Each September, teachers are filled with hopes and goals of what lies ahead. New challenges and opportunities will present themselves throughout the coming months. Write a letter to yourself about your hopes and dreams for the school year. Think about what opportunities and challenges you might face. Describe how you’ll make the most of the opportunities and how you’ll address the challenges. Consider what goals you may have. What do you hope to accomplish this year? This letter is for you only. It will be sealed in an envelope for you to open at the end of the year.

Warm-up: Time Capsule Letter

New Staff OrientationMonday, September 13

Village Elementary School

Warm-up: Time Capsule Letter Wiki 101 Preparing for Open House Professional Learning: Inside and Outside of

the School Walls (cont.) Goal Setting All About Me Prezi/Next meeting: October 18th

Agenda

Create an account

Editing pages  Adding files

Bus Drills…other sign-ups

Wiki Follow-up

Top Ten Tips for a Successful Open House

Advice from our staff Questions and answers

Open House

Quickwrite:

What are some ways you learn about your practice while at work?

Professional Learning: Inside and Outside of the School Walls

What is a PLN, anyway? Plurk

◦ brudd Twitter

◦ brudd Facebook

◦ Personal, not professional◦ Suggestions for privacy

del.i.cous◦ http://delicious.com/brudd

Professional Learning: Inside and Outside of the School Walls

Meet with Tracie Instructional Framework/school-wide

goals/grade level actions◦ Differentiation

Instructional Technology◦ Habits of Mind (PBIS)

Inservices and goals Observations

Goal Setting

All About Me Prezi http://prezi.com/fx7p7yhfcgr0/all-about-dr-rudd/