Today I spent the entire day with Mr. Roch. We had an admin meeting which was pretty uneventful. One thing that was interesting was the and employee got a letter from PED saying that his license could not be renewed because he did not get his paperwork in on time, however that employee has the signature confirmation and gave it to Mr. Roch signed by a PED employee before the due date.
Mr. Roch called the PED and got the run around saying they didn't know who that employee was who signed for it, all that rigamaroe! Anyway, it got handled on the PED end somehow.
I also was given the task of writing a revision to a policy about Title 1 parent involvement. It's a daunting task for an intern but I am looking forward to it. A little nervous to since I have to write a draft!!!WOOHOOW
Friday, October 30, 2009
October 20
Had another Quality Council meeting tonight. They are ok, kind of boring but they will do. Mr. Borden had A BUNCH of stuff to share with use tonight so this meeting lasted forever. Much of what was shared tonight had to do with the end of the 9 weeks reporting, MAPS data, and discipline data.
October 8th
As Mr. Roch's intern I was able to attend the Calendar Committee meeting held at the admin building.
At every other school I have been we just were handed a calendar and had no choice. Here they have representatives from each building provide feedback about the calendar for the district. Tucumcari is a 4 day school week so many people were upset about the number of Fridays we had this year.
Mr. Roch was very gracious(and smart) to provide the members of the committee with a few options. He told me later there is no sense in reinventing the wheel when we already have the rubber in stock!!!
Anyway, this meeting lasted for some time. At times it got heated because the high school staff didn't think that the elementary staff did anything the last week of school, and vise versa, but that was all clarified later.
After the meeting I met with Mr. Roch for a little while just to chat about the meeting.
This was great fun!!!
At every other school I have been we just were handed a calendar and had no choice. Here they have representatives from each building provide feedback about the calendar for the district. Tucumcari is a 4 day school week so many people were upset about the number of Fridays we had this year.
Mr. Roch was very gracious(and smart) to provide the members of the committee with a few options. He told me later there is no sense in reinventing the wheel when we already have the rubber in stock!!!
Anyway, this meeting lasted for some time. At times it got heated because the high school staff didn't think that the elementary staff did anything the last week of school, and vise versa, but that was all clarified later.
After the meeting I met with Mr. Roch for a little while just to chat about the meeting.
This was great fun!!!
October 2nd
I spend the entire morning with Mr. Roch at the administration building. I finally met Mr. McKinney, the Superintendent. We had a TEA meeting (Tucumcari Education Association) first with representatives of the TEA and administrators. This meeting is held to make sure that the administrators are keeping open lines of communication with the union leadership.
After that meeting we had an admin meeting which consists of all administrators. I have only known Superintendent and Principal. Here they also have assistant Principals and the Director of Sped.
This was a very interesting meeting. Just listening to the administrators throw things around and talk about their building practices was amazing. I have never been in a district that had more than one building so it was cool to listen to the high school want to know what happens at the elementary during this time and how do they do this and why do they do that.
It was also interesting to hear of some of the practices that are in place that are just ridiculous. More on this later!!!
This day was spent working on different things, just listening and observing Mr. Roch. I spent only the morning with Mr. Roch but it was a very interesting one.
After that meeting we had an admin meeting which consists of all administrators. I have only known Superintendent and Principal. Here they also have assistant Principals and the Director of Sped.
This was a very interesting meeting. Just listening to the administrators throw things around and talk about their building practices was amazing. I have never been in a district that had more than one building so it was cool to listen to the high school want to know what happens at the elementary during this time and how do they do this and why do they do that.
It was also interesting to hear of some of the practices that are in place that are just ridiculous. More on this later!!!
This day was spent working on different things, just listening and observing Mr. Roch. I spent only the morning with Mr. Roch but it was a very interesting one.
September 15th
I am co-chair of the EEO(Effective and Efficient Operations) goal team. Tonight I attended our quality council meeting. The quality council meeting is building specific. We meet once a month with each of the goal team chairs and parent members.
Mr. Borden, the middle school 6th grade math teacher, went over some data about MAPS testing and discipline.
Each goal team chair gives a report on what their team is doing and then asks for input from other members of the quality council and the parents.
Mr. Borden, the middle school 6th grade math teacher, went over some data about MAPS testing and discipline.
Each goal team chair gives a report on what their team is doing and then asks for input from other members of the quality council and the parents.
September 8th
Tonight I attended the Bilingual Parent Meeting. This meeting was held to inform the parents of the community about the ESL and EEL programs at the schools.
Mr. Roch did a presentation about the success of the programs and talked about how important it is for students who qualify to get involved.
We had several non-English speaking parents in attendance so one of the elementary staff members translated for Mr. Roch.
Mr. Roch did a presentation about the success of the programs and talked about how important it is for students who qualify to get involved.
We had several non-English speaking parents in attendance so one of the elementary staff members translated for Mr. Roch.
August 25
Went down to the admin building to chat with Mr. Roch about what and how we were going to handle my internship. One of the most challenging things is the fact that he is a state rep, so he will be gone quite a lot for political reasons and I will not be able to get as much time in with him as I would had I been able to intern for a building principal.
He took a look at some of the duties that were listed in my packet, circled some, crossed some off. Most of the items were on my own and he said that if I did them just to let him know.
He took a look at some of the duties that were listed in my packet, circled some, crossed some off. Most of the items were on my own and he said that if I did them just to let him know.
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