Evaluations
Now that school is in full swing, my principal and I are beginning our observations as a part of our new evaluation system. Indiana has put a a new evaluation plan in place, which is rather complex, but the teachers in my building are awesome, and are going along with ALL of it! **Lucky me!**
As I begin entering classrooms, I hesitate a bit because I remember the feeling when someone walked into my room. Sometimes I was ecstatic, because I wanted my principal to see the awesome things happening. Other times, my thoughts were a bit different. As I begin my routing of walk-throughs, observations, etc. I wanted to get your feedback. In one word, how would reflect on your feelings when your evaluator walks in? I'd love to read your comments, since I only know what my feelings were!
Halloween Writing!
My very first unit on TpT was created almost one year ago...and it was awful! I didn't realize it was awful at the time. I actually thought it was great, out of this world, ahh...my first time to use licensed clipart. Holy cow! Ever since then I have improved, edited, and revised. When I looked back at my Halloween Writing unit, I realized how far I've come. When I say this, I don't mean that my cover looks better, or the pages are more creative, but they are designed for real, student work. I revamped my writing unit to make it better for my students, and more thought out. Click on the pic below, check it out, and see what you think!
Giveaway!
Finally, my good friend Natalie over at Teachery Tidbits has hit 500 followers! I know! She is awesome! She is having a week long giveaway with a winner everyday! She has so many ways to enter that are easy and fast. You can even win my Student Led Conference Binder for her Day 2 giveaway. Head on over to her blog to show Natalie some love and congrats for getting to 500! Click Natalie's link below to go to rafflecopter and enter!
I hope you all have a great end to your week!!
3 comments:
I know as someone who has an overload of observations (it is the fourth week of school and there has been four observations already for specific students and this new co-teaching situation) I still get nervous! Even when they are not in there for me. All of them have proved to be helpful so far. I love when the observe picks up on something good I did.
Jessica
Apples and Papers
Just found your blog! I get nervous during observations too! I feel like I doubt everything I do, but they always come back positive, so i guess it's all in my head.
Hope you'll check our blog out as well!
Halle
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Across-The-Hall-In-2nd-Grade
I'm so glad your staff is staying positive! Our district created our own evaluation system, but I know a lot of other teachers who are really struggling with RISE. I'm sure you are doing great!
Jenny
Luckeyfrog's Lilypad
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