July 14, 2014
Well today is the start of the last week of summer school. I overslept because I could not fall asleep last night worried about everything going on this week. I finally fell asleep about 1:30 am and needless to say, I did not make it up for my morning workout that I was going to do….. I have decided that I guess I have to turn on the air and set it low to be comfortable to sleep so I am going to try that for the next few nights and see if it helps. It did last night.
Today at work I tried to get a lot done. I seemed to have marked off a number of things on my list but of course some of that were things that I have been working on for awhile, so it was nice to finely get them off the list. I organized the old WASC materials, dropped off items and set up for Data Teams training this afternoon with my 15 teachers. I got the CA Commission of Aid paperwork mailed in, the budget office called and some emails sent that I have been gathering information on. So I feel like it was a productive day but man…..I am tired now!!!!!
Data Teams training went well. Better than I expected. The second group was larger and I was worried about how they would take this new process but they did EXTREMELY WELL and I am super excited about the possibilities of what can be done with Data Teams at the school once everyone is trained and we are on course to fully implement. In the words of Dr. Christina Melton, "Slow is fast, when it comes to changes." I keep rending myself of this whenever I get sad about the pace we are moving forward.
July 15, 2014
Tuesday, Tuesday…everyone is saying it is Tuesday. I need it to be Monday!!!! I need to have more time with week to get things done - it is going toooo fast!!!! Still working with EBA's and trying to get that figured out. While it is going ok, I have to tell you I need to spend more time reading the FINE PRINT!!! Due to my confusion I am missing to many little details right now in my anxiety. I need to calm down and do a better job. I am so worried I am going to screw soothing up that I am concentrating more on that and it is causing me to do things wrong because of the apprehension. Ugh!!!
Data Teams training finished up today and it went well. The teachers who will be the data team leaders did a FANTASTIC job today with the last two steps and really knocked it out of the park. I am excited to see what is going to happen in the next year as we proceed with Data Teams at John W. North High School. I finished cleaning up today and left work by 6:00 pm to come and pick up the come cakes from Sam's for Thursday's Summer School thank you event. I got home around 7:00 after picking them up and did a hour walk around the neighborhood across the street from my apartment complex. It has some hills and was a decent walk with very little dangers as far as cars and intersections. I am going to try to mix up the gym and outside walking a little. I think that might help me clear my head a little and get back on track as to where I need to be and what I need to do.
July 17, 2014
Well the last two days have been EBA oriented. This is the documentation that has to be turned in for teachers to be paid. The problem has been the change over between Megan and I because I don't have all the documentation from the ones that she put in and fixed. The individual that has been working with JW North has been out and just got back on Wednesday. She has been fabulous in answering questions for me and she even met with me today in order to straiten out the mess. When I got back to the school, it took about three hours to get all the EBA's in and fixed. I think we are on the right track and our numbers match up with what the Budget office has now. So we will see if once the EBA's are adjusted, if it actually matches! Wish me luck!!!!
Tomorrow is the last day of summer school then it is dead week at the school district. This forces me to take some time off and not go into school - even though I need to. When we get back they are doing the Aeries Roll-Over and we are not going to be able to do anything in Aeries until the roll over is complete. So, we will see. They have budgeted it a week but they think it might get done earlier. Tomorrow is the last day that we can really work on master schedule for awhile so Ali and I are going to work on grades from summer school.
July 18, 2914
Today was the last day of summer school. There were no major events that happened and summer school ended smoothly with all teachers getting in their grades and the school shutting down easily. The only two things that happened occurred and they were via phone calls. 1) we had a parent call and want to complain that her son failed summer school but he had been there everyday and was only late like 8 minutes on some days. She just did not understand how the teacher could fail him if he was there everyday. I had to tell her that if her student was late 8 minutes, it was not 8 minuted but 30 minutes because we do not do tardies, we do absences for that block of time. In addition, it is not only about seat time but that he has to be able to pass the tests and show he understands the standards. I mean really - did she really think that he just had to show up and do nothing???? The second thing that happened was not really related to summer school but rather just the fact that the student goes to North. I had a phone message from a parent who wants to complain her daughter was downloading terrible music from the Internet on a school tablet. She wants to know what we are going to do about it and what blocks are in place to prevent this. Really!!!! I don't control the Internet nor her daughter's search for music, nor the fact that her daughter can go to Starbucks with the same tablet and download anything she wants. Needless to say, I got this message at 4:30 pm and I did not call her back. I decided this would be a conversation for when we got back from our dead week.
I am going to pick Stacey up tonight. She is coming from South Carolina to visit for the week. I am excited about her coming and being here. We are going to be seeing the sights in various places so I am signing off for this week tonight to pick up with her visit.
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