Johnson,+D

=Debra Johnson=

Wednesday, August 22nd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** || Parent Meeting || I enjoyed this session and thought some good ideas were shared by our staff members. I do think this is an area to address for our campus, in order to have more involvement from not only our parents, but the community as well. ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Welcome, Intro, and Review Core Competencies || It was fun to meet our new staff members and have time to spend with them over breakfast. It is always good to refresh our memories on the Core Competencies as well as other expectations of our staff. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Academy Library Professional Resources || This was helpful to remind us about the wealth of knowledge and resourses our library has to offer. Good review of the copyright laws and different resourses. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Northgate Plaza || Met with the Administrator at Northgate Plaza concerning Junior Clinical Rotation Students. I had met with Northlake College Allied Health last school year and talked about ways for our two campuses to share some of our area resources. Northlake College will be taking their CNA students to Northgate Plaza in the mornings and we will take our Juniors there in the afternoon. This will allow us the opportunity to have CNA clinical opportunities for our afternoon juniors and partner with a long-term care facility close to our campus. ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Parent Involvement
 * 2:00-2:45 || Meeting with floor Vice Principal || It was nice to meet with the new teachers and returning teachers on second floor. We reviewed what was expected of us for this upcoming year. ||
 * 2:45-3:30 || PACE Meeting || I will continue to follow the PACE outline. As a team we discussed ways of encouraging our students to buy in to the PACE materials. ||

Thursday, August 23rd
|| **"Session"** || **Reflection/Products** ||
 * **Time**
 * 8:00-9:50 || Meet with Teams and Specialties || Shared ideas on how to increase the student and parent involvement on our campus. We, as staff members, work very hard to help the students have fundraising events with low participation on the part of the students and their parents. The idea was discussed to have a "senior activity fee", like some other school districts have to fund some of the senior events such as Prom. As students come into the Academy they are made aware of this fee (maybe $100.00), and they have four years to get this paid. This would take care of the urgency to raise the money senior year. ||
 * 10:00-10:50 || Teacher's Toolkit Project Based Learning || Enjoyed this session with Beth. She gave us a great website to help with project based learning experiences in the classroom. Each group had an opportunity to present what they had learned. ||
 * 11:00-11:50 || Podcasting - Broadcast Yourself || Exciting technology to add to your classroom that I feel the students would really enjoy. Great presenter! ||
 * 1:00-1:50 || Managing Website and Student Database || Nice presentation on how to navigate the new website and check out the student database. Great additions and very user friendly. ||
 * 2:00-2:25 || Reflection Time ||  ||
 * 2:30-3:30 || Meet with Departments ||  ||