Putting the pieces together

September 9^th – September 15^th

Now that the dust has settled from starting school, it was time to get work.  We had a total of 105 students that need to retake the STAAR English 1 End of Course Exam.  The ELA-EOC Task Force that is comprised of Liz Svadlenak (English Dept. Chair), Jordan Cappetta (Instructional Specialist), Mary Eisenmann (Dean of instruction and Facilities), Mary Cagle (Assistant Principal – English) and I (Administration Intern, Special Education Teacher, Head Wrestling Coach).  Our first meeting of the week was on Tuesday, September 11^th.  We discussed total English teacher workload and created a tutorials schedule.  I have attached the schedule below.  There will be a total of 20 days instruction that additional instruction will be provided.  We decided on Wednesday/ Thursday for after school, because there is an after school bus.  The second meeting was on Thursday, September 13^th.  We delegated that I would create a spreadsheet based on objective deficiencies.  We would also need to separate by reading, writing, or both.   The third meeting of the week was just between Mrs. Cagle and I on Friday, September 14^th.  We discussed how the spreadsheet would be designed and the relevant information that was needed.  On Saturday I created the spreadsheet and entered all competency scores. 

EDLD 5326- School and Community Relations

On Sunday, September 9^th, at 6pm, I was a member of Dr. Kay Abernathy and Dr. Steve Jenkin’s Web Conference.  I have worked with both of them in the past during my previous classes.  The web conferences, even though sometimes difficult to attend, are always very beneficial.  There are always questions that are answered for your peers and it gives time to ask questions for the current class and internship as whole.  There are going to be over 100pts in this class with only 15pts being from the midterm.  There will be an ILD training that is given through Lamar online.  This certification is required by many districts to apply for an Athletic Director or Assistant Principal position.  I was also worried about the carryover from my last position to now and how that affects the internship process.  Many people are in similar positions and our concerns were all addressed.  Lamar also offers an online doctoral program that has the same sequence as the masters program.  Each class is 5 weeks and there are no requirements for number of years in administration.  I actually met another RISD employee last week that was going completing the Lamar doctoral program.  There were also many small concerns in regards to midterm and the final exam that were address.  I left the meeting feeling much better about the class on my progress on my internship.