Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 | Today ☁️ 79°/55° F |
5 a.m. ☀️ |
Wrote in my daily gratitude journal. Got my 2 kids ready for school. The youngest woke up sick. 🤢 Husband stayed at home. |
7 a.m. |
Arrived at work. Updated secretary about items to add to the daily staff announcement and inquired about teacher absences and whether there were enough substitute teachers to cover those. |
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Checked email 📧 and printed flyers from the public library that students needed to take home. Revised teachers’ recess duties based on the feedback from the first week. Spoke to the superintendent about a meeting the previous night. |
7:35 a.m. |
Greeted students as they arrived and supervised the arrival process. Supervised students who don’t eat breakfast at school and who play outside until the bell rings at 7:50 a.m. 🔔 |
7:50 a.m. |
Ensured all students were lined up, and high-fived ✋ them as they entered the building. Walked the halls to greet students and teachers. |
8 a.m. |
❗ Returned to office to find two parents waiting. One was concerned that her child did not want to attend school. The other reported an off-campus bullying incident and concerns the child could still be affected while at school. |
8:10 a.m. |
❗ Proctored the state’s iReady test in a 5th grade class with a substitute teacher. (This is the first time the district was using the test.) |
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❗ Stepped out of the classroom to take a new student on a short tour to meet a counselor, met a graduate student who was at the school, and spoke to a paraprofessional about switching lunch duties. |
9:23 a.m. |
Called a parent to discuss a student exhibiting significant behavioral issues at school. Emailed the student’s teachers/counselor about next steps. |
9:34 a.m. |
❗ Late for recess supervision. Stopped by a staff member who had to leave early because of a family issue. Added note to the calendar 📅 to cover that teacher’s duty at the end of the day. |
9:37 a.m. |
Joined 3rd graders for a game of “watch your back tag.” 😉 |
9:45 a.m. |
❗ End of recess. Calmed a 1st grader who was stung by a bee. 🐝 Took him to the nurse’s office. |
9:52 a.m. |
Made six classroom visits for informal observations. Wrote and emailed a brief narrative to each teacher after the visits. |
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❗ On the way to a classroom, a teacher stopped me to ask for help with the school’s data system. Checked in on the new student. |
11:01 a.m. |
❗ Ate lunch. Called home to check on sick child. |
11:25 a.m. |
Supervised lunch. |
12:30 p.m. |
❗ Checked voicemails. ➿ Returned two parent calls. Met with a student as a result of one of those calls about a bullying incident on a bus the day before. Spoke with parent who came to pick up a sick child, and emailed teachers about it. |
1:30 p.m. |
❗ Responded to a radio call for assistance to a special needs student who had become aggressive. Helped with transferring the student from the hallway to a safe room where students can calm down. |
2:25 p.m. |
Met with the PBIS coordinator to discuss next steps for the student and what to share at the staff meeting later in the week. |
3 p.m. |
Parking lot duty. Hugged students as they left for the day. Spoke to parents about their children’s feedback so far this school year and how they felt about a new teacher. |
3:10 p.m. |
IEP meeting with parent, special education teacher, classroom teacher, speech and language pathologist, and occupational therapist to discuss a student who needed additional services. |
4:10 p.m. |
❗ Followed up with the special education and classroom teacher to discuss in finer detail how to manage the student’s schedule and services based on the previous meeting. |
4:20 p.m. |
❗ Contacted the bus company 🚌 about an incident the parent shared in the IEP meeting. |
4:30 p.m. |
Checked emails and reviewed the schedule for the upcoming day and later in the week. Wrote positive postcards ✍️ to students who helped set up and take down equipment and helped younger students during recess. |
5 p.m. |
Mom time. 💓 Picked up oldest child from football, made supper, spent time with family. Went on a quick, two-mile run. Put the youngest child to bed. |
8 p.m. |
Joined a Twitter chat on work-life balance for educators.  |
8:30 p.m. |
Worked on creating student data files as part of my role as the district assessment coordinator |
10 p.m. 🌙 |
Went to bed. 🛏️ |