Next Year?

As soon as the days begin to get longer, the thoughts of next year start to rise in the school building. This presents the challenge of balance--balancing this year's good teaching with next year's planning. We need to make time for both. There are many areas to consider.

This Year

• Enriched writing program.
• Enriched math units, more model making and problem solving.
• Close Reading.
• Revised end-of-year project to reflect new tech tools/processes.
• Completion of NBPTS renewal, RETELL, new progress reports, and the Deeper Learning MOOC. 

For Next Year

• Advocate for greater attention to library/media commons efforts.
• Advocate for one-to-one w/Mac laptops and iPads--combination available/shared.
• Advocate for BYOD beginning w/ebook use and branching out.
• Advocate for continued time/attention for collaboration, PLCs, better RTI, learning design time/support, lead time, transparent communication, share, and idea systems.
• Set learning/teaching goals in summer. 
• Advocate for revised share and idea systems to maximize research, thought, and effort. 
• Summer study?
• Understand the vision and goals of all leaders well in advance of summer study if possible.