Cougar Communication
This is a memo-heavy Cougar
Communication.
Highlights:
Google Timer, Final Positive Referral for the term, some tech ideas to start
next term
Ideas for the Classroom: Google Timer
A simple Google trick.
In a Google Search Box: type “Timer x minutes” [enter]. A simple timer will appear and an alarm will
sound when time is up.
You can be more specific and include seconds “Timer x minutes x seconds” [enter]
Or you can type in a time. Lets say it’s 9:00 am and you
want the timer to go off at 9:15, enter “Timer 9:15” Google will do the math
for you and the timer will give you a fifteen minute countdown.
Administrative Notes
Positive Referral Link: http://goo.gl/cZIXm7
If you haven’t already completed HR’s Intent Survey (whether or not
you’d like to return to KR next year), please do so by Friday. It’s
non-binding. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZDBNRNL
A BIG
thanks to all of you who have already completed your optional and anonymous
evaluation of me. Lots of great feedback (both the kind that makes me feel good
about myself and the kind that helps pinpoint areas of improvement). Here’s the
link http://goo.gl/5LCHKm
I looked back at last week’s Cougar Communication to
pull the link and noticed several grammatical errors, so I’ll add that to the
improve on this list—I see my mom, an English teacher, wagging her finger at me
in shame.
As we start the new term,
I wanted to share with you two resources that I had great success with as a
teacher.
The first is a parent
survey http://goo.gl/f1A3KM and
the second is a student interest survey http://goo.gl/V9o9rA . They were both created with Google Forms
and automatically go right into a spreadsheet for easy access and follow-up.
The links can be added or embedded into BlackBoard too. If you’d like to use or
modify, either please let me know.
We’ve had great success
with Remind101 (over 500 subscribers in our school account and 130/145
mentors have signed-on). It’s super easy and safe. Another option is Portfoliyo,
which allows 2-way communication without sharing your cell number.
I think Mrs. Brill’s
email regarding exam exemption was pretty self-explanatory. We’re
looking to save paper while also provide the necessary information to our
students and parents. Please be sure to distribute the papers to students
during homeroom. Like in years past, if a student doesn’t receive the paper,
yet is still exempt, that student still doesn’t need to take the exam.
I’ll be meeting with all
teachers within the next week or two. Teachers on the comprehensive cycle,
we’ll be chatting about your completed goals/standard 7 and a general overview.
For teachers on the annual cycle we’ll be discussing your goal setting process.
Growing and Keeping Great Teachers is to the topic of
tonight’s #vachat
on Twitter. Come on by and join us by either lurking or participating.
Upcoming Schedule
January
15th Winter Track @ Kettle Run 4:00
Girls
Basketball vs. Culpeper Home 6/7:30
Boys
Basketball @ Culpeper 6/7:30
Wrestling @
Liberty vs. Liberty/Brentsville 6
January 16th THUR
Girls Basketball vs. Loudoun Valley 6/7:30
8am
faculty meeting
January 17th
Boys Basketball vs. Briar Woods 6/7:30
Swimming vs. Brentsville/Fauquier
@ Manassas Park
January 18th Wrestling
@ Handley 8:00
Indoor
Track @ Woodbridge 8:00
Girls
Basketball vs. Spotsylvania Home 11/12:30
Boys
Basketball @ Spotsylvania 12/1:30
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