#SAMedchat Archive
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Thursday May 19, 2016
Welcome...tell us your name, position, and school...I am Jon Konen, principal, Lincoln Elementary, Great Falls, MT
Q1 What fun events does your school/district do at the end of the year?
hello
jason, principal at crow agency public school
good to see you back, buddy
Hello, I am Ann Morani, Principal from Deer Lodge Elementary School, Deer Lodge Montana of course!
Ann good to see you on tonight...
A1: field day usually turns into a large event w/families present. A lot of fun. staff bingo tomorrow after school
A1: We do a talent show, 6th grade v. staff bball game, and lots of classes present learning projects with parents and food
t&f mostly, our T had a super hero theme, this year is olympic w/ classes representing a country, fun!
one school brings in a band, do a carnival, and rent a couple food carts...that's a party
Love that you tied the year back to your superhero theme...powerful...
can't take credit for that one, have a terrific pe teacher
Q2: What drives you nuts at the end of the year and how might we change that?
A2: Discipline seems to climb, kids stacked up in the office, me running frantically all over! Solution: need stress relievers
A2: wouldn't say it drives me nuts, but I like to see instruction until the end of the year https://t.co/Az6aLTvu48
Use to stay in same thread
Dude, I am with you...teachers ask why I still check lesson plans the last two weeks!
Q2: What is good advice for teachers to end the year?
comfy shoes, touching basechallenging students and adults, finding time to keep myself in balance. ExerciseHot baths!
A1: Support each other; use buddy classes 4 discipline; get classrooms 2gether cross grade levels; PBL, presenters, presentations
absolutely keep the kids learning and the excitement and anxiety lessons the stress
Got rid of most dress shoes; i wear bright nikes every day that match crazy ties...running in comfy shoes better
teachers are students heroes Summer takes the safety net away from students
yes- me too! I no longer have a sense of "style"
...I heard similar...everyone sits around & smells the turd, admires it, argues about it, its still a turd--stop sniffing turds
https://t.co/2Venfci93V
one of my mentors gave me humourous advice: ignore the mice droppings or an elephant might drop one one me,
Q4: What is good advice for administrators to end the year?
A4: Find hiding places to work; delegate like crazy; pull people to support during high discipline times; praise all day
A4: slow down, reflect, dind balance and acknowledge every one's contributions, start planning for next year
Tough to get people thinking 2016-7, but valuable...do you have a theme for next year? Good work!!!
listen to everyone on staff, keep up w/parent relations, remember the kids, and don't forget your own family
Parent Relations is key...you are so right! Parents seem to take on weird stuff at this time of year?
Great advice for a hiding place to get work done, thank you
It's tough to giver our self permission sometimes to do that...but the world must revolve if I take 30 minutes
A1). We have an end of year BBQ for all the students. various drinks, snacks, and meats. Kids love it.
praise all day-Best way to change negative behavior is through positive reinforcement
I let student council chose song that we can have a theme around...this year was Katy Perry's Roar...we are lions
