#wischat Archive
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Sunday June 12, 2016
8:00 PM EDT
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Welcome to .Tonight we will be discussing Summer Self Improvement, both personal & professional. I hope you'll join us this evening.
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Be sure to include the hashtag in all of your tweets tonight. We will be following a Q1/A1, Q2/A2 format
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As a parent I'm gonna throw out there that I wish there were more ed options for kids in summer. 1/2
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Take a moment to introduce yourself and tweet us a picture of where you are joining us from tonight.
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2/2 Too many aren't suited for working parents (1/2 day, etc.) day cares don't seem to do much to battles summer slide.
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Hello all, Steven, a Middle School Assistant Principal from Missouri. Tweeting from Lake of the Ozarks https://t.co/i1FTN8FKzk
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- It looks awesome. Thank you for joining us tonight.
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Q1: What tops your summer to-do list in terms of your own professional practice?
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Thanks! It is, just been our first real hot summer weekend
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A1: Start creating a library of videos for my Geometry classes
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A1:Attending conferences for PD, and reading books to gain more knowledge, and continue to grow my PLN and learn from them
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This summer my main focus is going to be on improving my communication, particularly as it relates to coaching conversations.
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Another area of focus will be on structuring targeted literacy strategies for all staff to access and integrate.
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Lastly, I will be working on improving 6th grade transition and continuing to maintain our focus on kids.
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Q2: What methods do you personally use to reflect upon your professional practice during the summer?
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A2: Lots of personal conversations. I tend to like to think out loud and bounce a lot of ideas off of others.
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A1: Learning ways to foster more creativity in the classroom. individualize projects so they should never look the same.
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A2: Look at what was successful and unsuccessful, for success, looked to improve, unsuccessful, look for fixes or alternatives
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A2: Read, read, read...No time during school year. Attend PD and engage more with PLN.
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a2. I blog, vox and try to free up some blank space in my head. As if there isn't enough already.
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A2: I work out a lot of problems while fishing and just hanging out. Breakfast with colleagues, that kind of stuff.
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A2: Check out what worked well and what didn't. Fix the stuff that didn't, improve the stuff that did. Look for different PD opps
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A2: I do a lot of reading in the summer. I fill up quite a few legal pads with ideas. Mostly bad ideas.
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Q3: How do you stay connected to school and/or professional colleagues during the summer months?
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A3: PLN twitter chats and following , voxer, and going to PD
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A3: Twitter, cocktails, Voxer, breakfasts, telephone calls, personal invites to a quality conversation, more cocktails ...
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a3. Voxer, edcamps, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and in person meet ups.
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A3: Numerous Twitter chats, golf league, softball league, random get-togethers
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A1 Several PD books (Story: heart of literacy is 1st) & scholastic reading summit
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A3: As a leader it's important to know individual staff members' back story, just as it's important for T's to know S's stories.
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Q4: Who in your professional life challenges your thinking the most?
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A3 Twitter, Voxer for book groups, good old fashioned emails and hopefully lunches to chat about PD books
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a4. challenge my thinking often. They help me grow.
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Q2: reflecting on student feedback, conversations with colleagues
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A4: challenges me daily, learning from her a daily basis makes me a better admin and educator
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A4: There are some many awesome educators in my PLN that impact my thinking and help me learn and improve.
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Q5: What non-school related activities guide your ongoing personal growth?
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A5:Family, being able to unwind and disconnect from school each day really helps
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A5: Music, reading, trying new stuff. Anything that leads me to think more deeply and increases my capacity to care for others.
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I'm looking forward to . If you don't know it, check it out. Online bookclub, readind DYI Literacy
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A5: Just trying to be a better husband, father, friend, leader, teacher, listener. Always a work in progress.
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Q6: What are some of the titles at the top of your summer reading list? (Not necessarily professional reading).
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A6 Mindful Teaching & Learning
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A6: , Energy Bus, 5 Disfunctions of a team, and John Hattie, Visible Learning
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A5 I'm moving to Kansas. So, packing and cleaning out.
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2 books at the top of my summer reading list are, Hard Conversations Unpacked (Jennifer Abrams) & Better Conversations (Jim Knight)
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I am also looking forward to reading The Power of Questioning (Starr Sackstein) and The Innovator's Mindset (George Couros)
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A6 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. ? Been meaning to read it for decades.
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Right now I am reading Uncommon Ĺearning: Creating Schools That Work For Kids by Eric Sheninger
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A6: leaders of learning by Marzano and Dufor is our leadership team book study. https://t.co/c0qpAXCa6r
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Q6: What are some of the titles at the top of your summer reading list? (Not necessarily professional reading).
