are in the process of planning activities to enhnace your beginning teaching experience. We hope that networking opportunities will enable you to meet your peers, share your experiences, and continue growing as an educator. Please follow the link below to give us an idea of what your needs and wants are.
Click Here to Access New Teacher Survey
Mahalo for your time and hard work!!!
Click Here to Access New Teacher Survey
Mahalo for your time and hard work!!!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Got PD360?!
PD360...sounds like that crazy new work out regimen, right? Well, not quite but close! PD360 is a work out for your mind and it's a great resource for all of us provided by the Department of Education. It's a website that "provides professional development on demand" and is located here:
http://www.pd360.com/
Once you are at the website you will need to follow the directions to register. Once you are logged in the home page will take you to a learning community created especially for you. For example, mine is customized according to my profile description: Hawaii, and Central District. My profile provides for specific content to be made available to me based on initiatives that we are working on at our District and specific to my job title. For teachers based at schools, content can be specific to school initiatives, grade level, content area, etc.
You click on the Search Tab to search through the content for topics that pertain to your needs and interests. For example, I typed in the words, "Classroom Management" and hit "Search Content." My search fielded the following hits:
I can then click on any one of the links and it takes me to a Professional Development video on the topic.
Aside from the Professional Development Training videos there is also a Learning Community with links to other articles and sites that may be of interest to educators.
Admittedly, we have not spent much time on the site. However, we have begun to research and look for videos that we feel would be beneficial for our new teachers to watch. What we have been able to see so far has been promising. In the coming weeks we hope to learn more about the site and we hope you will to. If you are interested in the site and would like some help navigating through it send us and email, give us a call or post here! Happy learning!!!
http://www.pd360.com/
Once you are at the website you will need to follow the directions to register. Once you are logged in the home page will take you to a learning community created especially for you. For example, mine is customized according to my profile description: Hawaii, and Central District. My profile provides for specific content to be made available to me based on initiatives that we are working on at our District and specific to my job title. For teachers based at schools, content can be specific to school initiatives, grade level, content area, etc.
You click on the Search Tab to search through the content for topics that pertain to your needs and interests. For example, I typed in the words, "Classroom Management" and hit "Search Content." My search fielded the following hits:
I can then click on any one of the links and it takes me to a Professional Development video on the topic.
Aside from the Professional Development Training videos there is also a Learning Community with links to other articles and sites that may be of interest to educators.
Admittedly, we have not spent much time on the site. However, we have begun to research and look for videos that we feel would be beneficial for our new teachers to watch. What we have been able to see so far has been promising. In the coming weeks we hope to learn more about the site and we hope you will to. If you are interested in the site and would like some help navigating through it send us and email, give us a call or post here! Happy learning!!!
Day 4 of Cognitive Coaching
Today we were supposed to present about our Program at the Principal's Meeting but we were scheduled for a Cognitive Coaching Training so out fearless leader "BD" went in our place. We are positive that he did a great job!
Our team had another great day learning together. We learned about the 5 different types of Feedback: Judgmental, Personal Observations, Inferences, Data, and Mediative Questions. Of which the last two, Data and Mediative Questions are the most important when in "Coaching Default." We learned how to present data to coachees to maximize self-directed learning and practiced the process. In addition, we learned about meta-coaching which is the coaching of coaches to help coaches bump up their coaching.
We can't wait to practice everything we learned today!!!
Our team had another great day learning together. We learned about the 5 different types of Feedback: Judgmental, Personal Observations, Inferences, Data, and Mediative Questions. Of which the last two, Data and Mediative Questions are the most important when in "Coaching Default." We learned how to present data to coachees to maximize self-directed learning and practiced the process. In addition, we learned about meta-coaching which is the coaching of coaches to help coaches bump up their coaching.
We can't wait to practice everything we learned today!!!
Monday, October 18, 2010
Life Long Learners!
Kahikukala in effect! We spent our day today learning from the marvelous Sue Presler who is our Cognitive Coach trainer. Today we learned about coaching in Reflective Conversations to help our mentees think deeper through questions that help them analyze and reflect on activities. We enjoyed practicing coaching with our peers and can't wait to try the new strategies on our mentees and to share them with our school level Mentors. Day four of our training is tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
No Fear Leadership!
Two years ago I attended the Model School's Conference in Honolulu. I came away with many great ideas about Educational Reform and one quote stayed with me, "Leadership is not about position, it's about action, lead from any chair." This quotation came to mind as I watched video and read about the amazing Chilean rescue. I found this article especially inspiring!
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/13/last-miner-out-is-groups-captain/
The Chilean Shift Captain had a no-fear attitude and served as a role model for his men. He was already in a leadership position and in the face of huge diversity he stepped up to the plate and lead his men to a life and freedom that few thought possible. I can't imagine the strength it took for him to decide to go this route under such adversity and would love to meet him in person. His charisma must be amazing!!!
Today I congratulate Chile and from this heroic story take so many lessons I hope to apply in life and in my career as an educator and mentor.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/13/last-miner-out-is-groups-captain/
The Chilean Shift Captain had a no-fear attitude and served as a role model for his men. He was already in a leadership position and in the face of huge diversity he stepped up to the plate and lead his men to a life and freedom that few thought possible. I can't imagine the strength it took for him to decide to go this route under such adversity and would love to meet him in person. His charisma must be amazing!!!
Today I congratulate Chile and from this heroic story take so many lessons I hope to apply in life and in my career as an educator and mentor.
Mentors: Putting some drops in your bucket, pass it on!
Mentors, keep an eye out because a package should be delivered to your school in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to our generous CAS's you will be receiving the Bucket Books for use with your students and New Teachers. Please use this opportunity to fill others' buckets.
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