Monday Late Afternoon Memo

-




Good afternoon everyone,

What a day, a sunny, gorgeous day. Hoping you spend the afternoon outdoors. It's too beautiful to miss. You must love wearing a parka to school and short sleeves home, that's  being a Northern Canadian. Edmonton is not North!!! 

Enjoy the calm week before diplomas start. Diploma week will be calm too, just a few more logistics to manage. Please read up on who is supervising and prepare. I pick up diplomas tomorrow from central office. 





Staffing

Don't we know it, we have been suffering from staffing shortages all year. We dodged covid for two years, now we are making up for it. We have always said, "Everyone gets a turn at adversity.' It's Learning Stores turn. We never worry though, we will always figure things out. Excellent staff allows us to do that. We cover for each other any time we are needed. We worry when you aren't here, and would do anything we could to fill in for you, making sure we look after your students. Stay well people, we love ya and miss ya! 

We hope to welcome back Amanda this week. She has been so sick, sick, sick. 

Dean is out today recovering from soreness and stiff joints. He had an accident Friday, he has been blessed to not have significant physical injures. These accidents will shake you to the core. My roll over of the superintendent's Yukon was memorable for sure. Dean we love ya and want you to ease back into things when you are ready. So happy you are okay.  

Leah is out today. There has been a death in the extended family. Hugs to her and her family. 

I am out Thursday and Friday. I am taking this time before diplomas as diplomas will have me here fulltime for a bit. 

Hang on people we have 13 days until we have a Spring Break. A well deserved break where the temps won't be minus 15. 

The winners in our comments on how you calm yourself blog were Bonnie, Eva and Leah. I wil be presenting you ladies with a gift card soon. 




What is Going on This Week:

Mini CRM's - taking any huge action before we are holiday for 10 days is not wise, so we will do mini crms where you look over your kids and see if there is anyone would like to talk about. I have sent a request for inactive letters to Bonnie for 5 of our kids. Let's see if that works.... Look those names over, is there an action we should take right away? Go ahead, or contact me please. 

Report cards: feeling like we just did them. April 29th report crads go home. This will be easy peasy as you can comment when a student completes a module. Work on them when you have a minute, please do not work on them over Easter Break, that is your time. 

Assurance Surveys- lst day for surveys is April 1st. Please catch as many kids as possible. 

Asynchronous courses- Please be sure to fill out the shared document i sent you. Scot and Karen are awaiting our thoughts on this. 

20 minute conversations- Going to try to start a few this week. 

Community Helpers- Thanks to Alex who assisted with this course. I'm assisting now and it is so good. Our kids needed this so much. Wellness is key they can't learn until they are well, out of survival mode. 



















Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Report Card Week

-
Image
Report Card Week A terrific way to catch up with our kids, a time to think deeply about that student and where they are going. A teacher always asks themselves , how well do i know that student. If the answer is not well, we seek to get to know them better next semester. Report Cards are valuable to the student and their families and the process is so valuable to us. We can always do better.  Thank Yous Thanks  so much to all of you who took in the PD last week. From chatting with you my thoughts were the sessions were valuable.  Thanks  to all who are organizing the Wing Ding in High Level this Tuesday. Many local organizations are coming in to inform our students.  Thanks to all who made student contacts this week. Talking personally to our kids seems to make a difference.  Staffing We are close to hiring for the position in Fort. Monday or Tuesday I will be able to announce it.  M...
Read more

Action

-
Image
This week in our CRM's we talked about our students and assigned actions to several. We are starting to figure this out;  people are coming forward to volunteer to do that action. In the past, we sat back waiting to see who might be assigned. Now, you are developing relationship with these students and are saying, " I can do that, I know her pretty well." or " I'd like to try to make contact with him, I have a soft spot for him."  That is the way CRM's are supposed to function, thank you for stepping up. CRM's ground us for the month to come. No kid is falling through the cracks without us grabbing his or her arm and trying to pulling him back on track. Wow! Cliche ville there! All English teachers are cringing!  Congratulations Congratulations to Eva, Bonnie, Dean and Jenine. The numbers in our buildings are finalized, that is a lot of work for you and we appreciate your patience.  Congratulations to Chad and Liz for such great numbers at ...
Read more

Speedy Memo

-
Image
While on the airplane, I looked quizzically at the woman beside me wearing a mask... Ha! Turns out She knew germs were flying around that plane. Now, I have those sickness germs and she's partying somewhere! Note to self...masks look ridiculous but keep you germ-free!!!  Or perhaps the story goes this way... she had some horrible cold and it seeped out from her mask to infect me... Either way, she has a part to play in this mini illness, of that I am sure!   Lots going on this week- please remember that we are 1 week from May our kids need to pour it on these next few weeks.   Stanley Cup playoffs are continuing with just a few rounds to finish. Go Toronto, go Winnipeg!  Report cards are due Wed they go home on Friday. Parent-teacher interviews are happening in the weeks ahead. Those dates will be solidified this week.  PAT part A is in for grade nines. That is written middle of May. Nait comes to High Level. A counselo...
Read more