To Do:

• Enjoy conferences next week. I hope that you are able to make some nice connections (you and/or your staff) with parents. They will be coming to hear how much you enjoy building relationships with their child, and this is a great opportunity to communicate that. (Also enjoy your day next Friday!)

This and that:

• With our first MAC survey behind us, we’d like to encourage folks who haven’t already done so, to move to springtime MAC trainings. What this means for this year is that you will hold a building MAC training in or around May, 2019, which would allow everyone to be trained for a full 12 months, getting us through our MAC survey days for next year. This would also relieve the pressure of trying to train nearly 1400 staff every fall prior to our first MAC day. Also, please be an example for others in your building by completing the MAC survey on the days it is scheduled, or soon thereafter.
• This week you will be asked to read and reflect on the Jennifer Gonzalez’s second question to ask yourself when working with unmotivated learners: How much choice do your students really have? At the end of this section of her article, Jennifer provides a small sampling of ways in which you might provide learners choice – without lowering expectations for learning. I wonder how this list might look for you in the context of leading adult learners?
• I now have access to your building’s Oregon Report Card… but know that this information is embargoed until Nov. 15… meaning it is not public and cannot be shared. If you are interested in seeing your 2017-18 Report Card, please let me know.

Reminders:

• The Gallup Student Poll closes this coming Wednesday, Oct. 24.