Tuesday September 6, 2011

LTM's begin this week. Please make sure if you are covering you are in your place a few minutes early. If you are participating in an LTM, you should follow established protocols of timeliness and preparedness.
This week, we will receive a visit by Mr. Steve Oates, who is the new superintendent for Elementary schools. Mr. Oates replaces Toni Bigham, who retired September 1. I am sure he will visit as many classrooms as possible, if not all.
Homeroom teachers-Please make sure you are where your schedule says you are , doing what it says you are doing. Please post a schedule as soon as possible. Also make sure you have a "where we are chart" outside your door-We just need something telling where you are if you are not in the classroom. This procedure started last year if you remember.

PBIS-we had a great assembly last week for our PBIS kickoff. Please make sure you are giving plenty of den dollars. Shopping starts next week. It is very appropriate to continue with model lessons for PBIS, especially for younger students, to make sure students understand what PRIDE is all about.

Remember:
Never Blame the Children
It's more about learning than about teaching

Hope is not a strategy

Two more commandments:
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable-Be honest and frank anyway

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds-Think Big anyway