Professional Growth- Building Resilience and Preventing Burnout

Don’t forget, nurturing others requires nurturing yourself! Check out these ideas for maintaining the energy and optimism required of us every day.

Building resilience and preventing burnout

Tech Tip - Videonot.es

I stumbled upon this great resource http://www.videonot.es/ Allows students to take notes alongside YouTube, Khan Academy, Coursera, etc. It stores these notes in your Google Drive automatically. Students can transcribe or take "Focsed Notes" on the information from the video: Listening Skills + Identifying Main Ideas + Writing + Tech = Winning!

Handbook Highlight - Assembly Policy

ASSEMBLY POLICY

In order that our assemblies shall be conducted with a minimum of distraction and interruption, the following guidelines have been made:

1. Review with your students the day before the assembly, which assembly they will attend and that they are to sit by grade-level class.  This will help minimize confusion.

2. Remind your students that attendance is required and that truancies will be dealt with in the same manner as truancies from class.  TEACHERS MUST BE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE ASSEMBLY.

3. Tardy students will be admitted to the assembly.  Send them to an administrator so they may be seated.

4. Student Conduct during Assemblies:  Teachers should talk to their classes concerning behavior during assemblies.  Courtesy and attentiveness is expected at all times.  Teachers are responsible for the actions of their students when sitting as a group.   

5. Teachers having a conference period are also expected to attend assemblies in a supervisory capacity.

Seating arrangements will be provided by the Activities Director.

Essential Info - 12/1/17

• Save the Date - Orchestra / Jazz Staff Breakfast 12/15
• Monday Dec. 4 Professional Development. Please select a session if you haven’t already and prepare to dive in deep with your colleagues!
• Intervention Strategies Padlet - bit.ly/VHSReach
• Tech Supplies - SmartBoard pens, pen tips, rechargeable batteries for microphones, cords, etc. all with Mike Young. Come on by!
• OCDE Funding Tree -  Looking for grant $ to purchase classroom supplies / materials. Great resource you can subscribe to connecting you to opportunities in our area.
• PLUM Tech Tip - Google Calendar has a new look!
• New and improved Teacher Sound Byte @ pylusdsoundbyte.org  
• Updated weekly. Bookmark the link for easy access.