Hello!  Couple of updates to share with you . . . . .

• On Wednesday, we will be meeting as a department in my room.  In a previous post, I mistakenly wrote that we will be meeting as a building in the library to discuss OTES.  That will actually be next week (10/31/12).  We are back to curriculum work this week.
• I have uploaded several items to Google docs that we will discuss at our meeting.  You can find the agenda for the meeting there, as well as the vocabulary list that I developed.  Additionally, I will post the map for Level II ensembles as we have it now.  It needs quite a bit of work and I hope that we can complete that this week.
• I met with Teaching and Learning last Friday to discuss getting paid for writing the course of study for the singleton courses that we teach in the department.  I will have information to share with you on that    as well.  I am also working to develop a timeline for completing the work of the curriculum (mapping only) so we can better judge where we are and where we are going.  There is definitely a lot to do!

Hi all!

Couple of updates to be aware of . . . . .

• I have a meeting tomorrow with Teaching and Learning to discuss where we are at in the curriculum writing process.  I will let you know of any developments.
• I have updated the calendar to reflect the M&M performances.  Just a reminder, Charles is trying to put all of the rental information on here as well, so please check the Google calendar regularly, especially when trying to plan an event.  I will continue to add things as I become aware of them.
• I have put a document into Google Docs and shared it with all of you regarding the vocabulary portion of our curriculum writing.  Please take a look at it, comment if you would like.  We will be looking at this at our next Early Release Wednesday time together, which will not be until Wednesday, November 7.
• Next Wednesday (10/31/2012), our early release time will be spent in the library discussing OTES.  Looking for some awesome information about that?  Here is a link to the portion of the ODE website to visit.

http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1230&ContentID=125739

Good afternoon - 

This is a reminder that we will be meeting as a full staff tomorrow during our Early Release time in the library for a brief presentation by Ellen Allerton.  After that, we will be working with Ellen and the phys ed department in the library computer lab for the remainder of the time.  The focus of our time will be developing one web-based project each semester to complete with our classes.  Hopefully, this will be clearer after tomorrow.

Department Chair Meeting Update


Hi guys!

Here is the update from the department chair meeting last Thursday (Oct. 11).

• During Early Release Wednesday next week, we will be meeting as a full staff in the library.  Ellen Allerton will be giving us information on some technology issues (I believe that this may be related to the surveys that we completed) and then we will be breaking up by department.  Ellen will be working with us and PE in the library during the remainder of that time.
• You may or may not remember that Dr. Nichols is requiring all teachers in the entire district to complete one web-based project with our students a minimum of one time each semester.  The work that we do on Wednesday will be related to this goal and Ellen will be sharing some resources with us to assist in completing this task.  
• Anne needs to receive any updates/changes to the Course of Study by the end of the grading period.  (This is the document that contains brief statements/requirements for every course at the high school.)  Jesse, you mentioned to me that you had some changes ready to go - can you email that to me?  Additionally, I will email you guys the band stuff so that you can look it over.  Again, we will need to discuss any changes and get that together so I can submit everything on time.

Additionally, I am still waiting to hear back from Teaching & Learning about the Wednesday after school time and the possibility of meeting with those folks to check in on our progress with the curriculum issues.  I will follow up on this early next week.