To Do:

• Check your calendar for Tuesday, Jan. 31.  This day will be our second of three trainings with our school counselors and a facilitator from American School Counseling Association (ASCA).  You are not required, but definitely encouraged, to have an administrator come with your counselor(s) to learn more about the work they are currently doing around designing a Comprehensive School Counseling Program. I know that your counselor would appreciate your presence, thinking, and to better understand the work he/she does.
• Consider nominating one of your students for the Student Advisory Team that Shay is putting together.  Read the following brief description about what the Student Advisory Team is all about, then click on the hot link above if you have a student you’d like to nominate!

  The team will meet with me three times a year to help keep me connected to student life and the issues students care about. I am looking for a diverse group of students. The only requirements are the students must be enrolled in one of our middle or high schools and the students must feel comfortable sharing their opinions and insights.

  The deadline for applications or to nominate students is January 9, with the hopes of having our first meeting in February.

This and That:

• I encourage you to take the less than 4 minutes to watch this video on John Hattie’s eight mind frames for educators (teachers and administrators) – taken from his book Visible Learning. It is a great reminder of the importance of teacher moves in evaluating student learning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WSTcVDwH3s

Reminders:

• The only reminder this week is to have a wonderful Christmas and New Year with your family and friends!  Take some time to relax and refresh – you’ve definitely deserve it!