The Caldwell County School District Administrative Retreat will be held August 2nd and 3rd. This retreat is for the purpose of distributing information about all aspects of our school district. It is always an interesting time together where we review our mission and belief statements and learn about any current legislation affecting schools, transportation, special education, food service, health, evaluations, technology, grant programs, and get a look ahead to the 11-12 school year. We also participate in team building exercises and truly get to know each other which helps us as the year progresses.
The school year is only a few weeks away now. I am very busy getting all the new staff entered into the various programs, setting up the 11-12 phone directory, filing e-rate forms, working on building households in Infinite Campus for new students, etc., etc., etc. It is an active time around the office!
The newest portion of Infinite Campus is the new teacher tools which are available for the 11-12 school year. Hopefully teachers will find it to be more user-friendly. I will be setting trainings for these new tools and for School Loop for interested teachers once school begins and is settled.
I am taking a trainer course for Thinkfinity this summer and also want to set some trainings for the middle school and high school this year. I trained the primary and elementary teachers last year, but they will be welcome to come to a training to re-fresh themselves with Thinkfinity. Also, any new teachers in the primary and elementary will be welcome to attend. Thinkfinity is a powerful place for finding all sorts of lessons and activities to go with just about any curriculum. I'm excited about sharing this resource with our teachers!
Have a great week!
