Leadership




 * media type="custom" key="6132597" || Being team leader, means that I need to share information with my team, facilitate discussions and provide strategies or tools to communiciate effectively with our students and our parents. Once I created the team wiki, we worked and continue to manage it together. In addition, I use Google Docs to share our team agenda, and we use Google Calendar to share work with students. This calendar is embedded in our team wiki.
 * **Team Sirius Wiki** ||
 * media type="custom" key="6132651" width="60" height="60" || As department head, using a blog helps facilitate discussions, provides an accessible and convenient place to view information, share ideas and provide feedback.
 * **Department Discussion Blog**

As a member of the 8th Grade Communication PLC (Professional Learning Community), I was hoping that a ning would be a great way for us to share ideas and materials. Two years ago, I was one of six teachers in my school that received a 1-1 grant - which would mean that students in my classroom would have a laptop to use every day! I was excited about the opportunity and enthused about the opportunity to learn and share. Although I believe my first year with a one-to-one classroom was successful, I was still eager to learn more about best practices and technology particularly in my content area. I created this blog to start a discussion with other English teachers within and outside of my school district. As Department Head and a representative for 8th grade, I am part of the annual articulation meetings. We are entering our curriculum review process, so we have been spending a considerable amount of time examining the standards, curriculum framework, assessments and instructional materials and resources the site provides. As a TIME teacher (Technology Integrator Master Educator), I have had the opportunity to present and work with my colleagues. In addition to running sessions with the entire staff, I have had the opportunity to facilitate small groups consisting of new TIME teachers. Furthermore, my last three mentees have either become TIME teachers or One-to-One grant recipients. I have learned so much from them as I guided them through this process. ||
 * **PLC Ning**
 * **My Professional Blog**
 * **SAS** ||
 * media type="custom" key="6132721" || My students run our classroom wiki; they scribe every day. This enables other students to check and see what they missed if they were absent or just want a review. I modeled this for them, and then turned over the reins.
 * **Classroom Wiki**